Health in Belgium

302 indicators covering health for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 70,276 2025 down 4.1% 91st
Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 70,043 2025 down 4.9% 92nd
Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 67,671 2025 down 7.0% 91st
Mortality rate, under-5 3.7 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 9.8% 168th
Survival to age 65, male 87.7% 2024 up 2.4% 35th
Survival to age 65, female 92.4% 2024 up 1.0% 41st
Fertility rate, total 1.44 births per woman 2024 down 17.2% 165th
Life expectancy at birth, male 80.3 years 2024 up 1.9% 31st
Life expectancy at birth, total 82.3 years 2024 up 1.2% 31st
Life expectancy at birth, female 84.4 years 2024 up 0.6% 31st
Mortality rate, infant, male 3.5 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 7.9% 166th
Mortality rate, infant 3.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 8.8% 167th
Mortality rate, infant, female 2.8 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 6.7% 169th
Death rate, crude 9.5 per 1,000 people 2024 up 2.2% 50th
Birth rate, crude 9.2 per 1,000 people 2024 down 17.9% 168th
Mortality rate, adult, male 73.08 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 20.1% 184th
Mortality rate, adult, female 43.5 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.3% 181st
Immunization, Pol3 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% 18th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood 0.0068 under-five deaths per woman 2024 down 6.2% 169th
Mortality rate, under-5, female 3.3 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 10.8% 169th
Mortality rate, under-5, male 4.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 10.9% 166th
Mortality rate, neonatal 2.2 per 1,000 live births 2024 down 4.3% 168th
Immunization, measles 96.0% 2024 unchanged 46th
Immunization, DPT 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% 29th
Life expectancy 82.11 years 2023 up 2.0% 35th
Lifetime risk of maternal death 0.0% 2023 down 42.9% 180th
Lifetime risk of maternal death 21,405 1 in: rate varies by country 2023 up 75.2% 15th
Number of maternal deaths 4 2023 down 42.9% 141st
Maternal mortality ratio 4 2023 down 33.3% 173rd
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years, female 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 169th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years, male 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 168th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years, female 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 185th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years, male 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 185th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-19 years, female 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 15.4% 177th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-19 years, male 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 30.4% 190th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-19 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 22.2% 186th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years, female 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 22.2% 179th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years, male 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 29.4% 190th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years, female 1 per 1,000 2024 down 9.1% 176th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years, male 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 29.0% 180th
Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV 33.5% 2024 down 2.4% 92nd
Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 15-49 2024 down 9.1% 98th
Incidence of HIV, all 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population 2024 unchanged 77th
Prevalence of overweight, female 46.8% 2022 up 5.4% 127th
Prevalence of overweight, male 55.3% 2022 down 3.7% 100th
Prevalence of overweight 51.1% 2022 up 0.2% 120th
Immunization, HepB3 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% 26th
Life expectancy at age 15 91.5 years 2100 up 1.2% 34th
Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% 97th
Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV 19,000 2024 up 26.7% 82nd
Population ages 55-59, female 6.5% 2025 down 1.6% 54th
Population ages 15-19, female 344,805 2025 up 11.8% 93rd
Population ages 70-74, female 5.2% 2025 up 28.5% 41st
Population ages 60-64, male 6.8% 2025 up 14.1% 29th
Population ages 80 and above, female 7.0% 2025 up 1.3% 22nd
Population ages 80 and above, male 4.5% 2025 up 12.7% 19th
Population ages 70-74, male 283,349 2025 up 40.1% 45th
Population ages 60-64, female 6.6% 2025 up 12.2% 46th
Population ages 75-79, male 3.9% 2025 up 24.7% 23rd
Population ages 55-59, male 6.8% 2025 up 0.5% 39th