Which has higher life expectancy, Austria or Belgium?

Belgium, at 82.11 years against 81.96 years in Austria as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Austria and Belgium?

0.15 years, with Belgium ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?

84 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Austria vs Belgium: Life expectancy

Austria

81.96 years

in 2023

Belgium

82.11 years

in 2023

Austria rank

38th

Belgium rank

35th

Life expectancy over time

Austria
Belgium

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 82.11 years against 81.96 years in Austria, a difference of 0.15 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Belgium ahead.

Austria ranks 38th and Belgium ranks 35th of 236 countries.

Across the 15 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Belgium in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Belgium	Difference	Ahead
1870s	34.4 years	40.92 years	6.52 years	Belgium
1880s	35 years	44.42 years	9.42 years	Belgium
1890s	37.3 years	44.04 years	6.74 years	Belgium
1900s	41.05 years	49.33 years	8.28 years	Belgium
1910s	45.1 years	49.28 years	4.18 years	Belgium
1930s	56.45 years	58.42 years	1.97 years	Belgium
1940s	62.74 years	64.59 years	1.85 years	Belgium
1950s	67.08 years	68.48 years	1.39 years	Belgium
1960s	69.83 years	70.45 years	0.617 years	Belgium
1970s	71.34 years	71.98 years	0.6413 years	Belgium
1980s	74 years	74.47 years	0.4721 years	Belgium
1990s	76.73 years	76.82 years	0.0992 years	Belgium
2000s	79.42 years	78.87 years	0.5534 years	Austria
2010s	81.26 years	80.9 years	0.3538 years	Austria
2020s	81.72 years	81.43 years	0.2863 years	Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Austria or Belgium?: Belgium, at 82.11 years against 81.96 years in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Austria and Belgium?: 0.15 years, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?: 84 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2023.
How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for life expectancy?: Austria ranks 38th and Belgium ranks 35th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.