Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Serbia

Serbia: Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) was 53.52 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
53.52 0-100
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
108th
of 207 countries
All-time high
56.3 0-100
in 2015
All-time low
32.72 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Serbia, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 36.6 0-1001998: 34.9 0-1002000: 32.7 0-1002002: 41.6 0-1002003: 41.9 0-1002004: 44.1 0-1002005: 41.9 0-1002006: 49.5 0-1002007: 52.4 0-1002008: 50.4 0-1002009: 49.9 0-1002010: 49.8 0-1002011: 53 0-1002012: 53.3 0-1002013: 53.5 0-1002014: 55.7 0-1002015: 56.3 0-1002016: 55.8 0-1002017: 55.2 0-1002018: 55.2 0-1002019: 55.8 0-1002020: 54.6 0-1002021: 53.6 0-1002022: 54.3 0-1002023: 53.8 0-1002024: 53.5 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

The most recent figure for rule of law - governance score in Serbia is 53.52 0-100, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Serbia peaked at 56.3 0-100 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 32.72 0-100, in 2000.

That places Serbia 108th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Serbia, year by year

Annual values for Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Serbia, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 36.6 0-100 —
1998 34.94 0-100 -4.5%
2000 32.72 0-100 -6.4%
2002 41.63 0-100 +27.2%
2003 41.87 0-100 +0.6%
2004 44.14 0-100 +5.4%
2005 41.87 0-100 -5.1%
2006 49.51 0-100 +18.3%
2007 52.41 0-100 +5.9%
2008 50.39 0-100 -3.9%
2009 49.88 0-100 -1.0%
2010 49.81 0-100 -0.1%
2011 52.98 0-100 +6.4%
2012 53.29 0-100 +0.6%
2013 53.46 0-100 +0.3%
2014 55.75 0-100 +4.3%
2015 56.3 0-100 +1.0%
2016 55.77 0-100 -0.9%
2017 55.24 0-100 -1.0%
2018 55.25 0-100 +0.0%
2019 55.84 0-100 +1.1%
2020 54.64 0-100 -2.1%
2021 53.65 0-100 -1.8%
2022 54.28 0-100 +1.2%
2023 53.8 0-100 -0.9%
2024 53.52 0-100 -0.5%

Serbia compared with similar countries

  • Serbia's 53.52 0-100 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.26 0-100, 1.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Serbia's 53.52 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 67.62 0-100, 79% of the median. (53 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100) in Serbia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2002 +27.2% 32.72 0-100 41.63 0-100

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 35.77 0-100 34.94 0-100 36.6 0-100 2
2000s 44.94 0-100 32.72 0-100 52.41 0-100 9
2010s 54.37 0-100 49.81 0-100 56.3 0-100 10
2020s 53.98 0-100 53.52 0-100 54.64 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Serbia

  1. 105 Malawi 54.45 0-100 compare
  2. 106 Moldova 54.19 0-100 compare
  3. 107 Dominican Republic 53.83 0-100 compare
  4. 109 Senegal 53.44 0-100 compare
  5. 110 Indonesia 53.41 0-100 compare
  6. 111 Suriname 53.38 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 207 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Serbia?
Rule of law - governance score in Serbia was 53.52 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest rule of law - governance score recorded in Serbia?
The highest recorded value was 56.3 0-100 in 2015.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Serbia?
The lowest recorded value was 32.72 0-100 in 2000.
How does Serbia rank for rule of law - governance score?
Serbia ranks 108th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Serbia?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Serbia data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,294 data points, 1996–2024
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Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).