Average height in Romania
Men in Romania average 174.7 cm (5 ft 9 in), women 162.7 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Romania 47th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Romania
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Romania is taller than 90% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Romania is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 166.7 and 182.7 cm, and roughly 95% between 158.7 and 190.7 cm. A man of 183 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 191 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Romania are on average 12.0 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 3.7 cm taller and women 3.7 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 Romania?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 75% of men in Romania. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Romania.
- What is the average height of women in Romania?
- Women in Romania average 162.7 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 155.2 and 170.2 cm. That ranks 46th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Romania compare to South Korea?
- Men in South Korea average 174.9 cm, 0.2 cm more than men in Romania. Women average 162.3 cm against 162.7 cm. South Korea ranks 46th, Romania 47th.
- How does Romania compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Romania are 3.7 cm taller than that, women 3.7 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Romania 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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