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📏 Average male height by country

170 countries ranked · Our World in Data · born 1996

Which country has the tallest men?

The tallest men in the world: 1. Netherlands (182.5 cm), 2. Belgium (181.7 cm), 3. Estonia (181.6 cm).

The middle of the table sits at 170.5 cm (Qatar, no. 85 of 170), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

  1. 🇳🇱Netherlands 182.5 cm
  2. 🇧🇪Belgium 181.7 cm
  3. 🇪🇪Estonia 181.6 cm
  4. 🇱🇻Latvia 181.4 cm
  5. 🇩🇰Denmark 181.4 cm
  6. 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 180.9 cm
  7. 🇭🇷Croatia 180.8 cm
  8. 🇷🇸Serbia 180.6 cm
  9. 🇮🇸Iceland 180.5 cm
  10. 🇨🇿Czechia 180.1 cm

Which country has the shortest men?

The shortest average male height in this table, from the very last row upwards: Yemen (159.9 cm), then Laos (160.5 cm) and Madagascar (161.6 cm).

The bottom 10

  1. 170th 🇾🇪Yemen 159.9 cm
  2. 169th 🇱🇦Laos 160.5 cm
  3. 168th 🇲🇬Madagascar 161.6 cm
  4. 167th 🇲🇼Malawi 162.2 cm
  5. 166th 🇳🇵Nepal 162.3 cm
  6. 165th 🇷🇼Rwanda 162.7 cm
  7. 164th 🇵🇭Philippines 163.2 cm
  8. 163rd 🇲🇷Mauritania 163.3 cm
  9. 162nd 🇰🇭Cambodia 163.3 cm
  10. 161st 🇬🇹Guatemala 163.4 cm

