/ Republic of Serbia
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia / ISSN 0353-9555
Statistical release / RS10
Number 283 - Year LXV, 23.10.2015
Labour Force Survey / SERB283 RS10 231015

Labour Force Survey, I quarter 2015

– Final results –

Labour Force Survey represents a survey that ensures the most comprehensive analysis of the labour force status and fluctuations in the labour market.

In conducting this survey, applied were the methodological solutions harmonized with the recommendations and definitions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the requirements of Eurostat (European Statistical Office) and thereby provided is the most important source for international comparison of data in the area of labour statistics among the Republic of Serbia and other countries. The frame for the sample selection is based on 2011 Census of population, households and dwellings.

The survey covered 9058 households. The survey data relate to the Republic of Serbia and its regions according to the Regulation on nomenclature of statistical territorial units. The data were collected for the demographic features of the whole population, and for the population aged 15 and over, also the data on their working status/activity. The total of 26043 persons were interviewed and for 22540 persons the data regarding their working status/activity were obtained, which equals to 0.4% of the total number of persons aged 15 and over.

The Labour Force Survey was carried out in the I quarter of 2015 and the observation period was every week in the quarter.

Structure of active population aged 15 and over, I quarter 2015

– Republic of Serbia –

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1. Population aged 15 and over, by region, type of settlement, age groups, education, sex and activity, I quarter 2015

Total / Total / Sex
male / female
active / employed / un- employed / inactive / all / active / employed / un- employed / inactive / all / active / employed / un- employed / inactive
Population aged 15 and over – total / 6081236 / 3088636 / 2494346 / 594290 / 2992600 / 2932250 / 1728681 / 1409922 / 318759 / 1203569 / 3148986 / 1359955 / 1084424 / 275531 / 1789031
Region
Beogradski region / 1432376 / 747786 / 592873 / 154913 / 684590 / 666936 / 394494 / 315804 / 78690 / 272442 / 765440 / 353292 / 277069 / 76223 / 412148
Region Vojvodine / 1630529 / 818511 / 667354 / 151157 / 812018 / 786383 / 461337 / 374312 / 87026 / 325046 / 844146 / 357174 / 293043 / 64131 / 486972
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije / 1702066 / 896468 / 732254 / 164214 / 805598 / 832371 / 512543 / 424917 / 87626 / 319828 / 869695 / 383924 / 307337 / 76588 / 485771
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije / 1316265 / 625871 / 501865 / 124005 / 690394 / 646560 / 360306 / 294889 / 65417 / 286254 / 669705 / 265565 / 206976 / 58589 / 404140
Region Kosovo i Metohija / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / …
Type of settlement
Urban / 3601422 / 1817649 / 1432525 / 385123 / 1783773 / 1688491 / 965038 / 765081 / 199957 / 723453 / 1912931 / 852611 / 667445 / 185166 / 1060320
Other / 2479814 / 1270987 / 1061821 / 209167 / 1208827 / 1243759 / 763643 / 644841 / 118802 / 480116 / 1236055 / 507344 / 416980 / 90365 / 728711
Age groups
15–24 / 791106 / 226045 / 118271 / 107775 / 565061 / 406131 / 135264 / 74273 / 60991 / 270867 / 384975 / 90781 / 43997 / 46784 / 294194
25–34 / 952640 / 751648 / 558436 / 193212 / 200992 / 485827 / 403944 / 305960 / 97984 / 81883 / 466813 / 347704 / 252476 / 95228 / 119109
35–44 / 976676 / 822682 / 690224 / 132458 / 153994 / 492088 / 440782 / 372963 / 67820 / 51306 / 484588 / 381899 / 317261 / 64638 / 102689
45–54 / 967745 / 738214 / 638858 / 99356 / 229531 / 474539 / 396675 / 346747 / 49928 / 77864 / 493206 / 341539 / 292111 / 49428 / 151667
55–64 / 1102248 / 444565 / 384255 / 60309 / 657683 / 527848 / 284899 / 243875 / 41025 / 242949 / 574400 / 159666 / 140381 / 19285 / 414734
65+ / 1290821 / 105483 / 104302 / * / 1185338 / 545817 / 67117 / 66104 / * / 478700 / 745004 / 38366 / 38198 / * / 706638
Education
No education / 116512 / (9888) / (7682) / * / 106624 / 20389 / (5332) / (4167) / * / 15057 / 96124 / (4556) / (3515) / * / 91567
Low / 1790704 / 517604 / 427943 / 89661 / 1273100 / 742472 / 299768 / 244310 / 55458 / 442704 / 1048232 / 217836 / 183633 / 34203 / 830396
Medium / 3131220 / 1825700 / 1456935 / 368765 / 1305520 / 1683408 / 1093287 / 886982 / 206305 / 590121 / 1447812 / 732413 / 569953 / 162460 / 715399
High / 1042799 / 735444 / 601786 / 133658 / 307355 / 485981 / 330294 / 274463 / 55831 / 155687 / 556818 / 405150 / 327322 / 77827 / 151668

