Work & Labour in Serbia

1,560 indicators covering work & labour for Serbia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Self-employed persons by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 454.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 17.6% 21st
Employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 2,254 Thousand persons 2025 up 25.5% 26th
Temporary employees by economic activity (NACE Rev. 2) 422 Thousand persons 2025 up 7.9% 16th
Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 2,870 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.5% 24th
Persons in full-time/part-time employment by economic activity (NACE) 2,848 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.7% 24th
Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by professional 41.6 Hour 2025 down 4.6% 3rd
Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 40.4 Hour 2025 down 3.8% 4th
Average actual weekly hours worked in the second job of persons who 17.5 Hour 2025 down 0.6% 3rd
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 2,870 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.5% 24th
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 2,870 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.5% 24th
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 2,870 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.5% 24th
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 2,255 Thousand persons 2025 up 25.5% 26th
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by job 119.9 Month 2025 down 1.6% 17th
Employed persons in selected tourism industries (NACE Rev. 2) by 2,870 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.5% 24th
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,848 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.7% 24th
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,848 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.7% 24th
Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 2,848 Thousand persons 2025 up 11.7% 24th
Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 1,170 Thousand persons 2025 up 35.7% 28th
Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 1,170 Thousand persons 2025 up 35.7% 28th
Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Social Insurance -rural 48.6% 2022 down 19.7% 12th
Adequacy of benefits in 3rd quintile (%) - All Social Insurance -rural 55.8% 2022 down 8.7% 10th
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - All Social Insurance -rural 42.3% 2022 down 29.5% 15th
Adequacy of benefits in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social 32.8% 2022 down 41.4% 21st
Participation rate of employees in education and training (last 4) 24.4% 2025 up 48.8% 38th
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - All Social Insurance -rural 67.1% 2022 down 5.5% 5th
Employed persons in knowledge-intensive activities by NACE Rev. 2 894.8 Thousand persons 2025 up 30.8% 26th
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by age 58.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 63.8% 23rd
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by educational 58.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 63.8% 23rd
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by citizenship 58.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 63.8% 23rd
Supplementary indicators on labour market slack by country of birth 58.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 63.8% 23rd
Precarious employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 1.9% 2025 down 74.3% 10th
Labour market transitions - quarterly data 2,690 Thousand persons 2026 up 6.5% 24th
Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for 3 2025 unchanged 1st
Hospital employment 72,715 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 13.3% 16th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 3.9% 2025 down 15.2% 13th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 3.9% 2025 down 15.2% 13th
Adequacy of benefits in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - All Social 81.6% 2022 up 27.5% 5th
Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 212 Thousand persons 2025 down 5.4% 23rd
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 272 Thousand persons 2025 down 52.3% 16th
Employment and labour force by sex and age - quarterly data 218 Thousand persons 2020 down 9.9% 28th
Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data 108 Thousand persons 2025 down 66.5% 12th
Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training 87 Thousand persons 2025 down 44.6% 13th
Supplementary indicators to unemployment - annual data 58 Thousand persons 2025 down 44.8% 21st
Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 58 Thousand persons 2025 down 44.8% 21st
Unemployed persons by type of employment sought 286.5 Thousand persons 2020 down 49.5% 16th
Unemployment by educational attainment level - annual data 45 Thousand persons 2025 down 46.4% 23rd
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts by sex 52.4% 2025 up 63.2% 14th
Percentage of self-employed adults by number of children and age of 6.6% 2025 down 35.9% 11th
Percentage of self-employed persons by household composition 6.6% 2025 down 35.9% 11th
Use of computers and the internet by employees by NACE Rev. 2 activity 43.1% 2025 up 44.2% 38th
Percentage of employed adults working from home by number of children 3.5% 2025 down 28.6% 39th
Percentage of employed persons working from home by household 3.5% 2025 down 28.6% 39th
Employed persons in forestry and forest-based industry - NACE Rev. 2 11.6 Thousand persons 2025 down 5.7% 22nd
Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 321 Thousand persons 2020 down 43.2% 17th
Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 321 Thousand persons 2020 down 43.2% 17th
Temporary employment agency workers by NACE Rev. 2 activity 1.3% 2025 down 35.0% 23rd
Coverage in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - International Private 2.8% 2022 up 99.0% 13th
Coverage (%) - International Private Transfers 3.1% 2022 down 18.3% 18th
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - International Private 3.0% 2022 up 5.8% 17th
Coverage in 1st quintile (poorest) (%) - International Private 3.5% 2022 down 14.9% 16th