How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia?

197 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Serbia: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.801

in 2025

Serbia

0.807

in 2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

72nd

Serbia rank

70th

Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia

How they compare

Serbia currently reports 0.807 against 0.801 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 197 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Serbia ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 72nd and Serbia ranks 70th of 176 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Bosnia and Herzegovina averaged higher in 1 and Serbia in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1780s	0.145	0.145	0	—
1790s	0.145	0.145	0	—
1800s	0.1418	0.1348	0.007	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1810s	0.129	0.1561	0.0271	Serbia
1820s	0.129	0.1927	0.0637	Serbia
1830s	0.1501	0.3441	0.194	Serbia
1840s	0.314	0.503	0.189	Serbia
1850s	0.3179	0.503	0.1851	Serbia
1860s	0.326	0.525	0.199	Serbia
1870s	0.2952	0.5246	0.2293	Serbia
1910s	0.486	0.486	0	—
1920s	0.5002	0.5002	0	—
1930s	0.4694	0.4694	0	—
1940s	0.1797	0.1797	0	—
1950s	0.5092	0.5092	0	—
1960s	0.5699	0.5699	0	—
1970s	0.6135	0.6135	0	—
1980s	0.6864	0.6864	0	—
1990s	0.4593	0.6507	0.1914	Serbia
2000s	0.8118	0.9073	0.0955	Serbia
2010s	0.8188	0.9002	0.0814	Serbia
2020s	0.7992	0.852	0.0528	Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher individual liberties and equality before the law index, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia?: Serbia, at 0.807 against 0.801 in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2025.
What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia?: 0.006, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia?: 197 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia rank globally for individual liberties and equality before the law index?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 72nd and Serbia ranks 70th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,494 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which extent to which citizens enjoy physical integrity rights, freedoms of religion, of movement, and from forced labor, as well as access to justice, laws are transparent, and public administration is impartial.