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Serbia: Life Expectancy

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

· 2024

76.20 Years

EU 80.77 · -4.6 pp vs Europe

European ranking

33 / 35

Down 1 positions compared with previous year

Population

6.6M

Country population · 2024

What this indicator measures

Measures the average number of years a newborn would live if the age-specific mortality conditions observed in the reference period remained applicable throughout life.

Higher values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Life expectancy at birth TPS00205

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· 2024 · 4 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +1.57

    77.40

  2. 2
    +0.26

    76.40

  3. 3
    -0.79

    75.60

  4. 4
    -1.18

    75.30

More context on this indicator

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. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

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.

Regional differences in Serbia

In Serbia, regional values for Life expectancy are relatively close. Across 4 comparable regions, Belgrade Region records the highest value (77.4 Years) and Vojvodina the lowest (75.3 Years), a gap of 2.1 years.

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.