Average height in Belarus
Men in Belarus average 178.4 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 166.3 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Belarus 22nd of 186 countries in our data.
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Belarus among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Belarus
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Belarus is taller than 80% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Belarus is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 170.4 and 186.4 cm, and roughly 95% between 162.4 and 194.4 cm. A man of 186 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 194 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Belarus are on average 12.1 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 7.4 cm taller and women 7.3 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 Belarus?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 58% of men in Belarus. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 97% of women in Belarus.
- What is the average height of women in Belarus?
- Women in Belarus average 166.3 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 158.8 and 173.8 cm. That ranks 9th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Belarus compare to Ukraine?
- Men in Ukraine average 178.5 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Belarus. Women average 166.3 cm against 166.3 cm. Ukraine ranks 21st, Belarus 22nd.
- How does Belarus compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Belarus are 7.4 cm taller than that, women 7.3 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Belarus 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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