Average height in Suriname
Men in Suriname average 172.7 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 160.7 cm (5 ft 3 in). That puts Suriname 73rd of 186 countries in our data.
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Suriname among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Suriname
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Suriname 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 Suriname is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 164.7 and 180.7 cm, and roughly 95% between 156.7 and 188.7 cm. A man of 181 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 189 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Suriname are on average 12.0 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 1.7 cm taller and women 1.7 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 Suriname?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 82% of men in Suriname. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 99% of women in Suriname.
- What is the average height of women in Suriname?
- Women in Suriname average 160.7 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 153.2 and 168.2 cm. That ranks 67th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Suriname compare to Dominican Republic?
- Men in Dominican Republic average 172.7 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Suriname. Women average 159.0 cm against 160.7 cm. Dominican Republic ranks 72nd, Suriname 73rd.
- How does Suriname compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Suriname are 1.7 cm taller than that, women 1.7 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Suriname 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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