The same ranking, as a map

Which country has the tallest men? Average height (men) · 170 countries ranked · shaded by rank, five equal groups 1. Netherlands 182.5 cm · 2. Belgium 181.7 cm · 3. Estonia 181.6 cm Afghanistan: 165.3 cm (148th of 170)Albania: 173.4 cm (58th of 170)Algeria: 170.1 cm (92nd of 170)Angola: 167.3 cm (122nd of 170)Argentina: 174.6 cm (46th of 170)Armenia: 172 cm (70th of 170)Australia: 179.2 cm (18th of 170)Austria: 177.4 cm (32nd of 170)Azerbaijan: 169.8 cm (94th of 170)Bahamas: 172.8 cm (64th of 170)Bangladesh: 163.8 cm (157th of 170)Belarus: 178.4 cm (22nd of 170)Belgium: 181.7 cm (2nd of 170)Belize: 168.7 cm (105th of 170)Benin: 167.1 cm (124th of 170)Bhutan: 165.3 cm (147th of 170)Bolivia: 166.9 cm (127th of 170)Bosnia and Herzegovina: 180.9 cm (6th of 170)Botswana: 171.6 cm (76th of 170)Brazil: 173.6 cm (55th of 170)Brunei: 165 cm (150th of 170)Bulgaria: 178.2 cm (26th of 170)Burkina Faso: 169.3 cm (98th of 170)Burundi: 166.6 cm (133rd of 170)Cambodia: 163.3 cm (162nd of 170)Cameroon: 167.8 cm (114th of 170)Canada: 178.1 cm (27th of 170)Central African Republic: 166.7 cm (132nd of 170)Chad: 170.4 cm (87th of 170)Chile: 171.8 cm (75th of 170)China: 171.8 cm (74th of 170)Colombia: 169.5 cm (96th of 170)Congo: 167.5 cm (120th of 170)Costa Rica: 168.9 cm (103rd of 170)Croatia: 180.8 cm (7th of 170)Cuba: 172 cm (71st of 170)Cyprus: 175 cm (43rd of 170)Czechia: 180.1 cm (10th of 170)DR Congo: 166.8 cm (128th of 170)Denmark: 181.4 cm (5th of 170)Djibouti: 166.6 cm (136th of 170)Dominican Republic: 172.8 cm (65th of 170)Ecuador: 167.1 cm (123rd of 170)Egypt: 166.7 cm (130th of 170)El Salvador: 169.8 cm (93rd of 170)Equatorial Guinea: 167.4 cm (121st of 170)Eritrea: 168.4 cm (108th of 170)Estonia: 181.6 cm (3rd of 170)Ethiopia: 166.2 cm (140th of 170)Fiji: 173.9 cm (53rd of 170)Finland: 179.6 cm (16th of 170)France: 179.7 cm (14th of 170)Gabon: 167.9 cm (111th of 170)Gambia: 165.4 cm (146th of 170)Georgia: 174.3 cm (50th of 170)Germany: 179.9 cm (11th of 170)Ghana: 168.9 cm (104th of 170)Greece: 177.3 cm (34th of 170)Guatemala: 163.4 cm (161st of 170)Guinea: 167.5 cm (119th of 170)Guinea-Bissau: 167.9 cm (112th of 170)Guyana: 170.2 cm (91st of 170)Haiti: 172.6 cm (67th of 170)Honduras: 166.4 cm (139th of 170)Hungary: 177.3 cm (35th of 170)Iceland: 180.5 cm (9th of 170)India: 165 cm (151st of 170)Indonesia: 163.6 cm (160th of 170)Iran: 173.6 cm (54th of 170)Iraq: 170.4 cm (88th of 170)Ireland: 178.9 cm (20th of 170)Israel: 176.9 cm (37th of 170)Italy: 177.8 cm (29th of 170)Ivory Coast: 166.5 cm (137th of 170)Jamaica: 174.5 cm (47th of 170)Japan: 170.8 cm (83rd of 170)Jordan: 171 cm (82nd of 170)Kazakhstan: 171.1 cm (80th of 170)Kenya: 169.6 cm (95th of 170)Kuwait: 172.1 cm (69th of 170)Kyrgyzstan: 171.2 cm (79th of 170)Laos: 160.5 cm (169th of 170)Latvia: 181.4 cm (4th of 170)Lebanon: 174.4 cm (49th of 170)Lesotho: 165.6 cm (145th of 170)Liberia: 163.7 cm (158th of 170)Libya: 173.5 cm (56th of 170)Lithuania: 179 cm (19th of 170)Luxembourg: 177.9 cm (28th of 170)Madagascar: 161.6 cm (168th of 170)Malawi: 