Which has higher life expectancy, Belgium or Luxembourg?

Luxembourg, at 82.23 years against 82.11 years in Belgium as of 2023.

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

0.12 years, with Luxembourg ahead.

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

118 years are reported by both, from 1901 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 Luxembourg: Life expectancy

Belgium

82.11 years

in 2023

Luxembourg

82.23 years

in 2023

Belgium rank

35th

Luxembourg rank

33rd

Life expectancy over time

Belgium
Luxembourg

How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 82.23 years against 82.11 years in Belgium, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 118 shared years of data; in 1901 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 35th and Luxembourg ranks 33rd of 236 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 11 and Luxembourg in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Luxembourg	Difference	Ahead
1900s	49.8 years	47.09 years	2.71 years	Belgium
1910s	50.91 years	47.97 years	2.94 years	Belgium
1920s	56.15 years	54.96 years	1.18 years	Belgium
1930s	59.3 years	59.02 years	0.2832 years	Belgium
1940s	60.5 years	58.58 years	1.92 years	Belgium
1950s	68.48 years	66.88 years	1.6 years	Belgium
1960s	70.45 years	69.11 years	1.33 years	Belgium
1970s	71.98 years	70.52 years	1.45 years	Belgium
1980s	74.47 years	73.21 years	1.26 years	Belgium
1990s	76.82 years	75.8 years	1.02 years	Belgium
2000s	78.87 years	78.51 years	0.3586 years	Belgium
2010s	80.9 years	81 years	0.0938 years	Luxembourg
2020s	81.43 years	81.92 years	0.4873 years	Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Belgium or Luxembourg?: Luxembourg, at 82.23 years against 82.11 years in Belgium as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Belgium and Luxembourg?: 0.12 years, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Luxembourg?: 118 years are reported by both, from 1901 to 2023.
How do Belgium and Luxembourg rank globally for life expectancy?: Belgium ranks 35th and Luxembourg ranks 33rd 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.