Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1982, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.4% compared to 1981, reaching 74.0.

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 1.6% (from 72.8 in 1977).

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