Average height in Lithuania
Men in Lithuania average 179.0 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 166.6 cm (5 ft 6 in). That puts Lithuania 19th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Lithuania
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Lithuania is taller than 77% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Lithuania is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 171.0 and 187.0 cm, and roughly 95% between 163.0 and 195.0 cm. A man of 187 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 195 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Lithuania are on average 12.4 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 8.0 cm taller and women 7.6 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 Lithuania?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 55% of men in Lithuania. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 96% of women in Lithuania.
- What is the average height of women in Lithuania?
- Women in Lithuania average 166.6 cm (5 ft 6 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 159.1 and 174.1 cm. That ranks 8th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Lithuania compare to Australia?
- Men in Australia average 179.2 cm, 0.2 cm more than men in Lithuania. Women average 165.9 cm against 166.6 cm. Australia ranks 18th, Lithuania 19th.
- How does Lithuania compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Lithuania are 8.0 cm taller than that, women 7.6 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Lithuania 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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