What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?

0.45 years, with Nicaragua ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs Nicaragua: Life expectancy by sex

Dominican Republic

76.97 years

in 2023

Nicaragua

77.42 years

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

132nd

Nicaragua rank

130th

Life expectancy by sex over time

Dominican Republic
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 77.42 years against 76.97 years in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.45 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 132nd and Nicaragua ranks 130th of 236 countries.

Dominican Republic has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1950s	48.96 years	44.67 years	4.29 years	Dominican Republic
1960s	56.56 years	52.13 years	4.43 years	Dominican Republic
1970s	62.79 years	57.85 years	4.94 years	Dominican Republic
1980s	67.72 years	63.67 years	4.05 years	Dominican Republic
1990s	72.32 years	67.46 years	4.85 years	Dominican Republic
2000s	74.1 years	72.51 years	1.59 years	Dominican Republic
2010s	76.54 years	75.67 years	0.8717 years	Dominican Republic
2020s	76.76 years	75.46 years	1.31 years	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Dominican Republic or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 77.42 years against 76.97 years in Dominican Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?: 0.45 years, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Dominican Republic and Nicaragua rank globally for life expectancy by sex?: Dominican Republic ranks 132nd and Nicaragua ranks 130th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy by sex
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.