🇫🇮Average height in Finland

Key numbers

Finland among its neighbours

What counts as tall in Finland

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Finland is taller than 78% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Finland is 6.9 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 172.7 and 186.5 cm, and roughly 95% between 165.8 and 193.4 cm. A man of 187 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 193 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Finland are on average 13.7 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 8.6 cm taller and women 6.9 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 Finland?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 52% of men in Finland. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Finland.

What is the average height of women in Finland?

Women in Finland average 165.9 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 6.3 cm. About two thirds of women are between 159.6 and 172.2 cm. That ranks 14th of 186 countries for women.

How does Finland compare to Sweden?

Men in Sweden average 179.7 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Finland. Women average 165.7 cm against 165.9 cm. Sweden ranks 15th, Finland 16th.

How does Finland compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Finland are 8.6 cm taller than that, women 6.9 cm taller.