Daily migrations

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia publishes the final results of the 2022 Census of Population, Households and Dwellings on the daily migrations of the economically active population performing occupations, pupils and students, by sex and type of settlement, by municipalities and cities. 

According to the census methodology, daily migrants are considered persons who work or study outside the place of their usual residence, i.e. persons who live in one and work/study in another settlement in the Republic of Serbia or abroad, provided that they daily[1] or several times a week return to their place of residence.

There is a total of 1 048 825 daily migrants[2] in the Republic of Serbia. About three-quarters of daily migrants (75.9%) are economically active persons who perform an occupation[3], and almost one-quarter (24.1%) are pupils and students studying outside their place of residence.

Table 1. Total number and share of daily migrants by regions

	Total	%	Economically active persons performing an occupation	%	Pupils and students	%
REPUBLIKA SRBIJA	1 048 825	100	795 779	100	253 046	100
Beogradski region	210 894	20,1	166 942	21,0	43 952	17,4
Region Vojvodine	289 125	27,6	230 386	29,0	58 739	23,2
Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije	327 232	31,2	230 543	29,0	96 689	38,2
Region Južne i Istočne Srbije	221 574	21,1	167 908	21,1	53 666	21,2
Region Kosovo i Metohija*	...	...	...	...	...	...

* the 2022 Census was not conducted in the territory of AP Kosovo i Metohija.

The majority of daily migrants live in Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije (31.2%), and the least in the Beogradski region (20.1%). 

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[1] It is considered that a person returns to the place of permanent residence every day even in case when he/she is absent due to the nature of work, i.e. having a 24-hour shift or even a two-day shift of 48 hours (e.g. in traffic, health or some other services).

[2] When interpreting the data, it should be noted that persons who live in one and work/study in another city municipality of the City of Belgrade or the City of Niš are not considered daily migrants, if the locations of the place of residence and the place of work/study are located in the area of ​​the same settlement, i.e. on the territory of the settlement of Belgrade, i.e. the settlement of Niš (for example, a person who lives in the city municipality of Zvezdara and works/studies in the city municipality of Novi Beograd is not considered a daily migrant, because that person lives and works/studies in the same settlement, i.e. in the settlement of Belgrade).

[3] Daily migrants who simultaneously work and study outside their place of permanent residence are included in the contingent of economically active daily migrants.

 

Daily migrations of the economically active population performing an occupation

Among economically active daily migrants (795 779 persons), the most represented are daily migrants who work in another settlement in the same municipality (50.3%), followed by persons who work in another municipality within the same area (29.4%), then those who work in another area (20.0%), while the share of persons who work in a foreign country is only 0.4%.

 

Table 2. Daily migrations of the economically active population by sex and place of performing an occupation

	Sex	Economically active daily migrants who perform an occupation
		total	In the same area		In another area	In a foreign country
			In the same municipality	In another municipality
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA	T	795 779	400 170	233 665	159 086	2 858
	M	451 874	219 864	128 689	101 551	1 770
	F	343 905	180 306	104 976	57 535	1 088

Observed by sex, among economically active daily migrants, the participation of male is higher than that of female (56.8% of male and 43.2% of female).

 

Daily migrations of pupils and students

Out of a total of 253 046 pupils and students daily migrants[4], the majority are those who study in another settlement in the same municipality (63%), followed by those who attend school in another municipality within the same area (23.7%), then pupils and students studying in another area (12.9%). The share of persons studying in a foreign country is 0.4%.

Table 3. Daily migrations of pupils and students by sex and place of education

	Sex	Pupils and students daily migrants
		total	In the same area		In another area	In a foreign country
			In the same municipality	In another municipality
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA	T	253 046	159 498	59 885	32 680	983
	M	124 042	81 272	27 802	14 470	498
	F	129 004	78 226	32 083	18 210	485

The share of daily migrants pupils and students is higher among female than male (51.0% female, 49.0% male).

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[4] The contingent of daily migrants also includes children attending pre-school education.

 

More detailed information is available in the dissemination database:

Table 1: Daily migrations

Also, on the 2022 Census website, in the "Tables 2022" section, all tables published so far are available in excel format, via the link: https://popis2022.stat.gov.rs/popisni-podaci-eksel-tabele/