Average height for Women in 2024

A century ago American women had ranked as the fourth tallest in the world at 159 centimeters (5 feet 3 inches). Now they stand as the 58th tallest in the world with an average of 163.31 centimeters (5 feet 4 inches). South Korean women who were born in 1896 were considered the third shortest nation in the world. They measured 142 cm tall (4 feet 8 inches). The women born in 2000 are now 160.13 centimeters (5 feet and 3 inches) and currently they stand at 163.23 cm average height. That has paralleled the greater rise in economic powers in South Korea and its neighbor China, which also grew in height. Netherlands is the top country with 170.36 cm (5 feet 7.07 inches), followed by Montenegro with 169.96 cm (5 feet 6.91 inches). The Average Heights of Women worldwide is 160.95 cm, with minimum height being 150.91 and the max average height for women is 170.36 cm.

Rank	Country	Average height (in cm)			Average Women Height (Feet - Inches)
	Year	1985	2000	2019	2019
1	Netherlands	168.23	169.95	170.36	5 - 7.07
2	Montenegro	167.43	168.22	169.96	5 - 6.91
3	Denmark	166.94	167.44	169.47	5 - 6.72
4	Iceland	168.12	168.72	168.91	5 - 6.50
5	Latvia	167.69	168.21	168.81	5 - 6.46
6	Estonia	166.32	167.54	168.66	5 - 6.40
7	Serbia	165.93	167.01	168.29	5 - 6.25
8	Czech Republic	166.99	167.51	167.96	5 - 6.13
9	Lithuania	165.63	166.80	167.63	5 - 6.00
10	American Samoa	164.74	165.62	167.55	5 - 5.97
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	166.63	167.07	167.47	5 - 5.93
12	Cook Islands	163.36	164.90	167.31	5 - 5.87
13	Slovenia	165.42	165.69	167.20	5 - 5.83
14	Slovakia	165.30	166.45	167.12	5 - 5.80
15	Niue	162.82	164.72	167.03	5 - 5.76
16	Belarus	164.54	165.88	166.93	5 - 5.72
17	Austria	165.08	166.50	166.93	5 - 5.72
18	Dominica	162.51	164.67	166.89	5 - 5.70
19	Croatia	166.95	166.82	166.80	5 - 5.67
20	Sweden	165.58	166.65	166.67	5 - 5.62
21	Ukraine	165.18	166.12	166.62	5 - 5.60
22	French Polynesia	163.37	164.89	166.52	5 - 5.56
23	Finland	165.42	165.87	166.48	5 - 5.54
24	Norway	165.89	166.61	166.45	5 - 5.53
25	Germany	165.42	166.04	166.18	5 - 5.42
26	Bermuda	163.70	165.00	166.11	5 - 5.40
27	Tonga	163.36	164.93	166.08	5 - 5.39
28	Tokelau	162.25	164.07	166.08	5 - 5.38
29	Grenada	162.95	164.58	165.99	5 - 5.35
30	Greece	162.03	164.94	165.81	5 - 5.28
31	Poland	163.86	164.98	165.78	5 - 5.27
32	Antigua and Barbuda	162.90	164.45	165.72	5 - 5.25
33	Barbados	162.60	164.39	165.66	5 - 5.22
