Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Serbia
Serbia: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 18.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in Serbia, 2007–2025
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 18.2% for part time employment, total in 2025.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Serbia peaked at 30.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2011.
Serbia ranks 80th of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 19.6% | — |
| 2008 | 13.6% | -30.6% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 12.8% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 11.7% | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 12.6% | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 16.5% | +31.0% |
| 2014 | 30.7% | +86.3% |
| 2015 | 23.2% | -24.6% |
| 2016 | 22.6% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 22.7% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 20.8% | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 20.8% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 21.9% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 15.9% | -27.4% |
| 2022 | 15.8% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 17.6% | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 17.2% | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 18.2% | +5.6% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 18.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.8%, 80% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 18.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30.1%, 60% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% of total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +86.3% | 16.5% | 30.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.2% | 12.4% | 19.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 11.7% | 30.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.8% | 15.8% | 21.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
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 part time employment, total in Serbia?
- Part time employment, total in Serbia was 18.2% in 2025, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, total recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 30.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2011.
- How does Serbia rank for part time employment, total?
- Serbia ranks 80th out of 115 countries with data for 2025.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, total (% of total employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.