Average height in Ecuador
Men in Ecuador average 167.1 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 154.2 cm (5 ft 1 in). That puts Ecuador 138th of 186 countries in our data.
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Ecuador among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Ecuador
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Ecuador 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 Ecuador is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 159.1 and 175.1 cm, and roughly 95% between 151.1 and 183.1 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 Ecuador are on average 12.9 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 3.9 cm shorter and women 4.8 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 Ecuador?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 95% of men in Ecuador. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Ecuador.
- What is the average height of women in Ecuador?
- Women in Ecuador average 154.2 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 146.7 and 161.7 cm. That ranks 166th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Ecuador compare to Benin?
- Men in Benin average 167.1 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Ecuador. Women average 156.2 cm against 154.2 cm. Benin ranks 137th, Ecuador 138th.
- How does Ecuador compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Ecuador are 3.9 cm shorter than that, women 4.8 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Ecuador 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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