🇰🇷Average height in South Korea

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South Korea among its neighbours

What counts as tall in South Korea

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in South Korea is taller than 94% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in South Korea is 6.4 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 168.5 and 181.3 cm, and roughly 95% between 162.1 and 187.7 cm. A man of 181 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 188 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in South Korea are on average 12.6 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 3.9 cm taller and women 3.3 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 South Korea?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 79% of men in South Korea. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in South Korea.

What is the average height of women in South Korea?

Women in South Korea average 162.3 cm (5 ft 4 in), with a standard deviation of 5.9 cm. About two thirds of women are between 156.4 and 168.2 cm. That ranks 50th of 186 countries for women.

How does South Korea compare to Cyprus?

Men in Cyprus average 175.0 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in South Korea. Women average 162.3 cm against 162.3 cm. Cyprus ranks 45th, South Korea 46th.

How does South Korea compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in South Korea are 3.9 cm taller than that, women 3.3 cm taller.