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Belgium
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
BELGIUM VS ETHIOPIA

Compare Belgium and Ethiopia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Ethiopia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Belgium Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      Belgium BELGIUM   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    67.5
    73.4
    70.4
    13
    12
    11
    		  
    37.3
    40.2
    38.7
    155
    152
    155
    1970
    68.0
    74.5
    71.2
    20
    15
    17
    		  
    41.5
    44.5
    43.0
    155
    152
    153
    1980
    69.9
    76.7
    73.2
    23
    15
    20
    		  
    43.3
    46.3
    44.8
    164
    160
    161
    1990
    72.7
    79.4
    76.0
    20
    12
    15
    		  
    46.1
    49.1
    47.5
    168
    168
    168
    2000
    74.3
    80.8
    77.6
    26
    19
    22
    		  
    49.3
    53.1
    51.2
    162
    156
    160
    2010
    77.3
    82.5
    80.0
    23
    24
    23
    		  
    60.1
    63.6
    61.8
    144
    144
    146
    2019
    79.3
    83.5
    81.4
    23
    25
    24
    		  
    66.9
    70.5
    68.7
    126
    130
    128
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    79.3
    83.5
    23
    25
    66.9
    70.5
    126
    130
    Age 5
    79.6
    83.8
    24
    27
    70.8
    73.8
    112
    127
    Age 10
    79.6
    83.8
    25
    27
    71.2
    74.2
    108
    125
    Age 15
    79.7
    83.8
    25
    27
    71.5
    74.4
    105
    124
    Age 20
    79.7
    83.9
    25
    27
    71.9
    74.7
    103
    124
    Age 25
    79.9
    83.9
    26
    27
    72.2
    74.9
    103
    123
    Age 30
    80.0
    84.0
    26
    27
    72.6
    75.2
    103
    123
    Age 35
    80.2
    84.1
    26
    27
    73.1
    75.6
    103
    122
    Age 40
    80.4
    84.2
    26
    28
    73.6
    76.1
    102
    121
    Age 45
    80.7
    84.4
    27
    28
    74.2
    76.7
    102
    121
    Age 50
    81.1
    84.7
    27
    28
    75.1
    77.5
    102
    116
    Age 55
    81.5
    85.0
    29
    28
    76.1
    78.4
    101
    115
    Age 60
    82.3
    85.6
    29
    26
    77.4
    79.4
    101
    112
    Age 65
    83.4
    86.3
    29
    23
    79.1
    80.7
    105
    110
    Age 70
    84.8
    87.2
    28
    21
    81.2
    82.4
    108
    111
    Age 75
    86.4
    88.2
    28
    20
    83.6
    84.5
    107
    106
    Age 80
    88.3
    89.5
    30
    24
    86.5
    87.2
    105
    101
    Age 85
    90.6
    91.3
    49
    43
    89.8
    90.4
    94
    91
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    44.62
    167
    78.39
    134
    2. Lung Cancers
    28.49
    16
    4.05
    145
    3. Alzheimers & Dementia
    22.30
    27
    21.74
    30
    4. Stroke
    21.11
    166
    83.71
    90
    5. Lung Disease
    20.24
    104
    25.66
    75
    6. Breast Cancer
    19.18
    58
    26.35
    21
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    14.69
    138
    79.86
    42
    8. Suicide
    13.93
    35
    9.45
    80
    9. Prostate Cancer
    13.32
    117
    6.02
    158
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.97
    51
    6.59
    127
    11. Kidney Disease
    7.64
    153
    24.20
    81
    12. Liver Disease
    7.38
    149
    50.31
    11
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    7.06
    43
    0.83
    170
    14. Other Injuries
    6.43
    110
    14.07
    29
    15. Falls
    5.68
    89
    8.65
    38
    16. Lymphomas
    5.59
    61
    5.49
    64
    17. Other Neoplasms
    5.38
    11
    0.30
    139
    18. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.10
    154
    42.41
    19
    19. Ovary Cancer
    4.84
    74
    7.86
    9
    20. Endocrine Disorders
    4.82
    64
    2.30
    141
    21. Leukemia
    4.44
    48
    6.06
    6
    22. Diabetes Mellitus
    4.21
    177
    33.58
    80
    23. Liver Cancer
    3.89
    137
    3.00
    167
    24. Parkinson's Disease
    3.89
    104
    3.68
    119
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.84
    48
    3.35
    59
    26. Bladder Cancer
    3.54
    39
    2.06
    92
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.38
    126
    3.59
    120
    28. Stomach Cancer
    3.31
    144
    2.77
    163
    29. Oral Cancer
    3.11
    81
    2.58
    101
    30. Alcohol
    2.78
    43
    1.38
    91
    31. Congenital Anomalies
    2.57
    165
    6.38
    73
    32. Uterin Cancer
    2.39
    88
    1.54
    136
    33. Cervical Cancer
    2.23
    163
    16.48
    49
    34. Skin Cancers
    2.14
    75
    1.82
    97
    35. Drug Use
    1.97
    46
    0.71
    140
    36. Hypertension
    1.78
    179
    29.73
    46
    37. Epilepsy
    1.63
    89
    2.02
    65
    38. Violence
    1.19
    147
    8.85
    58
    39. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.14
    131
    63.15
    22
    40. Skin Disease
    0.98
    112
    1.67
    88
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.81
