Serbia – Gender distribution of migrants (2024)

Throughout 2024, men consistently made up the majority of interviewed migrants — a sample of 3540 individuals selected from the total migrant population (19603 individuals) registered by the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia (SCRM) — never accounting for less than 81%.

According to the monthly reports provided by the IOM – Serbia website, the highest percentage of women was recorded in September (19%), while the lowest was in January 2024 (3%).

The data retrieved from the above-mentioned monthly reports and used to produce the bar chart is summarized in the following tables:

MonthMigrants recorded
January2782
February1687
March1290
April830
May1073
June1168
July1653
August1879
September1947
October2090
November1901
December1303
Total (N)19603
Table 1 – Migrants registered by the SCRM throughout 2024
MonthMigrants interviewedMales (%)Females (%)
January103097%3%
February36595%5%
March26282%18%
April14788%12%
May34795%5%
June15193%7%
July19293%7%
August20696%4%
September10581%19%
October20594%6%
November28993%7%
December24193%7%
Total (n)3540  
Table 2 – Migrants interviewed throughout 2024 with relative percentages of males and females

Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Serbia (2024). Migrant Mobility Situation Report (monthly reports from January to December 2024). Available at: https://serbia.iom.int/data-and-resources