Serbia
Destination country · migration, permits and visas
- First residence permits, 2025 (Eurostat)
- 33,365
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International migrants
People living in Serbia who were born in another country, or who hold foreign citizenship where country of birth is not recorded: mid-year estimates (UN DESA).
- Bosnia and Herzegovina277,641
- Croatia223,325
- Montenegro57,943
- North Macedonia34,921
- Germany17,967
- Russia11,961
- Ukraine10,681
- Slovenia9,115
- Austria8,034
- Greece6,269
- France6,141
- Hungary4,677
International migrants by year
Data table
| 1990 | 1,064,614 |
| 1995 | 1,543,744 |
| 2000 | 1,419,951 |
| 2005 | 1,078,633 |
| 2010 | 901,044 |
| 2015 | 797,595 |
| 2020 | 733,091 |
| 2024 | 712,550 |
- International migrants, 2024
- 712,550
- Share of the population, 2024
- 10.6%
- Counted by
- country of birth, refugees added
Migrants in the labour market
Labour force survey results for Serbia: residents aged 15 and over who were born abroad, compared with those born in the country (ILOSTAT).
| Indicator | Born in the country | Born abroad |
|---|---|---|
| Employment-to-population ratio, 2025 | 55.4% | 48.6% |
| Unemployment rate, 2025 | 7.4% | 5.9% |
- Born abroad: share of all workers, 2025
- 8.8%
- Born abroad: share of high-skill jobs, 2025
- 10.3%
- Born abroad: share of medium-skill jobs, 2025
- 8.0%
- Born abroad: share of elementary jobs, 2025
- 9.5%
Earnings by occupation
Mean gross annual earnings of employees in Serbia by major occupation group, in enterprises with 10 or more employees (Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022).
| Occupation group | Mean annual earnings, RSD | Index, all occupations = 100 |
|---|---|---|
| All occupations | 1,365,723 | 100 |
| Managers | 2,292,195 | 168 |
| Professionals | 2,032,634 | 149 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | 1,539,141 | 113 |
| Clerical support workers | 1,241,484 | 91 |
| Service and sales workers | 897,835 | 66 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 1,054,584 | 77 |
| Craft and related trades workers | 1,111,911 | 81 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 1,074,079 | 79 |
| Elementary occupations | 879,411 | 64 |
- Mean gross annual earnings, all employees, 2022
- 1,365,723 RSD
- Women's mean earnings as a share of men's, 2022
- 86.2%
Residence permits
First residence permits issued by Serbia to non-EU citizens (Eurostat).
First permits by year
Data table
| 2024 | 34,723 |
| 2025 | 33,365 |
- Work23,847
- Family6,015
- Other reasons2,169
- Education1,334
- Russia9,548
- China5,907
- Türkiye3,632
- India3,390
- Nepal1,965
- Bangladesh1,040
- Sri Lanka983
- Uzbekistan614
- Philippines457
- Kyrgyzstan367
- Bosnia and Herzegovina353
- Belarus351
- Egypt344
- Ukraine303
- United States299
- Other paid activities23,839
- Researchers7
- Highly skilled workers (national schemes)1
- Valid residence permits, 31 Dec 2025
- 125,000
- Long-term residence permits issued, 2025
- 5,620
- Changed status into work, 2025
- 570
Serbia's embassies and consulates abroad
Countries in which Serbia has an embassy or consulate, as recorded in Wikidata.
| Country | Embassies | Consulates-general | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1 | — | — |
| Algeria | 1 | — | — |
| Angola | 1 | — | — |
| Argentina | 1 | — | — |
| Australia | 1 | — | — |
| Austria | 1 | — | — |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | — | — |
| Belarus | 1 | — | — |
| Belgium | 1 | — | — |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | — |
| Brazil | 1 | — | — |
| Bulgaria | 1 | — | — |
| Canada | 1 | — | — |
| China | 1 | 1 | — |
| Croatia | 1 | — | — |
| Cuba | 1 | — | — |
| Cyprus | 1 | — | — |
| Czechia | 1 | — | — |
| DR Congo | 1 | — | — |
| Egypt | 1 | — | — |
| Ethiopia | 1 | — | — |
| Finland | 1 | — | — |
| France | 1 | — | — |
| Germany | 1 | — | — |
| Greece | 1 | — | — |
| Guinea | 1 | — | — |
| Hungary | 1 | — | — |
| India | 1 | — | — |
| Indonesia | 1 | — | — |
| Iran | 1 | — | — |
| Iraq | 1 | — | — |
| Israel | 1 | — | — |
| Italy | 2 | — | — |
| Japan | 1 | — | — |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | — | — |
| Kenya | 1 | — | — |
| Kuwait | 1 | — | — |
| Lebanon | 1 | — | — |
| Libya | 1 | — | — |
| Mexico | 1 | — | — |
| Montenegro | 1 | — | — |
| Morocco | 1 | — | — |
| Myanmar | 1 | — | — |
| Nigeria | 1 | — | — |
| North Macedonia | 1 | — | — |
| Norway | 1 | — | — |
| Peru | 1 | — | — |
| Poland | 1 | — | — |
| Portugal | 1 | — | — |
| Qatar | 1 | — | — |
| Romania | 1 | — | — |
| Russia | 1 | — | — |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | — | — |
| Slovakia | 1 | — | — |
| Slovenia | 1 | — | — |
| South Africa | 1 | — | — |
| South Korea | 1 | — | — |
| Spain | 1 | — | — |
| Sweden | 1 | — | — |
| Switzerland | 1 | — | — |
| Tunisia | 1 | — | — |
| Türkiye | 1 | — | — |
| Ukraine | 1 | — | — |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | — | — |
| United Kingdom | 1 | — | — |
| United States | 1 | — | — |
- Countries
- 66
- Missions
- 69
Remittances sent abroad
Personal remittances paid from Serbia to other countries, in current US dollars (World Bank).
Remittances paid by year, US$ million
Data table
| 2007 | 129 |
| 2008 | 180 |
| 2009 | 153 |
| 2010 | 155 |
| 2011 | 204 |
| 2012 | 218 |
| 2013 | 255 |
| 2014 | 267 |
| 2015 | 245 |
| 2016 | 239 |
| 2017 | 273 |
| 2018 | 297 |
| 2019 | 332 |
| 2020 | 390 |
| 2021 | 471 |
| 2022 | 655 |
| 2023 | 899 |
| 2024 | 1,104 |
| 2025 | 1,468 |
- Remittances paid, 2025
- US$1,468 million
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