Average height in Mauritius
Men in Mauritius average 170.5 cm (5 ft 7 in), women 157.2 cm (5 ft 2 in). That puts Mauritius 95th of 186 countries in our data.
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Mauritius among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Mauritius
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Mauritius is taller than 97% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Mauritius is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 162.5 and 178.5 cm, and roughly 95% between 154.5 and 186.5 cm. A man of 179 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 187 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Mauritius are on average 13.3 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 0.5 cm shorter and women 1.8 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 Mauritius?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 88% of men in Mauritius. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Mauritius.
- What is the average height of women in Mauritius?
- Women in Mauritius average 157.2 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 149.7 and 164.7 cm. That ranks 129th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Mauritius compare to United Arab Emirates?
- Men in United Arab Emirates average 170.5 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Mauritius. Women average 158.7 cm against 157.2 cm. United Arab Emirates ranks 94th, Mauritius 95th.
- How does Mauritius compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Mauritius are 0.5 cm shorter than that, women 1.8 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Mauritius 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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