Average height in Venezuela
Men in Venezuela average 171.6 cm (5 ft 8 in), women 157.4 cm (5 ft 2 in). That puts Venezuela 87th of 186 countries in our data.
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Venezuela among its neighbours
What counts as tall in Venezuela
Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Venezuela is taller than 95% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.
In plain language
The standard deviation for men in Venezuela is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 163.6 and 179.6 cm, and roughly 95% between 155.6 and 187.6 cm. A man of 180 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 188 cm is taller than about 98%.
Men in Venezuela are on average 14.2 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 0.6 cm taller and women 1.6 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 Venezuela?
- A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 85% of men in Venezuela. That counts as tall here, though not rare. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than >99% of women in Venezuela.
- What is the average height of women in Venezuela?
- Women in Venezuela average 157.4 cm (5 ft 2 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 149.9 and 164.9 cm. That ranks 124th of 186 countries for women.
- How does Venezuela compare to Botswana?
- Men in Botswana average 171.6 cm, 0.0 cm more than men in Venezuela. Women average 161.4 cm against 157.4 cm. Botswana ranks 86th, Venezuela 87th.
- How does Venezuela compare to the world average?
- The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Venezuela are 0.6 cm taller than that, women 1.6 cm shorter.
NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Venezuela 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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