Which has higher life expectancy, Dominica or Nepal?

Dominica, at 71.13 years against 70.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Dominica and Nepal?

0.78 years, with Dominica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Nepal?

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

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominica vs Nepal: Life expectancy

Dominica

71.13 years

in 2023

Nepal

70.35 years

in 2023

Dominica rank

164th

Nepal rank

167th

Life expectancy over time

Dominica
Nepal

How they compare

Dominica currently reports 71.13 years against 70.35 years in Nepal, a difference of 0.78 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Dominica ahead.

Dominica ranks 164th and Nepal ranks 167th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominica	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	52.26 years	37.86 years	14.4 years	Dominica
1960s	63.31 years	40.53 years	22.78 years	Dominica
1970s	68.46 years	45.33 years	23.13 years	Dominica
1980s	71.47 years	50.81 years	20.66 years	Dominica
1990s	70.87 years	58.71 years	12.16 years	Dominica
2000s	71.91 years	64.88 years	7.03 years	Dominica
2010s	70.95 years	67.96 years	2.99 years	Dominica
2020s	70.83 years	69.48 years	1.35 years	Dominica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Dominica or Nepal?: Dominica, at 71.13 years against 70.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Dominica and Nepal?: 0.78 years, with Dominica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Nepal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Dominica and Nepal rank globally for life expectancy?: Dominica ranks 164th and Nepal ranks 167th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing 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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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.