Is 180 cm tall in Fiji?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 78% of men in Fiji. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Fiji.

What is the average height of women in Fiji?

Women in Fiji average 161.7 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.2 and 169.2 cm. That ranks 58th of 186 countries for women.

How does Fiji compare to Tunisia?

Men in Tunisia average 174.0 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Fiji. Women average 160.4 cm against 161.7 cm. Tunisia ranks 56th, Fiji 57th.

How does Fiji compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Fiji are 2.9 cm taller than that, women 2.7 cm taller.

Average height in Fiji

Men in Fiji average 173.9 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 161.7 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Fiji 57th of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

173.9 cm

5 ft 8 in

Women

161.7 cm

5 ft 4 in

SD, men / women

8.0 / 7.5

cm, global SD

vs global mean

+2.9 cm

women +2.7 cm

Rank, men

57 of 186

women 58 of 186

Men minus women

12.2 cm

global 12.0 cm

Fiji among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three above and below) plus every Oceania country in our data
#	Country	Men (cm)	Women (cm)	Region
18	Australia	179.2	165.9	Oceania
30	New Zealand	177.7	164.9	Oceania
33	French Polynesia	177.4	164.5	Oceania
40	Tonga	176.8	165.5	Oceania
52	Samoa	174.4	162.0	Oceania
54	Seychelles	174.2	162.1	Africa
55	Turkey	174.2	160.5	Europe
56	Tunisia	174.0	160.4	Africa
57	Fiji	173.9	161.7	Oceania
58	Trinidad and Tobago	173.7	160.6	Americas
59	Brazil	173.6	160.9	Americas
60	Hong Kong	173.6	159.0	Asia
109	Kiribati	169.2	157.0	Oceania
118	Micronesia	168.5	156.1	Oceania
123	Vanuatu	168.1	158.2	Oceania
171	Solomon Islands	164.1	154.4	Oceania
175	Papua New Guinea	163.6	154.9	Oceania

What counts as tall in Fiji

Share of adults shorter than each height, estimated from mean and SD
Height	ft in	Shorter men	Shorter women
160 cm	5 ft 3 in	4%	41%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	13%	67%
170 cm	5 ft 7 in	31%	87%
175 cm	5 ft 9 in	55%	96%
180 cm	5 ft 11 in	78%	99%
185 cm	6 ft 1 in	92%	>99%
190 cm	6 ft 3 in	98%	>99%
195 cm	6 ft 5 in	>99%	>99%
200 cm	6 ft 7 in	>99%	>99%

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Fiji is taller than 92% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Fiji is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 165.9 and 181.9 cm, and roughly 95% between 157.9 and 189.9 cm. A man of 182 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 190 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Fiji are on average 12.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.9 cm taller and women 2.7 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 Fiji?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 78% of men in Fiji. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Fiji.
What is the average height of women in Fiji?: Women in Fiji average 161.7 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.2 and 169.2 cm. That ranks 58th of 186 countries for women.
How does Fiji compare to Tunisia?: Men in Tunisia average 174.0 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Fiji. Women average 160.4 cm against 161.7 cm. Tunisia ranks 56th, Fiji 57th.
How does Fiji compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Fiji are 2.9 cm taller than that, women 2.7 cm taller.

NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Fiji 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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