European ranking
3 / 35
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Serbia: Life expectancy at birth
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Serbia
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
76.20 Years
Compared with Europe
-4.6 puntos
Serbia is 4.6 points below the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
6.6M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Serbia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Serbia
In Serbia, Life expectancy stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 76.2 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, a large gap of 4.6 years.
Recent trend
In Serbia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 76.0 years in 2019 to 76.2 years in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 76.2 years in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.
Reading within the topic
In Serbia, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.