Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Serbia

Serbia: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 76.77 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
76.77 years
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
98th
of 236 countries
All-time high
76.77 years
in 2023
All-time low
55.09 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Serbia, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Serbia recorded 76.77 years for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Serbia peaked at 76.77 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55.09 years, in 1950.

That places Serbia 98th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 60.45 years 55.09 years 65.24 years 10
1960s 68.27 years 65.71 years 70.09 years 10
1970s 70.89 years 69.72 years 71.86 years 10
1980s 71.48 years 71.04 years 72.34 years 10
1990s 72.09 years 69.99 years 72.95 years 10
2000s 73.1 years 72.27 years 74.11 years 10
2010s 75.43 years 74.38 years 76.06 years 10
2020s 74.9 years 72.85 years 76.77 years 4

Countries ranked near Serbia

  1. 95 French Guiana 76.98 years compare
  2. 96 Curacao 76.8 years compare
  3. 97 Saint Helena 76.79 years compare
  4. 99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.76 years compare
  5. 100 Malaysia 76.66 years compare
  6. 101 Tunisia 76.51 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Serbia?
Life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Serbia was 76.77 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Serbia?
The highest recorded value was 76.77 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Serbia?
The lowest recorded value was 55.09 years in 1950.
How does Serbia rank for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
Serbia ranks 98th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Serbia?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Serbia data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.