Average height in Algeria
Men in Algeria average 170.1 cm (5 ft 7 in), women 159.1 cm (5 ft 3 in). That puts Algeria 102nd of 186 countries in our data.
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Algeria among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Algeria
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Algeria is taller than 97% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Algeria is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 162.1 and 178.1 cm, and roughly 95% between 154.1 and 186.1 cm. A man of 178 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 186 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Algeria are on average 11.0 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 0.9 cm shorter and women 0.1 cm taller. These are means for people born in 1996, measured at 18. Older generations in most countries are shorter, by several centimetres where heights rose fast.
Questions
- Is 180 cm tall in Algeria?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 89% of men in Algeria. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Algeria.
- What is the average height of women in Algeria?
- Women in Algeria average 159.1 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 151.6 and 166.6 cm. That ranks 87th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Algeria compare to Guyana?
- Men in Guyana average 170.2 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Algeria. Women average 157.9 cm against 159.1 cm. Guyana ranks 101st, Algeria 102nd.
- How does Algeria compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Algeria are 0.9 cm shorter than that, women 0.1 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Algeria is one of them, so the SD and the percentiles above use the global spread rather than one measured here.
Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, eLife 2016, mean height at 18 of adults born in 1996. Percentiles on this page are our estimate from a normal distribution with the stated mean and SD.
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