Average height in Bolivia
Men in Bolivia average 166.8 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 153.9 cm (5 ft 1 in). That puts Bolivia 141st of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Bolivia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Bolivia is taller than 99% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Bolivia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 158.8 and 174.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 150.8 and 182.8 cm. A man of 175 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 183 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Bolivia are on average 12.9 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 4.2 cm shorter and women 5.1 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 Bolivia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 95% of men in Bolivia. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Bolivia.
- What is the average height of women in Bolivia?
- Women in Bolivia average 153.9 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 146.4 and 161.4 cm. That ranks 171st of 186 countries for women.
- How does Bolivia compare to Pakistan?
- Men in Pakistan average 166.9 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Bolivia. Women average 153.8 cm against 153.9 cm. Pakistan ranks 140th, Bolivia 141st.
- How does Bolivia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Bolivia are 4.2 cm shorter than that, women 5.1 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Bolivia 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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