Average height in Montenegro
Men in Montenegro average 178.3 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 164.9 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Montenegro 24th of 186 countries in our data.
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Montenegro among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Montenegro
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Montenegro is taller than 80% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Montenegro is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 170.3 and 186.3 cm, and roughly 95% between 162.3 and 194.3 cm. A man of 186 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 194 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Montenegro are on average 13.4 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 7.3 cm taller and women 5.9 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 Montenegro?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 58% of men in Montenegro. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Montenegro.
- What is the average height of women in Montenegro?
- Women in Montenegro average 164.9 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 157.4 and 172.4 cm. That ranks 27th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Montenegro compare to Switzerland?
- Men in Switzerland average 178.4 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Montenegro. Women average 163.5 cm against 164.9 cm. Switzerland ranks 23rd, Montenegro 24th.
- How does Montenegro compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Montenegro are 7.3 cm taller than that, women 5.9 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Montenegro 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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