Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Serbia

Life expectancy at birth in Serbia in 2024 — 76 years. Ranked 100 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.8%.

2024 76 years −0.23% vs 2023
World rank 100of 217
Period maximum 76.1 years2023
Period minimum 65.6 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Serbia, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.6 years1962: 66.9 years1964: 67.9 years1966: 69.3 years1968: 70 years1970: 69.6 years1972: 69.9 years1974: 71 years1976: 71.7 years1978: 71.3 years1980: 71 years1982: 71 years1984: 71.1 years1986: 71.6 years1988: 72 years1990: 72.2 years1992: 71.6 years1994: 72.2 years1996: 72.8 years1998: 72.2 years2000: 71.6 years2002: 72.3 years2004: 72.7 years2006: 73.4 years2008: 73.9 years2010: 74.3 years2012: 74.8 years2014: 75.3 years2016: 75.7 years2018: 75.9 years2020: 74.5 years2022: 75.2 years2024: 76 years
Change over the period: +10.4 (+15.82%) Average annual rate: 0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Serbia

Serbia 76 years
World 73.5 years
Southern Europe computed 82.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76 −0.2 −0.23%
2023 76.1 +0.9 +1.2%
2022 75.2 +2.5 +3.37%
2021 72.8 −1.7 −2.28%
2020 74.5 −1.5 −1.92%
2019 75.9 +0 +0.06%
2018 75.9 +0.4 +0.46%
2017 75.5 −0.1 −0.2%
2016 75.7 +0.4 +0.53%
2015 75.3 −0 −0.06%
2014 75.3 +0.2 +0.2%
2013 75.2 +0.3 +0.47%
2012 74.8 +0.3 +0.4%
2011 74.5 +0.2 +0.27%
2010 74.3 +0.4 +0.47%
2009 74 +0.1 +0.14%
2008 73.9 +0.3 +0.34%
2007 73.6 +0.2 +0.34%
2006 73.4 +0.6 +0.76%
2005 72.8 +0.2 +0.21%
2004 72.7 +0.2 +0.34%
2003 72.4 +0.2 +0.21%
2002 72.3 +0.1 +0.07%
2001 72.2 +0.7 +0.91%
2000 71.6 +1.7 +2.37%
1999 69.9 −2.3 −3.14%
1998 72.2 −0.6 −0.87%
1997 72.8 +0 +0.05%
1996 72.8 +0.2 +0.25%
1995 72.6 +0.4 +0.57%
1994 72.2 +0.4 +0.57%
1993 71.8 +0.2 +0.32%
1992 71.6 −0.3 −0.43%
1991 71.9 −0.3 −0.39%
1990 72.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1989 72.3 +0.3 +0.4%
1988 72 +0.2 +0.27%
1987 71.8 +0.2 +0.3%
1986 71.6 +0.2 +0.28%
1985 71.4 +0.3 +0.38%
1984 71.1 +0.1 +0.08%
1983 71 +0.1 +0.08%
1982 71 −0.1 −0.1%
1981 71 +0 +0.07%
1980 71 −0.1 −0.12%
1979 71.1 −0.3 −0.37%
1978 71.3 −0.3 −0.45%
1977 71.7 −0.1 −0.11%
1976 71.7 +0.3 +0.35%
1975 71.5 +0.5 +0.69%
1974 71 +0.6 +0.89%
1973 70.4 +0.5 +0.73%
1972 69.9 +0.3 +0.37%
1971 69.6 −0 −0.02%
1970 69.6 −0.3 −0.4%
1969 69.9 −0 −0.06%
1968 70 −0 −0.02%
1967 70 +0.7 +0.96%
1966 69.3 +0.7 +1.03%
1965 68.6 +0.7 +1.06%
1964 67.9 +0.6 +0.96%
1963 67.2 +0.3 +0.46%
1962 66.9 +0.7 +1.12%
1961 66.2 +0.6 +0.91%
1960 65.6

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.