Without data Region Kosovo and Metohia

- No occurrence

* Too imprecise estimate to be published

( ) Less precise estimate - use with caution

Structure of population aged 15 and over, by status and age groups, I quarter 2015

– Republic of Serbia –


2. Rates of activity, employment, unemployment and inactivity, by age groups and sex, I quarter 2015

%

Total / Sex
male / female
I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / III quarter 2014 / IV quarter 2014 / I quarter 2015 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / III quarter 2014 / IV quarter 2014 / I quarter 2015 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / III quarter 2014 / IV quarter 2014 / I quarter 2015
Population aged 15+
Activity rate / 51.0 / 52.4 / 52.3 / 51.3 / 50.8 / 60.0 / 60.8 / 60.5 / 60.2 / 59.0 / 42.6 / 44.6 / 44.6 / 43.0 / 43.2
Employment rate / 40.2 / 41.5 / 42.8 / 42.4 / 41.0 / 47.7 / 48.7 / 50.1 / 50.2 / 48.1 / 33.2 / 34.8 / 36.0 / 35.3 / 34.4
Unemployment rate / 21.3 / 20.9 / 18.1 / 17.3 / 19.2 / 20.6 / 20.0 / 17.3 / 16.7 / 18.4 / 22.2 / 22.0 / 19.2 / 18.1 / 20.3
Inactivity rate / 49.0 / 47.6 / 47.7 / 48.7 / 49.2 / 40.0 / 39.2 / 39.5 / 39.8 / 41.0 / 57.4 / 55.4 / 55.4 / 57.0 / 56.8
Young population (15–24)
Activity rate / 27.5 / 28.9 / 29.2 / 27.3 / 28.6 / 33.6 / 35.6 / 36.3 / 34.2 / 33.3 / 21.1 / 21.8 / 21.8 / 20.1 / 23.6
Employment rate / 13.2 / 13.5 / 17.0 / 15.9 / 15.0 / 16.3 / 16.8 / 21.8 / 21.0 / 18.3 / 9.9 / 10.0 / 11.9 / 10.6 / 11.4
Unemployment rate / 52.1 / 53.4 / 41.9 / 41.7 / 47.7 / 51.4 / 52.9 / 40.1 / 38.7 / 45.1 / 53.3 / 54.1 / 45.1 / 47.2 / 51.5
Inactivity rate / 72.5 / 71.1 / 70.8 / 72.7 / 71.4 / 66.4 / 64.4 / 63.7 / 65.8 / 66.7 / 78.9 / 78.2 / 78.2 / 79.9 / 76.4
Working age population (15–64)
Activity rate / 62.3 / 63.9 / 63.6 / 62.6 / 62.3 / 70.7 / 71.6 / 71.1 / 70.7 / 69.6 / 53.9 / 56.2 / 56.2 / 54.5 / 55.0
Employment rate / 48.6 / 50.0 / 51.6 / 51.3 / 49.9 / 55.6 / 56.7 / 58.3 / 58.3 / 56.3 / 41.6 / 43.5 / 45.1 / 44.3 / 43.5
Unemployment rate / 22.0 / 21.7 / 18.8 / 18.0 / 19.9 / 21.3 / 20.8 / 18.0 / 17.5 / 19.1 / 22.9 / 22.7 / 19.9 / 18.7 / 20.8
Inactivity rate / 37.7 / 36.1 / 36.4 / 37.4 / 37.7 / 29.3 / 28.4 / 28.9 / 29.3 / 30.4 / 46.1 / 43.8 / 43.8 / 45.5 / 45.0

