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Life expectancy at birth, total (years). The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in France was 81.97 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.11 in 2011 and a minimum value of 69.87 in 1960.
In terms of health, life expectancy at birth in Belgium is 81 years, one year higher than the OECD average of 80 years. Life expectancy for women is 83 years, compared with 78 for men.ost OECD countries have enjoyed large gains in life expectancy over the past decades, thanks to improvements in living conditions, public health interventions and progress in medical care. Life expectancy at birth in Belgium stands at almost 81 years, one year above the OECD average of 80 years.