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Labor Force Participation Rate for Serbia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
59.14%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +0.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Serbia was 59.14% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 59.16% in 2024. The lowest was 49.65% in 2010 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.01% per year.
Serbia ranks 110 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Serbia sits below it. It peaked in 2024 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
59.14%
First (1990)
58.92%
Change
+0.4%
Highest
59.16%
in 2024
Lowest
49.65%
in 2010
Average
54.89%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.01%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.14% |
| 2024 | 59.16% |
| 2023 | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 57.07% |
| 2021 | 56.18% |
| 2020 | 53.37% |
| 2019 | 54.06% |
| 2018 | 53.96% |
| 2017 | 53.55% |
| 2016 | 52.97% |
| 2015 | 51.22% |
| 2014 | 51.6% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.