Belgium vs Italy: Probability that a man will outlive a woman
Belgium
38.8%
in 2023
Italy
38.7%
in 2023
Belgium rank
130th
Italy rank
133rd
Probability that a man will outlive a woman over time
- Belgium
- Italy
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 38.8% against 38.7% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 147 shared years of data; in 1872 it was Italy ahead.
Belgium ranks 130th and Italy ranks 133rd of 236 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 47.1% | 49.2% | 2.1% | Italy |
| 1880s | 46.4% | 49.5% | 3.1% | Italy |
| 1890s | 45.9% | 49.4% | 3.6% | Italy |
| 1900s | 45.8% | 49.1% | 3.3% | Italy |
| 1910s | 45.5% | 48.0% | 2.4% | Italy |
| 1920s | 45.4% | 47.9% | 2.5% | Italy |
| 1930s | 44.3% | 46.5% | 2.2% | Italy |
| 1940s | 41.5% | 42.7% | 1.2% | Italy |
| 1950s | 40.2% | 42.7% | 2.4% | Italy |
| 1960s | 37.5% | 39.1% | 1.7% | Italy |
| 1970s | 35.8% | 36.5% | 0.8% | Italy |
| 1980s | 34.8% | 35.1% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 1990s | 34.7% | 35.2% | 0.5% | Italy |
| 2000s | 36.3% | 36.2% | 0.0% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 38.1% | 37.9% | 0.2% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 38.3% | 38.1% | 0.2% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability that a man will outlive a woman, Belgium or Italy?
- Belgium, at 38.8% against 38.7% in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability that a man will outlive a woman between Belgium and Italy?
- 0.1%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Italy?
- 147 years are reported by both, from 1872 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Italy rank globally for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Belgium ranks 130th and Italy ranks 133rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.