The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS) hosted an official delegation from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in Belgrade from 4 to 5 February, with the objective of strengthening institutional cooperation and exchanging expertise in the modernization and digital transformation of official statistics.

According to the data collected in the fourth quarter of 2025, value of construction works done on the territory of the Republic of Serbia increased by 12.8% at current prices, relative to the fourth quarter 2024. Observed at constant prices, the total value of construction works increased by 10.6%, i.e. buildings recorded an increase of 13.3%, and other constructions an increase of 8.8%.

Within the project EU4SORS – Development of a Modern Statistical System, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia is organizing the Workshop “Evaluation of Field Work in the Survey on the Needs for Data at Local Level”, which is held from February 3-5, 2026 in Šabac.

In the 4^th quarter of 2025, real GDP increased by 2.2% in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year.

The calculation of quarterly GDP for the 4^th quarter 2025, which is more detailed and compiled at lower levels of aggregation, will be published in statistical release Quarterly GDP in the Republic of Serbia on March 2, 2026.

The overall external trade in the Republic of Serbia for the period January - December 2025 amounted to:

   - USD 84541.6 million - which was an increase of 12.3% compared to the same period last year;

   - EUR 74927.4 million - which was an increase of 7.7% compared to the same period last year.

In the Republic of Serbia, in December 2025, compared to December 2024, number of tourist arrivals was by 0.4 % greater, while number of tourist overnight stays was by 1.9 % lower.

In December 2025, compared to December 2024, number of overnight stays of domestic tourists was by 5.0% lower while number of overnight stays of foreign tourists was by 0.5% greater.

The industrial production in December 2025 deceasred by 5.7% relative to December 2024.

According to data from the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 227,192 students attended high school education, 225,639 in regular schools, 1,553 in schools for students with developmental disabilities. Almost 98% of students attend classes in public secondary schools, while slightly more than 2% of students attend private schools.

At the end of the 2024/2025 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 227,276 regular students attended classes. Furthermore, 56,757 students graduated from regular high school. The largest percentage of them (58.6) completed a four-year secondary vocational school, 27.7% completed a high school, while 13.7% of secondary school graduates completed a 3-year secondary vocational school. Young people who graduated from professional schools were most interested in profiles from the field of work "Economy, law and administration" (12%), "Electrical engineering" (11.9%), "Health and social protection" (10.1%) and "Machinery and metal processing" (9.1%).