Serbia Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

9.1

Units In

8.1

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Aug 29, 2025

Time to Release

2 Months 28 Days 6 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
25.5 Mar 2012	7.9 Jun 2020	14.65 %	2008-2025	Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

In Serbia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

Serbia’s unemployment rate rose to 9.1% in the first quarter of 2025, from 8.6% in the previous three-month period, marking the highest rate since the Q1 of 2024. The number of unemployed people rose by 16.3 thousand quarter-on-quarter to 289.4 thousand, while the employment fell by 7.8 thousand to 2.89 million. Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate increased by 0.3 percentage points to 56.6% in the first quarter of 2025.