In the Republic of Serbia, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS7), dealing with the situation of children, women and households, is starting in 136 municipalities on September 15.

SORS interviewers will visit more than 10 000 households and conduct the interview face to face with the members of the selected households. Field work will last until December 2025.

We kindly ask the citizens selected in the sample for this survey to welcome the interviewers and answer their questions. 

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, in cooperation with the Institute of Public Health of Serbia and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia, has started preparations for the implementation of the Serbian National Health Survey 2025.

This survey is being conducted for the fifth time in the Republic of Serbia, and the third time according to the methodology of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS).

The Serbian National Health Survey, including field implementation, will be conducted during the period October−December 2025.

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

   - USD 69861.8 million - which was an increase of 11.4% compared to the same period last year;

   - EUR 62303.3 million - which was an increase of 8.0% compared to the same period last year.

In the Republic of Serbia, in October 2025, compared to October 2024, number of tourist arrivals was by 5.1 % lower, while number of tourist overnight stays was by 5.6 % lower.

In October 2025, compared to October 2024, number of overnight stays of domestic tourists was by 4.5% lower while number of overnight stays of foreign tourists was by 6.7% lower.

The industrial production in October 2025 deceasred by 2.3% relative to October 2024.

According to the preliminary results, the turnover of retail trade in the Republic of Serbia in October 2025, compared to the same month last year, increased by 8.8% at current prices and at constant prices, by 7.4%.

Comparing the retail trade turnover in the first ten months 2025 with the same period 2024, it increased by 6.3% at current prices, and by 3.2% at constant prices.

According to the Labour Force Survey, in the third quarter of 2025 the number of employed persons was 2 876 600, the number of unemployed persons was 256 500, while the number of persons outside the labour force was 2 470 600.

Compared to the same quarter of 2024, there was a decrease in the number of employed persons by 46 900 and a slight decrease in the number of unemployed persons, while the population outside the labour force increased by 14 700. The employment rate decreased by 0.6 percentage points (p.p.), while the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 p.p., as did the rate of the population outside the labour force, which increased by 0.5 p.p.

Compared to the previous quarter, the number of employed persons decreased by 9 300, and the number of unemployed persons also decreased by 10 500, while the number of persons outside the labour force increased by 15 700. The employment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points (p.p.) amounting to 51.3%, as did the unemployment rate, which decreased by 0.3 p.p. amounting to 8.2%. The outside the labor force rate was 44.1%, representing an increase of 0.3 p.p.

Number of live births in the Republic of Serbia in the period of January-October 2025 amounted to 48 701. Compared with the same period of the previous year, when the number of live births was 50 170, noted was the decrease in live births by 1 469 i.e. 2.9%.

Number of deaths in the Republic of Serbia in the period of January-October 2025 amounted to 78 343, and if related to the same period of the previous year, when it was 81 447, it recorded decrease by 3 104, or 3.8%.