Average height in Belize
Men in Belize average 168.7 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 156.9 cm (5 ft 2 in). That puts Belize 116th of 186 countries in our data.
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Belize among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Belize
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Belize is taller than 98% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Belize is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 160.7 and 176.7 cm, and roughly 95% between 152.7 and 184.7 cm. A man of 177 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 185 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Belize are on average 11.8 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.3 cm shorter and women 2.1 cm shorter. 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 Belize?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 92% of men in Belize. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Belize.
- What is the average height of women in Belize?
- Women in Belize average 156.9 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 149.4 and 164.4 cm. That ranks 132nd of 186 countries for women.
- How does Belize compare to Ghana?
- Men in Ghana average 168.8 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Belize. Women average 157.9 cm against 156.9 cm. Ghana ranks 115th, Belize 116th.
- How does Belize compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Belize are 2.3 cm shorter than that, women 2.1 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Belize 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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