Is 180 cm tall in Samoa?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 76% of men in Samoa. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Samoa.

What is the average height of women in Samoa?

Women in Samoa average 162.0 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.5 and 169.5 cm. That ranks 55th of 186 countries for women.

How does Samoa compare to Lebanon?

Men in Lebanon average 174.4 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Samoa. Women average 162.4 cm against 162.0 cm. Lebanon ranks 51st, Samoa 52nd.

How does Samoa compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Samoa are 3.4 cm taller than that, women 3.0 cm taller.

Average height in Samoa

Men in Samoa average 174.4 cm (5 ft 9 in), women 162.0 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Samoa 52nd of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

174.4 cm

5 ft 9 in

Women

162.0 cm

5 ft 4 in

SD, men / women

8.0 / 7.5

cm, global SD

vs global mean

+3.4 cm

women +3.0 cm

Rank, men

52 of 186

women 55 of 186

Men minus women

12.4 cm

global 12.0 cm

Samoa among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three above and below) plus every Oceania country in our data
#	Country	Men (cm)	Women (cm)	Region
18	Australia	179.2	165.9	Oceania
30	New Zealand	177.7	164.9	Oceania
33	French Polynesia	177.4	164.5	Oceania
40	Tonga	176.8	165.5	Oceania
49	Jamaica	174.5	163.1	Americas
50	Taiwan	174.5	161.5	Asia
51	Lebanon	174.4	162.4	Asia
52	Samoa	174.4	162.0	Oceania
53	Georgia	174.3	163.0	Asia
54	Seychelles	174.2	162.1	Africa
55	Turkey	174.2	160.5	Europe
57	Fiji	173.9	161.7	Oceania
109	Kiribati	169.2	157.0	Oceania
118	Micronesia	168.5	156.1	Oceania
123	Vanuatu	168.1	158.2	Oceania
171	Solomon Islands	164.1	154.4	Oceania
175	Papua New Guinea	163.6	154.9	Oceania

What counts as tall in Samoa

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	4%	39%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	12%	66%
170 cm	5 ft 7 in	29%	86%
175 cm	5 ft 9 in	53%	96%
180 cm	5 ft 11 in	76%	99%
185 cm	6 ft 1 in	91%	>99%
190 cm	6 ft 3 in	97%	>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 Samoa is taller than 91% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Samoa is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 166.4 and 182.4 cm, and roughly 95% between 158.4 and 190.4 cm. A man of 182 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 190 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Samoa are on average 12.4 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 3.4 cm taller and women 3.0 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 Samoa?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 76% of men in Samoa. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Samoa.
What is the average height of women in Samoa?: Women in Samoa average 162.0 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.5 and 169.5 cm. That ranks 55th of 186 countries for women.
How does Samoa compare to Lebanon?: Men in Lebanon average 174.4 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Samoa. Women average 162.4 cm against 162.0 cm. Lebanon ranks 51st, Samoa 52nd.
How does Samoa compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Samoa are 3.4 cm taller than that, women 3.0 cm taller.

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