Is 180 cm tall in Panama?

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

What is the average height of women in Panama?

Women in Panama average 155.5 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 148.0 and 163.0 cm. That ranks 154th of 186 countries for women.

How does Panama compare to Micronesia?

Men in Micronesia average 168.5 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Panama. Women average 156.1 cm against 155.5 cm. Micronesia ranks 118th, Panama 119th.

How does Panama compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Panama are 2.5 cm shorter than that, women 3.5 cm shorter.

Average height in Panama

Men in Panama average 168.5 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 155.5 cm (5 ft 1 in). That puts Panama 119th of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

168.5 cm

5 ft 6 in

Women

155.5 cm

5 ft 1 in

SD, men / women

8.0 / 7.5

cm, global SD

vs global mean

-2.5 cm

women -3.5 cm

Rank, men

119 of 186

women 154 of 186

Men minus women

13.0 cm

global 12.0 cm

Panama among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three above and below) plus every Americas country in our data
#	Country	Men (cm)	Women (cm)	Region
27	Canada	178.1	163.9	Americas
37	United States	177.1	163.5	Americas
38	Grenada	177.0	164.5	Americas
43	Barbados	175.9	165.3	Americas
48	Argentina	174.6	159.2	Americas
49	Jamaica	174.5	163.1	Americas
58	Trinidad and Tobago	173.7	160.6	Americas
59	Brazil	173.6	160.9	Americas
64	Uruguay	173.4	162.1	Americas
69	Paraguay	172.8	159.9	Americas
70	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	172.8	160.7	Americas
71	Bahamas	172.7	160.7	Americas
72	Dominican Republic	172.7	159.0	Americas
73	Suriname	172.7	160.7	Americas
74	Haiti	172.6	158.7	Americas
77	Puerto Rico	172.1	159.2	Americas
80	Cuba	172.0	158.0	Americas
83	Saint Lucia	171.9	162.3	Americas
84	Chile	171.8	159.4	Americas
87	Venezuela	171.6	157.4	Americas
101	Guyana	170.2	157.9	Americas
103	El Salvador	169.8	154.5	Americas
106	Colombia	169.5	156.9	Americas
113	Mexico	169.0	156.8	Americas
114	Costa Rica	168.9	156.4	Americas
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
122	Eswatini	168.1	158.6	Africa
138	Ecuador	167.1	154.2	Americas
141	Bolivia	166.8	153.9	Americas
145	Nicaragua	166.7	154.4	Americas
153	Honduras	166.4	153.8	Americas
163	Peru	165.2	152.9	Americas
176	Guatemala	163.4	149.4	Americas

What counts as tall in Panama

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%	73%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	33%	90%
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 Panama 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 Panama 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 Panama are on average 13.0 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.5 cm shorter and women 3.5 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 Panama?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 92% of men in Panama. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Panama.
What is the average height of women in Panama?: Women in Panama average 155.5 cm (5 ft 1 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 148.0 and 163.0 cm. That ranks 154th of 186 countries for women.
How does Panama compare to Micronesia?: Men in Micronesia average 168.5 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Panama. Women average 156.1 cm against 155.5 cm. Micronesia ranks 118th, Panama 119th.
How does Panama compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Panama are 2.5 cm shorter than that, women 3.5 cm shorter.

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