Average height in Serbia
Men in Serbia average 180.6 cm (5 ft 11 in), women 167.7 cm (5 ft 6 in). That puts Serbia 8th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Serbia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Serbia is taller than 71% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Serbia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 172.6 and 188.6 cm, and roughly 95% between 164.6 and 196.6 cm. A man of 189 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 197 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Serbia are on average 12.9 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 9.6 cm taller and women 8.7 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 Serbia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 47% of men in Serbia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 95% of women in Serbia.
- What is the average height of women in Serbia?
- Women in Serbia average 167.7 cm (5 ft 6 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 160.2 and 175.2 cm. That ranks 5th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Serbia compare to Croatia?
- Men in Croatia average 180.8 cm, 0.2 cm more than men in Serbia. Women average 165.6 cm against 167.7 cm. Croatia ranks 7th, Serbia 8th.
- How does Serbia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Serbia are 9.6 cm taller than that, women 8.7 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Serbia 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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