Life expectancy by age and sex

In 2000, Belgium's life expectancy by age and sex increased by 0.3% compared to 1999, reaching 74.6.

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 1.5% (from 73.5 in 1995).

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