Average height in Greece
Men in Greece average 177.3 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 164.9 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Greece 34th of 186 countries in our data.
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Greece among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Greece
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Greece is taller than 83% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Greece is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 169.3 and 185.3 cm, and roughly 95% between 161.3 and 193.3 cm. A man of 185 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 193 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Greece are on average 12.4 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 6.3 cm taller and women 5.9 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 Greece?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 63% of men in Greece. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Greece.
- What is the average height of women in Greece?
- Women in Greece average 164.9 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 157.4 and 172.4 cm. That ranks 26th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Greece compare to French Polynesia?
- Men in French Polynesia average 177.4 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Greece. Women average 164.5 cm against 164.9 cm. French Polynesia ranks 33rd, Greece 34th.
- How does Greece compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Greece are 6.3 cm taller than that, women 5.9 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Greece 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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