Average height in Mozambique
Men in Mozambique average 164.8 cm (5 ft 5 in), women 154.0 cm (5 ft 1 in). That puts Mozambique 166th of 186 countries in our data.
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Mozambique among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Mozambique
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Mozambique 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 Mozambique is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 156.8 and 172.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 148.8 and 180.8 cm. A man of 173 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 181 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Mozambique are on average 10.8 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 6.2 cm shorter and women 5.0 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 Mozambique?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 97% of men in Mozambique. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Mozambique.
- What is the average height of women in Mozambique?
- Women in Mozambique average 154.0 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 146.5 and 161.5 cm. That ranks 169th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Mozambique compare to India?
- Men in India average 164.9 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Mozambique. Women average 152.6 cm against 154.0 cm. India ranks 165th, Mozambique 166th.
- How does Mozambique compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Mozambique are 6.2 cm shorter than that, women 5.0 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Mozambique 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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