List of Belgian provinces by life expectancy

Statistics Belgium

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Statistics by province

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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

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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 (2019—2022)

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code region 2019 2019
→2021
2021 2021
→2022
2022 2019
→2022
overall male female F Δ M overall overall male female F Δ M
Belgium 82.1 79.8 84.3 4.5 −0.2 81.9 −0.1 81.8 79.7 83.9 4.2 −0.3
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)


Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

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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[5]


Charts

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c "Life expectancy and life tables". Statistics Belgium. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024. — Dataset
  4. ^ a b "Life expectancy at birth by sex and NUTS 2 region". Eurostat. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024. — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"
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