Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2007, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 2006, reaching 79.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 79.1.

Belgium ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.2% (from 78.2 in 2002).

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