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Mortality in Serbia, by the numbers

Serbia sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 76.0 years of life, 98th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Serbia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
76.0 yrs
98th of 212
Crude death rate
14.9 /1,000
3rd highest of 212
Population aged 65+
22.7 %
12th highest of 212

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Serbia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 76.0 yrs 98 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.6 /1,000 85 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 14.9 /1,000 3 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.2 yrs 123 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 68.1 /1,000 88 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.7 yrs 121 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 70.8 men/100 women 48 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 4.6 /1,000 149 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 11.0 /100k 145 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.7 % 70 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 15.1 /100k 27 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.5 /100k 144 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.9 L 50 of 185 2019
Population aged 65+ 22.7 % 12 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $984 66 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $13,679 89 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Serbia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd highest crude death rate in the world (14.9 /1,000) and the 12th highest population aged 65+ in the world (22.7 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Serbia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.