What is life expectancy in Dominica?

Life expectancy in Dominica was 71.13 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Dominica?

The highest recorded value was 72.02 years in 2005.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Dominica?

The lowest recorded value was 44.49 years in 1950.

How does Dominica rank for life expectancy?

Dominica ranks 164th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Dominica?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Dominica data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Dominica

Name: Life expectancy in Dominica
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Dominica: Life expectancy was 71.13 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

71.13 years

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

164th

of 236 countries

All-time high

72.02 years

in 2005

All-time low

44.49 years

in 1950

Years of data

1950–2023

Life expectancy in Dominica, 1950–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Dominica stood at 71.13 years.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Dominica peaked at 72.02 years in 2005 and was at its lowest, 44.49 years, in 1950.

That places Dominica 164th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	52.26 years	44.49 years	59.12 years	10
1960s	63.31 years	60.08 years	65.7 years	10
1970s	68.46 years	66.21 years	70.11 years	10
1980s	71.47 years	70.66 years	72 years	10
1990s	70.87 years	70.4 years	71.53 years	10
2000s	71.91 years	71.72 years	72.02 years	10
2010s	70.95 years	68.62 years	71.68 years	10
2020s	70.83 years	69.83 years	71.27 years	4

Countries ranked near Dominica

161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.23 years compare
162 Moldova 71.2 years compare
163 Indonesia 71.15 years compare
165 Cambodia 70.67 years compare
166 Solomon Islands 70.53 years compare
167 Nepal 70.35 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Dominica

Population ages 15-64, male 69.7% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, female 17.5% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 5,836 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, male 17.7% (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 11,601 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 68.7% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 22,916 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 12.6% (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 4,141 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, female 13.8% (2025)

All data for Dominica →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Dominica?: Life expectancy in Dominica was 71.13 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Dominica?: The highest recorded value was 72.02 years in 2005.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Dominica?: The lowest recorded value was 44.49 years in 1950.
How does Dominica rank for life expectancy?: Dominica ranks 164th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Dominica?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Dominica data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.