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📐 Average female height by country

170 countries ranked · Our World in Data · born 1996

Which country has the tallest women?

The tallest women in the world: 1. Latvia (169.8 cm), 2. Netherlands (168.7 cm), 3. Estonia (168.7 cm).

The middle of the table sits at 158.8 cm (Namibia, no. 85 of 170), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

  1. 🇱🇻Latvia 169.8 cm
  2. 🇳🇱Netherlands 168.7 cm
  3. 🇪🇪Estonia 168.7 cm
  4. 🇨🇿Czechia 168.5 cm
  5. 🇷🇸Serbia 167.7 cm
  6. 🇸🇰Slovakia 167.5 cm
  7. 🇩🇰Denmark 167.2 cm
  8. 🇱🇹Lithuania 166.6 cm
  9. 🇧🇾Belarus 166.4 cm
  10. 🇺🇦Ukraine 166.3 cm

Which country has the shortest women?

The shortest average female height in this table, from the very last row upwards: Guatemala (149.4 cm), then Philippines (149.6 cm) and Bangladesh (150.8 cm).

The bottom 10

  1. 170th 🇬🇹Guatemala 149.4 cm
  2. 169th 🇵🇭Philippines 149.6 cm
  3. 168th 🇧🇩Bangladesh 150.8 cm
  4. 167th 🇳🇵Nepal 150.9 cm
  5. 166th 🇲🇬Madagascar 151.2 cm
  6. 165th 🇱🇦Laos 151.3 cm
  7. 164th 🇮🇳India 152.6 cm
  8. 163rd 🇮🇩Indonesia 152.8 cm
  9. 162nd 🇰🇭Cambodia 152.9 cm
  10. 161st 🇵🇪Peru 152.9 cm

