Which country is the highest in the world?

Dutch men are the highest, while Lao and Filipino women are among the group with the lowest average height.

National average height is considered to be an important factor to analyze nutrition, care, environment and human health from the time of birth to adulthood. According to CBS News, scientists from Imperial University London (UK) calculated the average height of countries by synthesizing 1,400 works with data of 18.6 million 18-year-olds in the period 1914- 2014.

The results show that Dutch men are the highest in the world with an average height of 1.82m. The next 9 countries with tall men are Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Iceland and the Czech Republic.

Latvia tops the list of countries with the longest women by women here, averaging 1.70m. The countries behind Latvia are the Netherlands, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Denmark, Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine respectively.

Dutch men are the highest in the world with an average height of 1.82m.(Photo: teamupforfamilies.com).

The Guatemala sisters have the most modest height, only 1.49m. Next are Philippines, Bangladesh, Nepal, East Timor, Madagascar, Laos, Marshall Islands, India and Indonesia.

At the end of the height table is East Timor with an average height of 1.60m. They are Yemen, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, Marshall Islands, the Philippines and Mauritania.

During the study period, the height of Korean women and Iranian men changed the most , increasing by 20.2cm and 16.5cm respectively. Meanwhile, South Asians and sub-Saharan Africa have not changed much. The height of many Western countries like the US has now entered a stable period.

Professor John Komlos from Duke University (USA) said the lack of health insurance, the health system as well as the poor care of newborns and obesity are the reasons that lead to puberty and stop height growth. early. To improve the national average height, governments should focus on addressing these issues.

Vietnam is not in the group of countries with the highest or lowest average height of this survey. However, according to UNFPA, the youth of Vietnam is the third lowest in Asia, much lower than Japan or Singapore, marginally better than Indonesia and the Philippines.