34	Andorra	163.94	165.53	165.53	5 - 5.17
35	Saint Lucia	162.46	164.17	165.52	5 - 5.17
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	161.76	163.66	165.30	5 - 5.08
37	Luxembourg	164.27	164.96	165.07	5 - 4.99
38	Romania	164.98	164.20	164.73	5 - 4.85
39	Canada	162.97	163.63	164.73	5 - 4.85
40	Australia	163.28	164.26	164.67	5 - 4.83
41	New Zealand	164.45	164.60	164.66	5 - 4.83
42	Bulgaria	163.75	163.61	164.58	5 - 4.79
43	Russian Federation	163.24	164.29	164.52	5 - 4.77
44	Ireland	162.38	163.98	164.50	5 - 4.76
45	France	163.25	164.20	164.49	5 - 4.76
46	Switzerland	163.79	164.21	164.33	5 - 4.70
47	Jamaica	161.21	163.03	164.32	5 - 4.69
48	Fiji	160.39	162.24	164.28	5 - 4.68
49	United Kingdom	162.71	163.39	163.94	5 - 4.54
50	Senegal	162.59	163.77	163.92	5 - 4.54
51	Samoa	160.28	162.03	163.82	5 - 4.49
52	Lebanon	160.47	161.60	163.67	5 - 4.44
53	Tuvalu	158.60	160.96	163.57	5 - 4.40
54	China	157.40	158.27	163.46	5 - 4.36
55	Bahamas	160.11	161.91	163.46	5 - 4.35
56	Belgium	163.73	165.36	163.40	5 - 4.33
57	Trinidad and Tobago	159.58	161.86	163.38	5 - 4.32
58	United States of America	162.95	162.88	163.31	5 - 4.30
59	Georgia	160.73	162.30	163.24	5 - 4.27
60	South Korea	157.14	160.13	163.23	5 - 4.26
61	Cabo Verde	162.15	162.37	163.10	5 - 4.21
62	Puerto Rico	158.62	160.97	163.06	5 - 4.20
63	Moldova	161.14	162.34	162.96	5 - 4.16
64	Malta	162.64	163.10	162.95	5 - 4.15
65	Turkmenistan	159.30	160.93	162.83	5 - 4.11
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	159.30	161.21	162.78	5 - 4.09
67	Libya	158.40	160.97	162.56	5 - 4.00
68	Hungary	161.94	162.03	162.55	5 - 3.99
69	Seychelles	160.91	161.22	162.47	5 - 3.96
70	Brazil	157.98	159.88	162.41	5 - 3.94
71	Algeria	158.46	159.86	162.35	5 - 3.92
72	Suriname	159.39	161.47	162.26	5 - 3.88
73	Albania	161.59	161.45	162.23	5 - 3.87
74	Israel	161.56	161.97	162.22	5 - 3.87
75	Chad	162.22	162.60	162.12	5 - 3.83
76	Botswana	161.41	161.58	162.06	5 - 3.80
77	Spain	161.55	162.88	162.03	5 - 3.79
78	Mali	161.84	161.87	161.99	5 - 3.78
79	Italy	161.88	161.87	161.81	5 - 3.70
80	Turkey	156.06	158.89	161.80	5 - 3.70
81	Kazakhstan	159.15	160.52	161.74	5 - 3.68
82	Gambia	160.49	161.27	161.73	5 - 3.67
83	Tunisia	158.04	159.46	161.69	5 - 3.66
84	Uruguay	158.97	160.28	161.56	5 - 3.61
85	Greenland	160.07	160.96	161.40	5 - 3.54
86	Azerbaijan	157.48	159.53	161.37	5 - 3.53
87	Burkina Faso	161.57	161.60	161.33	5 - 3.51
88	Singapore	158.35	160.25	161.30	5 - 3.51
89	Occupied Palestinian Territory	157.66	159.15	161.28	5 - 3.50
