Belgium · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)
81.5 years2021
Unit: years. Publisher measure: Life expectancy at birth (years).
Life expectancy at birth for the country population, both sexes, under the mortality rates of the reference year.
Measurement basis: WHO modelled period life-table estimates based on sex- and age-specific mortality.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
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A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2000 | 77.67190502 | 77.65485071 | 77.75788939 | — |
| Belgium | 2001 | 77.97358091 | 77.95915419 | 78.05759302 | — |
| Belgium | 2002 | 78.01455674 | 78.00431515 | 78.10391158 | — |
| Belgium | 2003 | 78.11449295 | 78.0909813 | 78.19372938 | — |
| Belgium | 2004 | 78.79615664 | 78.78301374 | 78.86972199 | — |
| Belgium | 2005 | 78.85239236 | 78.85063737 | 78.93626663 | — |
| Belgium | 2006 | 79.23388393 | 79.2216472 | 79.32011921 | — |
| Belgium | 2007 | 79.56569667 | 79.55563567 | 79.64497883 | — |
| Belgium | 2008 | 79.56481171 | 79.55486559 | 79.6484905 | — |
| Belgium | 2009 | 79.82665275 | 79.81458119 | 79.90956146 | — |
| Belgium | 2010 | 79.84805119 | 79.83637951 | 79.92291601 | — |
| Belgium | 2011 | 80.16687766 | 80.16139024 | 80.2550756 | — |
| Belgium | 2012 | 80.07118579 | 80.05868665 | 80.1522136 | — |
| Belgium | 2013 | 80.32474948 | 80.31106215 | 80.39399864 | — |
| Belgium | 2014 | 80.94130643 | 80.93232613 | 81.01480724 | — |
| Belgium | 2015 | 80.70631194 | 80.68971634 | 80.78585163 | — |
| Belgium | 2016 | 81.07460591 | 81.06591749 | 81.15579454 | — |
| Belgium | 2017 | 81.1512532 | 81.14193292 | 81.24014717 | — |
| Belgium | 2018 | 81.2494226 | 81.2294214 | 81.32169383 | — |
| Belgium | 2019 | 81.60895006 | 81.59409221 | 81.6973202 | — |
| Belgium | 2020 | 80.77564866 | 80.76118616 | 80.84976458 | — |
| Belgium | 2021 | 81.5059627 | 81.46589972 | 81.60981568 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.