Starting from 2026, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia will terminate the publication of the “Labour Force Survey Bulletin,” which has until now contained the annual results of this survey.
Instead, the basic annual data from the Labour Force Survey will be published in the form of a press release, while a broader and more detailed set of indicators will be available in the dissemination database of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
This change marks the abandonment of the bulletin format as an outdated method of data dissemination and the shift toward more modern, practical, and user‑friendly forms of publishing. These new formats enable more flexible access, easier downloading and use of data, as well as better adaptation to diverse user needs.
The annual Labour Force Survey press release for 2025, which will contain the main labour market indicators, will be published on April 3, 2026, under the code RS10G. On the same day, all other available indicators will be published in the dissemination database.
With this change, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia is improving its data dissemination system in line with user needs, international statistical standards, and modern official statistics practices.
According to the Labour Force Survey, in the first quarter of 2026 the number of employed persons was 2 836 000, the number of unemployed persons was 276 300, while the number of persons outside the labour force was 2 478 600.
Compared with the same quarter of 2025, a decrease was recorded both in the number of employed persons (by 51 100) and unemployed persons (by 13 100), while the number of persons outside the labour force increased by 40 500. The employment rate decreased by 0.7 percentage points (p.p.) and the unemployment rate by 0.2 p.p., while the rate of persons outside the labour force increased by 0.9 p.p.
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