Average height in Peru
Men in Peru average 165.2 cm (5 ft 5 in), women 152.9 cm (5 ft 0 in). That puts Peru 163rd of 186 countries in our data.
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Peru among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Peru
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Peru 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 Peru is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 157.2 and 173.2 cm, and roughly 95% between 149.2 and 181.2 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 Peru are on average 12.3 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 5.8 cm shorter and women 6.1 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 Peru?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 97% of men in Peru. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Peru.
- What is the average height of women in Peru?
- Women in Peru average 152.9 cm (5 ft 0 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 145.4 and 160.4 cm. That ranks 177th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Peru compare to Bhutan?
- Men in Bhutan average 165.3 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Peru. Women average 153.6 cm against 152.9 cm. Bhutan ranks 162nd, Peru 163rd.
- How does Peru compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Peru are 5.8 cm shorter than that, women 6.1 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Peru 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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