Rates of activity, employment, unemployment and inactivity for the population aged 15 and over, by sex, I quarter 2015

- Republic of Serbia -

3. Rates of activity, employment, unemployment and inactivity, by age groups and regions, I quarter 2015 / %

Part I

Republic of Serbia
Srbija ‒ sever
Beogradski region / Region Vojvodine
I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / III quarter 2014 / IV quarter 2014 / I quarter 2015 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / III quarter 2014 / IV quarter 2014 / I quarter 2015
Population aged 15+
Activity rate / 51.4 / 52.3 / 51.8 / 52.0 / 52.2 / 50.1 / 52.1 / 51.3 / 51.7 / 50.2
Employment rate / 41.9 / 42.5 / 42.7 / 43.6 / 41.4 / 39.1 / 40.4 / 41.9 / 41.8 / 40.9
Unemployment rate / 18.6 / 18.7 / 17.6 / 16.2 / 20.7 / 21.8 / 22.4 / 18.4 / 19.2 / 18.5
Inactivity rate / 48.6 / 47.7 / 48.2 / 48.0 / 47.8 / 49.9 / 47.9 / 48.7 / 48.3 / 49.8
Young population (15–24)
Activity rate / 20.2 / 23.4 / 24.6 / 23.1 / 27.3 / 31.6 / 31.7 / 33.1 / 31.9 / 28.7
Employment rate / 11.3 / 9.2 / 12.5 / 12.2 / 15.0 / 16.1 / 16.4 / 21.3 / 19.5 / 16.4
Unemployment rate / 43.9 / 60.6 / 49.4 / 47.2 / 45.2 / 48.9 / 48.3 / 35.7 / 39.0 / 43.0
Inactivity rate / 79.8 / 76.6 / 75.4 / 76.9 / 72.7 / 68.4 / 68.3 / 66.9 / 68.1 / 71.3
Working age population (15–64)
Activity rate / 63.2 / 64.4 / 64.0 / 64.2 / 64.5 / 61.3 / 63.5 / 62.9 / 63.3 / 61.6
Employment rate / 51.4 / 52.2 / 52.7 / 53.7 / 51.0 / 47.7 / 49.0 / 51.1 / 50.9 / 50.0
Unemployment rate / 18.7 / 18.9 / 17.7 / 16.4 / 21.0 / 22.2 / 22.8 / 18.7 / 19.6 / 18.8
Inactivity rate / 36.8 / 35.6 / 36.0 / 35.8 / 35.5 / 38.7 / 36.5 / 37.1 / 36.7 / 38.4
3. Rates of activity, employment, unemployment and inactivity, by age groups and regions, I quarter 2015 / %