162.2 cm (167th of 170)Malaysia: 167.9 cm (113th of 170)Mali: 171.1 cm (81st of 170)Mauritania: 163.3 cm (163rd of 170)Mexico: 169 cm (102nd of 170)Moldova: 175.5 cm (42nd of 170)Mongolia: 169.1 cm (101st of 170)Montenegro: 178.3 cm (25th of 170)Morocco: 170.4 cm (90th of 170)Mozambique: 164.8 cm (152nd of 170)Myanmar: 164.7 cm (154th of 170)Namibia: 167 cm (125th of 170)Nepal: 162.3 cm (166th of 170)Netherlands: 182.5 cm (1st of 170)New Zealand: 177.7 cm (30th of 170)Nicaragua: 166.7 cm (129th of 170)Niger: 167.7 cm (117th of 170)Nigeria: 165.9 cm (142nd of 170)North Korea: 172 cm (72nd of 170)North Macedonia: 178.3 cm (24th of 170)Norway: 179.8 cm (13th of 170)Oman: 169.2 cm (99th of 170)Pakistan: 167 cm (126th of 170)Panama: 168.5 cm (107th of 170)Papua New Guinea: 163.6 cm (159th of 170)Paraguay: 172.8 cm (63rd of 170)Peru: 165.2 cm (149th of 170)Philippines: 163.2 cm (164th of 170)Poland: 177.3 cm (33rd of 170)Portugal: 172.9 cm (62nd of 170)Qatar: 170.5 cm (85th of 170)Romania: 174.7 cm (45th of 170)Russia: 176.5 cm (39th of 170)Rwanda: 162.7 cm (165th of 170)Saudi Arabia: 167.7 cm (118th of 170)Senegal: 173.1 cm (61st of 170)Serbia: 180.6 cm (8th of 170)Sierra Leone: 164.4 cm (156th of 170)Slovakia: 179.5 cm (17th of 170)Slovenia: 179.8 cm (12th of 170)Somalia: 166.6 cm (135th of 170)South Africa: 166.7 cm (131st of 170)South Korea: 174.9 cm (44th of 170)South Sudan: no dataSpain: 176.6 cm (38th of 170)Sri Lanka: 165.7 cm (143rd of 170)Sudan: 166.6 cm (134th of 170)Suriname: 172.7 cm (66th of 170)Sweden: 179.7 cm (15th of 170)Switzerland: 178.4 cm (23rd of 170)Syria: 170.4 cm (89th of 170)Taiwan: 174.5 cm (48th of 170)Tajikistan: 171.3 cm (78th of 170)Tanzania: 164.8 cm (153rd of 170)Thailand: 169.2 cm (100th of 170)Togo: 168.3 cm (109th of 170)Tunisia: 174 cm (52nd of 170)Turkey: 174.2 cm (51st of 170)Turkmenistan: 172 cm (73rd of 170)Uganda: 165.6 cm (144th of 170)Ukraine: 178.5 cm (21st of 170)United Arab Emirates: 170.5 cm (86th of 170)United Kingdom: 177.5 cm (31st of 170)United States: 177.1 cm (36th of 170)Uruguay: 173.4 cm (57th of 170)Uzbekistan: 169.4 cm (97th of 170)Vanuatu: 168.1 cm (110th of 170)Venezuela: 171.6 cm (77th of 170)Vietnam: 164.5 cm (155th of 170)Yemen: 159.9 cm (170th of 170)Zambia: 166.5 cm (138th of 170)Zimbabwe: 168.6 cm (106th of 170) Andorra: 176.1 cm (40th of 170)Bahrain: 167.7 cm (115th of 170)Barbados: 175.9 cm (41st of 170)Cape Verde: 173.2 cm (60th of 170)Comoros: 166.2 cm (141st of 170)Maldives: 167.7 cm (116th of 170)Malta: 173.3 cm (59th of 170)Mauritius: 170.5 cm (84th of 170)Singapore: 172.6 cm (68th of 170) 3 Estonia · 181.6 cm 1 Netherlands · 182.5 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 (men), 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🇳🇱Netherlands 182.5 cm🇵🇹Portugal 172.9 cm
Asia46🇮🇱Israel 176.9 cm🇾🇪Yemen 159.9 cm
Africa50🇹🇳Tunisia 174 cm🇲🇬Madagascar 161.6 cm
North America16🇨🇦Canada 178.1 cm🇬🇹Guatemala 163.4 cm
South America12🇦🇷Argentina 174.6 cm🇵🇪Peru 165.2 cm
Oceania5🇦🇺Australia 179.2 cm🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 163.6 cm

