Serbia's unemployment rate edged up to 9.1% in the last quarter of 2023, slightly higher than the 9.0% in the previous three-month period and compared with 9.4% in the same period of 2022. The number of unemployed people rose by 0.9% from the previous quarter to 288.2 thousand, and employment fell by 0.6% to 2.87 million. The labor force participation rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 55.6%, and the employment rate decreased by the same margin to 50.5%. source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

Unemployment Rate in Serbia increased to 9.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023 from 9 percent in the third quarter of 2023. Unemployment Rate in Serbia averaged 14.73 percent from 2008 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 25.50 percent in the first quarter of 2012 and a record low of 7.90 percent in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides - Serbia Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Serbia Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2024.

Unemployment Rate in Serbia increased to 9.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023 from 9 percent in the third quarter of 2023. Unemployment Rate in Serbia is expected to be 10.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Serbia Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 8.70 percent in 2025 and 8.90 percent in 2026, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2023-11-30 11:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q3 9% 9.6% 9.4%
2024-02-29 11:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q4 9.1% 9% 9.1%
2024-05-30 10:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Q1 9.1% 10.0%


Related Last Unit Reference
Employed Persons 2870200.00 Dec 2023
Employment Rate 50.50 percent Dec 2023
Labor Force Participation Rate 55.60 percent Dec 2023
Labour Costs 115.01 points Dec 2023
Unemployed Persons 393.10 Thousand Jan 2024
Unemployment Rate 9.10 percent Dec 2023
Wage Growth 15.80 percent Jan 2024
Wages 95836.00 RSD/Month Jan 2024
Youth Unemployment Rate 26.00 percent Dec 2023

Serbia Unemployment Rate
In Serbia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
9.10 9.00 25.50 7.90 2008 - 2023 percent Quarterly
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Serbia Jobless Rate Slightly Up in Q4
Serbia's unemployment rate edged up to 9.1% in the last quarter of 2023, slightly higher than the 9.0% in the previous three-month period and compared with 9.4% in the same period of 2022. The number of unemployed people rose by 0.9% from the previous quarter to 288.2 thousand, and employment fell by 0.6% to 2.87 million. The labor force participation rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 55.6%, and the employment rate decreased by the same margin to 50.5%.
2024-02-29
Serbia Jobless Rate Declines in Q2
Serbia's unemployment rate declined to 9.6% in the second quarter of 2023, from 10.1% in the first quarter. Employment increased by 39 thousand ( or by 0.8 percentage points) to 2.88 million workers, while the number of unemployed fell by 10.6 thousand (or 0.5 percentage points) to 306.6 thousand people. Moreover, the outside labor force population fell by 0.6 percentage points, dropping by 39.6 thousand people
2023-08-31