Average height in Gabon
Men in Gabon average 167.9 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 158.8 cm (5 ft 3 in). That puts Gabon 124th of 186 countries in our data.
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Gabon among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Gabon
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Gabon is taller than 98% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Gabon is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 159.9 and 175.9 cm, and roughly 95% between 151.9 and 183.9 cm. A man of 176 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 184 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Gabon are on average 9.1 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 3.1 cm shorter and women 0.2 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 Gabon?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 93% of men in Gabon. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Gabon.
- What is the average height of women in Gabon?
- Women in Gabon average 158.8 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 151.3 and 166.3 cm. That ranks 93rd of 186 countries for women.
- How does Gabon compare to Vanuatu?
- Men in Vanuatu average 168.1 cm, 0.2 cm more than men in Gabon. Women average 158.2 cm against 158.8 cm. Vanuatu ranks 123rd, Gabon 124th.
- How does Gabon compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Gabon are 3.1 cm shorter than that, women 0.2 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Gabon 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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