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22 / 35
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Belgium: Life expectancy at birth
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Belgium
Current reading for Life expectancy at birth in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Life expectancy at birth
Latest value
82.40 Years
Compared with Europe
+1.6 puntos
Belgium is 1.6 points above the European average.
EU: 80.77
Affected population
11.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Life expectancy at birth
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At a glance
Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Life expectancy is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 82.4 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, with a gap of 1.6 years.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 82.1 years in 2019 to 82.4 years in 2024. The latest value changes little from 82.5 years in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.