Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1981, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 1980, reaching 73.7.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.1% (from 72.2 in 1976).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_mlexpec, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.