Belgium: Record 4% of All People Killed in 2025 Were Euthanized

Belgium had a record 4,486 assisted deaths in 2025, an increase of 12.4% on the previous year, accounting for 4% of all deaths in the country, with almost a quarter of all deaths not expected in the short-term.According to the annual review released by Belgium’s ‘Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia’:4,486 people ended their lives by assisted suicide or euthanasia in Belgium in 2025, which is the biggest number of Belgian assisted deaths in any single year since the pr