Average height in Trinidad and Tobago
Men in Trinidad and Tobago average 173.7 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 160.6 cm (5 ft 3 in). That puts Trinidad and Tobago 58th of 186 countries in our data.
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What counts as tall in Trinidad and Tobago
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Trinidad and Tobago is taller than 92% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Trinidad and Tobago is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 165.7 and 181.7 cm, and roughly 95% between 157.7 and 189.7 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 Trinidad and Tobago are on average 13.1 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.7 cm taller and women 1.6 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 78% of men in Trinidad and Tobago. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Trinidad and Tobago.
- What is the average height of women in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Women in Trinidad and Tobago average 160.6 cm (5 ft 3 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 153.1 and 168.1 cm. That ranks 69th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago compare to Fiji?
- Men in Fiji average 173.9 cm, 0.2 cm more than men in Trinidad and Tobago. Women average 161.7 cm against 160.6 cm. Fiji ranks 57th, Trinidad and Tobago 58th.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Trinidad and Tobago are 2.7 cm taller than that, women 1.6 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Trinidad and Tobago 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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