Male unemployment — all countries

Male unemployment — Serbia

Male unemployment in Serbia in 2025 — 6.79%. Ranked 128 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.48 pp.

2025 6.79% −0.28 pp vs 2024
World rank 128of 182
Period maximum 23.25%2012
Period minimum 6.79%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of male labor force

Male unemployment — Serbia, 1991–2025010203019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 11.27%1992: 11.29%1993: 11.3%1994: 11.29%1995: 11.29%1996: 11.3%1997: 12.09%1998: 11.8%1999: 11.7%2000: 10.83%2001: 11.07%2002: 12.3%2003: 14.32%2004: 15.04%2005: 16.69%2006: 17.86%2007: 15.72%2008: 11.84%2009: 14.74%2010: 18.4%2011: 22.39%2012: 23.25%2013: 20.83%2014: 18.31%2015: 16.79%2016: 14.58%2017: 12.83%2018: 11.95%2019: 9.83%2020: 8.68%2021: 9.14%2022: 8.06%2023: 7.94%2024: 7.07%2025: 6.79%
Change over the period: −4.48 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Serbia 6.79%
World 4.69%
Southern Europe computed 7.15%
Male unemployment — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 6.79 −0.28 pp
2024 7.07 −0.87 pp
2023 7.94 −0.13 pp
2022 8.06 −1.08 pp
2021 9.14 +0.46 pp
2020 8.68 −1.15 pp
2019 9.83 −2.11 pp
2018 11.95 −0.88 pp
2017 12.83 −1.75 pp
2016 14.58 −2.21 pp
2015 16.79 −1.52 pp
2014 18.31 −2.52 pp
2013 20.83 −2.41 pp
2012 23.25 +0.85 pp
2011 22.39 +3.99 pp
2010 18.4 +3.66 pp
2009 14.74 +2.9 pp
2008 11.84 −3.88 pp
2007 15.72 −2.14 pp
2006 17.86 +1.18 pp
2005 16.69 +1.64 pp
2004 15.04 +0.73 pp
2003 14.32 +2.02 pp
2002 12.3 +1.23 pp
2001 11.07 +0.24 pp
2000 10.83 −0.88 pp
1999 11.7 −0.1 pp
1998 11.8 −0.29 pp
1997 12.09 +0.79 pp
1996 11.3 +0.02 pp
1995 11.29 −0 pp
1994 11.29 −0.01 pp
1993 11.3 +0.01 pp
1992 11.29 +0.02 pp
1991 11.27

About the indicator

The share of the male labor force that is unemployed. The gap between the sexes shows up only when this series is compared with the female one, and it is not universal — in Southern Europe and Latin America female unemployment is markedly higher, while in a number of countries of Eastern Europe and Africa male unemployment is higher, because men work in industries sensitive to a downturn.

Important: The denominator is the male labor force, not the whole male population: men who neither work nor look for work are not in it.

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