Average height in Estonia
Men in Estonia average 181.6 cm (5 ft 11 in), women 168.7 cm (5 ft 6 in). That puts Estonia 3rd of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Estonia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Estonia is taller than 66% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Estonia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 173.6 and 189.6 cm, and roughly 95% between 165.6 and 197.6 cm. A man of 190 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 198 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Estonia are on average 12.9 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 10.6 cm taller and women 9.7 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 Estonia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 42% of men in Estonia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 93% of women in Estonia.
- What is the average height of women in Estonia?
- Women in Estonia average 168.7 cm (5 ft 6 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 161.2 and 176.2 cm. That ranks 2nd of 186 countries for women.
- How does Estonia compare to Belgium?
- Men in Belgium average 181.7 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Estonia. Women average 165.5 cm against 168.7 cm. Belgium ranks 2nd, Estonia 3rd.
- How does Estonia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Estonia are 10.6 cm taller than that, women 9.7 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Estonia 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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