/ Republic of Serbia
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia / ISSN 0353-9555
Statistical release / RS10
Number 280 – Year LXV, 23/10/2015
Labour Force Survey / SERB280 RS10 231015

Labour Force Survey, II quarter 2014

– Revised results –

Labour Force Survey represents a survey that ensures the most comprehensive analysis of the labour force status and fluctuations in the labour market.

In conducting this survey, applied were the methodological solutions harmonized with the recommendations and definitions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the requirements of Eurostat (European Statistical Office) and thereby provided is the most important source for international comparisons of data in the area of labour statistics among the Republic of Serbia and other countries. The frame for the sample selection is based on 2011 Census of population, households and dwellings.

The survey covered about 8222 households. The survey data relate to the Republic of Serbia and its regions according to the Regulation on nomenclature of statistical territorial units. The data were collected for the demographic features of the whole population, for the population aged 15 and over and the data on their working status/activity. The total of 23525 persons were interviewed and for 20481 persons the data regarding their working status/activity were obtained, which equals to 0.3% of the total number of persons aged 15 and over.

The Labour Force Survey was carried out in May 2014 and the period of observation extended from April 28 to May 4, 2014.

Structure of active population aged 15 and over, II quarter 2014

– Republic of Serbia –

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1.  Population aged 15 and over, by region, type of settlement, age groups, education, sex and activity, II quarter 2014

Total / Total / Sex
Male / Female
active / employed / un-employed / inactive / all / active / employed / un-employed / inactive / All / active / employed / un-employed / inactive
Population aged 15 and over – total / 6102703 / 3198760 / 2530203 / 668557 / 2903943 / 2942901 / 1790499 / 1431981 / 358518 / 1152402 / 3159802 / 1408261 / 1098223 / 310038 / 1751541
Region
Beogradski region / 1430583 / 747688 / 607897 / 139791 / 682895 / 666649 / 390015 / 317930 / 72085 / 276634 / 763934 / 357673 / 289967 / 67706 / 406261
Region Vojvodine / 1637153 / 852913 / 662086 / 190826 / 784240 / 789477 / 483473 / 375327 / 108146 / 306004 / 847676 / 369439 / 286759 / 82680 / 478237
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije / 1710624 / 936365 / 757354 / 179011 / 774259 / 836405 / 537580 / 445411 / 92169 / 298825 / 874219 / 398785 / 311943 / 86842 / 475434
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije / 1324343 / 661795 / 502867 / 158928 / 662548 / 650370 / 379431 / 293312 / 86119 / 270939 / 673973 / 282364 / 209554 / 72810 / 391609
Region Kosovo i Metohija / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / … / …
Type of settlement
Urban / 3670631 / 1893080 / 1463120 / 429960 / 1777551 / 1726115 / 1015432 / 787734 / 227698 / 710683 / 1944515 / 877648 / 675386 / 202262 / 1066868
Other / 2432072 / 1305680 / 1067083 / 238597 / 1126392 / 1216786 / 775067 / 644247 / 130820 / 441719 / 1215287 / 530613 / 422836 / 107777 / 684673
Age groups
15–24 / 807023 / 233303 / 108795 / 124509 / 573720 / 414442 / 147658 / 69500 / 78158 / 266784 / 392581 / 85645 / 39295 / 46351 / 306936
25–34 / 959688 / 770673 / 544345 / 226328 / 189015 / 489239 / 423594 / 309246 / 114348 / 65645 / 470449 / 347079 / 235099 / 111981 / 123370
35–44 / 972640 / 844232 / 700758 / 143474 / 128408 / 489120 / 450331 / 379451 / 70880 / 38789 / 483520 / 393901 / 321306 / 72595 / 89619
45–54 / 978452 / 776230 / 659936 / 116295 / 202222 / 480029 / 412837 / 358079 / 54757 / 67192 / 498423 / 363394 / 301856 / 61537 / 135029
55–64 / 1112144 / 459946 / 402760 / 57186 / 652198 / 532662 / 286764 / 246758 / 40006 / 245898 / 579482 / 173182 / 156002 / 17180 / 406300
65+ / 1272756 / 114376 / 113611 / * / 1158380 / 537409 / 69316 / 68947 / * / 468093 / 735347 / 45059 / 44664 / * / 690288
Education
No education / 140970 / (15254) / (11425) / * / 125715 / 31277 / (6545) / * / * / 24732 / 109693 / (8709) / (6533) / * / 100984
Low / 1801804 / 573642 / 455821 / 117821 / 1228162 / 746077 / 319775 / 255153 / 64623 / 426301 / 1055728 / 253867 / 200668 / 53198 / 801861
Medium / 3080910 / 1859837 / 1437178 / 422659 / 1221073 / 1673965 / 1126703 / 885645 / 241058 / 547262 / 1406945 / 733134 / 551533 / 181601 / 673811
High / 1079019 / 750027 / 625780 / 124247 / 328992 / 491582 / 337476 / 286292 / 51184 / 154107 / 587437 / 412551 / 339488 / 73063 / 174886

Without data on Kosovo and Metohija.

