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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Serbia: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Serbia is placed joint 34th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.977 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 60.96 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
joint34th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.977GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 60.96Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.11Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 57.65Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Serbia on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.977
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Serbia: 0.977. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Southern Europe
- 0.977 Serbia
- Land neighbours
- Bulgaria 0.762 · Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.433 · Croatia 0.774 · Hungary 0.854 · North Macedonia 0.76 · Montenegro 0.513 · Romania 0.602 · Kosovo 0.851
60.96
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 40th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Serbia: 60.96. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Southern Europe
- 74.22 Spain
- Land neighbours
- Bulgaria 56.6 · Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.67 · Croatia 49.79 · Hungary 63.17 · North Macedonia 37.57 · Montenegro 39.9 · Romania 56.73
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.11
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Serbia: 0.11. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Southern Europe
- 2.006 Spain
- Land neighbours
- Bulgaria -0.182 · Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.607 · Croatia 0.498 · Hungary 1.277 · North Macedonia -0.877 · Montenegro -1.096 · Romania 0.057 · Kosovo -1.41
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
57.65
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Serbia: 57.65. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Southern Europe
- 57.65 Serbia
- Land neighbours
- Bulgaria 52.48 · Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.94 · Croatia 20.92 · Hungary 42.62 · North Macedonia 42.69 · Montenegro 17.35 · Romania 50.49 · Kosovo 17.09
02Over time
Which way Serbia is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
SerbiaWorld median
Serbia rose from 53.43 in 2020 to 60.96 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Serbia World median 2025 61.0 40.2 2024 58.5 43.3 2023 55.6 41.4 2022 53.0 40.3 2021 56.0 44.1 2020 53.4 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
SerbiaWorld median
Serbia rose from -1.522 in 2000 to 0.11 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Serbia World median 2025 0.11 0.20 2024 0.25 0.11 2023 0.12 0.14 2022 0.12 0.16 2021 0.29 0.12 2020 0.29 0.12 2019 -0.08 0.10 2018 -0.08 -0.05 2017 -0.08 -0.08 2016 -0.37 -0.10 2015 -0.37 -0.17 2014 -0.93 -0.21 2013 -0.93 -0.21 2012 -0.93 -0.25 2011 -1.17 -0.32 2010 -1.17 -0.31 2009 -1.52 -0.50 2008 -1.52 -0.51 2007 -1.52 -0.51 2006 -1.52 -0.55 2005 -1.52 -0.55 2004 -1.52 -0.55 2003 -1.52 -0.55 2002 -1.52 -0.51 2001 -1.52 -0.51 2000 -1.52 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
SerbiaWorld median
Serbia rose from 39.39 in 2010 to 57.65 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Serbia World median 2024 57.6 25.42 2023 57.0 26.03 2022 54.7 26.04 2021 55.5 29.80 2020 57.4 29.47 2019 50.9 18.36 2018 46.7 20.09 2017 45.3 18.32 2016 37.3 18.15 2015 42.2 19.57 2014 39.5 21.00 2013 41.1 20.50 2012 41.5 19.56 2011 37.9 19.21 2010 39.4 19.88
03In context
Serbia beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Serbia and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hungary | 32nd | 0.854 | 63.17 | 1.277 | 42.62 |
| Serbia | =34th | 0.977 | 60.96 | 0.11 | 57.65 |
 Bulgaria | 64th | 0.762 | 56.6 | -0.182 | 52.48 |
 Romania | =68th | 0.602 | 56.73 | 0.057 | 50.49 |
 Croatia | 76th | 0.774 | 49.79 | 0.498 | 20.92 |
 North Macedonia | 95th | 0.76 | 37.57 | -0.877 | 42.69 |
 Kosovo | 112th | 0.851 | — | -1.41 | 17.09 |
 Montenegro | 128th | 0.513 | 39.9 | -1.096 | 17.35 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 130th | 0.433 | 35.67 | -0.607 | 14.94 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Southern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Serbia in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Serbia is ahead of the world, and behind
20 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median11
Statistics on which Serbia does better than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47428.097.474▲ Improved since 2014
Serbia: 28.09 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 9th of 118 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6577.0551.65▲ Improved since 2014
Serbia: 77.05 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 14th of 98 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2294.1764.22No earlier reading
Serbia: 94.17 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.8011.023▲ Improved since 2015
Serbia: 1.801 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 35th of 176 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.6710.485No real change since 2013
Serbia: 0.671 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 48th of 170 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4525.315.45No real change since 2025
Serbia: 25.3 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3524.5532.35No earlier reading
Serbia: 24.55 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 113th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.1450.206No real change since 2015
Serbia: 0.145 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 80th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6893.3691.68No earlier reading
Serbia: 93.36 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 58th of 140 · derived.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9751.850.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Serbia: 1.85 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 50th of 119 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5050.5770.505▲ Improved since 2015
Serbia: 0.577 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 85th of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Serbia does worse than the middle country measured.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7878.678.78No earlier reading
Serbia: 78.6 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 71st of 140 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3961.0962.39No earlier reading
Serbia: 61.09 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 96th of 181 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0579.2383.05No earlier reading
Serbia: 79.23 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 81st of 140 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.114-2.331-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Serbia: -2.331 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 163rd of 176 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6019.0885.601Moved since 2015
Serbia: 9.088 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,454711,977141,454Moved since 2020
Serbia: 711,977 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670325,36884,670Moved since 2020
Serbia: 325,368 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,714482,028148,714No real change since 2020
Serbia: 482,028 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.961.310.96No earlier reading
Serbia: 1.31 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
No current reading for Serbia
Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Serbia’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Serbia’s 3rd best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Food & Agriculture1st of 1844/4 keys
- Gender & Equality30th of 1834/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 34th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing41st of 2004/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation42nd of 1764/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 58th of 1963/3 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 49th of 1593/3 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 66th of 1934/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade76th of 1772/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge95th of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 101st of 1944/4 keys
- Work & Labour98th of 1824/4 keys
- Energyjoint 106th of 1653/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 136th of 1984/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability142nd of 1864/4 keys
- Peace & Security142nd of 1774/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Serbia can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
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South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Estonia=1st4/4 keysHighest in Southern Europe
Spain=11th4/4 keysThis page
Serbia=34th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Serbia on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Serbia rank on digital & technology?
Serbia is placed joint 34th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Serbia?
0.977 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Serbia?
60.96 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Serbia compare with Romania on digital & technology?
Romania is placed joint 68th of 198, and Serbia joint 34th. GovTech Maturity Index: Romania 0.602, Serbia 0.977; Government AI Readiness Index: Romania 56.73, Serbia 60.96; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Romania 0.057, Serbia 0.11; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Romania 50.49, Serbia 57.65.
How have Serbia’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 53.43 in 2020 to 60.96 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -1.522 in 2000 to 0.11 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 39.39 in 2010 to 57.65 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Serbia?
No current reading is published for Serbia on Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 20 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Serbia’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Serbia (banner) — Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Serbia: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/serbia/digital