Average height in Slovakia
Men in Slovakia average 179.5 cm (5 ft 11 in), women 167.5 cm (5 ft 6 in). That puts Slovakia 17th of 186 countries in our data.
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Slovakia among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Slovakia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Slovakia is taller than 75% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Slovakia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 171.5 and 187.5 cm, and roughly 95% between 163.5 and 195.5 cm. A man of 188 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 196 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Slovakia are on average 12.0 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 8.5 cm taller and women 8.5 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 Slovakia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 52% of men in Slovakia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 95% of women in Slovakia.
- What is the average height of women in Slovakia?
- Women in Slovakia average 167.5 cm (5 ft 6 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 160.0 and 175.0 cm. That ranks 6th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Slovakia compare to Finland?
- Men in Finland average 179.6 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Slovakia. Women average 165.9 cm against 167.5 cm. Finland ranks 16th, Slovakia 17th.
- How does Slovakia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Slovakia are 8.5 cm taller than that, women 8.5 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Slovakia 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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