🇵🇹Average height in Portugal

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Portugal among its neighbours

What counts as tall in Portugal

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Portugal is taller than 96% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Portugal is 6.9 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 166.0 and 179.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 159.1 and 186.7 cm. A man of 180 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 187 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Portugal are on average 9.9 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 1.9 cm taller and women 4.0 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 Portugal?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 85% of men in Portugal. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Portugal.

What is the average height of women in Portugal?

Women in Portugal average 163.0 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 6.3 cm. About two thirds of women are between 156.7 and 169.3 cm. That ranks 45th of 186 countries for women.

How does Portugal compare to Senegal?

Men in Senegal average 173.1 cm, 0.2 cm more than men in Portugal. Women average 162.5 cm against 163.0 cm. Senegal ranks 67th, Portugal 68th.

How does Portugal compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Portugal are 1.9 cm taller than that, women 4.0 cm taller.