    129
    2.22
    60
    42. Low Birth Weight
    0.79
    170
    9.52
    37
    43. Malnutrition
    0.71
    108
    11.17
    26
    44. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.67
    24
    0.11
    152
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.65
    167
    3.22
    83
    46. Birth Trauma
    0.53
    151
    10.53
    20
    47. Drownings
    0.52
    168
    2.44
    90
    48. Fires
    0.46
    146
    3.73
    33
    49. Asthma
    0.46
    166
    8.13
    71
    50. Anemia
    0.45
    27
    0.00
    100
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Belgium BELGIUM   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    15,281
    16.50
    36,530
    6.48
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    9,416
    10.17
    8,258
    1.46
    3. Stroke
    7,408
    8.00
    39,362
    6.98
    4. Lung Cancers
    6,777
    7.32
    2,202
    0.39
    5. Lung Disease
    6,438
    6.95
    11,870
    2.11
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    5,677
    6.13
    59,931
    10.63
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3,329
    3.59
    3,755
    0.67
    8. Kidney Disease
    2,952
    3.19
    12,103
    2.15
    9. Breast Cancer
    2,587
    2.79
    8,485
    1.51
    10. Suicide
    2,111
    2.28
    6,030
    1.07
    11. Other Injuries
    2,006
    2.17
    11,735
    2.08
    12. Other Neoplasms
    1,828
    1.97
    148
    0.03
    13. Prostate Cancer
    1,824
    1.97
    1,244
    0.22
    14. Pancreas Cancer
    1,809
    1.95
    488
    0.09
    15. Falls
    1,756
    1.90
    4,510
    0.80
    16. Lymphomas
    1,552
    1.68
    3,590
    0.64
    17. Liver Disease
    1,433
    1.55
    27,270
    4.84
    18. Endocrine Disorders
    1,432
    1.55
    1,623
    0.29
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    1,378
    1.49
    1,578
    0.28
    20. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,269
    1.37
    16,258
    2.88
    21. Leukemia
    1,199
    1.29
    4,222
    0.75
    22. Bladder Cancer
    1,078
    1.16
    1,080
    0.19
    23. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,060
    1.14
    2,168
    0.38
    24. Liver Cancer
    976
    1.05
    1,730
    0.31
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    898
    0.97
    1,839
    0.33
    26. Stomach Cancer
    863
    0.93
    1,519
    0.27
    27. Hypertension
    740
    0.80
    13,470
    2.39
    28. Oral Cancer
    675
    0.73
    1,477
    0.26
    29. Road Traffic Accidents
    666
    0.72
    31,564
    5.60
    30. Ovary Cancer
    653
    0.71
    2,424
    0.43
    31. Skin Cancers
    522
    0.56
    1,006
    0.18
    32. Alcohol
    500
    0.54
    750
    0.13
    33. Diarrhoeal diseases
    418
    0.45
    44,361
    7.87
    34. Uterin Cancer
    384
    0.41
    421
    0.07
    35. Skin Disease
    380
    0.41
    904
    0.16
    36. Epilepsy
    348
    0.38
    1,625
    0.29
    37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    293
    0.32
    1,339
    0.24
    38. Malnutrition
    291
    0.31
    8,643
    1.53
    39. Drug Use
    287
    0.31
    513
    0.09
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    282
    0.30
    15,638
    2.77
    41. Cervical Cancer
    243
    0.26
    5,019
    0.89
    42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    213
    0.23
    1,758
    0.31
    43. Anemia
    199
    0.21
    0
    0.00
    44. Violence
    149
    0.16
    8,076
    1.43
    45. Multiple Sclerosis
    147
    0.16
    61
    0.01
    46. Asthma
    128
    0.14
    4,484
    0.80
    47. Drownings
    79
    0.09
    3,133
    0.56
    48. Fires
    75
    0.08
    3,255
    0.58
    49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    73
    0.08
    221
    0.04
    50. Low Birth Weight
    70
    0.08
    28,020
    4.97
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Belgium BELGIUM   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    28.49
    16
    4.05
    145
    2. Breast Cancer
    19.18
    58
    26.35
    21
    3. Prostate Cancer
    13.32
    117
    6.02
    158
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    11.97
    51
    6.59
    127
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.06
    43
    0.83
    170
    6. Lymphomas
    5.59
    61
    5.49
    64
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.84
    74
    7.86
    9
    8. Leukemia
    4.44
    48
    6.06
    6
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.89
    137
    3.00
    167
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.84
    48
    3.35
    59
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.54
    39
    2.06
    92
    12. Stomach Cancer
    3.31
    144
    2.77
    163
    13. Oral Cancer
    3.11
    81
    2.58
    101
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.39
    88
    1.54
    136
    15. Cervical Cancer
    2.23
    163
    16.48
    49
    16. Skin Cancers
    2.14
    75
    1.82
    97
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.