Average height in Croatia
Men in Croatia average 180.8 cm (5 ft 11 in), women 165.6 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Croatia 7th of 186 countries in our data.
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Croatia among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Croatia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Croatia is taller than 70% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Croatia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 172.8 and 188.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 164.8 and 196.8 cm. A man of 189 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 197 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Croatia are on average 15.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 9.8 cm taller and women 6.6 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 Croatia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 46% of men in Croatia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 97% of women in Croatia.
- What is the average height of women in Croatia?
- Women in Croatia average 165.6 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 158.1 and 173.1 cm. That ranks 18th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Croatia compare to Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Men in Bosnia and Herzegovina average 180.9 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Croatia. Women average 165.8 cm against 165.6 cm. Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 6th, Croatia 7th.
- How does Croatia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Croatia are 9.8 cm taller than that, women 6.6 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Croatia 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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