Average height in Czechia
Men in Czechia average 180.1 cm (5 ft 11 in), women 168.5 cm (5 ft 6 in). That puts Czechia 10th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Czechia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Czechia is taller than 73% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Czechia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 172.1 and 188.1 cm, and roughly 95% between 164.1 and 196.1 cm. A man of 188 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 196 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Czechia are on average 11.6 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 9.1 cm taller and women 9.5 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 Czechia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 50% of men in Czechia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 94% of women in Czechia.
- What is the average height of women in Czechia?
- Women in Czechia average 168.5 cm (5 ft 6 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 161.0 and 176.0 cm. That ranks 4th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Czechia compare to Iceland?
- Men in Iceland average 180.5 cm, 0.4 cm more than men in Czechia. Women average 165.9 cm against 168.5 cm. Iceland ranks 9th, Czechia 10th.
- How does Czechia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Czechia are 9.1 cm taller than that, women 9.5 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Czechia 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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