Netherlands: Average age at death, by gender 2021

This statistic displays the average age at death in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2021, by gender. It shows that women on average were consistently older at death than men. In 2021, men on average were 76.6 years old when they died, women were 80.7 years old.

Average age at death in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2021, by gender (in years)

Characteristic	Men	Women
2021	76.6	80.7
2020	76.7	81.1
2019	76.3	80.7
2018	76	80.9
2017	75.8	80.8
2016	75.6	80.5
2015	75.4	80.5
2014	75	80.1
2013	74.8	80.2
2012	74.6	79.9
2011	74.2	79.6
2010	74	79.6
2009	73.7	79.4
2008	73.6	79.3
2007	73.4	79.1
2006	73.2	79.1
2005	73	78.7
2004	72.5	78.6
2003	72.4	78.6
2002	72.3	78.4
2001	72	78.3
2000	71.9	78.2
1999	71.9	78.2
1998	71.7	78.2
1997	71.7	78
1996	71.5	77.8
1995	71.4	77.8
1994	71.2	77.6
1993	71.3	77.7
1992	70.9	77.2
1991	70.9	77
1990	70.7	76.9
1989	70.9	76.7
1988	70.5	76.6
1987	70.3	76
1986	70.3	76
1985	70.3	75.8
1984	70	75.5
1983	70	75.1
1982	69.7	74.9
1981	69.6	74.6
1980	69.2	74.2
1979	69	73.8
1978	68.8	73.6
1977	68.3	73.1
1976	68.6	73.1
1975	68.5	73
1974	67.8	72.4
1973	67.6	71.9
1972	67.3	71.9
1971	66.9	71.6
1970	66.6	70.9
1969	66.4	70.5
1968	66.4	70.6
1967	65.8	69.9
1966	65.7	69.9
1965	65.7	69.6
1964	64.9	68.9
1963	65.5	69.2
1962	65	68.8
1961	64.3	68.4
1960	64.4	68
1959	63.7	67.5
1958	64	67.3
1957	63.5	66.9
1956	63.6	67.1
1955	62.8	66.1
1954	62.1	65.4
1953	60.9	64.4
1952	60.6	64.1
1951	59.8	63.5
1950	59.3	63.2