Unemployment rate in Serbia 8.9%

According to the Labor Force Survey, in the fourth quarter of 2025 the number of employed persons was around 2.8 million, and the number of unemployed persons was 276,900, so the employment rate amounted to 50.5%, and the unemployment rate was 8.9%, as announced by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.

The number of persons outside the labor force was 2,493,300.

Compared to the same quarter of 2024, there was a decrease in the number of employed persons by 66,700, an increase in the population outside the labor force by 31,100 and a slight increase in the number of unemployed persons by 3,800.

The employment rate decreased by 0.9 percentage points (p.p.), while the unemployment rate increased by 0.3 p.p., as did the outside the labor force rate, which increased by 0.8 p.p.

Total rate of informal employment was 11%, where the rate of informal employment in the agricultural sector was 49.8% and in non-agricultural sectors 6%.

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