The same ranking, as a map

Which country has the tallest women? Average height (women) · 170 countries ranked · shaded by rank, five equal groups 1. Latvia 169.8 cm · 2. Netherlands 168.7 cm · 3. Estonia 168.7 cm Afghanistan: 155.1 cm (142nd of 170)Albania: 161.8 cm (52nd of 170)Algeria: 159.1 cm (79th of 170)Angola: 157.3 cm (116th of 170)Argentina: 159.2 cm (78th of 170)Armenia: 158.1 cm (99th of 170)Australia: 165.9 cm (14th of 170)Austria: 164.6 cm (29th of 170)Azerbaijan: 158.3 cm (92nd of 170)Bahamas: 160.7 cm (61st of 170)Bangladesh: 150.8 cm (168th of 170)Belarus: 166.4 cm (9th of 170)Belgium: 165.5 cm (20th of 170)Belize: 156.9 cm (119th of 170)Benin: 156.2 cm (129th of 170)Bhutan: 153.6 cm (159th of 170)Bolivia: 153.9 cm (156th of 170)Bosnia and Herzegovina: 165.9 cm (16th of 170)Botswana: 161.4 cm (57th of 170)Brazil: 160.9 cm (59th of 170)Brunei: 154 cm (153rd of 170)Bulgaria: 164.8 cm (28th of 170)Burkina Faso: 160.2 cm (67th of 170)Burundi: 154 cm (152nd of 170)Cambodia: 152.9 cm (162nd of 170)Cameroon: 158.8 cm (84th of 170)Canada: 163.9 cm (34th of 170)Central African Republic: 158 cm (101st of 170)Chad: 160.2 cm (68th of 170)Chile: 159.4 cm (76th of 170)China: 159.7 cm (71st of 170)Colombia: 156.9 cm (120th of 170)Congo: 157.6 cm (111th of 170)Costa Rica: 156.4 cm (126th of 170)Croatia: 165.6 cm (18th of 170)Cuba: 158 cm (103rd of 170)Cyprus: 162.3 cm (48th of 170)Czechia: 168.5 cm (4th of 170)DR Congo: 155.3 cm (141st of 170)Denmark: 167.2 cm (7th of 170)Djibouti: 156.1 cm (130th of 170)Dominican Republic: 159 cm (80th of 170)Ecuador: 154.2 cm (151st of 170)Egypt: 157.3 cm (113th of 170)El Salvador: 154.6 cm (147th of 170)Equatorial Guinea: 157.3 cm (114th of 170)Eritrea: 156.4 cm (125th of 170)Estonia: 168.7 cm (3rd of 170)Ethiopia: 155.7 cm (136th of 170)Fiji: 161.7 cm (54th of 170)Finland: 165.9 cm (13th of 170)France: 164.9 cm (25th of 170)Gabon: 158.8 cm (82nd of 170)Gambia: 160.9 cm (58th of 170)Georgia: 163 cm (42nd of 170)Germany: 165.9 cm (15th of 170)Ghana: 157.9 cm (105th of 170)Greece: 164.9 cm (26th of 170)Guatemala: 149.4 cm (170th of 170)Guinea: 157.8 cm (109th of 170)Guinea-Bissau: 158.2 cm (94th of 170)Guyana: 157.9 cm (104th of 170)Haiti: 158.7 cm (86th of 170)Honduras: 153.8 cm (157th of 170)Hungary: 163.7 cm (35th of 170)Iceland: 166 cm (12th of 170)India: 152.6 cm (164th of 170)Indonesia: 152.8 cm (163rd of 170)Iran: 159.7 cm (72nd of 170)Iraq: 158.7 cm (88th of 170)Ireland: 165.1 cm (23rd of 170)Israel: 161.8 cm (51st of 170)Italy: 164.6 cm (30th of 170)Ivory Coast: 158.1 cm (100th of 170)Jamaica: 163.1 cm (40th of 170)Japan: 158.3 cm (90th of 170)Jordan: 158.8 cm (83rd of 170)Kazakhstan: 159.6 cm (73rd of 170)Kenya: 158.2 cm (98th of 170)Kuwait: 159.4 cm (74th of 170)Kyrgyzstan: 159.4 cm (77th of 170)Laos: 151.3 cm (165th of 170)Latvia: 169.8 cm (1st of 170)Lebanon: 162.4 cm (46th of 170)Lesotho: 155.7 cm (137th of 170)Liberia: 155.7 cm (138th of 170)Libya: 162.1 cm (50th of 170)Lithuania: 166.6 cm (8th of 170)Luxembourg: 164.4 cm (32nd of 