What is women's civil society participation index in Serbia?

Women's civil society participation index in Serbia was 0.859 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest women's civil society participation index recorded in Serbia?

The highest recorded value was 0.859 in 2025.

What is the lowest women's civil society participation index recorded in Serbia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.009 in 1789.

How does Serbia rank for women's civil society participation index?

Serbia ranks 35th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is women's civil society participation index rising or falling in Serbia?

Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. 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 Women's Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Serbia

Name: Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Serbia
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Serbia: Women's Civil Society Participation Index was 0.859 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.859

Change on year

up 0.7%

World rank

35th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.859

in 2025

All-time low

0.009

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Serbia, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for women's civil society participation index in Serbia is 0.859, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 237 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's civil society participation index in Serbia peaked at 0.859 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.009, in 1789.

Serbia ranks 35th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Serbia, year by year

Annual values for Women's Civil Society Participation Index in Serbia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.009	—
1790	0.009	+0.0%
1791	0.009	+0.0%
1792	0.009	+0.0%
1793	0.009	+0.0%
1794	0.009	+0.0%
1795	0.009	+0.0%
1796	0.009	+0.0%
1797	0.009	+0.0%
1798	0.009	+0.0%
1799	0.009	+0.0%
1800	0.009	+0.0%
1801	0.009	+0.0%
1802	0.009	+0.0%
1803	0.009	+0.0%
1804	0.14	+1455.6%
1805	0.14	+0.0%
1806	0.14	+0.0%
1807	0.14	+0.0%
1808	0.14	+0.0%
1809	0.14	+0.0%
1810	0.14	+0.0%
1811	0.14	+0.0%
1812	0.14	+0.0%
1813	0.14	+0.0%
1814	0.009	-93.6%
1815	0.257	+2755.6%
1816	0.257	+0.0%
1817	0.257	+0.0%
1818	0.257	+0.0%
1819	0.257	+0.0%
1820	0.257	+0.0%
1821	0.257	+0.0%
1822	0.257	+0.0%
1823	0.257	+0.0%
1824	0.257	+0.0%
1825	0.257	+0.0%
1826	0.257	+0.0%
1827	0.257	+0.0%
1828	0.257	+0.0%
1829	0.257	+0.0%
1830	0.257	+0.0%
1831	0.257	+0.0%
1832	0.257	+0.0%
1833	0.257	+0.0%
1834	0.257	+0.0%
1835	0.257	+0.0%
1836	0.271	+5.4%
1837	0.271	+0.0%
1838	0.271	+0.0%
1839	0.271	+0.0%
1840	0.271	+0.0%
1841	0.271	+0.0%
1842	0.271	+0.0%
1843	0.271	+0.0%
1844	0.271	+0.0%
1845	0.271	+0.0%
1846	0.271	+0.0%
1847	0.271	+0.0%
1848	0.271	+0.0%
1849	0.271	+0.0%
1850	0.271	+0.0%
1851	0.271	+0.0%
1852	0.271	+0.0%
1853	0.271	+0.0%
1854	0.271	+0.0%
1855	0.271	+0.0%
1856	0.271	+0.0%
1857	0.271	+0.0%
1858	0.271	+0.0%
1859	0.271	+0.0%
1860	0.271	+0.0%
1861	0.271	+0.0%
1862	0.271	+0.0%
1863	0.271	+0.0%
1864	0.271	+0.0%
1865	0.271	+0.0%
1866	0.271	+0.0%
1867	0.271	+0.0%
1868	0.271	+0.0%
1869	0.271	+0.0%
1870	0.271	+0.0%
1871	0.271	+0.0%
1872	0.271	+0.0%
1873	0.271	+0.0%
1874	0.271	+0.0%
1875	0.271	+0.0%
1876	0.271	+0.0%
1877	0.271	+0.0%
1878	0.271	+0.0%
1879	0.271	+0.0%
1880	0.271	+0.0%
1881	0.271	+0.0%
1882	0.271	+0.0%
1883	0.271	+0.0%
1884	0.271	+0.0%
1885	0.271	+0.0%
1886	0.271	+0.0%
1887	0.271	+0.0%
1888	0.271	+0.0%
1889	0.268	-1.1%
1890	0.268	+0.0%
1891	0.268	+0.0%
1892	0.268	+0.0%
1893	0.268	+0.0%
1894	0.268	+0.0%
1895	0.268	+0.0%
1896	0.268	+0.0%
1897	0.268	+0.0%
1898	0.268	+0.0%
1899	0.268	+0.0%
1900	0.233	-13.1%
1901	0.233	+0.0%
1902	0.233	+0.0%
1903	0.218	-6.4%
1904	0.236	+8.3%
1905	0.236	+0.0%
1906	0.236	+0.0%
1907	0.236	+0.0%
1908	0.236	+0.0%
1909	0.236	+0.0%
1910	0.236	+0.0%
1911	0.236	+0.0%
1912	0.236	+0.0%
1913	0.236	+0.0%
1914	0.236	+0.0%
1915	0.21	-11.0%
