In the first quarter of 2025, Serbia recorded a total of 2,364,894 employees, marking an increase of 314 workers compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Republic Institute of Statistics.
Out of the total number of employees, 1,897,466 work for legal entities, 420,295 are entrepreneurs, their employees, or self-employed individuals, and 47,133 are registered individual farmers.
While the overall workforce grew slightly by 314 workers compared to the first quarter of 2024, there was a slight decline in the number of employees working for legal entities, which decreased by 1,428, or 0.1 percent.
The number of entrepreneurs, their employees, and self-employed individuals saw an increase of 5,518, or 1.3 percent. However, the number of registered individual farmers declined by 3,776, or 7.4 percent.
When compared to the previous quarter, the total number of employees decreased by 13,471, or 0.6 percent. Employment in legal entities dropped by 10,044, or 0.5 percent. Meanwhile, the number of entrepreneurs and their employees, as well as self-employed individuals, decreased by 2,645, or 0.6 percent, while the number of registered individual farmers fell by 782, or 1.6 percent.
