The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia publishes the final list of the selected candidates/members of the teams that will conduct the MICS7 survey from 15 September to 15 December 2025. The final ranking list has been formed after the all the phases of the selection and interviews with the candidates.

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

   - USD 48235.8 million - which was an increase of 11.6% compared to the same period last year;

   - EUR 43749.8 million - which was an increase of 9.5% compared to the same period last year.

In the Republic of Serbia, in July 2025, compared to July 2024, number of tourist arrivals was by 0.7 % lower, while number of tourist overnight stays was by 2.1 % lower.

In July 2025, compared to July 2024, number of overnight stays of domestic tourists was by 2.9% lower while number of overnight stays of foreign tourists was by 1.2% lower.

Total expenditures for research and development activities (R&D) in 2024 amounted to over RSD 90 billion RSD (90,580,802 in thousands), and their participation in GDP amounts 0,94%.

The industrial production in July 2025 increased by 5.5% relative to July 2024.

According to the preliminary results, the turnover of retail trade in the Republic of Serbia in July 2025, compared to the same month last year, increased by 5.6% at current prices and at constant prices, by 1.9%.

Comparing the retail trade turnover in the first seven months 2025 with the same period 2024, it increased by 5.6% at current prices, and by 2.4% at constant prices.

According to the Labor Force Survey, in the second quarter of 2025, the number of employed persons was 2.885.900, the number of unemployed persons was 267.000, while the number of people outside the labor force was 2.454.900.

Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, the number of employed persons decreased by 13.800, and the number of people outside the labor force by 29.500, while the number of unemployed persons increased by 9.200. The employment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points (p.p.) as well as the unemployment rate, by 0.3 p.p., while the outside the labor force rate decreased by 0.2 p.p.

Compared to the previous quarter, the number of employed persons decreased slightly by 1.200, and the number of unemployed persons by 22.400, while the number of the population outside the labor force increased by 16.800. The employment rate increased by 0.1 p.p., amounting to 51.5%, while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.6 p.p., amounting to 8.5%. The outside the labor force rate was 43.8%, representing an increase of 0.4 p.p.

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS) organizing an evaluation workshop titled “Local-level Data – Basis for Data-informed Decision-making“, which will be held from 27 tо 29 August 2025 in the Hotel Zepter in Vrnjačka Banja.