Interesting figures about average height in the world

The average height of the countries in the world is 177 cm for men and 163.7 cm for women.

Average height of countries in the world

The average height of the countries in the world is 177 cm for men and 163.7 cm for women.

Average height in the world

By a simple comparison we can see that the average height of Vietnam compared to the world is very low, for men it is 162 cm to 164cm and for women 150cm to 153cm.

This also partly reflects Vietnam's level of development, especially in terms of health care and nutrition.

In Asia, almost every country owns an average height of at least 3cm higher than us. For neighboring Laos , their average height of men is 1m7, which is 6cm higher than ours. Singapore average height of women is 160cm far from Vietnam to 7cm.

Meanwhile, the average height of men in Australia is 180.29 cm, which is nothing compared to the average height of Dutch men with the figure of 185cm.

Why do Dutch people have the highest height in the world?

The Netherlands is a land of 'giants' . Women here have an average height of about 167.6 cm while this index in men is 182.9 cm to 185 cm. Two centuries ago, the Dutch belonged to the group with the lowest height in the world.

So what causes them to possess superior height like today?

A common explanation is that nutrition : They have a calorie-rich diet with meat and dairy products. But experts say this is not the only cause. Many other European countries have developed similarly and have increased living standards but their people are not so high.

According to military data, the average height of Dutch men has increased by 20 cm over the past 150 years. Meanwhile, the average height of American men after 150 years only increased by 6 cm.