Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Dominican Republic

Life expectancy at birth in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 73.9 years. Ranked 116 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 42.9%.

2024 73.9 years +0.2% vs 2023
World rank 116of 217
Period maximum 74.2 years2022
Period minimum 51.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Dominican Republic, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 51.7 years1962: 53.2 years1964: 54.7 years1966: 56 years1968: 57.3 years1970: 58.5 years1972: 59.7 years1974: 60.8 years1976: 61.7 years1978: 62.6 years1980: 63.4 years1982: 64.2 years1984: 65.1 years1986: 66.1 years1988: 66.9 years1990: 67.7 years1992: 68.5 years1994: 69.2 years1996: 69.6 years1998: 69.9 years2000: 70.4 years2002: 70.7 years2004: 70.7 years2006: 71.1 years2008: 71.3 years2010: 72 years2012: 72.8 years2014: 73.1 years2016: 72.9 years2018: 73.6 years2020: 72.6 years2022: 74.2 years2024: 73.9 years
Change over the period: +22.2 (+42.86%) Average annual rate: 0.56 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Dominican Republic 73.9 years
World 73.5 years
Caribbean computed 73.1 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 73.9 +0.1 +0.2%
2023 73.7 −0.5 −0.66%
2022 74.2 +2.5 +3.42%
2021 71.8 −0.9 −1.21%
2020 72.6 −0.5 −0.65%
2019 73.1 −0.4 −0.6%
2018 73.6 +0.2 +0.25%
2017 73.4 +0.5 +0.66%
2016 72.9 −0.1 −0.13%
2015 73 −0.2 −0.22%
2014 73.1 +0.1 +0.15%
2013 73 +0.2 +0.3%
2012 72.8 +0.3 +0.44%
2011 72.5 +0.5 +0.63%
2010 72 +0.5 +0.63%
2009 71.6 +0.3 +0.36%
2008 71.3 +0.2 +0.33%
2007 71.1 +0 +0.06%
2006 71.1 +0 +0.02%
2005 71 +0.3 +0.44%
2004 70.7 −0.1 −0.18%
2003 70.9 +0.1 +0.19%
2002 70.7 +0.2 +0.24%
2001 70.6 +0.2 +0.27%
2000 70.4 +0.2 +0.27%
1999 70.2 +0.3 +0.43%
1998 69.9 +0.1 +0.09%
1997 69.8 +0.2 +0.31%
1996 69.6 +0.2 +0.29%
1995 69.4 +0.2 +0.34%
1994 69.2 +0.3 +0.44%
1993 68.9 +0.3 +0.49%
1992 68.5 +0.4 +0.54%
1991 68.2 +0.4 +0.6%
1990 67.7 +0.4 +0.62%
1989 67.3 +0.4 +0.62%
1988 66.9 +0.4 +0.64%
1987 66.5 +0.4 +0.65%
1986 66.1 +0.4 +0.68%
1985 65.6 +0.5 +0.74%
1984 65.1 +0.5 +0.78%
1983 64.6 +0.4 +0.67%
1982 64.2 +0.4 +0.66%
1981 63.8 +0.4 +0.61%
1980 63.4 +1 +1.55%
1979 62.4 −0.2 −0.32%
1978 62.6 +0.4 +0.68%
1977 62.2 +0.5 +0.75%
1976 61.7 +0.5 +0.79%
1975 61.3 +0.5 +0.82%
1974 60.8 +0.5 +0.88%
1973 60.2 +0.6 +0.95%
1972 59.7 +0.6 +0.97%
1971 59.1 +0.6 +1.02%
1970 58.5 +0.6 +1.05%
1969 57.9 +0.6 +1.07%
1968 57.3 +0.6 +1.11%
1967 56.6 +0.7 +1.22%
1966 56 +3.1 +5.91%
1965 52.8 −1.8 −3.31%
1964 54.7 +0.9 +1.67%
1963 53.8 +0.6 +1.04%
1962 53.2 +0.8 +1.43%
1961 52.4 +0.7 +1.44%
1960 51.7

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.