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🇷🇸 Serbia: Politics & Democracy

By V-Dem's measure, no — Serbia scores 0.220 on the 0–1 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range.

Liberal democracy rank (2024)

#113 of 179

Score (0–1)

0.220

10-year change

-0.136

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Current leaders

Aleksandar Vučić

Head of State · Serbian Progressive Party

since 2017-05-31

Q42478807

Head of Government · independent politician

since 2025-04-16

Democracy trend

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Serbia — V-Dem liberal democracy index, 19002024 (0–1 scale). Latest: 0.220 in 2024.

Upcoming elections

2027 Serbian presidential election

2027-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voting alignment

Serbia's closest UN General Assembly voting partners since 1946:

Frequently asked questions

Is Serbia a democracy?

By V-Dem's measure, no — Serbia scores 0.220 on the 0–1 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range. It ranks #113 of 179 countries in 2024.

Is democracy in Serbia improving or declining?

Serbia's V-Dem liberal democracy score has declined by 0.136 points over the past decade, standing at 0.220 in 2024 (1-year change: -0.027).

Who leads Serbia?

Aleksandar Vučić is Serbia's head of state (Serbian Progressive Party); Q42478807 serves as head of government (independent politician).

When is the next election in Serbia?

2027 Serbian presidential election is scheduled for 2027-01-01T00:00:00Z.

More on Serbia

Data source: Coppedge, Michael et al. 'V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15', Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, https://www.v-dem.net, CC BY 4.0.