Average height in Bahamas
Men in Bahamas average 172.7 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 160.7 cm (5 ft 3 in). That puts Bahamas 71st of 186 countries in our data.
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Bahamas among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Bahamas
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Bahamas is taller than 94% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Bahamas is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 164.7 and 180.7 cm, and roughly 95% between 156.7 and 188.7 cm. A man of 181 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 189 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Bahamas are on average 12.0 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 1.7 cm taller and women 1.7 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 Bahamas?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 82% of men in Bahamas. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Bahamas.
- What is the average height of women in Bahamas?
- Women in Bahamas average 160.7 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 153.2 and 168.2 cm. That ranks 66th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Bahamas compare to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Men in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines average 172.8 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Bahamas. Women average 160.7 cm against 160.7 cm. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 70th, Bahamas 71st.
- How does Bahamas compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Bahamas are 1.7 cm taller than that, women 1.7 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Bahamas 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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