The conference "Development of Decision Support Systems" was held at the Mona Plaza Hotel in Belgrade on January 30 and 31, 2025, on the occasion of launching of the project "EU4SORS - Development of a Modern Statistical System", which the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia is implementing with the financial support of the European Union, within the IPA 2022 program. This project aims to improve the capacity of the Statistical System of Serbia to provide advanced analytical solutions, as well as further strengthen statistics as a key partner in creating policies based on reliable and comprehensive data.
The overall external trade in the Republic of Serbia for the period January-December 2024 amounted to:
- USD 73831.8 million - which was an increase of 4.3% compared to the same period last year;
- EUR 68189.6 million - which was an increase of 4.1% compared to the same period last year.
In the 4th quarter of 2024, real GDP increased by 3.3% in comparison to the corresponding period of the previous year.
The calculation of quarterly GDP for the 4th quarter 2024, 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 February 28, 2025.
In the Republic of Serbia, in December 2024, compared to December 2023, the number of tourist arrivals was by 5.8% greater, while number of tourist overnight stays was by 8.1% greater.
In December 2024, compared to December 2023, the number of overnight stays of domestic tourists was by 6.8% greater while number of overnight stays of foreign tourists was by 9.2% greater.
The industrial production in December 2024 increased by 2.7% relative to December 2023
According to the preliminary results, the turnover of retail trade in the Republic of Serbia in November 2024, compared to the same month last year, increased by 4.1% at current prices and at constant prices, by 1.4%.
Retail trade turnover in 2024, compared with 2023, increased by 9.1% at current prices, and by 5.4% at constant prices.
According to data from the beginning of the 2024/2025 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 231,171 students attended high school education, 229,648 in regular schools, 1,523 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 2023/2024 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 229,960 regular students attended classes. Furthermore, 57,756 students graduated from regular high school. The largest percentage of them (57.7) completed a four-year secondary vocational school, 28.2% completed a high school, while 14.1% 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 "Electrical engineering" (12.2%), "Economy, law and administration" (11.8%), "Health and social protection" (9.8%) and "Machinery and metal processing" (8.7%).
Total number of employed in the fourth quarter of 2024 amounted to 2 378 365 persons. Relative to the same quarter of the previous year, total registered employment increased by 0.5%, i.e. by 10 661 persons.
The sections of activity with the largest increase in the number of the employed are Information and communication (growth of 4 160 persons), Administrative and support service activities (growth of 3 361 persons), Accommodation and food service activities (growth of 3 321 persons) and Professional, scientific and technical activities (growth of 3 196 persons).