1916	0.21	+0.0%
1917	0.21	+0.0%
1918	0.22	+4.8%
1919	0.25	+13.6%
1920	0.25	+0.0%
1921	0.25	+0.0%
1922	0.25	+0.0%
1923	0.25	+0.0%
1924	0.25	+0.0%
1925	0.25	+0.0%
1926	0.25	+0.0%
1927	0.25	+0.0%
1928	0.238	-4.8%
1929	0.238	+0.0%
1930	0.238	+0.0%
1931	0.237	-0.4%
1932	0.232	-2.1%
1933	0.232	+0.0%
1934	0.232	+0.0%
1935	0.232	+0.0%
1936	0.232	+0.0%
1937	0.232	+0.0%
1938	0.232	+0.0%
1939	0.232	+0.0%
1940	0.369	+59.1%
1941	0.322	-12.7%
1942	0.33	+2.5%
1943	0.33	+0.0%
1944	0.33	+0.0%
1945	0.484	+46.7%
1946	0.565	+16.7%
1947	0.565	+0.0%
1948	0.565	+0.0%
1949	0.565	+0.0%
1950	0.581	+2.8%
1951	0.581	+0.0%
1952	0.581	+0.0%
1953	0.576	-0.9%
1954	0.6	+4.2%
1955	0.6	+0.0%
1956	0.6	+0.0%
1957	0.6	+0.0%
1958	0.6	+0.0%
1959	0.6	+0.0%
1960	0.6	+0.0%
1961	0.6	+0.0%
1962	0.6	+0.0%
1963	0.6	+0.0%
1964	0.6	+0.0%
1965	0.6	+0.0%
1966	0.6	+0.0%
1967	0.6	+0.0%
1968	0.619	+3.2%
1969	0.619	+0.0%
1970	0.619	+0.0%
1971	0.619	+0.0%
1972	0.619	+0.0%
1973	0.619	+0.0%
1974	0.619	+0.0%
1975	0.619	+0.0%
1976	0.619	+0.0%
1977	0.619	+0.0%
1978	0.619	+0.0%
1979	0.619	+0.0%
1980	0.619	+0.0%
1981	0.619	+0.0%
1982	0.619	+0.0%
1983	0.619	+0.0%
1984	0.619	+0.0%
1985	0.619	+0.0%
1986	0.619	+0.0%
1987	0.627	+1.3%
1988	0.628	+0.2%
1989	0.628	+0.0%
1990	0.652	+3.8%
1991	0.738	+13.2%
1992	0.738	+0.0%
1993	0.738	+0.0%
1994	0.738	+0.0%
1995	0.738	+0.0%
1996	0.738	+0.0%
1997	0.738	+0.0%
1998	0.738	+0.0%
1999	0.738	+0.0%
2000	0.778	+5.4%
2001	0.778	+0.0%
2002	0.778	+0.0%
2003	0.778	+0.0%
2004	0.778	+0.0%
2005	0.778	+0.0%
2006	0.778	+0.0%
2007	0.778	+0.0%
2008	0.79	+1.5%
2009	0.79	+0.0%
2010	0.769	-2.7%
2011	0.769	+0.0%
2012	0.769	+0.0%
2013	0.762	-0.9%
2014	0.752	-1.3%
2015	0.756	+0.5%
2016	0.756	+0.0%
2017	0.724	-4.2%
2018	0.76	+5.0%
2019	0.845	+11.2%
2020	0.842	-0.4%
2021	0.855	+1.5%
2022	0.847	-0.9%
2023	0.85	+0.4%
2024	0.853	+0.4%
2025	0.859	+0.7%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.009	0.009	0.009	1
1790s	0.009	0.009	0.009	10
1800s	0.0876	0.009	0.14	10
1810s	0.1854	0.009	0.257	10
1820s	0.257	0.257	0.257	10
1830s	0.2626	0.257	0.271	10
1840s	0.271	0.271	0.271	10
1850s	0.271	0.271	0.271	10
1860s	0.271	0.271	0.271	10
1870s	0.271	0.271	0.271	10
1880s	0.2707	0.268	0.271	10
1890s	0.268	0.268	0.268	10
1900s	0.2333	0.218	0.236	10
1910s	0.228	0.21	0.25	10
1920s	0.2476	0.238	0.25	10
1930s	0.2331	0.232	0.238	10
1940s	0.4425	0.322	0.565	10
1950s	0.5919	0.576	0.6	10
1960s	0.6038	0.6	0.619	10
1970s	0.619	0.619	0.619	10
1980s	0.6216	0.619	0.628	10
1990s	0.7294	0.652	0.738	10
2000s	0.7804	0.778	0.79	10
2010s	0.7662	0.724	0.845	10
2020s	0.851	0.842	0.859	6

Countries ranked near Serbia

32 Netherlands 0.865 compare
33 Australia 0.864 compare
34 Malta 0.862 compare
36 Zambia 0.856 compare
37 Kenya 0.852 compare
38 Moldova 0.851 compare

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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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's civil society participation index in Serbia?: Women's civil society participation index in Serbia was 0.859 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's civil society participation index recorded in Serbia?: The highest recorded value was 0.859 in 2025.
What is the lowest women's civil society participation index recorded in Serbia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.009 in 1789.
How does Serbia rank for women's civil society participation index?: Serbia ranks 35th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's civil society participation index rising or falling in Serbia?: Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. 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 Women's Civil Society Participation Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Women's Civil Society Participation Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,062 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which women can discuss political issues, participate in civil society organizations, and are represented among journalists.