Average height in Cuba
Men in Cuba average 172.0 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 158.0 cm (5 ft 2 in). That puts Cuba 80th of 186 countries in our data.
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Cuba among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Cuba
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Cuba is taller than 95% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Cuba is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 164.0 and 180.0 cm, and roughly 95% between 156.0 and 188.0 cm. A man of 180 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 188 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Cuba are on average 14.0 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 1.0 cm taller and women 1.0 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 Cuba?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 84% of men in Cuba. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Cuba.
- What is the average height of women in Cuba?
- Women in Cuba average 158.0 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 150.5 and 165.5 cm. That ranks 114th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Cuba compare to Armenia?
- Men in Armenia average 172.0 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Cuba. Women average 158.1 cm against 158.0 cm. Armenia ranks 79th, Cuba 80th.
- How does Cuba compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Cuba are 1.0 cm taller than that, women 1.0 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Cuba 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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