Serbia's employed population down by 0.8 pct in Q3 2026

BELGRADE - Serbia had an employed population of 2,346,398 people in Q3 2026, which is a 0.8 pct decline y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

In a statement, it said the majority of the total employed population - 1,873,384 people - worked for legal persons and that 431,177 were entrepreneurs, employees of entrepreneurs and self-employed people, while 41,837 people were registered as individual agricultural producers.

Year-on-year, the number of employees of legal persons was down by 19,818 (1.0 pct) and the number of entrepreneurs, employees of entrepreneurs and self-employed people was up by 3,597 (0.8 pct), while the number of registered individual agricultural producers declined by 3,126 (7.0 pct).

Relative to the previous quarter, the total employed population was down by 9,542 (0.4 pct), and the number of employees of legal persons declined by 11,381 (0.6 pct).

The number of entrepreneurs, employees of entrepreneurs and self-employed people was up by 2,627 (0.6 pct), while the number of registered individual agricultural producers was down by 788 (1.8 pct).