* Too imprecise estimate to be published.

( ) Less precise estimate - use with caution.

Structure of population aged 15 and over, by status and age groups, II quarter 2014

– Republic of Serbia –

2.  Rates of activity, employment, unemployment and inactivity, by age classes, sex and type of settlement, I and II quarter 2014

Total / Sex / Type of settlement
male / female / urban / other
I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014
Population aged 15+
Activity rate / 51,0 / 52,4 / 60,0 / 60,8 / 42,6 / 44,6 / 50,4 / 51,6 / 51,9 / 53,7
Employment rate / 40,2 / 41,5 / 47,7 / 48,7 / 33,2 / 34,8 / 39,0 / 39,9 / 41,8 / 43,9
Unemployment rate / 21,3 / 20,9 / 20,6 / 20,0 / 22,2 / 22,0 / 22,6 / 22,7 / 19,4 / 18,3
Inactivity rate / 49,0 / 47,6 / 40,0 / 39,2 / 57,4 / 55,4 / 49,6 / 48,4 / 48,1 / 46,3
Young population (15–24)
Activity rate / 27,5 / 28,9 / 33,6 / 35,6 / 21,1 / 21,8 / 22,7 / 24,1 / 35,4 / 36,1
Employment rate / 13,2 / 13,5 / 16,3 / 16,8 / 9,9 / 10,0 / 9,9 / 9,8 / 18,4 / 19,0
Unemployment rate / 52,1 / 53,4 / 51,4 / 52,9 / 53,3 / 54,1 / 56,2 / 59,5 / 47,9 / 47,4
Inactivity rate / 72,5 / 71,1 / 66,4 / 64,4 / 78,9 / 78,2 / 77,3 / 75,9 / 64,6 / 63,9
Working age population (15–64)
Activity rate / 62,3 / 63,9 / 70,7 / 71,6 / 53,9 / 56,2 / 62,0 / 63,4 / 62,7 / 64,5
Employment rate / 48,6 / 50,0 / 55,6 / 56,7 / 41,6 / 43,5 / 47,9 / 48,9 / 49,7 / 51,8
Unemployment rate / 22,0 / 21,7 / 21,3 / 20,8 / 22,9 / 22,7 / 22,7 / 22,9 / 20,8 / 19,7
Inactivity rate / 37,7 / 36,1 / 29,3 / 28,4 / 46,1 / 43,8 / 38,0 / 36,6 / 37,3 / 35,5

Rates of activity, employment, unemployment and inactivity for the population aged 15 and over, by sex, II quarter 2014

- Republic of Serbia -

3. Rates of activity, employment, unemployment and inactivity by age classes and regions, I and II quarter 2014

Republic of Serbia
Beogradski region / Region Vojvodine / Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije / Region Južne i Istočne Srbije / Region Kosovo i Metohija
I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014 / I quarter 2014 / II quarter 2014
Population aged 15+
Activity rate / 51.4 / 52.3 / 50.1 / 52.1 / 53.3 / 54.7 / 48.8 / 50.0 / ...
Employment rate / 41.9 / 42.5 / 39.1 / 40.4 / 42.1 / 44.3 / 37.0 / 38.0 / ...
Unemployment rate / 18.6 / 18.7 / 21.8 / 22.4 / 21.1 / 19.1 / 24.1 / 24.0 / ...
Inactivity rate / 48.6 / 47.7 / 49.9 / 47.9 / 46.7 / 45.3 / 51.2 / 50.0 / ...
Young population (15–24)
Activity rate / 20.2 / 23.4 / 31.6 / 31.7 / 28.5 / 29.7 / 28.4 / 29.8 / ...
Employment rate / 11.3 / 9.2 / 16.1 / 16.4 / 13.0 / 15.2 / 11.5 / 11.8 / ...
Unemployment rate / 43.9 / 60.6 / 48.9 / 48.3 / 54.4 / 48.9 / 59.3 / 60.4 / ...
Inactivity rate / 79.8 / 76.6 / 68.4 / 68.3 / 71.5 / 70.3 / 71.6 / 70.2 / ...
Working age population (15–64)
Activity rate / 63.2 / 64.4 / 61.3 / 63.5 / 63.8 / 65.4 / 60.5 / 61.7 / ...
Employment rate / 51.4 / 52.2 / 47.7 / 49.0 / 49.6 / 52.1 / 45.2 / 46.1 / ...
Unemployment rate / 18.7 / 18.9 / 22.2 / 22.8 / 22.3 / 20.3 / 25.2 / 25.3 / ...
Inactivity rate / 36.8 / 35.6 / 38.7 / 36.5 / 36.2 / 34.6 / 39.5 / 38.3 / ...

