Average height in Luxembourg
Men in Luxembourg average 177.9 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 164.4 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Luxembourg 28th of 186 countries in our data.
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Luxembourg among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Luxembourg
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Luxembourg is taller than 81% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Luxembourg is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 169.9 and 185.9 cm, and roughly 95% between 161.9 and 193.9 cm. A man of 186 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 194 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Luxembourg are on average 13.5 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 6.9 cm taller and women 5.4 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 Luxembourg?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 60% of men in Luxembourg. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Luxembourg.
- What is the average height of women in Luxembourg?
- Women in Luxembourg average 164.4 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 156.9 and 171.9 cm. That ranks 36th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Luxembourg compare to Canada?
- Men in Canada average 178.1 cm, 0.2 cm more than men in Luxembourg. Women average 163.9 cm against 164.4 cm. Canada ranks 27th, Luxembourg 28th.
- How does Luxembourg compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Luxembourg are 6.9 cm taller than that, women 5.4 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Luxembourg 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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