🇲🇽Average height in Mexico

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Mexico among its neighbours

What counts as tall in Mexico

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Mexico is taller than 99% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Mexico is 6.8 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 162.2 and 175.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 155.4 and 182.6 cm. A man of 176 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 183 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Mexico are on average 12.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.0 cm shorter and women 2.2 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 Mexico?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 95% of men in Mexico. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Mexico.

What is the average height of women in Mexico?

Women in Mexico average 156.8 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 6.2 cm. About two thirds of women are between 150.6 and 163.0 cm. That ranks 134th of 186 countries for women.

How does Mexico compare to Mongolia?

Men in Mongolia average 169.1 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Mexico. Women average 158.2 cm against 156.8 cm. Mongolia ranks 112th, Mexico 113th.

How does Mexico compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Mexico are 2.0 cm shorter than that, women 2.2 cm shorter.