Without data on Kosovo and Metohija.

4. Employed by age groups, education, sex, region and type of settlement, II quarter 2014

Total / Sex / Serbia – North / Serbia – South / Type of settlement
male / female / Beogradski region / Region Vojvodine / Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije / Region Južne i Istočne Srbije / Region Kosovo i Metohija / urban / other
Employed – total / 2530203 / 1431981 / 1098223 / 607897 / 662086 / 757354 / 502867 / … / 1463120 / 1067083
Age groups
15–24 / 108795 / 69500 / 39295 / (16248) / 36238 / 35397 / 20912 / … / 46947 / 61848
25-34 / 544345 / 309246 / 235099 / 147728 / 151664 / 149318 / 95635 / … / 335228 / 209117
35–44 / 700758 / 379451 / 321306 / 188233 / 187791 / 184207 / 140526 / … / 451406 / 249352
45–54 / 659936 / 358079 / 301856 / 160139 / 178786 / 193785 / 127225 / … / 399327 / 260609
55–64 / 402760 / 246758 / 156002 / 87310 / 89217 / 140516 / 85716 / … / 210516 / 192244
65+ / 113611 / 68947 / 44664 / (8238) / (18390) / 54130 / 32853 / … / (19696) / 93914
Education
No education / (11425) / * / (6533) / * / * / * / * / … / * / (8542)
Low / 455821 / 255153 / 200668 / 33202 / 100426 / 202975 / 119219 / … / 97646 / 358175
Medium / 1437178 / 885645 / 551533 / 319218 / 403635 / 421299 / 293027 / … / 826180 / 610998
High / 625780 / 286292 / 339488 / 253715 / 156105 / 128446 / 87514 / … / 536412 / 89367

Without data on Kosovo and Metohija.

* Too imprecise estimate to be published.

( ) Less precise estimate - use with caution.


5. Employed by employment status, ownership, working hours, sex, region and type of settlement, II quarter 2014

Total / Sex / Serbia – North / Serbia – South / Type of settlement
male / female / Beogradski region / Region Vojvodine / Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije / Region Južne i Istočne Srbije / Region Kosovo i Metohija / urban / other
Employed – total / 2530203 / 1431981 / 1098223 / 607897 / 662086 / 757354 / 502867 / … / 1463120 / 1067083
Employment status
Employees / 1719197 / 930740 / 788457 / 511925 / 481095 / 417054 / 309123 / … / 1200074 / 519123
Self-employed with employees / 83970 / 57474 / 26496 / 30157 / (18085) / 19625 / (16104) / … / 61961 / 22009
Self-employed without employees / 515706 / 381589 / 134117 / 59802 / 132034 / 200018 / 123852 / … / 176647 / 339059
Unpaid family workers / 211331 / 62178 / 149152 / * / (30873) / 120657 / 53788 / … / 24438 / 186892
Ownership
Private ownership – registered / 1377627 / 804351 / 573277 / 317936 / 400678 / 410385 / 248629 / … / 795617 / 582010
Private ownership – unregistered / 346673 / 206945 / 139728 / (28102) / 80492 / 144479 / 93601 / … / 90049 / 256623
State ownership / 761060 / 388850 / 372209 / 244866 / 170031 / 191681 / 154482 / … / 551218 / 209841
Other types of ownership / 44844 / 31835 / (13008) / (16993) / (10886) / (10809) / (6155) / … / 26236 / (18608)
Working hours
Full-time / 2254255 / 1287794 / 966462 / 569296 / 582681 / 665150 / 437129 / … / 1359059 / 895196
Less than full-time / 275948 / 144187 / 131761 / 38601 / 79405 / 92204 / 65738 / … / 104061 / 171887