In the late 1980s, at the beginning of the process of economic transition from a planned economy to a market economy, Serbia's economy had a favorable position in comparison to most of the Eastern Bloc countries, but it was gravely impacted by the Yugoslav Wars and UN sanctions and trade embargo during the 1990s. وفي أواخر العقد 1980، في بداية عملية التحول الاقتصادي من اقتصاد مخطط مركزيا إلى اقتصاد السوق كان اقتصاد صربيا جيداً، ولكنها تأثرت بشكل خطير بسبب العقوبات الاقتصادية 1992-1995.