Average height in Slovenia
Men in Slovenia average 179.8 cm (5 ft 11 in), women 166.1 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Slovenia 12th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Slovenia
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Slovenia is taller than 74% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Slovenia is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 171.8 and 187.8 cm, and roughly 95% between 163.8 and 195.8 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 Slovenia are on average 13.7 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 8.8 cm taller and women 7.1 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 Slovenia?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 51% of men in Slovenia. That is about average here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 97% of women in Slovenia.
- What is the average height of women in Slovenia?
- Women in Slovenia average 166.1 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 158.6 and 173.6 cm. That ranks 11th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Slovenia compare to Germany?
- Men in Germany average 179.9 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Slovenia. Women average 165.9 cm against 166.1 cm. Germany ranks 11th, Slovenia 12th.
- How does Slovenia compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Slovenia are 8.8 cm taller than that, women 7.1 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Slovenia 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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