90	Portugal	159.20	160.78	161.23	5 - 3.48
91	Argentina	158.06	159.54	161.22	5 - 3.47
92	North Korea	157.75	159.05	161.22	5 - 3.47
93	Dominican Republic	156.75	159.32	161.21	5 - 3.47
94	Iran	156.87	158.44	161.18	5 - 3.46
95	Morocco	157.17	159.09	161.18	5 - 3.46
96	Kiribati	156.97	158.66	161.04	5 - 3.40
97	Egypt	157.46	158.57	160.88	5 - 3.34
98	Macedonia (TFYR)	160.53	160.00	160.88	5 - 3.34
99	Qatar	158.56	159.28	160.72	5 - 3.27
100	Taiwan	158.33	159.45	160.70	5 - 3.27
101	China (Hong Kong SAR)	157.37	158.47	160.62	5 - 3.24
102	Haiti	157.71	159.34	160.57	5 - 3.22
103	Cyprus	158.34	159.91	160.55	5 - 3.21
104	United Arab Emirates	158.40	159.27	160.53	5 - 3.20
105	Vanuatu	157.03	158.60	160.48	5 - 3.18
106	Cameroon	160.36	160.36	160.41	5 - 3.15
107	Sudan	160.22	160.24	160.36	5 - 3.13
108	Costa Rica	155.99	157.86	160.36	5 - 3.13
109	Uzbekistan	159.00	159.26	160.29	5 - 3.11
110	Namibia	160.15	160.52	160.26	5 - 3.09
111	Kyrgyzstan	157.49	159.11	160.20	5 - 3.07
112	Cuba	157.63	159.09	160.13	5 - 3.05
113	Kuwait	156.99	158.68	160.10	5 - 3.03
114	Mauritania	159.96	160.26	160.06	5 - 3.02
115	Gabon	158.14	159.75	160.05	5 - 3.01
116	Venezuela	155.91	157.96	160.04	5 - 3.01
117	Mongolia	157.11	158.27	159.89	5 - 2.95
118	Somalia	159.59	159.71	159.86	5 - 2.94
119	Armenia	156.49	158.85	159.85	5 - 2.93
120	Zimbabwe	159.42	159.62	159.85	5 - 2.93
121	Djibouti	159.55	159.97	159.82	5 - 2.92
122	Niger	160.25	160.47	159.81	5 - 2.92
123	Sao Tome and Principe	159.35	159.57	159.81	5 - 2.92
124	Paraguay	156.29	157.81	159.76	5 - 2.90
125	Micronesia (Federated States of)	157.13	158.17	159.66	5 - 2.86
126	Central African Republic	158.88	159.85	159.65	5 - 2.85
127	Guyana	156.88	158.24	159.57	5 - 2.82
128	Palau	156.39	157.62	159.52	5 - 2.80
129	Jordan	157.74	158.46	159.46	5 - 2.78
130	Kenya	159.68	159.60	159.43	5 - 2.77
131	Chile	156.09	158.29	159.42	5 - 2.76
132	Thailand	154.59	155.25	159.42	5 - 2.76
133	Syrian Arab Republic	156.47	157.65	159.38	5 - 2.75
134	Togo	158.35	159.15	159.13	5 - 2.65
135	Mauritius	158.32	158.76	158.94	5 - 2.58
136	Swaziland	158.53	159.13	158.92	5 - 2.57
137	Ghana	158.30	158.39	158.86	5 - 2.54
138	Saudi Arabia	152.59	156.03	158.84	5 - 2.53
139	Congo	158.37	158.93	158.78	5 - 2.51
140	Guinea	158.12	159.12	158.75	5 - 2.50
141	Iraq	157.01	157.86	158.75	5 - 2.50
142	Guinea Bissau	158.31	158.40	158.72	5 - 2.49
143	Cote d'Ivoire	159.25	159.25	158.65	5 - 2.46
144	South Africa	158.38	159.20	158.58	5 - 2.43
