Average height in Cyprus
Men in Cyprus average 175.0 cm (5 ft 9 in), women 162.3 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Cyprus 45th of 186 countries in our data.
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Cyprus among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Cyprus
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Cyprus is taller than 89% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Cyprus is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 167.0 and 183.0 cm, and roughly 95% between 159.0 and 191.0 cm. A man of 183 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 191 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Cyprus are on average 12.7 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 4.0 cm taller and women 3.3 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 Cyprus?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 73% of men in Cyprus. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Cyprus.
- What is the average height of women in Cyprus?
- Women in Cyprus average 162.3 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.8 and 169.8 cm. That ranks 49th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Cyprus compare to Moldova?
- Men in Moldova average 175.5 cm, 0.5 cm more than men in Cyprus. Women average 163.2 cm against 162.3 cm. Moldova ranks 44th, Cyprus 45th.
- How does Cyprus compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Cyprus are 4.0 cm taller than that, women 3.3 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Cyprus 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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