The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Serbia  
Rank: 81 · Score: 38.4  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 6.8   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 63.5   M&A volume (quartile) 2nd
GDP per capita (US$) 9,393.6   Venture capital investments (quartile) Bottom
GDP growth (per cent) 2.0   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 81 47, 50, 47, 44, 44 38.4
1 Economic Activity 88 26, 43, 55, 42, 37 65.0
2 Depth of Capital Market 85 43, 43, 41, 39, 40 16.3
3 Taxation 42 78, 76, 81, 82, 83 100.7
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 71 45, 46, 50, 54, 54 61.6
5 Human and Social Environment 65 64, 66, 61, 60, 60 31.1
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 47 79, 82, 78, 79, 78 54.8


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Serbia  
Eastern Europe
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Slovakia 71.5 29.9 100.5 62.1 32.4 53.8
Belarus 71.1 26.1 108.1 56.6 35.5 48.1
Ukraine 65.1 28.0 104.4 58.8 31.8 46.0
Serbia 65.0 16.3 100.7 61.6 31.1 54.8
Georgia 57.8 10.9 113.5 87.1 34.6 45.9
Macedonia 48.3 14.7 124.2 65.2 26.6 43.5
Montenegro 37.7 12.0 105.7 79.2 31.6 38.4
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023