Average height in Ukraine
Men in Ukraine average 178.5 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 166.3 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Ukraine 21st of 186 countries in our data.
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Ukraine among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Ukraine
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Ukraine is taller than 79% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Ukraine is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 170.5 and 186.5 cm, and roughly 95% between 162.5 and 194.5 cm. A man of 187 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 195 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Ukraine are on average 12.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 7.5 cm taller and women 7.3 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 Ukraine?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 57% of men in Ukraine. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 97% of women in Ukraine.
- What is the average height of women in Ukraine?
- Women in Ukraine average 166.3 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 158.8 and 173.8 cm. That ranks 10th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Ukraine compare to Ireland?
- Men in Ireland average 178.9 cm, 0.4 cm more than men in Ukraine. Women average 165.1 cm against 166.3 cm. Ireland ranks 20th, Ukraine 21st.
- How does Ukraine compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Ukraine are 7.5 cm taller than that, women 7.3 cm taller.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Ukraine 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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