Which has higher life expectancy, Belgium or Guadeloupe?

Belgium, at 82.11 years against 82.05 years in Guadeloupe as of 2023.

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

0.06 years, with Belgium ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 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.

Belgium vs Guadeloupe: Life expectancy

Belgium

82.11 years

in 2023

Guadeloupe

82.05 years

in 2023

Belgium rank

35th

Guadeloupe rank

37th

Life expectancy over time

Belgium
Guadeloupe

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 82.11 years against 82.05 years in Guadeloupe, a difference of 0.06 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 35th and Guadeloupe ranks 37th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 7 and Guadeloupe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Guadeloupe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	68.48 years	56.5 years	11.98 years	Belgium
1960s	70.45 years	62.77 years	7.68 years	Belgium
1970s	71.98 years	66.99 years	4.99 years	Belgium
1980s	74.47 years	71.92 years	2.55 years	Belgium
1990s	76.82 years	75.36 years	1.46 years	Belgium
2000s	78.87 years	78.37 years	0.4949 years	Belgium
2010s	80.9 years	81.1 years	0.1913 years	Guadeloupe
2020s	81.43 years	80.45 years	0.979 years	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Belgium or Guadeloupe?: Belgium, at 82.11 years against 82.05 years in Guadeloupe as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Belgium and Guadeloupe?: 0.06 years, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Guadeloupe?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Belgium and Guadeloupe rank globally for life expectancy?: Belgium ranks 35th and Guadeloupe ranks 37th 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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About this data

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: 06 August 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.