Part II

Republic of Serbia
Srbija ‒ jug
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije / Region Južne i Istočne Srbije / Region Kosovo i Metohija
I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / III quarter 2014 / IV quarter 2014 / I quarter 2015 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / III quarter 2014 / IV quarter 2014 / I quarter 2015
Population aged 15+
Activity rate / 53.3 / 54.7 / 55.3 / 52.4 / 52.7 / 48.8 / 50.0 / 50.0 / 48.7 / 47.5 / ...
Employment rate / 42.1 / 44.3 / 46.3 / 44.3 / 43.0 / 37.0 / 38.0 / 39.6 / 39.6 / 38.1 / ...
Unemployment rate / 21.1 / 19.1 / 16.4 / 15.5 / 18.3 / 24.1 / 24.0 / 20.9 / 18.7 / 19.8 / ...
Inactivity rate / 46.7 / 45.3 / 44.7 / 47.6 / 47.3 / 51.2 / 50.0 / 50.0 / 51.3 / 52.5 / ...
Young population (15–24) / 28.5 / 29.7 / 29.0 / 25.7 / 30.6 / 28.4 / 29.8 / 29.3 / 27.9 / 27.0
Activity rate / 13.0 / 15.2 / 17.7 / 16.0 / 15.5 / 11.5 / 11.8 / 15.2 / 15.0 / 12.5 / ...
Employment rate / 54.4 / 48.9 / 39.2 / 37.6 / 49.4 / 59.3 / 60.4 / 48.0 / 46.1 / 53.9 / ...
Unemployment rate / 71.5 / 70.3 / 71.0 / 74.3 / 69.4 / 71.6 / 70.2 / 70.7 / 72.1 / 73.0 / ...
Inactivity rate / ...
63.8 / 65.4 / 65.4 / 62.2 / 63.6 / 60.5 / 61.7 / 61.7 / 60.2 / 58.9
Working age population (15–64) / 49.6 / 52.1 / 53.9 / 51.9 / 51.3 / 45.2 / 46.1 / 48.2 / 48.3 / 46.7
Activity rate / 22.3 / 20.3 / 17.6 / 16.5 / 19.3 / 25.2 / 25.3 / 22.0 / 19.7 / 20.8 / ...
Employment rate / 36.2 / 34.6 / 34.6 / 37.8 / 36.4 / 39.5 / 38.3 / 38.3 / 39.8 / 41.1 / ...
Unemployment rate / 21.9 / 19.7 / 17.0 / 16.0 / 19.3 / 24.8 / 24.7 / 21.5 / 19.2 / 20.8 / ...
Inactivity rate / 37.4 / 36.2 / 36.2 / 38.8 / 36.4 / 39.6 / 39.0 / 39.0 / 40.4 / 41.1 / ...

Without data Region Kosovo and Metohia

4.  Employed by age groups, education, sex, region and type of settlement, I quarter 2015

Total / Sex / Serbia – North / Serbia – South / Type of settlement
male / female / Beogradski region / Region Vojvodine / Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije / Region Južne i Istočne Srbije / Region Kosovo i Metohija / urban / other
Employed – total / 2494346 / 1409922 / 1084424 / 592873 / 667354 / 732254 / 501865 / … / 1432525 / 1061821
Age groups
15–24 / 118271 / 74273 / 43997 / 25825 / 35304 / 35459 / 21682 / … / 52761 / 65510
25-34 / 558436 / 305960 / 252476 / 150526 / 156214 / 153627 / 98069 / … / 352958 / 205478
35–44 / 690224 / 372963 / 317261 / 184653 / 183982 / 187269 / 134320 / … / 434520 / 255704
45–54 / 638858 / 346747 / 292111 / 146178 / 180267 / 182480 / 129934 / … / 376129 / 262729
55–64 / 384255 / 243875 / 140381 / 76287 / 94727 / 126889 / 86352 / … / 195843 / 188412
65+ / 104302 / 66104 / 38198 / (9403) / 16860 / 46530 / 31509 / … / 20316 / 83986
Education
No education / (7682) / (4167) / (3515) / * / * / (4102) / * / … / * / (6853)
Low / 427943 / 244310 / 183633 / 31708 / 98298 / 188243 / 109694 / … / 91280 / 336663
Medium / 1456935 / 886982 / 569953 / 335559 / 413466 / 413480 / 294430 / … / 846365 / 610571
High / 601786 / 274463 / 327322 / 224902 / 154602 / 126429 / 95853 / … / 494052 / 107734