Average height in DR Congo
Men in DR Congo average 166.8 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 155.2 cm (5 ft 1 in). That puts DR Congo 142nd of 186 countries in our data.
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DR Congo among its neighbours
What counts as tall in DR Congo
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in DR Congo 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 DR Congo is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 158.8 and 174.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 150.8 and 182.8 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 DR Congo are on average 11.6 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 4.2 cm shorter and women 3.8 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 DR Congo?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 95% of men in DR Congo. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in DR Congo.
- What is the average height of women in DR Congo?
- Women in DR Congo average 155.2 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 147.7 and 162.7 cm. That ranks 155th of 186 countries for women.
- How does DR Congo compare to Bolivia?
- Men in Bolivia average 166.8 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in DR Congo. Women average 153.9 cm against 155.2 cm. Bolivia ranks 141st, DR Congo 142nd.
- How does DR Congo compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in DR Congo are 4.2 cm shorter than that, women 3.8 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. DR Congo 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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