Employment in services in Serbia
54.9% of employed people in Serbia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Serbia, 2025
54.9%
Change from 2024
+0.6percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
105th of 182
Employment in services in Serbia over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.9% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 54.3% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 53.9% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 53.3% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 53.0% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 52.5% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 51.8% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 52.0% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 52.0% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 51.4% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 50.6% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 49.8% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 49.3% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 48.7% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 48.1% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 48.1% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 46.7% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 44.8% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 44.3% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 44.7% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 43.2% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 43.0% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 42.6% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 42.2% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 41.9% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 54.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 50.6%, the figure has changed by +4.3 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Serbia has the 105th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
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Employment in agriculture
18.0%
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Employment in industry
27.1%
2025 · World Bank
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
8.7%
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
23.4%
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Long-term unemployment rate
3.5%
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Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
71.6%
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