Is 180 cm tall in Micronesia?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 92% of men in Micronesia. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Micronesia.

What is the average height of women in Micronesia?

Women in Micronesia average 156.1 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 148.6 and 163.6 cm. That ranks 144th of 186 countries for women.

How does Micronesia compare to Zimbabwe?

Men in Zimbabwe average 168.6 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Micronesia. Women average 158.2 cm against 156.1 cm. Zimbabwe ranks 117th, Micronesia 118th.

How does Micronesia compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Micronesia are 2.5 cm shorter than that, women 2.9 cm shorter.

Average height in Micronesia

Men in Micronesia average 168.5 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 156.1 cm (5 ft 1 in). That puts Micronesia 118th of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

168.5 cm

5 ft 6 in

Women

156.1 cm

5 ft 1 in

SD, men / women

8.0 / 7.5

cm, global SD

vs global mean

-2.5 cm

women -2.9 cm

Rank, men

118 of 186

women 144 of 186

Men minus women

12.4 cm

global 12.0 cm

Micronesia among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three above and below) plus every Oceania country in our data
#	Country	Men (cm)	Women (cm)	Region
18	Australia	179.2	165.9	Oceania
30	New Zealand	177.7	164.9	Oceania
33	French Polynesia	177.4	164.5	Oceania
40	Tonga	176.8	165.5	Oceania
52	Samoa	174.4	162.0	Oceania
57	Fiji	173.9	161.7	Oceania
109	Kiribati	169.2	157.0	Oceania
115	Ghana	168.8	157.9	Africa
116	Belize	168.7	156.9	Americas
117	Zimbabwe	168.6	158.2	Africa
118	Micronesia	168.5	156.1	Oceania
119	Panama	168.5	155.5	Americas
120	Eritrea	168.4	156.4	Africa
121	Togo	168.3	158.3	Africa
123	Vanuatu	168.1	158.2	Oceania
171	Solomon Islands	164.1	154.4	Oceania
175	Papua New Guinea	163.6	154.9	Oceania

What counts as tall in Micronesia

Share of adults shorter than each height, estimated from mean and SD
Height	ft in	Shorter men	Shorter women
160 cm	5 ft 3 in	14%	70%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	33%	88%
170 cm	5 ft 7 in	57%	97%
175 cm	5 ft 9 in	79%	99%
180 cm	5 ft 11 in	92%	>99%
185 cm	6 ft 1 in	98%	>99%
190 cm	6 ft 3 in	>99%	>99%
195 cm	6 ft 5 in	>99%	>99%
200 cm	6 ft 7 in	>99%	>99%

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Micronesia is taller than 98% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Micronesia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 160.5 and 176.5 cm, and roughly 95% between 152.5 and 184.5 cm. A man of 177 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 185 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Micronesia are on average 12.4 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.5 cm shorter and women 2.9 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 Micronesia?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 92% of men in Micronesia. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Micronesia.
What is the average height of women in Micronesia?: Women in Micronesia average 156.1 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 148.6 and 163.6 cm. That ranks 144th of 186 countries for women.
How does Micronesia compare to Zimbabwe?: Men in Zimbabwe average 168.6 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Micronesia. Women average 158.2 cm against 156.1 cm. Zimbabwe ranks 117th, Micronesia 118th.
How does Micronesia compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Micronesia are 2.5 cm shorter than that, women 2.9 cm shorter.

NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Micronesia 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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