List of Belgian provinces by life expectancy

Belgium is administratively divided into 3 regions: Flemish Region, Walloon Region and a separate Brussels Capital Region. In turn, Flemish and Walloon regions are divided into five provinces each. According to estimation of the Statistics Belgium (Statbel), life expectancy at birth in Belgium in 2023 was 82.28 years (80.18 years for male and 84.30 years for female). ^{[1] [2]}

According to alternative estimation of the World Bank Group, in 2023 life expectancy in Belgium was 82.4 years (80.3 for male, 84.6 for female). ^[3]

Estimation of the United Nations for 2023: 82.11 years total (79.86 for male, 84.33 for female). ^[4]

Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 82.5 years total (80.4 for male, 84.5 for female). ^{[5] [6]}

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Belgium was 81.4 years (79.3 years for male and 83.5 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 70.6 years (69.8 years for male and 71.3 years for female). ^[7]

In 2021-2023 period, the difference in life expectancy between the most prosperous and disadvantaged provinces was 4.09 years. In 2020-2022, this difference was 4.23 years. ^{[1] [2]}

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]}

Administrative division of Belgium

province or region	2020-2022				change	2021-2023
	overall	male	female	F Δ M		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
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	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 (2014—2023)

See also: List of European regions by life expectancy

By default, the table is sorted by 2023.

code	region	2014				2014 →2019	2019				2019 →2023	2023				2014 →2023
		overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M
	Belgium	81.4	78.8	83.9	5.1	0.7	82.1	79.8	84.3	4.5	0.4	82.5	80.4	84.5	4.1	1.1
BE24	Flemish Brabant	82.6	80.1	85.0	4.9	0.8	83.4	81.3	85.3	4.0	0.6	84.0	82.1	85.9	3.8	1.4
BE22	Limburg	82.7	80.5	85.0	4.5	0.6	83.3	81.3	85.3	4.0	0.3	83.6	81.8	85.5	3.7	0.9
BE21	Antwerp	82.2	80.1	84.3	4.2	0.8	83.0	81.2	84.7	3.5	0.5	83.5	81.7	85.2	3.5	1.3
BE31	Walloon Brabant	81.7	79.1	84.2	5.1	1.3	83.0	80.6	85.1	4.5	0.4	83.4	81.1	85.5	4.4	1.7
BE25	West Flanders	82.3	79.6	85.0	5.4	0.9	83.2	80.7	85.7	5.0	0.1	83.3	81.3	85.4	4.1	1.0
BE23	East Flanders	82.1	79.3	84.8	5.5	0.5	82.6	80.2	84.9	4.7	0.3	82.9	80.8	84.9	4.1	0.8
BE10	Brussels	81.1	78.2	83.7	5.5	0.5	81.6	79.1	83.9	4.8	0.5	82.1	79.7	84.3	4.6	1.0
BE35	Namur	79.4	76.7	82.1	5.4	0.9	80.3	77.8	82.7	4.9	0.6	80.9	78.9	82.8	3.9	1.5
BE33	Liège	79.9	77.3	82.4	5.1	0.7	80.6	78.5	82.5	4.0	0.3	80.9	78.8	82.8	4.0	1.0
BE34	Luxembourg	80.5	77.2	83.7	6.5	0.1	80.6	77.5	83.8	6.3	0.1	80.7	78.3	83.1	4.8	0.2
BE32	Hainaut	78.9	75.9	81.9	6.0	0.7	79.6	76.6	82.6	6.0	0.2	79.8	77.1	82.4	5.3	0.9

Data source: Eurostat ^{[8] [9]}

Life expectancy in Belgian regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2019 and 2022, according to Eurostat ^{[8] [9]} (legends on the maps are identical)

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

Main article: List of European regions by life expectancy § Estimate of the Global Data Lab (2019—2022)

region	2019				2019 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
	overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall		overall	male	female	F Δ M
Belgium on average	81.83	79.60	84.00	4.40	0.05	81.88	0.41	82.29	80.16	84.37	4.21	0.46
Flemish Brabant	83.15	81.14	85.00	3.86	0.44	83.59	0.10	83.69	81.73	85.68	3.95	0.54
Limburg	83.05	81.14	85.00	3.86	0.14	83.19	0.09	83.28	81.53	84.98	3.45	0.23
Antwerp	82.75	81.05	84.40	3.35	0.14	82.89	0.39	83.28	81.43	85.08	3.65	0.53
Walloon Brabant	82.75	80.45	84.80	4.35	0.34	83.09	0.19	83.28	81.23	85.18	3.95	0.53
West Flanders	82.95	80.55	85.40	4.85	−0.16	82.79	0.39	83.18	81.03	85.28	4.25	0.23
East Flanders	82.36	80.05	84.60	4.55	0.33	82.69	0.39	83.08	81.13	85.08	3.95	0.72
Brussels	81.36	78.95	83.60	4.65	0.03	81.39	0.69	82.08	79.62	84.37	4.75	0.72
Namur	80.06	77.65	82.41	4.76	−0.07	79.99	0.78	80.77	78.41	83.17	4.76	0.71
Belgian Luxembourg	80.36	77.35	83.50	6.15	−0.07	80.29	0.38	80.67	78.31	83.06	4.75	0.31
Liège	80.36	78.35	82.21	3.86	−0.27	80.09	0.38	80.47	78.41	82.46	4.05	0.11
Hainaut	79.37	76.45	82.31	5.86	−0.38	78.99	0.67	79.66	76.90	82.26	5.36	0.29

Data source: Global Data Lab ^[10]

Charts

• 
  Development of life expectancy in Belgium according to estimation of the World Bank Group ^[3]
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  Life expectancy with calculated sex gap ^[3]
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  Life expectancy in Belgium according to estimation of Our World in Data ^[11]
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  Development of life expectancy in Belgium in comparison to some European countries ^[3]

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  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]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of European countries by life expectancy
• Demographics of Belgium

References

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