Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Belgium or Ireland?

Ireland, at 84.48 years against 84.33 years in Belgium as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Belgium and Ireland?

0.15 years, with Ireland ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Ireland: Life expectancy by sex

Belgium

84.33 years

in 2023

Ireland

84.48 years

in 2023

Belgium rank

36th

Ireland rank

33rd

Life expectancy by sex over time

Belgium
Ireland

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 84.48 years against 84.33 years in Belgium, a difference of 0.15 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 36th and Ireland ranks 33rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 6 and Ireland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1950s	71.11 years	69.4 years	1.7 years	Belgium
1960s	73.53 years	72.58 years	0.9488 years	Belgium
1970s	75.26 years	74.24 years	1.02 years	Belgium
1980s	77.81 years	76.54 years	1.27 years	Belgium
1990s	80.08 years	78.43 years	1.65 years	Belgium
2000s	81.72 years	80.99 years	0.7333 years	Belgium
2010s	83.29 years	83.45 years	0.1626 years	Ireland
2020s	83.76 years	84.14 years	0.3752 years	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Belgium or Ireland?: Ireland, at 84.48 years against 84.33 years in Belgium as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Belgium and Ireland?: 0.15 years, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Ireland?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Belgium and Ireland rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Belgium ranks 36th and Ireland ranks 33rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy by sex
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing 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 females, in a given year.