Average height in Malta
Men in Malta average 173.3 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 160.9 cm (5 ft 3 in). That puts Malta 65th of 186 countries in our data.
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Malta among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Malta
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Malta is taller than 93% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Malta is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 165.3 and 181.3 cm, and roughly 95% between 157.3 and 189.3 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 Malta are on average 12.4 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.3 cm taller and women 1.9 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 Malta?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 80% of men in Malta. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Malta.
- What is the average height of women in Malta?
- Women in Malta average 160.9 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 153.4 and 168.4 cm. That ranks 65th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Malta compare to Uruguay?
- Men in Uruguay average 173.4 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Malta. Women average 162.1 cm against 160.9 cm. Uruguay ranks 64th, Malta 65th.
- How does Malta compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Malta are 2.3 cm taller than that, women 1.9 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Malta 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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