What is the difference in life expectancy between Dominican Republic and Paraguay?

0.12 years, with Paraguay ahead.

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

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) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs Paraguay: Life expectancy

Dominican Republic

73.72 years

in 2023

Paraguay

73.84 years

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

132nd

Paraguay rank

131st

Life expectancy over time

Dominican Republic
Paraguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 73.84 years against 73.72 years in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.12 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Paraguay ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 132nd and Paraguay ranks 131st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 2 and Paraguay in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	47.52 years	58.83 years	11.31 years	Paraguay
1960s	54.64 years	61.41 years	6.77 years	Paraguay
1970s	60.85 years	63.38 years	2.53 years	Paraguay
1980s	65.35 years	65.75 years	0.3957 years	Paraguay
1990s	69.13 years	68.61 years	0.5189 years	Dominican Republic
2000s	70.93 years	71.17 years	0.2407 years	Paraguay
2010s	72.94 years	73.28 years	0.339 years	Paraguay
2020s	73.08 years	71.75 years	1.33 years	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Dominican Republic or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 73.84 years against 73.72 years in Dominican Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Dominican Republic and Paraguay?: 0.12 years, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Paraguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Dominican Republic and Paraguay rank globally for life expectancy?: Dominican Republic ranks 132nd and Paraguay ranks 131st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed 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 totals, in a given year.