170)Madagascar: 151.2 cm (166th of 170)Malawi: 154.4 cm (148th of 170)Malaysia: 156.3 cm (128th of 170)Mali: 160.5 cm (64th of 170)Mauritania: 157.7 cm (110th of 170)Mexico: 156.9 cm (121st of 170)Moldova: 163.2 cm (39th of 170)Mongolia: 158.2 cm (95th of 170)Montenegro: 164.9 cm (27th of 170)Morocco: 157.8 cm (107th of 170)Mozambique: 154 cm (155th of 170)Myanmar: 154.4 cm (150th of 170)Namibia: 158.8 cm (85th of 170)Nepal: 150.9 cm (167th of 170)Netherlands: 168.7 cm (2nd of 170)New Zealand: 164.9 cm (24th of 170)Nicaragua: 154.4 cm (149th of 170)Niger: 158.3 cm (93rd of 170)Nigeria: 156.3 cm (127th of 170)North Korea: 159 cm (81st of 170)North Macedonia: 159.8 cm (70th of 170)Norway: 165.6 cm (19th of 170)Oman: 157.2 cm (118th of 170)Pakistan: 153.8 cm (158th of 170)Panama: 155.5 cm (140th of 170)Papua New Guinea: 154.9 cm (144th of 170)Paraguay: 159.9 cm (69th of 170)Peru: 152.9 cm (161st of 170)Philippines: 149.6 cm (169th of 170)Poland: 164.6 cm (31st of 170)Portugal: 163 cm (41st of 170)Qatar: 159.4 cm (75th of 170)Romania: 162.7 cm (44th of 170)Russia: 165.3 cm (22nd of 170)Rwanda: 154.8 cm (145th of 170)Saudi Arabia: 155.9 cm (133rd of 170)Senegal: 162.5 cm (45th of 170)Serbia: 167.7 cm (5th of 170)Sierra Leone: 156.6 cm (124th of 170)Slovakia: 167.5 cm (6th of 170)Slovenia: 166.1 cm (11th of 170)Somalia: 156.1 cm (131st of 170)South Africa: 158 cm (102nd of 170)South Korea: 162.3 cm (47th of 170)South Sudan: no dataSpain: 163.4 cm (38th of 170)Sri Lanka: 154.6 cm (146th of 170)Sudan: 156 cm (132nd of 170)Suriname: 160.7 cm (62nd of 170)Sweden: 165.7 cm (17th of 170)Switzerland: 163.5 cm (37th of 170)Syria: 158.7 cm (89th of 170)Taiwan: 161.5 cm (56th of 170)Tajikistan: 157.3 cm (115th of 170)Tanzania: 155.9 cm (134th of 170)Thailand: 157.9 cm (106th of 170)Togo: 158.3 cm (91st of 170)Tunisia: 160.4 cm (65th of 170)Turkey: 160.5 cm (63rd of 170)Turkmenistan: 161.7 cm (53rd of 170)Uganda: 156.7 cm (122nd of 170)Ukraine: 166.3 cm (10th of 170)United Arab Emirates: 158.7 cm (87th of 170)United Kingdom: 164.4 cm (33rd of 170)United States: 163.5 cm (36th of 170)Uruguay: 162.1 cm (49th of 170)Uzbekistan: 157.8 cm (108th of 170)Vanuatu: 158.2 cm (97th of 170)Venezuela: 157.4 cm (112th of 170)Vietnam: 153.6 cm (160th of 170)Yemen: 154 cm (154th of 170)Zambia: 155.8 cm (135th of 170)Zimbabwe: 158.2 cm (96th of 170) Andorra: 162.9 cm (43rd of 170)Bahrain: 156.7 cm (123rd of 170)Barbados: 165.3 cm (21st of 170)Cape Verde: 161.7 cm (55th of 170)Comoros: 155.6 cm (139th of 170)Maldives: 155 cm (143rd of 170)Malta: 160.9 cm (60th of 170)Mauritius: 157.2 cm (117th of 170)Singapore: 160.3 cm (66th of 170) 2 Netherlands · 168.7 cm 1 Latvia · 169.8 cm Rank 1–34 35–68 69–102 103–136 137–170 no data GEOPOLITIX geopolitix.live · the daily country-ranking game Source: Our World in Data · born 1996
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Average height (women), 170 countries, shaded by rank. Source: Our World in Data · data born 1996. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

