Average height in Saint Lucia
Men in Saint Lucia average 171.9 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 162.3 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Saint Lucia 83rd of 186 countries in our data.
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Saint Lucia among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Saint Lucia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Saint Lucia is taller than 95% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Saint Lucia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 163.9 and 179.9 cm, and roughly 95% between 155.9 and 187.9 cm. A man of 180 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 188 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Saint Lucia are on average 9.6 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 0.9 cm taller and women 3.3 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 Saint Lucia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 84% of men in Saint Lucia. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Saint Lucia.
- What is the average height of women in Saint Lucia?
- Women in Saint Lucia average 162.3 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.8 and 169.8 cm. That ranks 51st of 186 countries for women.
- How does Saint Lucia compare to Turkmenistan?
- Men in Turkmenistan average 172.0 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Saint Lucia. Women average 161.7 cm against 162.3 cm. Turkmenistan ranks 82nd, Saint Lucia 83rd.
- How does Saint Lucia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Saint Lucia are 0.9 cm taller than that, women 3.3 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Saint Lucia 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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