🇧🇷Average height in Brazil

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Brazil among its neighbours

What counts as tall in Brazil

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Brazil 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 Brazil is 7.2 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 166.4 and 180.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 159.2 and 188.0 cm. A man of 181 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 188 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Brazil are on average 12.7 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.6 cm taller and women 1.9 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 Brazil?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 81% of men in Brazil. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Brazil.

What is the average height of women in Brazil?

Women in Brazil average 160.9 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 6.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.4 and 167.4 cm. That ranks 63rd of 186 countries for women.

How does Brazil compare to Trinidad and Tobago?

Men in Trinidad and Tobago average 173.7 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Brazil. Women average 160.6 cm against 160.9 cm. Trinidad and Tobago ranks 58th, Brazil 59th.

How does Brazil compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Brazil are 2.6 cm taller than that, women 1.9 cm taller.