List of Belgian provinces by life expectancy

Last updated September 16, 2024

Statistics Belgium

Statistics by province

Average values for 3-year periods. The values are rounded, all calculations were done on raw data. The sorting of provinces by total life expectancy for both periods is the same.
Data source: Statistics Belgium ^[1]^[2]

province or region	2020-2022				change	2021-2023
province or region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	change	overall	male	female	F Δ M
Belgium on average	81.38	79.10	83.62	4.52	0.50	81.87	79.66	84.04	4.38
Flemish Brabant	82.93	80.81	84.99	4.18	0.44	83.37	81.29	85.37	4.08
Walloon Brabant	82.48	80.28	84.52	4.25	0.44	82.92	80.74	84.93	4.19
Limburg	82.46	80.53	84.41	3.88	0.37	82.83	80.92	84.74	3.83
Antwerp	82.34	80.44	84.23	3.79	0.46	82.80	80.95	84.60	3.65
West Flanders	82.29	80.04	84.57	4.53	0.40	82.69	80.48	84.91	4.44
East Flanders	82.19	79.99	84.36	4.37	0.31	82.50	80.34	84.62	4.28
Brussels	80.82	78.19	83.27	5.08	0.86	81.68	79.13	84.01	4.88
Belgian Luxembourg	80.07	77.56	82.67	5.11	0.25	80.32	77.78	82.91	5.14
Namur	79.78	77.17	82.39	5.22	0.52	80.30	77.87	82.66	4.79
Liège	79.49	77.13	81.83	4.71	0.75	80.24	77.99	82.42	4.44
Hainaut	78.70	75.87	81.48	5.61	0.58	79.28	76.48	82.00	5.52
Flanders on average	82.43	80.35	84.50	4.15	0.39	82.82	80.78	84.83	4.05
Wallonia on average	79.61	77.04	82.14	5.11	0.57	80.18	77.68	82.61	4.93

Life expectancy in Belgian provinces in 2020-2022 and in 2021-2023, according to Statistics Belgium^[1]^[2] (legends on the maps are identical)

Statistics by region

Region	2023				Historical data									Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023
Region	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023	Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023
Flanders	83.17	81.26	85.03	3.77	82.70	−0.70	82.00	0.68	82.68	−0.06	82.62	0.55	83.17	0.47
Belgium	82.28	80.18	84.30	4.12	81.83	−1.04	80.79	0.86	81.65	0.04	81.69	0.59	82.28	0.45
Brussels	82.18	79.73	84.41	4.68	81.59	−1.98	79.61	1.67	81.28	0.31	81.58	0.59	82.18	0.59
Wallonia	80.64	78.25	82.94	4.69	80.28	−1.33	78.94	0.93	79.87	0.14	80.02	0.63	80.64	0.37

Data source: Statistics Belgium ^[1]^[2]

Eurostat (2019—2022)

code	region	2019				2019 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
code	region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2021	overall	2021 →2022	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2019 →2022
BE24	Flemish Brabant	83.4	81.3	85.3	4.0	0.2	83.6	−0.4	83.2	81.2	85.2	4.0	−0.2
BE22	Limburg	83.3	81.3	85.3	4.0	−0.1	83.2	−0.4	82.8	81.0	84.5	3.5	−0.5
BE21	Antwerp	83.0	81.2	84.7	3.5	−0.1	82.9	−0.1	82.8	80.9	84.6	3.7	−0.2
BE31	Walloon Brabant	83.0	80.6	85.1	4.5	0.1	83.1	−0.3	82.8	80.7	84.7	4.0	−0.2
BE25	West Flanders	83.2	80.7	85.7	5.0	−0.4	82.8	−0.1	82.7	80.5	84.8	4.3	−0.5
BE23	East Flanders	82.6	80.2	84.9	4.7	0.1	82.7	−0.1	82.6	80.6	84.6	4.0	0.0
BE10	Brussels	81.6	79.1	83.9	4.8	−0.2	81.4	0.2	81.6	79.1	83.9	4.8	0.0
BE35	Namur	80.3	77.8	82.7	4.9	−0.3	80.0	0.3	80.3	77.9	82.7	4.8	0.0
BE34	Luxembourg	80.6	77.5	83.8	6.3	−0.3	80.3	−0.1	80.2	77.8	82.6	4.8	−0.4
BE33	Liège	80.6	78.5	82.5	4.0	−0.5	80.1	−0.1	80.0	77.9	82.0	4.1	−0.6
BE32	Hainaut	79.6	76.6	82.6	6.0	−0.6	79.0	0.2	79.2	76.4	81.8	5.4	−0.4

Data source: Eurostat ^[3]^[4]

Life expectancy in Belgian regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat^[3]^[4] (legends on the maps are identical)

Charts

Development of life expectancy in Belgium according to estimation of the World Bank Group ^[5]
Life expectancy with calculated sex gap^[5]
Life expectancy in Belgium according to estimation of Our World in Data ^[6]
Development of life expectancy in Belgium in comparison to some European countries^[5]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Belgium on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019^[7]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[7]

References

1 2 3 "Life expectancy". For a healthy Belgium. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
1 2 3 "Life expectancy and life tables". Statistics Belgium. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
1 2 "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024. — Dataset
1 2 "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"
1 2 3 "Life expectancy at birth, total - Belgium". World Bank Group.
↑ "Life expectancy at birth: Belgium". Our World in Data.
1 2 "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

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[healthy_Belgium-1] 1 2 3 "Life expectancy". For a healthy Belgium. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[statbel-2] 1 2 3 "Life expectancy and life tables". Statistics Belgium. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[eurostat_dataset-3] 1 2 "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024. — Dataset

[eurostat_table-4] 1 2 "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"

[wbg_total-5] 1 2 3 "Life expectancy at birth, total - Belgium". World Bank Group.

[6] "Life expectancy at birth: Belgium". Our World in Data.

[who-7] 1 2 "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

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