Highest and lowest by region

The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.

RegionRankedHighestLowest
Europe41🇱🇻Latvia 169.8 cm🇲🇰North Macedonia 159.8 cm
Asia46🇷🇺Russia 165.3 cm🇵🇭Philippines 149.6 cm
Africa50🇸🇳Senegal 162.5 cm🇲🇬Madagascar 151.2 cm
North America16🇧🇧Barbados 165.3 cm🇬🇹Guatemala 149.4 cm
South America12🇺🇾Uruguay 162.1 cm🇵🇪Peru 152.9 cm
Oceania5🇦🇺Australia 165.9 cm🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 154.9 cm

The full ranking of all 170 countries

Average height (women) · born 1996
#CountryAverage height (women)
1🇱🇻Latvia169.8 cm
2🇳🇱Netherlands168.7 cm
3🇪🇪Estonia168.7 cm
4🇨🇿Czechia168.5 cm
5🇷🇸Serbia167.7 cm
6🇸🇰Slovakia167.5 cm
7🇩🇰Denmark167.2 cm
8🇱🇹Lithuania166.6 cm
9🇧🇾Belarus166.4 cm
10🇺🇦Ukraine166.3 cm
11🇸🇮Slovenia166.1 cm
12🇮🇸Iceland166 cm
13🇫🇮Finland165.9 cm
14🇦🇺Australia165.9 cm
15🇩🇪Germany165.9 cm
16🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina165.9 cm
17🇸🇪Sweden165.7 cm
18🇭🇷Croatia165.6 cm
19🇳🇴Norway165.6 cm
20🇧🇪Belgium165.5 cm
21🇧🇧Barbados165.3 cm
22🇷🇺Russia165.3 cm
23🇮🇪Ireland165.1 cm
24🇳🇿New Zealand164.9 cm
25🇫🇷France164.9 cm
26🇬🇷Greece164.9 cm
27🇲🇪Montenegro164.9 cm
28🇧🇬Bulgaria164.8 cm
29🇦🇹Austria164.6 cm
30🇮🇹Italy164.6 cm
31🇵🇱Poland164.6 cm
32🇱🇺Luxembourg164.4 cm
33🇬🇧United Kingdom164.4 cm
34🇨🇦Canada163.9 cm
35🇭🇺Hungary163.7 cm
36🇺🇸United States163.5 cm
37🇨🇭Switzerland163.5 cm
38🇪🇸Spain163.4 cm
39🇲🇩Moldova163.2 cm
40🇯🇲Jamaica163.1 cm
41🇵🇹Portugal163 cm
42🇬🇪Georgia163 cm
43🇦🇩Andorra162.9 cm
44🇷🇴Romania162.7 cm
45🇸🇳Senegal162.5 cm
46🇱🇧Lebanon162.4 cm
47🇰🇷South Korea162.3 cm
48🇨🇾Cyprus162.3 cm
49🇺🇾Uruguay162.1 cm
50🇱🇾Libya162.1 cm
51🇮🇱Israel161.8 cm
52🇦🇱Albania161.8 cm
53🇹🇲Turkmenistan161.7 cm
54🇫🇯Fiji161.7 cm
55🇨🇻Cape Verde161.7 cm
56🇹🇼Taiwan161.5 cm
57🇧🇼Botswana161.4 cm
58🇬🇲Gambia160.9 cm
59🇧🇷Brazil160.9 cm
60🇲🇹Malta160.9 cm
61🇧🇸Bahamas160.7 cm
62🇸🇷Suriname160.7 cm
63🇹🇷Turkey160.5 cm
64🇲🇱Mali160.5 cm
65🇹🇳Tunisia160.4 cm
66🇸🇬Singapore160.3 cm
67🇧🇫Burkina Faso160.2 cm
68🇹🇩Chad160.2 cm
69🇵🇾Paraguay159.9 cm
70🇲🇰North Macedonia159.8 cm
71🇨🇳China159.7 cm
72🇮🇷Iran159.7 cm
73🇰🇿Kazakhstan159.6 cm
74🇰🇼Kuwait159.4 cm
75🇶🇦Qatar159.4 cm
76🇨🇱Chile159.4 cm
77🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan159.4 cm
78🇦🇷Argentina159.2 cm
79🇩🇿Algeria159.1 cm
80🇩🇴Dominican Republic159 cm
81🇰🇵North Korea159 cm
82🇬🇦Gabon158.8 cm
83🇯🇴Jordan158.8 cm
84🇨🇲Cameroon158.8 cm
85🇳🇦Namibia158.8 cm
86🇭🇹Haiti158.7 cm
87🇦🇪United Arab Emirates158.7 cm
88🇮🇶Iraq158.7 cm
89🇸🇾Syria158.7 cm
90🇯🇵Japan158.3 cm
91🇹🇬Togo158.3 cm
92🇦🇿Azerbaijan158.3 cm
93🇳🇪Niger158.3 cm
94🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau158.2 cm
95🇲🇳Mongolia158.2 cm
96🇿🇼Zimbabwe158.2 cm
97🇻🇺Vanuatu158.2 cm
98🇰🇪Kenya158.2 cm
99🇦🇲Armenia158.1 cm
100🇨🇮Ivory Coast158.1 cm
101🇨🇫Central African Republic158 cm
102🇿🇦South Africa158 cm
103🇨🇺Cuba158 cm
104🇬🇾Guyana157.9 cm
105🇬🇭Ghana157.9 cm
106🇹🇭Thailand157.9 cm
107🇲🇦Morocco157.8 cm
108🇺🇿Uzbekistan157.8 cm
109🇬🇳Guinea157.8 cm
110🇲🇷Mauritania157.7 cm
111🇨🇬Congo157.6 cm
