Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Serbia
Serbia: Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher was 54.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Serbia, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Serbia is 54.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Serbia peaked at 54.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.6%, in 2004.
That places Serbia 15th out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 42.6% | — |
| 2005 | 43.1% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 43.5% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 45.6% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 45.0% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 45.2% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 47.5% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 47.8% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 47.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 48.6% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 48.7% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 49.0% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 49.3% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 49.8% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 50.0% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 51.0% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 52.5% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 51.8% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 52.8% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 53.9% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 54.5% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.2% | 42.6% | 45.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 48.9% | 47.5% | 51.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.1% | 51.8% | 54.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 12 Malaysia 55.0% compare
- 13 Kuwait 54.6% compare
- 14 Egypt 54.5% compare
- 16 North Macedonia 54.3% compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 54.0% compare
- 18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 54.0% compare
More science & technology data for Serbia
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 123.82 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.24 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 8.18 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 101.46 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -4.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 5,173 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0008 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Serbia?
- Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher in Serbia was 54.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 54.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6% in 2004.
- How does Serbia rank for female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher?
- Serbia ranks 15th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (hc) - higher rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release