Life expectancy by age and sex

In 1998, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.0% compared to 1997, reaching 80.7.

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 1.0% (from 79.9 in 1993).

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