Serbia Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

8.5

Units In

9.1

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Nov 28, 2025

Time to Release

2 Months 27 Days 10 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
25.5 Mar 2012	7.9 Jun 2020	14.54 %	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 fell to 8.5% in the second quarter of 2025, from a one-year high of 9.1% in the first quarter. The number of unemployed people decreased by 22.4 thousand quarter-on-quarter to 267.0 thousand. Meanwhile, the employment rate inched up to 51.5% from 51.4% in the previous two quarters, even though the number of employed people dropped slightly by 1.2 thousand to 2.89 million. The labor force participation rate fell by 0.4 percentage points to 56.2% in the second quarter.