Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1999, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.1% compared to 1998, reaching 77.7.

Belgium ranks 11th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.2% (from 76.8 in 1994).

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