The invention discloses a synthetic method for 3,6-dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid, which sequentially comprises the following steps: 1) salifying 2,5-dichlorophenol, 2) performing carboxylation, and 3) performing refinement, wherein according to Step 2), a 2,5-dichlorophenol saline solution is transferred into a high-pressure reactor, a catalyst is added, CO2 is supplied for high-pressure carboxylation reaction, a reaction product containing 3,6-dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid salt is obtained, and the catalyst is potassium chloride; and according to Step 3), an alkaline solution is added after the reaction product is cooled to a room temperature, pH is adjusted to 11-13, an aqueous phase is obtained after layering, an acid solution is added to the aqueous phase, the pH is adjusted to 1-3, and after vapor distillation is performed and 2,5-dichlorophenol is recovered, suction filtration and drying are performed, and 3,6-dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid is obtained. 3,6-dichloro-2-hydroxybenzoic acid synthesized with the method has the characteristics of low cost and higher yield.