SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Serbia
Serbia: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 11.44 in 2025. ▼ Falling
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Serbia, 2021–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Serbia is 11.44, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 11.6% over five years.
Serbia ranks 22nd of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12.95 | — |
| 2022 | 12.96 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 12.48 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 12.03 | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 11.44 | -4.9% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 11.44 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.83, 31% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 11.44 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.32, 2.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
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 sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Serbia?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Serbia was 11.44 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.96 in 2022.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.44 in 2025.
- How does Serbia rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Serbia ranks 22nd out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Serbia data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of informal employment in total employment. Employment comprises all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were either in paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work) or in self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). Informal employment comprises persons who in their main or secondary jobs were (a) own-account workers, employers and members of producers' cooperatives employed in their own informal sector enterprises; (b) own-account workers engaged in the production of goods exclusively for own final use by their household (e.g. subsistence farming); (c) contributing family workers, regardless of whether they work in formal or informal sector enterprises; or (d) employees holding informal jobs, whether employed by formal sector enterprises, informal sector enterprises, or as paid domestic workers by households. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.