Average height in Seychelles
Men in Seychelles average 174.2 cm (5 ft 9 in), women 162.1 cm (5 ft 4 in). That puts Seychelles 54th of 186 countries in our data.
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Seychelles among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Seychelles
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Seychelles 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 Seychelles is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 166.2 and 182.2 cm, and roughly 95% between 158.2 and 190.2 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 Seychelles are on average 12.1 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 3.2 cm taller and women 3.1 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 Seychelles?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 77% of men in Seychelles. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Seychelles.
- What is the average height of women in Seychelles?
- Women in Seychelles average 162.1 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 154.6 and 169.6 cm. That ranks 53rd of 186 countries for women.
- How does Seychelles compare to Georgia?
- Men in Georgia average 174.3 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Seychelles. Women average 163.0 cm against 162.1 cm. Georgia ranks 53rd, Seychelles 54th.
- How does Seychelles compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Seychelles are 3.2 cm taller than that, women 3.1 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Seychelles 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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