112🇻🇪Venezuela157.4 cm
113🇪🇬Egypt157.3 cm
114🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea157.3 cm
115🇹🇯Tajikistan157.3 cm
116🇦🇴Angola157.3 cm
117🇲🇺Mauritius157.2 cm
118🇴🇲Oman157.2 cm
119🇧🇿Belize156.9 cm
120🇨🇴Colombia156.9 cm
121🇲🇽Mexico156.9 cm
122🇺🇬Uganda156.7 cm
123🇧🇭Bahrain156.7 cm
124🇸🇱Sierra Leone156.6 cm
125🇪🇷Eritrea156.4 cm
126🇨🇷Costa Rica156.4 cm
127🇳🇬Nigeria156.3 cm
128🇲🇾Malaysia156.3 cm
129🇧🇯Benin156.2 cm
130🇩🇯Djibouti156.1 cm
131🇸🇴Somalia156.1 cm
132🇸🇩Sudan156 cm
133🇸🇦Saudi Arabia155.9 cm
134🇹🇿Tanzania155.9 cm
135🇿🇲Zambia155.8 cm
136🇪🇹Ethiopia155.7 cm
137🇱🇸Lesotho155.7 cm
138🇱🇷Liberia155.7 cm
139🇰🇲Comoros155.6 cm
140🇵🇦Panama155.5 cm
141🇨🇩DR Congo155.3 cm
142🇦🇫Afghanistan155.1 cm
143🇲🇻Maldives155 cm
144🇵🇬Papua New Guinea154.9 cm
145🇷🇼Rwanda154.8 cm
146🇱🇰Sri Lanka154.6 cm
147🇸🇻El Salvador154.6 cm
148🇲🇼Malawi154.4 cm
149🇳🇮Nicaragua154.4 cm
150🇲🇲Myanmar154.4 cm
151🇪🇨Ecuador154.2 cm
152🇧🇮Burundi154 cm
153🇧🇳Brunei154 cm
154🇾🇪Yemen154 cm
155🇲🇿Mozambique154 cm
156🇧🇴Bolivia153.9 cm
157🇭🇳Honduras153.8 cm
158🇵🇰Pakistan153.8 cm
159🇧🇹Bhutan153.6 cm
160🇻🇳Vietnam153.6 cm
161🇵🇪Peru152.9 cm
162🇰🇭Cambodia152.9 cm
163🇮🇩Indonesia152.8 cm
164🇮🇳India152.6 cm
165🇱🇦Laos151.3 cm
166🇲🇬Madagascar151.2 cm
167🇳🇵Nepal150.9 cm
168🇧🇩Bangladesh150.8 cm
169🇵🇭Philippines149.6 cm
170🇬🇹Guatemala149.4 cm
Source: Our World in Data · born 1996 · 170 countries ranked

Average female height by country for every country, A to Z

All 170 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.

What this table covers

This table ranks the 170 countries that have a average female height figure in Our World in Data's data (born 1996). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the tallest women?

The tallest women in the world: 1. Latvia (169.8 cm), 2. Netherlands (168.7 cm), 3. Estonia (168.7 cm).

Which country has the shortest women?

The shortest average female height in this table, from the very last row upwards: Guatemala (149.4 cm), then Philippines (149.6 cm) and Bangladesh (150.8 cm).

Why is this a separate table from the men's?

Because averaging the two would produce a number describing nobody, and because the two orders are not identical: the gap between men's and women's average height varies from country to country, so a nation can rank higher on one table than the other. Keeping them apart is the only way either figure stays comparable, and it is why the game never puts both in the same day.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

170 countries have a published figure for average female height, and all 170 are listed above. The source is Our World in Data (born 1996), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

The short version

Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.

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This ranking in other languages: Taille moyenne des femmes par pays · Altura media de las mujeres por país · Durchschnittliche Körpergröße der Frauen nach Land