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

141 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Finland: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men

Belgium

0.0919

in 2023

Finland

0.0919

in 2023

Belgium rank

200th

Finland rank

201st

Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time

Belgium
Finland

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.0919 against 0.0919 in Finland, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 23 times across 141 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Finland ahead.

Belgium ranks 200th and Finland ranks 201st of 236 countries.

Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Finland	Difference	Ahead
1870s	0.4032	0.4266	0.0234	Finland
1880s	0.4024	0.4318	0.0294	Finland
1890s	0.3898	0.3987	0.0089	Finland
1900s	0.3514	0.3891	0.0377	Finland
1910s	0.338	0.3659	0.0279	Finland
1920s	0.2835	0.3183	0.0349	Finland
1930s	0.2517	0.2743	0.0226	Finland
1940s	0.2437	0.2899	0.0462	Finland
1950s	0.1617	0.1644	0.0026	Finland
1960s	0.1416	0.1426	0.0011	Finland
1970s	0.1295	0.1331	0.0036	Finland
1980s	0.1178	0.1205	0.0027	Finland
1990s	0.1105	0.1142	0.0037	Finland
2000s	0.1032	0.1078	0.0046	Finland
2010s	0.0962	0.098	0.0019	Finland
2020s	0.0929	0.0938	0.001	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Belgium or Finland?: Belgium, at 0.0919 against 0.0919 in Finland as of 2023.
What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Belgium and Finland?: 0, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Finland?: 141 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2023.
How do Belgium and Finland rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?: Belgium ranks 200th and Finland ranks 201st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – 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

Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.