🇧🇪Average height in Belgium

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Belgium among its neighbours

What counts as tall in Belgium

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Belgium is taller than 68% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Belgium is 6.9 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 174.8 and 188.6 cm, and roughly 95% between 167.9 and 195.5 cm. A man of 189 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 196 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Belgium are on average 16.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 10.7 cm taller and women 6.5 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 Belgium?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 40% of men in Belgium. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Belgium.

What is the average height of women in Belgium?

Women in Belgium average 165.5 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 6.3 cm. About two thirds of women are between 159.2 and 171.8 cm. That ranks 20th of 186 countries for women.

How does Belgium compare to Netherlands?

Men in Netherlands average 182.5 cm, 0.8 cm more than men in Belgium. Women average 168.7 cm against 165.5 cm. Netherlands ranks 1st, Belgium 2nd.

How does Belgium compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Belgium are 10.7 cm taller than that, women 6.5 cm taller.