145	Uganda	158.28	158.25	158.53	5 - 2.41
146	Japan	157.27	158.08	158.50	5 - 2.40
147	Oman	154.52	155.98	158.44	5 - 2.38
148	Viet Nam	153.03	153.13	158.43	5 - 2.37
149	Benin	158.11	158.69	158.40	5 - 2.36
150	Bahrain	156.30	156.83	158.29	5 - 2.32
151	Panama	154.87	156.29	158.19	5 - 2.28
152	Nigeria	158.34	158.14	158.14	5 - 2.26
153	Tajikistan	156.81	157.59	158.12	5 - 2.25
154	Belize	155.97	157.07	158.12	5 - 2.25
155	Angola	156.82	157.45	158.10	5 - 2.24
156	Equatorial Guinea	157.44	157.54	158.05	5 - 2.22
157	Colombia	154.43	156.07	157.96	5 - 2.19
158	Mexico	153.77	155.38	157.90	5 - 2.17
159	Nauru	155.93	156.70	157.82	5 - 2.13
160	Eritrea	156.30	157.04	157.58	5 - 2.04
161	Sierra Leone	157.43	157.37	157.34	5 - 1.94
162	Zambia	158.01	157.76	157.32	5 - 1.94
163	Ethiopia	156.72	156.49	157.15	5 - 1.87
164	Malaysia	154.85	155.06	157.06	5 - 1.84
165	Papua New Guinea	154.27	155.55	156.89	5 - 1.77
166	Tanzania	156.26	156.63	156.89	5 - 1.77
167	Solomon Islands	154.33	155.47	156.79	5 - 1.73
168	Lesotho	156.93	156.96	156.72	5 - 1.70
169	Rwanda	157.58	156.59	156.72	5 - 1.70
170	Liberia	156.22	156.38	156.54	5 - 1.63
171	Comoros	155.13	156.11	156.54	5 - 1.63
172	El Salvador	152.45	153.74	156.39	5 - 1.57
173	DR Congo	156.36	156.50	156.30	5 - 1.54
174	Malawi	156.08	155.86	156.14	5 - 1.47
175	Afghanistan	154.20	155.17	156.11	5 - 1.46
176	Sri Lanka	152.70	153.69	155.88	5 - 1.37
177	Nicaragua	153.34	154.42	155.62	5 - 1.27
178	Bolivia	151.08	153.07	155.58	5 - 1.25
179	Mozambique	155.01	155.33	155.42	5 - 1.19
180	Ecuador	150.88	152.49	155.25	5 - 1.12
181	Honduras	152.01	153.29	155.18	5 - 1.10
182	India	151.45	152.34	155.18	5 - 1.09
183	Bhutan	152.25	153.34	155.15	5 - 1.08
184	Burundi	155.40	155.16	155.08	5 - 1.05
185	Brunei Darussalam	151.50	152.44	154.90	5 - 0.98
186	Pakistan	154.04	154.92	154.77	5 - 0.93
187	Marshall Islands	151.61	152.67	154.76	5 - 0.93
188	Yemen	152.92	153.33	154.76	5 - 0.93
189	Cambodia	152.72	152.65	154.75	5 - 0.93
190	Myanmar	152.55	153.01	154.71	5 - 0.91
191	Peru	150.72	152.42	154.39	5 - 0.78
192	Indonesia	150.34	151.29	154.36	5 - 0.77
193	Maldives	150.48	151.82	154.28	5 - 0.74
194	Philippines	150.25	151.57	154.14	5 - 0.69
195	Lao PDR	150.69	151.07	153.10	5 - 0.28
196	Madagascar	153.30	153.09	153.06	5 - 0.26
197	Timor-Leste	149.87	150.30	152.71	5 - 0.12
198	Nepal	150.40	151.24	152.39	5 - 0.10
199	Bangladesh	150.00	151.18	152.38	4 - 11.99
200	Guatemala	148.37	149.52	150.91	4 - 11.41