The full ranking of all 170 countries

Average height (men) · born 1996
#CountryAverage height (men)
1🇳🇱Netherlands182.5 cm
2🇧🇪Belgium181.7 cm
3🇪🇪Estonia181.6 cm
4🇱🇻Latvia181.4 cm
5🇩🇰Denmark181.4 cm
6🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina180.9 cm
7🇭🇷Croatia180.8 cm
8🇷🇸Serbia180.6 cm
9🇮🇸Iceland180.5 cm
10🇨🇿Czechia180.1 cm
11🇩🇪Germany179.9 cm
12🇸🇮Slovenia179.8 cm
13🇳🇴Norway179.8 cm
14🇫🇷France179.7 cm
15🇸🇪Sweden179.7 cm
16🇫🇮Finland179.6 cm
17🇸🇰Slovakia179.5 cm
18🇦🇺Australia179.2 cm
19🇱🇹Lithuania179 cm
20🇮🇪Ireland178.9 cm
21🇺🇦Ukraine178.5 cm
22🇧🇾Belarus178.4 cm
23🇨🇭Switzerland178.4 cm
24🇲🇰North Macedonia178.3 cm
25🇲🇪Montenegro178.3 cm
26🇧🇬Bulgaria178.2 cm
27🇨🇦Canada178.1 cm
28🇱🇺Luxembourg177.9 cm
29🇮🇹Italy177.8 cm
30🇳🇿New Zealand177.7 cm
31🇬🇧United Kingdom177.5 cm
32🇦🇹Austria177.4 cm
33🇵🇱Poland177.3 cm
34🇬🇷Greece177.3 cm
35🇭🇺Hungary177.3 cm
36🇺🇸United States177.1 cm
37🇮🇱Israel176.9 cm
38🇪🇸Spain176.6 cm
39🇷🇺Russia176.5 cm
40🇦🇩Andorra176.1 cm
41🇧🇧Barbados175.9 cm
42🇲🇩Moldova175.5 cm
43🇨🇾Cyprus175 cm
44🇰🇷South Korea174.9 cm
45🇷🇴Romania174.7 cm
46🇦🇷Argentina174.6 cm
47🇯🇲Jamaica174.5 cm
48🇹🇼Taiwan174.5 cm
49🇱🇧Lebanon174.4 cm
50🇬🇪Georgia174.3 cm
51🇹🇷Turkey174.2 cm
52🇹🇳Tunisia174 cm
53🇫🇯Fiji173.9 cm
54🇮🇷Iran173.6 cm
55🇧🇷Brazil173.6 cm
56🇱🇾Libya173.5 cm
57🇺🇾Uruguay173.4 cm
58🇦🇱Albania173.4 cm
59🇲🇹Malta173.3 cm
60🇨🇻Cape Verde173.2 cm
61🇸🇳Senegal173.1 cm
62🇵🇹Portugal172.9 cm
63🇵🇾Paraguay172.8 cm
64🇧🇸Bahamas172.8 cm
65🇩🇴Dominican Republic172.8 cm
66🇸🇷Suriname172.7 cm
67🇭🇹Haiti172.6 cm
68🇸🇬Singapore172.6 cm
69🇰🇼Kuwait172.1 cm
70🇦🇲Armenia172 cm
71🇨🇺Cuba172 cm
72🇰🇵North Korea172 cm
73🇹🇲Turkmenistan172 cm
74🇨🇳China171.8 cm
75🇨🇱Chile171.8 cm
76🇧🇼Botswana171.6 cm
77🇻🇪Venezuela171.6 cm
78🇹🇯Tajikistan171.3 cm
79🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan171.2 cm
80🇰🇿Kazakhstan171.1 cm
81🇲🇱Mali171.1 cm
82🇯🇴Jordan171 cm
83🇯🇵Japan170.8 cm
84🇲🇺Mauritius170.5 cm
85🇶🇦Qatar170.5 cm
86🇦🇪United Arab Emirates170.5 cm
87🇹🇩Chad170.4 cm
88🇮🇶Iraq170.4 cm
89🇸🇾Syria170.4 cm
90🇲🇦Morocco170.4 cm
91🇬🇾Guyana170.2 cm
92🇩🇿Algeria170.1 cm
93🇸🇻El Salvador169.8 cm
94🇦🇿Azerbaijan169.8 cm
95🇰🇪Kenya169.6 cm
96🇨🇴Colombia169.5 cm
97🇺🇿Uzbekistan169.4 cm
98🇧🇫Burkina Faso169.3 cm
99🇴🇲Oman169.2 cm
100🇹🇭Thailand169.2 cm
101🇲🇳Mongolia169.1 cm
102🇲🇽Mexico169 cm
103🇨🇷Costa Rica168.9 cm
104🇬🇭Ghana168.9 cm
105🇧🇿Belize168.7 cm
106🇿🇼Zimbabwe168.6 cm
107🇵🇦Panama168.5 cm
108🇪🇷Eritrea168.4 cm
109🇹🇬Togo168.3 cm
110🇻🇺Vanuatu168.1 cm
111🇬🇦Gabon167.9 cm
112🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau167.9 cm
