Association of Crop Farming and Food Industry

The total gross value added (GVA) generated by Crop production and food industry was around 5.0 billion EUR in 2024, which is the 7.1% of total GVA of the country and 6.0% of Serbia’s GDP. Observed by activities, around 2.5 billion EUR created by crop and animal production (49.3%) and 2.0 billion EUR by manufacture of food products (38.9%). The other activities have a negligible contribution. From 2020 to 2024, GVA share of crop production and food industry in total GVA and GDP of the Republic of Serbia shows slightly downward trend.

Export of crop and food products in 2025 amounted to 5.2 billion EUR which is the 15.6% of total export but in the last two years export of these products stagnated. Crop production and food industry is hiring 119.9 thousand of workers (5.2% of total employment) while the most are employed in manufacture of food products (91.4 thousand). In Crop production and food industry in 2025 was operating 8.8 thousand of active companies and 10.8 thousand of entrepreneurs which is in total nearly 19.6 thousand. 

ANNUAL BULLETINS 
Association of Crop Farming and Food Industry, 2024
Association of Crop Farming and Food Industry, 2023

Share of GVA by Crop industry in total GVA and GDP (in %)