Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Serbia

Employment in services in Serbia in 2025 — 54.9%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 16.2 pp.

2025 54.9% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 105of 182
Period maximum 54.9%2025
Period minimum 38.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Serbia, 1991–2025354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.7%1992: 39%1993: 39.3%1994: 39.6%1995: 39.8%1996: 40%1997: 40.2%1998: 40.5%1999: 41.2%2000: 41.5%2001: 41.9%2002: 42.2%2003: 42.6%2004: 43%2005: 43.2%2006: 44.7%2007: 44.3%2008: 44.8%2009: 46.7%2010: 48.1%2011: 48.1%2012: 48.7%2013: 49.3%2014: 49.8%2015: 50.6%2016: 51.4%2017: 52%2018: 52%2019: 51.8%2020: 52.5%2021: 53%2022: 53.3%2023: 53.9%2024: 54.3%2025: 54.9%
Change over the period: +16.2 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Serbia

Serbia 54.9%
World 50.6%
Southern Europe computed 71.3%
Employment in services — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 54.9 +0.6 pp
2024 54.3 +0.4 pp
2023 53.9 +0.7 pp
2022 53.3 +0.3 pp
2021 53 +0.5 pp
2020 52.5 +0.7 pp
2019 51.8 −0.1 pp
2018 52 −0.1 pp
2017 52 +0.7 pp
2016 51.4 +0.8 pp
2015 50.6 +0.7 pp
2014 49.8 +0.6 pp
2013 49.3 +0.6 pp
2012 48.7 +0.5 pp
2011 48.1 +0.1 pp
2010 48.1 +1.3 pp
2009 46.7 +1.9 pp
2008 44.8 +0.5 pp
2007 44.3 −0.4 pp
2006 44.7 +1.5 pp
2005 43.2 +0.2 pp
2004 43 +0.3 pp
2003 42.6 +0.4 pp
2002 42.2 +0.3 pp
2001 41.9 +0.4 pp
2000 41.5 +0.3 pp
1999 41.2 +0.6 pp
1998 40.5 +0.3 pp
1997 40.2 +0.2 pp
1996 40 +0.3 pp
1995 39.8 +0.2 pp
1994 39.6 +0.3 pp
1993 39.3 +0.3 pp
1992 39 +0.3 pp
1991 38.7

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.