Work & Labour in Serbia

1,560 indicators covering work & labour for Serbia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment rate of men vs. women 6.8% 2025 down 59.6% 59th
Female unemployment rate 7.5% 2025 down 60.0% 67th
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 34.3% 2025 up 14.0% 31st
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 18.7% 2025 down 29.3% 89th
Share of male vs. female employment in services 47.1% 2025 up 8.0% 115th
Employment rate, men vs. women 62.0% 2025 up 24.0% 122nd
Employment rate 54.9% 2025 up 30.2% 114th
Youth unemployment rate 20.9% 2025 down 51.6% 45th
Population by labor force status 953,717 people 2025 down 7.3% 123rd
Employee compensation as share of government spending 16.7% 2022 down 34.1% 112th
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 31.56 2025 down 3.6% 73rd
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 702.93 2020 down 30.7% 29th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 110.8 Persons 2022 up 61.0% 82nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 173.92 Persons 2022 up 32.2% 76th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 1.0% 2020 up 7.8% 68th
Female labor force by age 121,082 people 2024 up 161.1% 60th
Labor force participation rate by age 32.1% 2024 up 13.4% 126th
Female labor force participation rate by age 25.0% 2024 up 17.4% 142nd
Jobs gap 379.29 2025 down 64.3% 38th
Jobs gap rate 11 2025 down 62.3% 36th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 137.77 2025 down 72.9% 42nd
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 4 2025 down 71.4% 38th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 21.4% 2024 down 55.0% 44th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.001 units per square kilometre 2023 down 45.3% 135th
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0019 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% 76th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 1.41 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% 89th
Employment by status 72.8% 2024 up 6.6% 80th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 72.8% 2024 up 6.6% 80th
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.6421 units per square kilometre 2023 up 108.2% 44th
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.6421 units per square kilometre 2023 up 108.2% 43rd
Employment 3,067 2025 up 19.1% 88th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -0.5423 % change on previous year 2025 up 33.8% 84th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -0.5423 % change on previous year 2025 up 33.8% 84th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -0.5423 % change on previous year 2025 up 33.8% 84th
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.9% 2025 up 254.2% 47th
Unemployment with basic education 8.0% 2024 down 56.3% 51st
Unemployment with basic education, male 8.8% 2024 down 49.5% 42nd
Unemployment with intermediate education 7.6% 2024 down 64.1% 46th
Unemployment with basic education, female 7.2% 2024 down 63.7% 69th
Unemployment with advanced education 5.9% 2024 down 61.4% 46th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 8.2% 2024 down 64.4% 53rd
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 1.41 2024 down 11.9% 108th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 1.41 score 2024 down 11.9% 109th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 12.7% 2025 down 37.5% 81st
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 7.2% 2024 down 63.9% 40th
Labor force with basic education, female 29.6% 2024 up 17.2% 82nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 12.3% 2025 down 38.6% 82nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 13.1% 2025 down 36.5% 56th
Labor force with basic education, male 46.7% 2024 up 5.2% 90th
Labor force with basic education 36.8% 2024 up 9.8% 95th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 55.9% 2024 up 8.2% 62nd
Labor force with intermediate education, male 71.3% 2024 up 5.8% 77th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 64.1% 2024 up 6.6% 68th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 5.5% 2024 down 60.1% 40th
Labor force with advanced education, male 74.7% 2024 up 10.0% 111th
Labor force with advanced education 75.1% 2024 up 8.9% 83rd
Labor force with advanced education, female 75.5% 2024 up 7.9% 63rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.5% 2025 up 37.3% 101st
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 61.4% 2025 up 22.4% 130th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 6.3% 2024 down 62.5% 52nd