Nearly a quarter of euthanasia cases involve non-terminal patients

Nearly a quarter of euthanasia cases in Belgium in 2025 involved patients whose death was not expected in the short term. This is according to the biennial report by the Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia (FCEE). There were 1,117 such cases, representing 24.9% of the total, compared with 23.4% in 2024.