howrare.me

How rare is it?

One page per number. Each one says what share of people are below it, worldwide and by country or age group where the data allows, and how many people you would meet before finding one at or beyond it.

The percentiles use the same distributions as the tests on this site, so a result there and a page here agree. Every page names its source and year. Where the sample is a self-selected one, such as people who take reaction tests online, the page says so.

Height

Is 185 cm tall?

Male and female percentiles for the world, the ten most populous countries and Norway, from NCD-RisC means.

Range: 140 to 210 cm, every centimetre, and 4 ft 8 in to 6 ft 11 in, every inch. 99 pages.

Every page links to the three values on each side, so start anywhere and step. Or measure yourself.

IQ

Is an IQ of 120 good?

Percentile and rarity on the Wechsler scale, where 100 is the mean and 15 one standard deviation.

Range: 55 to 160, every point. 106 pages.

Every page links to the three values on each side, so start anywhere and step. Or measure yourself.

Reaction time

Is 250 ms reaction time good?

Percentile within six age groups, from Human Benchmark's aggregated test results.

Range: 150 to 500 ms, every 10 ms. 36 pages.

Every page links to the three values on each side, so start anywhere and step. Or measure yourself.

Typing speed

Is 60 WPM a good typing speed?

Percentile against 168,000 online typists, plus the usual benchmarks.

Range: 10 to 150 WPM, every 5. 29 pages.

Every page links to the three values on each side, so start anywhere and step. Or measure yourself.

Sleep

Is 7 hours of sleep normal?

How your nightly hours compare with Sleep Cycle app users worldwide and in 13 countries.

Range: 3 to 12 hours, every half hour. 19 pages.

Every page links to the three values on each side, so start anywhere and step. Or measure yourself.

BMI

Is a BMI of 27 overweight?

WHO category plus male and female percentiles for the world, the ten most populous countries and Norway.

Range: 15 to 45, every point. 31 pages.

Every page links to the three values on each side, so start anywhere and step. Or measure yourself.

Shoe size

Is a men's size 10 shoe big?

How common each US shoe size is, from foot length data, with EU and UK equivalents.

Range: US men's 6 to 16 and women's 4 to 13. 21 pages.

Every page links to the three values on each side, so start anywhere and step. Or measure yourself.

Percentiles are estimates from a normal distribution with the stated mean and standard deviation. They describe where a value sits in a population, not whether it is good for you.