Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1991, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.3% compared to 1990, reaching 79.7.

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 1.9% (from 78.2 in 1986).

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