Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1990, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.5% compared to 1989, reaching 79.5.

Belgium ranks 6th out of 22 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 78.1 in 1985).

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