Is 180 cm tall in Kiribati?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 91% of men in Kiribati. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Kiribati.

What is the average height of women in Kiribati?

Women in Kiribati average 157.0 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 149.5 and 164.5 cm. That ranks 131st of 186 countries for women.

How does Kiribati compare to Burkina Faso?

Men in Burkina Faso average 169.3 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Kiribati. Women average 160.2 cm against 157.0 cm. Burkina Faso ranks 108th, Kiribati 109th.

How does Kiribati compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Kiribati are 1.8 cm shorter than that, women 2.0 cm shorter.

Average height in Kiribati

Men in Kiribati average 169.2 cm (5 ft 7 in), women 157.0 cm (5 ft 2 in). That puts Kiribati 109th of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

169.2 cm

5 ft 7 in

Women

157.0 cm

5 ft 2 in

SD, men / women

8.0 / 7.5

cm, global SD

vs global mean

-1.8 cm

women -2.0 cm

Rank, men

109 of 186

women 131 of 186

Men minus women

12.2 cm

global 12.0 cm

Kiribati 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
57	Fiji	173.9	161.7	Oceania
106	Colombia	169.5	156.9	Americas
107	Uzbekistan	169.4	157.8	Asia
108	Burkina Faso	169.3	160.2	Africa
109	Kiribati	169.2	157.0	Oceania
110	Oman	169.2	157.2	Asia
111	Thailand	169.2	157.9	Asia
112	Mongolia	169.1	158.2	Asia
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 Kiribati

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	13%	66%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	30%	86%
170 cm	5 ft 7 in	54%	96%
175 cm	5 ft 9 in	77%	99%
180 cm	5 ft 11 in	91%	>99%
185 cm	6 ft 1 in	98%	>99%
190 cm	6 ft 3 in	>99%	>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 Kiribati 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 Kiribati is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 161.2 and 177.2 cm, and roughly 95% between 153.2 and 185.2 cm. A man of 177 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 185 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Kiribati are on average 12.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 1.8 cm shorter and women 2.0 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 Kiribati?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 91% of men in Kiribati. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Kiribati.
What is the average height of women in Kiribati?: Women in Kiribati average 157.0 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 149.5 and 164.5 cm. That ranks 131st of 186 countries for women.
How does Kiribati compare to Burkina Faso?: Men in Burkina Faso average 169.3 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Kiribati. Women average 160.2 cm against 157.0 cm. Burkina Faso ranks 108th, Kiribati 109th.
How does Kiribati compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Kiribati are 1.8 cm shorter than that, women 2.0 cm shorter.

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