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19.07.2024. -
Daily migrations

Daily migrations

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia publishes the final results of the 2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings on the daily migrations of the economically active population performing occupations, pupils and students, by sex and type of settlement, by municipalities and cities. 

According to the census methodology, daily migrants are considered persons who work or study outside the place of their usual residence, i.e. persons who live in one and work/study in another settlement in the Republic of Serbia or abroad, provided that they daily[1] or several times a week return to their place of residence.

There is a total of 1 048 825 daily migrants[2] in the Republic of Serbia. About three-quarters of daily migrants (75.9%) are economically active persons who perform an occupation[3], and almost one-quarter (24.1%) are pupils and students studying outside their place of residence.

Table 1. Total number and share of daily migrants by regions

  Total % Economically active persons performing an occupation % Pupils and students %
REPUBLIKA SRBIJA 1 048 825 100 795 779 100 253 046 100
Beogradski region 210 894 20,1 166 942 21,0 43 952 17,4
Region Vojvodine 289 125 27,6 230 386 29,0 58 739 23,2
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije 327 232 31,2 230 543 29,0 96 689 38,2
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije 221 574 21,1 167 908 21,1 53 666 21,2
Region Kosovo i Metohija* ... ... ... ... ... ...

* the 2022 Census was not conducted in the territory of AP Kosovo i Metohija.

The majority of daily migrants live in Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije (31.2%), and the least in the Beogradski region (20.1%). 


[1] It is considered that a person returns to the place of permanent residence every day even in case when he/she is absent due to the nature of work, i.e. having a 24-hour shift or even a two-day shift of 48 hours (e.g. in traffic, health or some other services).

[2] When interpreting the data, it should be noted that persons who live in one and work/study in another city municipality of the City of Belgrade or the City of Niš are not considered daily migrants, if the locations of the place of residence and the place of work/study are located in the area of ​​the same settlement, i.e. on the territory of the settlement of Belgrade, i.e. the settlement of Niš (for example, a person who lives in the city municipality of Zvezdara and works/studies in the city municipality of Novi Beograd is not considered a daily migrant, because that person lives and works/studies in the same settlement, i.e. in the settlement of Belgrade).

[3] Daily migrants who simultaneously work and study outside their place of permanent residence are included in the contingent of economically active daily migrants.

 

Daily migrations of the economically active population performing an occupation

Among economically active daily migrants (795 779 persons), the most represented are daily migrants who work in another settlement in the same municipality (50.3%), followed by persons who work in another municipality within the same area (29.4%), then those who work in another area (20.0%), while the share of persons who work in a foreign country is only 0.4%.

 

Table 2. Daily migrations of the economically active population by sex and place of performing an occupation

  Sex Economically active daily migrants who perform an occupation
total In the same area In another area In a foreign country
In the same municipality In another municipality
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA T 795 779 400 170 233 665 159 086 2 858
M 451 874 219 864 128 689 101 551 1 770
F 343 905 180 306 104 976 57 535 1 088

Observed by sex, among economically active daily migrants, the participation of male is higher than that of female (56.8% of male and 43.2% of female).

 

Daily migrations of pupils and students

Out of a total of 253 046 pupils and students daily migrants[4], the majority are those who study in another settlement in the same municipality (63%), followed by those who attend school in another municipality within the same area (23.7%), then pupils and students studying in another area (12.9%). The share of persons studying in a foreign country is 0.4%.

Table 3. Daily migrations of pupils and students by sex and place of education

  Sex Pupils and students daily migrants
total In the same area In another area In a foreign country
In the same municipality In another municipality
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA T 253 046 159 498 59 885 32 680 983
M 124 042 81 272 27 802 14 470 498
F 129 004 78 226 32 083 18 210 485

The share of daily migrants pupils and students is higher among female than male (51.0% female, 49.0% male).


[4] The contingent of daily migrants also includes children attending pre-school education.

 

More detailed information is available in the dissemination database:

Table 1: Daily migrations

Also, on the 2022 Census website, in the "Tables 2022" section, all tables published so far are available in excel format, via the link: https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/popisni-podaci-eksel-tabele/