Work & Labour in Serbia 1,560 indicators covering work & labour for Serbia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour indicators rates - Regions — Long-term unemployment rate 0.6 Percentage points 2025 down 68.4% 9th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Long-term 0.6 Percentage points 2025 down 68.4% 9th Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 7.76 2025 down 14.4% 45th Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 16.4% 2024 down 26.8% 51st Share of male workers in informal employment 16.4% 2024 down 26.8% 51st Share of workers in informal employment 17.8% 2024 down 23.0% 51st Share of female workers in informal employment 19.5% 2024 down 19.3% 50th Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 17.8% 2024 down 23.0% 51st LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 20.38 2020 down 33.5% 10th Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 3.32 million Persons 2026 down 9.8% 18th Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 17.8% 2024 down 23.0% 59th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in the public sector 36.79 2020 down 8.2% 52nd Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in the public sector 36.79 2020 down 8.1% 51st Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 3.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 5.8% 33rd Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 40.7 2019 down 7.1% 27th Part-time employment - Regions 187,600 Persons 2025 down 38.3% 23rd Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 377.68 2019 up 8.0% 49th Dentists — Health and social employment 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 41.2% 5th Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 2,900 2019 up 28.7% 48th Employees 2,097 2019 up 33.1% 43rd Public sector employees 719.18 2020 up 2.8% 30th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 13.2 2019 down 39.0% 11th Hospital employment 11.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 18.4% 23rd LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 14.11 2019 down 20.0% 9th Pharmacists — Health and social employment 1.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 61.0% 13th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 41.58 2019 down 2.9% 33rd Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 42.1 2019 down 1.7% 34th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 35.08 2019 down 9.3% 41st Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 35.22 2019 down 9.6% 41st Employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 321.21 2019 up 25.2% 31st Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 94.4 Index 2026 down 13.2% 35th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 95.9% 2024 up 8.8% 29th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 66.7% 2024 down 13.1% 55th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 8.31 2025 — 17th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 8.31 2025 — 17th Unemployment rate 22.16 2025 down 43.0% 3rd Unemployment 708.42 2025 down 46.3% 13th Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 526.75 2025 down 22.1% 38th Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 54.89 2025 down 4.4% 21st Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 432.88 2025 down 13.6% 41st Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 370.11 2025 up 12.7% 42nd Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 38.57 2025 up 38.3% 46th Working-age population 5,549 2025 down 7.6% 35th Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 29.74 2025 down 42.2% 3rd Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 16.32 2025 down 44.7% 2nd Labour force participation rate 57.63 2025 up 2.0% 38th Labour force 3,198 2025 down 5.7% 37th Persons outside the labour force 2,351 2025 down 9.9% 34th Employment-to-population ratio 44.86 2025 up 29.9% 54th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 22.16 2025 down 43.0% 3rd Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 6,516 Thousand persons 2026 down 7.5% 21st Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 14.7 2025 down 52.9% 54th Nurses — Health and social employment 13.29 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 up 51.0% 12th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 18.95 2025 — 9th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 18.32 2019 down 25.9% 5th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 259.95 2025 — 33rd Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 51.18 2025 — 59th Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,869 2025 — 38th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 2,477 2025 — 35th Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 55.81 2025 — 55th ← Previous Page 7 of 26 Next →