Self-employment in Serbia and Great Britain

Self-employed represent a significant economic incentive for private initiative and according to research, they are mostly involved in the service sector and agriculture. Surveys from previous years show that Serbia has a positive trend in self-employment.

According to the latest data by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia from the third quarter of 2015, 18.7 percent of the active population aged 15 years and over have the self-employed status. 57.7 percent are employed, and the unemployment rate is 16.7 percent. Unlike Serbia, in the UK, since 2008 the number of self-employed has been increasing significantly compared to other profiles in the workforce. Today this country has some 4.5 million entrepreneurs. More precisely, 1 out of 7 employees is self-employed.