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Serbia — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Serbia, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
7.12%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -46.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Serbia was 7.12% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 24.00% in 2012. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.84% per year.
Serbia ranks 61 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Serbia sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 70% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 60%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
7.12%
First (1991)
13.37%
Change
-46.7%
Highest
24.00%
in 2012
Lowest
7.12%
in 2025
Average
14.59%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.84%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.12% |
| 2024 | 7.24% |
| 2023 | 8.27% |
| 2022 | 8.44% |
| 2021 | 9.84% |
| 2020 | 9.01% |
| 2019 | 10.4% |
| 2018 | 12.73% |
| 2017 | 13.48% |
| 2016 | 15.26% |
| 2015 | 17.66% |
| 2014 | 19.22% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.