Healthy life expectancy — all countries

Healthy life expectancy — Dominican Republic

Healthy life expectancy in the Dominican Republic in 2021 — 63.6 years. Ranked 83 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.3%.

2021 63.6 years −0.28% vs 2020
World rank 83of 185
Period maximum 64.3 years2011
Period minimum 63.5 years2004

Trend over time

2000–2021 · years

Healthy life expectancy — Dominican Republic, 2000–202163.363.563.86464.364.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 63.8 years2001: 63.9 years2002: 64 years2003: 63.8 years2004: 63.5 years2005: 63.5 years2006: 63.5 years2007: 63.6 years2008: 63.8 years2009: 64 years2010: 64.2 years2011: 64.3 years2012: 64.1 years2013: 63.8 years2014: 63.7 years2015: 63.7 years2016: 63.7 years2017: 63.8 years2018: 63.8 years2019: 64.1 years2020: 63.7 years2021: 63.6 years
Change over the period: −0.2 (−0.3%) Average annual rate: -0.01 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Dominican Republic 63.6 years
World computed 62.2 years
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.4 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 65.5 years
Healthy life expectancy — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2021 63.6 −0.2 −0.28%
2020 63.7 −0.4 −0.62%
2019 64.1 +0.3 +0.46%
2018 63.8 +0.1 +0.11%
2017 63.8 +0 +0.06%
2016 63.7 +0 +0.01%
2015 63.7 +0 +0.02%
2014 63.7 −0 −0.07%
2013 63.8 −0.3 −0.53%
2012 64.1 −0.2 −0.38%
2011 64.3 +0.2 +0.24%
2010 64.2 +0.2 +0.26%
2009 64 +0.2 +0.28%
2008 63.8 +0.2 +0.33%
2007 63.6 +0.1 +0.19%
2006 63.5 −0 −0.01%
2005 63.5 +0.1 +0.1%
2004 63.5 −0.3 −0.5%
2003 63.8 −0.2 −0.32%
2002 64 +0.1 +0.08%
2001 63.9 +0.2 +0.28%
2000 63.8

About the indicator

The expected number of years of life in full health at birth — the HALE indicator in WHO terminology. Years spent with illness or limitation enter the calculation with a reduced weight depending on the severity of the condition, so HALE is always lower than ordinary life expectancy. The difference between them is the expected time of life with health lost: in most countries it is about ten years, and as life expectancy grows the difference grows too rather than shrinking.

Important: This series is not in the World Development Indicators — only at WHO. The severity weights of conditions are taken as common to all countries, so the differences reflect the prevalence of diseases and not how a country regards disability.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.