Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia
Serbia: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 2.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia is 2.8%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia peaked at 5.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2019.
Serbia ranks 80th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5.2% | — |
| 1992 | 5.2% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 5.2% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 5.2% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 5.2% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 4.9% | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 4.8% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 4.7% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 4.6% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 4.2% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 4.3% | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 4.1% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 4.3% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -29.6% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | -19.6% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | +19.4% |
| 2022 | 2.9% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 2.8% | -1.4% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 2.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 2.8% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7%, 4.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -29.6% | 4.2% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.1% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.3% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
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More work & labour data for Serbia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7737 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7205 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.8268 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1128 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,121 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,326 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,850 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,852 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,702 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Serbia was 2.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2019.
- How does Serbia rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Serbia ranks 80th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.