The average height for women in USA is 163.31 cm in 2024, which is 5 feet 4.30 inches, ranks 58th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985 the average height of american women is 162.95 cm and 162.88 cm in 2000.

The average height for women in UK is 163.94 cm, which is 5 feet 4.54 inches, ranks 49th position for the average height worldwide.

The average height for women in South Korea is 163.23 cm, which is 5 feet 4.26 inches, ranks 60th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985 the average height of Korean women is 157.14 cm and, In 2000 it is 160.13 cm.

The average height for women in Germany is 166.18 cm, which is 5 feet 5.42 inches, ranks 25th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985 the average height of German women is 165.42 cm.

The average height for women in India is 155.18 cm, which is 5 feet 1.09 inches, ranks 182nd position for the average height worldwide. India ranks below average height for women compared to other countries worldwide in 2024.

The average height for women in France is 164.49 cm, which is 5 feet 4.76 inches, ranks 45th position for the average height worldwide.

The average height for women in South Africa is 158.58 cm, which is 5 feet 2.43 inches, ranks 144th position for the average height worldwide.

The average height for women in China is 163.46 cm, which is 5 feet 4.36 inches, ranks 54th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985 the average height of Chinese women is 157.40 cm.

The average height for women in Canada is 164.73 cm, which is 5 feet 4.85 inches, ranks 39th position for the average height worldwide.

The average height for women in Australia is 164.67 cm, which is 5 feet 4.83 inches, ranks 40th position for the average height worldwide.

The average height for women in New Zealand is 164.66 cm, which is 5 feet 4.83 inches, ranks 41st position for the average height worldwide.

The average height for women in Ireland is 164.50 cm, which is 5 feet 4.76 inches, ranks 44th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985 the average height of Irish women is 162.38 cm.

The average height for women in Denmark is 169.47 cm, which is 5 feet 6.72 inches, ranks 3 th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of danish women is 166.94 cm.

The average height for women in Japan is 158.50 cm, which is 5 feet 2.40 inches, ranks 146th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Japanese women is 157.27 cm.

The average height for women in Jamaica is 164.32 cm, which is 5 feet 4.69 inches, ranks 47th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Jamaican women is 161.21 cm.

The average height for women in Israel is 162.22 cm, which is 5 feet 3.87 inches, ranks 74th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Jewish women is 161.56 cm.

The average height for women in Mexico is 157.90 cm, which is 5 feet 2.17 inches, ranks 158th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Mexican women is 153.77 cm.

The average height for women in Malaysia is 157.06 cm, which is 5 feet 1.84 inches, ranks 164th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Malaysian women is 154.85 cm.

The average height for women in Norway is 166.45 cm, which is 5 feet 5.53 inches, ranks 24th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Norweign women is 165.89 cm.

The average height for women in Netherlands is 170.36 cm, which is 5 feet 7.07 inches, ranks 1st position for the average height worldwide. The of Dutch women are taller by average height in the world.

The average height for women in Nigeria is 158.14 cm, which is 5 feet 2.26 inches, ranks 152nd position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Nigerian women is 158.34 cm.

The average height for women in Kenya is 159.43 cm, which is 5 feet 2.77 inches, ranks 130th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Kenyan women is 159.68 cm.

The average height for women in Poland is 165.78 cm, which is 5 feet 5.27 inches, ranks 31st position for the average height worldwide.

The average height for women in Philippines is 154.14 cm, which is 5 feet 0.69 inches, ranks 194th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Filipino women is 150.25 cm.

The average height for women in Russia is 164.52 cm, which is 5 feet 4.77 inches, ranks 43rd position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Russian women is 163.24 cm.

The average height for women in Singapore is 161.30 cm, which is 5 feet 3.51 inches, ranks 88th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Singaporean women is 158.35 cm.

The average height for women in Sweden is 166.67 cm, which is 5 feet 5.62 inches, ranks 20th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Swedish women is 165.58 cm.

The average height for women in Vietnam is 158.43 cm, which is 5 feet 2.37 inches, ranks 48th position for the average height worldwide. In 1985, the average height of Vietnamese women is 153.03 cm.

The average height for women in Europe is 165.31 cm, which is 5 feet 5.08 inches, In 1985, the average height of European women is 164.11 cm.

The average height for women in Africa is 158.18 cm, which is 5 feet 2.28 inches, In 1985, the average height of African women is 157.09 cm.

The average height for women in Asia is 154.81 cm, which is 5 feet 0.95 inches, In 1985, the average height of Asian women is 151.56 cm.

Average height for Women 2024