Is 180 cm tall in Vanuatu?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 93% of men in Vanuatu. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Vanuatu.

What is the average height of women in Vanuatu?

Women in Vanuatu average 158.2 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 150.7 and 165.7 cm. That ranks 109th of 186 countries for women.

How does Vanuatu compare to Eswatini?

Men in Eswatini average 168.1 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Vanuatu. Women average 158.6 cm against 158.2 cm. Eswatini ranks 122nd, Vanuatu 123rd.

How does Vanuatu compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Vanuatu are 2.9 cm shorter than that, women 0.8 cm shorter.

Average height in Vanuatu

Men in Vanuatu average 168.1 cm (5 ft 6 in), women 158.2 cm (5 ft 2 in). That puts Vanuatu 123rd of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

168.1 cm

5 ft 6 in

Women

158.2 cm

5 ft 2 in

SD, men / women

8.0 / 7.5

cm, global SD

vs global mean

-2.9 cm

women -0.8 cm

Rank, men

123 of 186

women 109 of 186

Men minus women

9.9 cm

global 12.0 cm

Vanuatu among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three above and below) plus every Oceania country in our data
#	Country	Men (cm)	Women (cm)	Region
18	Australia	179.2	165.9	Oceania
30	New Zealand	177.7	164.9	Oceania
33	French Polynesia	177.4	164.5	Oceania
40	Tonga	176.8	165.5	Oceania
52	Samoa	174.4	162.0	Oceania
57	Fiji	173.9	161.7	Oceania
109	Kiribati	169.2	157.0	Oceania
118	Micronesia	168.5	156.1	Oceania
120	Eritrea	168.4	156.4	Africa
121	Togo	168.3	158.3	Africa
122	Eswatini	168.1	158.6	Africa
123	Vanuatu	168.1	158.2	Oceania
124	Gabon	167.9	158.8	Africa
125	Guinea-Bissau	167.9	158.2	Africa
126	Malaysia	167.9	156.3	Asia
171	Solomon Islands	164.1	154.4	Oceania
175	Papua New Guinea	163.6	154.9	Oceania

What counts as tall in Vanuatu

Share of adults shorter than each height, estimated from mean and SD
Height	ft in	Shorter men	Shorter women
160 cm	5 ft 3 in	16%	59%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	35%	82%
170 cm	5 ft 7 in	59%	94%
175 cm	5 ft 9 in	81%	99%
180 cm	5 ft 11 in	93%	>99%
185 cm	6 ft 1 in	98%	>99%
190 cm	6 ft 3 in	>99%	>99%
195 cm	6 ft 5 in	>99%	>99%
200 cm	6 ft 7 in	>99%	>99%

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Vanuatu is taller than 98% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Vanuatu is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 160.1 and 176.1 cm, and roughly 95% between 152.1 and 184.1 cm. A man of 176 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 184 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Vanuatu are on average 9.9 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 2.9 cm shorter and women 0.8 cm shorter. 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 Vanuatu?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 93% of men in Vanuatu. That is clearly tall here. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Vanuatu.
What is the average height of women in Vanuatu?: Women in Vanuatu average 158.2 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 150.7 and 165.7 cm. That ranks 109th of 186 countries for women.
How does Vanuatu compare to Eswatini?: Men in Eswatini average 168.1 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Vanuatu. Women average 158.6 cm against 158.2 cm. Eswatini ranks 122nd, Vanuatu 123rd.
How does Vanuatu compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Vanuatu are 2.9 cm shorter than that, women 0.8 cm shorter.

NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Vanuatu 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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