What is the difference in remaining life expectancy at different ages between Belgium and New Zealand?

0.02 years, with Belgium ahead.

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

76 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Remaining life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs New Zealand: Remaining life expectancy at different ages

Belgium

82.11 years

in 2023

New Zealand

82.09 years

in 2023

Belgium rank

35th

New Zealand rank

36th

Remaining life expectancy at different ages over time

Belgium
New Zealand

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 82.11 years against 82.09 years in New Zealand, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1948 it was New Zealand ahead.

Belgium ranks 35th and New Zealand ranks 36th of 236 countries.

Across the 9 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1940s	65.18 years	68.88 years	3.7 years	New Zealand
1950s	68.48 years	70.14 years	1.66 years	New Zealand
1960s	70.45 years	71.22 years	0.7728 years	New Zealand
1970s	71.98 years	72.12 years	0.1393 years	New Zealand
1980s	74.47 years	74 years	0.4703 years	Belgium
1990s	76.82 years	76.81 years	0.0122 years	Belgium
2000s	78.87 years	79.57 years	0.6952 years	New Zealand
2010s	80.9 years	81.5 years	0.5948 years	New Zealand
2020s	81.43 years	82.01 years	0.5816 years	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher remaining life expectancy at different ages, Belgium or New Zealand?: Belgium, at 82.11 years against 82.09 years in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in remaining life expectancy at different ages between Belgium and New Zealand?: 0.02 years, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and New Zealand?: 76 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2023.
How do Belgium and New Zealand rank globally for remaining life expectancy at different ages?: Belgium ranks 35th and New Zealand ranks 36th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Remaining life expectancy at different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Remaining life expectancy at different ages
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth among totals, in a given year.