Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Dominica

Life expectancy at birth in Dominica in 2024 — 71.3 years. Ranked 145 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18.7%.

2024 71.3 years +0.23% vs 2023
World rank 145of 217
Period maximum 72 years2005
Period minimum 60.1 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Dominica, 1960–20246065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 60.1 years1962: 61.9 years1964: 63.3 years1966: 64.5 years1968: 65.3 years1970: 66.2 years1972: 67.5 years1974: 68.6 years1976: 69.4 years1978: 70.1 years1980: 71 years1982: 71.7 years1984: 71.9 years1986: 71.7 years1988: 71 years1990: 70.5 years1992: 70.5 years1994: 70.8 years1996: 71 years1998: 71.4 years2000: 71.7 years2002: 71.9 years2004: 72 years2006: 72 years2008: 71.9 years2010: 71.7 years2012: 71.4 years2014: 71.2 years2016: 71.2 years2018: 71.4 years2020: 71.3 years2022: 71.1 years2024: 71.3 years
Change over the period: +11.2 (+18.67%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Dominica

Dominica 71.3 years
World 73.5 years
Caribbean computed 73.1 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 71.3 +0.2 +0.23%
2023 71.1 +0.1 +0.07%
2022 71.1 +1.2 +1.79%
2021 69.8 −1.4 −2.02%
2020 71.3 −0 −0.05%
2019 71.3 −0.1 −0.1%
2018 71.4 +2.8 +4.02%
2017 68.6 −2.6 −3.61%
2016 71.2 +1.2 +1.75%
2015 70 −1.2 −1.72%
2014 71.2 −0 −0.05%
2013 71.2 −0.2 −0.23%
2012 71.4 −0.1 −0.18%
2011 71.5 −0.2 −0.23%
2010 71.7 −0.2 −0.22%
2009 71.8 −0.1 −0.15%
2008 71.9 +0 +0.06%
2007 71.9 −0.1 −0.15%
2006 72 −0 −0.01%
2005 72 +0 +0.04%
2004 72 +0 +0.06%
2003 71.9 +0 +0.02%
2002 71.9 +0.1 +0.09%
2001 71.9 +0.1 +0.2%
2000 71.7 +0.2 +0.26%
1999 71.5 +0.2 +0.25%
1998 71.4 +0.2 +0.22%
1997 71.2 +0.2 +0.22%
1996 71 +0.2 +0.29%
1995 70.8 +0.1 +0.08%
1994 70.8 +0.2 +0.23%
1993 70.6 +0.1 +0.2%
1992 70.5 +0.1 +0.11%
1991 70.4 −0.1 −0.1%
1990 70.5 −0.2 −0.27%
1989 70.7 −0.3 −0.44%
1988 71 −0.4 −0.55%
1987 71.4 −0.3 −0.42%
1986 71.7 −0.2 −0.34%
1985 71.9 +0 +0.01%
1984 71.9 −0.1 −0.13%
1983 72 +0.3 +0.36%
1982 71.7 +0.3 +0.4%
1981 71.5 +0.4 +0.63%
1980 71 +1.8 +2.63%
1979 69.2 −0.9 −1.31%
1978 70.1 +0.4 +0.57%
1977 69.7 +0.3 +0.44%
1976 69.4 +0.4 +0.51%
1975 69.1 +0.5 +0.69%
1974 68.6 +0.5 +0.72%
1973 68.1 +0.6 +0.93%
1972 67.5 +0.7 +1.06%
1971 66.8 +0.6 +0.84%
1970 66.2 +0.5 +0.77%
1969 65.7 +0.4 +0.65%
1968 65.3 +0.4 +0.65%
1967 64.9 +0.4 +0.62%
1966 64.5 +0.5 +0.85%
1965 63.9 +0.6 +1%
1964 63.3 +0.7 +1.06%
1963 62.6 +0.7 +1.16%
1962 61.9 +0.9 +1.43%
1961 61 +0.9 +1.57%
1960 60.1

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.