Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1985, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 1984, reaching 74.6.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 73.3 in 1980).

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