Average height in Moldova
Men in Moldova average 175.5 cm (5 ft 9 in), women 163.2 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Moldova 44th of 186 countries in our data.
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Moldova among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Moldova
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Moldova is taller than 88% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Moldova is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 167.5 and 183.5 cm, and roughly 95% between 159.5 and 191.5 cm. A man of 184 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 192 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Moldova are on average 12.3 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 4.5 cm taller and women 4.2 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 Moldova?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 71% of men in Moldova. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Moldova.
- What is the average height of women in Moldova?
- Women in Moldova average 163.2 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 155.7 and 170.7 cm. That ranks 42nd of 186 countries for women.
- How does Moldova compare to Barbados?
- Men in Barbados average 175.9 cm, 0.4 cm more than men in Moldova. Women average 165.3 cm against 163.2 cm. Barbados ranks 43rd, Moldova 44th.
- How does Moldova compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Moldova are 4.5 cm taller than that, women 4.2 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Moldova 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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