Average height in Haiti
Men in Haiti average 172.6 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 158.7 cm (5 ft 2 in). That puts Haiti 74th of 186 countries in our data.
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Haiti among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Haiti
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Haiti is taller than 94% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Haiti is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 164.6 and 180.6 cm, and roughly 95% between 156.6 and 188.6 cm. A man of 181 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 189 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Haiti are on average 13.9 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 1.6 cm taller and women 0.3 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 Haiti?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 82% of men in Haiti. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Haiti.
- What is the average height of women in Haiti?
- Women in Haiti average 158.7 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 151.2 and 166.2 cm. That ranks 98th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Haiti compare to Suriname?
- Men in Suriname average 172.7 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Haiti. Women average 160.7 cm against 158.7 cm. Suriname ranks 73rd, Haiti 74th.
- How does Haiti compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Haiti are 1.6 cm taller than that, women 0.3 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Haiti 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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