Key features of women's political empowerment in Serbia
Serbia: Key features of women's political empowerment was 0.864 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Key features of women's political empowerment in Serbia, 1789–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 0.864 for key features of women's political empowerment in 2025.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, key features of women's political empowerment in Serbia peaked at 0.887 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.049, in 1789.
That places Serbia 47th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Key features of women's political empowerment in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.049 | — |
| 1790 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.162 | +230.6% |
| 1805 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1811 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1814 | 0.049 | -69.8% |
| 1815 | 0.235 | +379.6% |
| 1816 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1821 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1822 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1823 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1826 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1827 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1831 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.235 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.278 | +18.3% |
| 1836 | 0.293 | +5.4% |
| 1837 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1843 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1849 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1850 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1851 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1856 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.269 | -8.2% |
| 1901 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.263 | -2.2% |
| 1904 | 0.272 | +3.4% |
| 1905 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1908 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1910 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.272 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.276 | +1.5% |
| 1913 | 0.276 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.276 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.206 | -25.4% |
| 1916 | 0.206 | +0.0% |
| 1917 | 0.206 | +0.0% |
| 1918 | 0.213 | +3.4% |
| 1919 | 0.275 | +29.1% |
| 1920 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1921 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1922 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1923 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1924 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1925 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1926 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.275 | +0.0% |
| 1928 | 0.271 | -1.5% |
| 1929 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1931 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1938 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1939 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1940 | 0.291 | +7.4% |
| 1941 | 0.216 | -25.8% |
| 1942 | 0.207 | -4.2% |
| 1943 | 0.207 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.209 | +1.0% |
| 1945 | 0.291 | +39.2% |
| 1946 | 0.396 | +36.1% |
| 1947 | 0.406 | +2.5% |
| 1948 | 0.402 | -1.0% |
| 1949 | 0.456 | +13.4% |
| 1950 | 0.458 | +0.4% |
| 1951 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.478 | +4.4% |
| 1953 | 0.497 | +4.0% |
| 1954 | 0.503 | +1.2% |
| 1955 | 0.509 | +1.2% |
| 1956 | 0.509 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.509 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.516 | +1.4% |
| 1959 | 0.516 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.516 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.516 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.516 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.595 | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 0.595 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.581 | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 0.581 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.554 | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 0.565 | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 0.591 | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 0.591 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.591 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.591 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.591 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.625 | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 0.625 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.625 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.625 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.63 | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.63 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.63 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.642 | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.667 | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.667 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.667 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.667 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.653 | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.652 | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 0.66 | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.66 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.702 | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 0.631 | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 0.65 | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 0.668 | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 0.668 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.668 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.682 | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.682 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.682 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.682 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.762 | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 0.777 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.777 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.782 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.782 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.782 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.782 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.842 | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.843 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.843 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.844 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.844 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.868 | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.847 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.848 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.849 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.851 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.827 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.844 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.874 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.873 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.878 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.88 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.885 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.887 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 0.864 | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.049 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.049 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.1168 | 0.049 | 0.162 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.1872 | 0.049 | 0.235 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.235 | 0.235 | 0.235 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.2625 | 0.235 | 0.293 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.293 | 0.293 | 0.293 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.293 | 0.293 | 0.293 | 8 |
| 1900s | 0.2702 | 0.263 | 0.272 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.2478 | 0.206 | 0.276 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2742 | 0.271 | 0.275 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.271 | 0.271 | 0.271 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.3081 | 0.207 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4953 | 0.458 | 0.516 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.561 | 0.516 | 0.595 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.6124 | 0.591 | 0.63 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6565 | 0.63 | 0.667 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6715 | 0.631 | 0.702 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7972 | 0.762 | 0.843 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8496 | 0.827 | 0.874 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8778 | 0.864 | 0.887 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
More gender data for Serbia
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 899.28 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.33 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 28,084 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 30,023 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 28,439 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 30,406 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 29,091 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 31,096 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 30,200 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 31,406 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is key features of women's political empowerment in Serbia?
- Key features of women's political empowerment in Serbia was 0.864 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest key features of women's political empowerment recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.887 in 2024.
- What is the lowest key features of women's political empowerment recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.049 in 1789.
- How does Serbia rank for key features of women's political empowerment?
- Serbia ranks 47th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is key features of women's political empowerment rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Key features of women's political empowerment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which women enjoy civil liberties, can participate in civil society, and are represented in politics.