🇷🇸 Serbia Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇷🇸 Serbia RS / SRB #111

Nomad Score 63.0

Cities 11

Region Central European Free Trade Agreement, Balkans, Slavic Countries, Danube Region, Europe, Europe, Southeast Europe

Currency RSD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 33/100

Press Freedom (2025) 53.6/100 #96

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.300

HDI 0.833

Regional Blocs CEFTA

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 45th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 51th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 38th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 52th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 57th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 45th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.3/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 7.5/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.6% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Serbia	Aleksandar Vučić
Prime Minister of Serbia	Đuro Macut

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 33 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 53.6 / 100

Global Rank #96 / 180

Rank Change +2 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #141 30.5

Economic #125 35.2

Legal #63 68.1

Social #113 54.0

Safety #82 80.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.300

Liberal 0.208

Participatory 0.217

Deliberative 0.208

Egalitarian 0.276

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	53.6	96	30.5	35.2	68.1	54.0	80.1
2024	54.5	98	33.1	36.5	70.3	53.6	79.0
2023	59.2	91	45.3	39.2	77.2	59.9	74.3
2022	61.5	79	47.5	34.9	79.9	74.2	71.0
2021	68.0	93	-	-	-	-	68.2
2020	68.4	93	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	68.8	90	-	-	-	-	93.1
2018	70.4	76	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	72.0	66	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	72.4	59	-	-	-	-	79.2
2015	72.3	67	-	-	-	-	64.2
2014	75.0	54	-	-	-	-	-
2013	73.4	63	-	-	-	-	-
2012	29.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
2010	23.0	85	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.5	62	-	-	-	-	-
2008	13.5	64	-	-	-	-	-
2007	21.0	67	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index