180 countries ranked by safety, peace, freedom and LGBT+ equality
Visiting: RecommendedLGBT+ visiting: Recommended
Belgrade doesn't do early nights — kafana dinners run on live music and refills, then the floating clubs on the river take over. By day there's the hilltop fortress, Novi Sad's EXIT festival up the road, and griffon vultures circling the Uvac canyon. Street safety is good and prices are kind. Politics runs hot and authoritarian, so leave that topic alone. LGBT+ acceptance is fair in Belgrade, thinner outside.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — lower is better.
Serbia: 0.9
Ranked 32nd in the world for the lowest homicide rate.
0.89 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 — killings here are genuinely rare.
Lower than 81% of the 230 countries and territories measured.
How peaceful the country is — lower is better.
Serbia: 1.9
Ranked 81st most peaceful country in the world.
More peaceful than 61% of the 163 countries ranked, scoring 1.914.
Barely moved — down one place since 2024.
Personal and economic freedom — higher is better.
Serbia: 7.0
Ranked 76th freest country in the world.
Freer than 55% of the 165 countries measured — 7.06 out of 10.
Day-to-day life (speech, movement, religion) scores 7.41; doing business and owning property, 6.56.
LGBT+ equality in law and daily life — higher is better.
Serbia: 5.0
Ranked 64th most equal in the world for LGBT+ people.
Better for LGBT+ equality than 66% of the 197 countries scored — 50 out of 100.
The law runs ahead of public opinion here — legal protections score 67 out of 100, everyday attitudes 33.