113🇲🇾Malaysia167.9 cm
114🇨🇲Cameroon167.8 cm
115🇧🇭Bahrain167.7 cm
116🇲🇻Maldives167.7 cm
117🇳🇪Niger167.7 cm
118🇸🇦Saudi Arabia167.7 cm
119🇬🇳Guinea167.5 cm
120🇨🇬Congo167.5 cm
121🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea167.4 cm
122🇦🇴Angola167.3 cm
123🇪🇨Ecuador167.1 cm
124🇧🇯Benin167.1 cm
125🇳🇦Namibia167 cm
126🇵🇰Pakistan167 cm
127🇧🇴Bolivia166.9 cm
128🇨🇩DR Congo166.8 cm
129🇳🇮Nicaragua166.7 cm
130🇪🇬Egypt166.7 cm
131🇿🇦South Africa166.7 cm
132🇨🇫Central African Republic166.7 cm
133🇧🇮Burundi166.6 cm
134🇸🇩Sudan166.6 cm
135🇸🇴Somalia166.6 cm
136🇩🇯Djibouti166.6 cm
137🇨🇮Ivory Coast166.5 cm
138🇿🇲Zambia166.5 cm
139🇭🇳Honduras166.4 cm
140🇪🇹Ethiopia166.2 cm
141🇰🇲Comoros166.2 cm
142🇳🇬Nigeria165.9 cm
143🇱🇰Sri Lanka165.7 cm
144🇺🇬Uganda165.6 cm
145🇱🇸Lesotho165.6 cm
146🇬🇲Gambia165.4 cm
147🇧🇹Bhutan165.3 cm
148🇦🇫Afghanistan165.3 cm
149🇵🇪Peru165.2 cm
150🇧🇳Brunei165 cm
151🇮🇳India165 cm
152🇲🇿Mozambique164.8 cm
153🇹🇿Tanzania164.8 cm
154🇲🇲Myanmar164.7 cm
155🇻🇳Vietnam164.5 cm
156🇸🇱Sierra Leone164.4 cm
157🇧🇩Bangladesh163.8 cm
158🇱🇷Liberia163.7 cm
159🇵🇬Papua New Guinea163.6 cm
160🇮🇩Indonesia163.6 cm
161🇬🇹Guatemala163.4 cm
162🇰🇭Cambodia163.3 cm
163🇲🇷Mauritania163.3 cm
164🇵🇭Philippines163.2 cm
165🇷🇼Rwanda162.7 cm
166🇳🇵Nepal162.3 cm
167🇲🇼Malawi162.2 cm
168🇲🇬Madagascar161.6 cm
169🇱🇦Laos160.5 cm
170🇾🇪Yemen159.9 cm
Source: Our World in Data · born 1996 · 170 countries ranked

Average male 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 male 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 men?

The tallest men in the world: 1. Netherlands (182.5 cm), 2. Belgium (181.7 cm), 3. Estonia (181.6 cm).

Which country has the shortest men?

The shortest average male height in this table, from the very last row upwards: Yemen (159.9 cm), then Laos (160.5 cm) and Madagascar (161.6 cm).

Is average height genetic, and does it change?

It changes, and fast enough to be visible within one family. Adult height reflects childhood nutrition and disease as much as ancestry, which is why national averages across the world rose sharply through the twentieth century and why some countries gained several centimetres in a couple of generations. A row in this table describes the adults measured in a given cohort, not a fixed property of a people.

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

170 countries have a published figure for average male 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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