The overall external trade in the Republic of Serbia for the period January - December 2025 amounted to:

   - USD 84541.6 million - which was an increase of 12.3% compared to the same period last year;

   - EUR 74927.4 million - which was an increase of 7.7% compared to the same period last year.

In the Republic of Serbia, in December 2025, compared to December 2024, number of tourist arrivals was by 0.4 % greater, while number of tourist overnight stays was by 1.9 % lower.

In December 2025, compared to December 2024, number of overnight stays of domestic tourists was by 5.0% lower while number of overnight stays of foreign tourists was by 0.5% greater.

The industrial production in December 2025 deceasred by 5.7% relative to December 2024.

According to data from the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 227,192 students attended high school education, 225,639 in regular schools, 1,553 in schools for students with developmental disabilities. Almost 98% of students attend classes in public secondary schools, while slightly more than 2% of students attend private schools.

At the end of the 2024/2025 school year in the Republic of Serbia, a total of 227,276 regular students attended classes. Furthermore, 56,757 students graduated from regular high school. The largest percentage of them (58.6) completed a four-year secondary vocational school, 27.7% completed a high school, while 13.7% of secondary school graduates completed a 3-year secondary vocational school. Young people who graduated from professional schools were most interested in profiles from the field of work "Economy, law and administration" (12%), "Electrical engineering" (11.9%), "Health and social protection" (10.1%) and "Machinery and metal processing" (9.1%).

According to the preliminary results, the turnover of retail trade in the Republic of Serbia in December 2025, compared to the same month last year, increased by 9.7% at current prices and at constant prices, by 8.5%.

Retail trade turnover in 2025, compared with 2024, increased by 6.8% at current prices, and by 4.2% at constant prices.

The number of foreign nationals who immigrated in the Republic of Serbia in 2023 was 41 273, by 19.2% greater than in the previous year, and the number of foreign nationals who emigrated amounted to 15 443, up by 66.9%.

The largest number of foreign nationals who immigrated in 2023 have the citizenship of the Russian Federation – in total 22 937 persons, accounting for 55.6% of the total immigration of foreign nationals. On the other hand, the largest number of foreign nationals who emigrated in 2023 were from the People’s Republic of China – 5 978, i.e. 38.7% of total emigration of foreign nationals.

Total number of employed in the fourth quarter of 2025 amounted to 2 356 466 persons. Relative to the same quarter of the previous year, total registered employment decreased by 21 899 persons.

The sections of activity with the largest decrease in the number of the employed are Manufacturing (decreased by 15 454 persons), Professional, scientific and technical activities (decreased by 4 992 persons), Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (decreased by 4 698 persons) and Public administration and defence; compulsory social security (decreased by 1 986 persons).

A delegation of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia visited the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO). The delegation consisted of acting director Branko Josipović, assistant director of the Department for the dissemination and integration of administrative sources Olja Musić, and acting assistant director of the Development department Nevena Mitrović.