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Serbia

#54 globally

Europe

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#30 in Europe

Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

46/100
Positive(+2)
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

44/100
Early Adoption

Serbia is deploying AI roughly in line with its readiness capacity.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure11/20
Talent11/20
Governance9/20
Investment8/20
Economic Readiness7/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Early Adoption
Government DeploymentWeakest
8/20
Enterprise AdoptionStrongest
9/20
Talent DemandStrongest
9/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
9/20
R&D PipelineStrongest
9/20

Growing IT export sector and improving digital infrastructure support early AI adoption.

Trajectory Outlook

48
/100

by 2028

46 now+2 pts

Top Accelerator

EU accession process driving governance reforms and Belgrade's growing tech outsourcing sector building AI engineering capacity

Top Risk

Slow EU accession progress and governance concerns limiting investment confidence and access to EU innovation funds

Pillar Detail

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

Development Phase

Serbia is in the Development Phase

Scaling infrastructure and talent pipelines. Projected score by 2028: 48/100.

2028 Timeline

Now

Score 46

2

2025–26

Talent pipeline scaling to 1,000+ AI graduates/yr

3

2026–27

AI regulation framework published

4

2028

Domestic AI investment exceeds 0.5% GDP

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

Economic Readiness
7/20
Near

Streamline business registration to under 3 days; digitise government services

Mid

Negotiate AI services trade agreements; join WTO plurilateral digital trade talks

Investment & R&D
8/20
Near

Introduce R&D tax credits (≥25%) for AI-related expenditure

Mid

Create sovereign AI venture fund targeting deep-tech Series A/B rounds

Governance & Policy
9/20
Near

Publish risk-tiered AI regulation framework aligned with EU AI Act principles

Mid

Create cross-ministry AI coordination body with dedicated budget line

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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