Average height in Djibouti
Men in Djibouti average 166.6 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 156.1 cm (5 ft 1 in). That puts Djibouti 148th of 186 countries in our data.
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Djibouti among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Djibouti
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Djibouti is taller than 99% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Djibouti is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 158.6 and 174.6 cm, and roughly 95% between 150.6 and 182.6 cm. A man of 175 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 183 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Djibouti are on average 10.5 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 4.4 cm shorter and women 2.9 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 Djibouti?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 95% of men in Djibouti. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Djibouti.
- What is the average height of women in Djibouti?
- Women in Djibouti average 156.1 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 148.6 and 163.6 cm. That ranks 143rd of 186 countries for women.
- How does Djibouti compare to Burundi?
- Men in Burundi average 166.6 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Djibouti. Women average 154.0 cm against 156.1 cm. Burundi ranks 147th, Djibouti 148th.
- How does Djibouti compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Djibouti are 4.4 cm shorter than that, women 2.9 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Djibouti 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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