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Change in male height (%)

% · higher is better · 197 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 1996
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League table

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  1. 1Iran, Islamic Rep.10.5%
  2. 2Greenland9.7%
  3. 3Korea, Rep.9.5%
  4. 4Japan9.4%
  5. 5Greece9.1%
  6. 6Spain8.8%
  7. 7Portugal8.8%
  8. 8Hong Kong SAR, China8.7%
  9. 9Belgium8.7%
  10. 10Turkiye8.7%
  11. 11Oman8.6%
  12. 12Lebanon8.5%
  13. 13Poland8.3%
  14. 14Israel8.2%
  15. 15Taiwan8.2%
  16. 16France8%
  17. 17Italy7.9%
  18. 18Serbia7.8%
  19. 19Mexico7.8%
  20. 20Dominican Republic7.8%
  21. 21Andorra7.8%
  22. 22Colombia7.8%
  23. 23Netherlands7.7%
  24. 24Jordan7.6%
  25. 25Germany7.6%
  26. 26Libya7.6%
  27. 27Maldives7.6%
  28. 28Cuba7.6%
  29. 29Grenada7.6%
  30. 30Argentina7.6%
  31. 31Ireland7.6%
  32. 32Cyprus7.5%
  33. 33Croatia7.5%
  34. 34Slovenia7.4%
  35. 35Bosnia and Herzegovina7.4%
  36. 36Ecuador7.4%
  37. 37Panama7.3%
  38. 38Venezuela, RB7.3%
  39. 39Puerto Rico (US)7.2%
  40. 40Czechia7.2%
  41. 41Dominica7.2%
  42. 42Kuwait7.2%
  43. 43Costa Rica7.1%
  44. 44El Salvador7.1%
  45. 45Korea, Dem. People's Rep.7.1%
  46. 46Latvia7.1%
  47. 47Montenegro7.1%
  48. 48North Macedonia7.1%
  49. 49Bulgaria7.1%
  50. 50Qatar7.1%
  51. 51Finland7.1%
  52. 52Malta7.1%
  53. 53Bahrain7%
  54. 54Jamaica7%
  55. 55Morocco7%
  56. 56Syrian Arab Republic7%
  57. 57Iraq7%
  58. 58United Arab Emirates7%
  59. 59West Bank and Gaza7%
  60. 60Chile6.9%
  61. 61Kyrgyz Republic6.9%
  62. 62Bahamas, The6.8%
  63. 63Suriname6.8%
  64. 64St. Vincent and the Grenadines6.8%
  65. 65Antigua and Barbuda6.8%
  66. 66Haiti6.8%
  67. 67Bermuda6.8%
  68. 68Thailand6.8%
  69. 69China6.7%
  70. 70Bolivia6.7%
  71. 71Denmark6.7%
  72. 72Barbados6.7%
  73. 73Belize6.7%
  74. 74Romania6.7%
  75. 75Paraguay6.7%
  76. 76Peru6.7%
  77. 77Slovak Republic6.6%
  78. 78Moldova6.6%
  79. 79Hungary6.6%
  80. 80Malaysia6.5%
  81. 81Switzerland6.5%
  82. 82Guyana6.4%
  83. 83Ukraine6.4%
  84. 84Belarus6.4%
  85. 85United Kingdom6.4%
  86. 86Turkmenistan6.4%
  87. 87Brazil6.3%
  88. 88Luxembourg6.3%
  89. 89Estonia6.3%
  90. 90Armenia6.3%
  91. 91Mongolia6.3%
  92. 92Guatemala6.2%
  93. 93Albania6.2%
  94. 94Kazakhstan6.1%
  95. 95Mauritius6.1%
  96. 96St. Lucia6.1%
  97. 97New Zealand6.1%
  98. 98Tajikistan6.1%
  99. 99Australia6.1%
  100. 100Nicaragua6.1%
  101. 101Georgia6%
  102. 102Algeria6%
  103. 103Saudi Arabia6%
  104. 104Tunisia6%
  105. 105Trinidad and Tobago6%
  106. 106Lithuania6%
  107. 107Singapore6%
  108. 108Brunei Darussalam5.9%
  109. 109Viet Nam5.9%
  110. 110Uruguay5.9%
  111. 111Iceland5.8%
  112. 112St. Kitts and Nevis5.8%
  113. 113Indonesia5.8%
  114. 114Russian Federation5.7%
  115. 115Sri Lanka5.6%
  116. 116Austria5.6%
  117. 117Philippines5.5%
  118. 118Cambodia5.5%
  119. 119Seychelles5.3%
  120. 120Uzbekistan5.2%
  121. 121Cabo Verde5.1%
  122. 122Egypt, Arab Rep.5.1%
  123. 123Honduras5.1%
  124. 124Azerbaijan5%
  125. 125Lao PDR5%
  126. 126Norway5%
  127. 127Myanmar4.7%
  128. 128Sweden4.6%
  129. 129Timor-Leste4.4%
  130. 130French Polynesia4.3%
  131. 131Canada4.3%
  132. 132Comoros4.1%
  133. 133Ghana4%
  134. 134Senegal3.9%
  135. 135American Samoa3.7%
  136. 136Tonga3.7%
  137. 137Mali3.7%
  138. 138Burkina Faso3.6%
  139. 139Mozambique3.6%
  140. 140United States3.5%
  141. 141Yemen, Rep.3.5%
  142. 142Congo, Rep.3.4%
  143. 143Togo3.4%
  144. 144Chad3.4%
  145. 145Bangladesh3.3%
  146. 146Central African Republic3.3%
  147. 147Botswana3.3%
  148. 148Equatorial Guinea3.2%
  149. 149Gabon3.2%
  150. 150Sao Tome and Principe3.2%
  151. 151Somalia, Fed. Rep.3.2%
  152. 152Sudan3.2%
  153. 153Angola3.2%
  154. 154Liberia3.1%
  155. 155Fiji3.1%
  156. 156Djibouti3.1%
  157. 157Burundi3.1%
  158. 158Guinea-Bissau3.1%
  159. 159Samoa3.1%
  160. 160Ethiopia3.1%
  161. 161Congo, Dem. Rep.3.1%
  162. 162Nepal3%
  163. 163Nigeria3%
  164. 164Eswatini3%
  165. 165Gambia, The2.9%
  166. 166Benin2.8%
  167. 167Eritrea2.8%
  168. 168Vanuatu2.8%
  169. 169Papua New Guinea2.7%
  170. 170Zambia2.7%
  171. 171Lesotho2.6%
  172. 172Cameroon2.6%
  173. 173Tuvalu2.6%
  174. 174Guinea2.6%
  175. 175Afghanistan2.5%
  176. 176Bhutan2.5%
  177. 177Tanzania2.5%
  178. 178Sierra Leone2.4%
  179. 179Cote d'Ivoire2.4%
  180. 180Kenya2.4%
  181. 181Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2.3%
  182. 182Zimbabwe2.3%
  183. 183Niger2.3%
  184. 184Palau2.2%
  185. 185Uganda2.1%
  186. 186Solomon Islands2%
  187. 187Malawi1.9%
  188. 188India1.8%
  189. 189Naoero1.8%
  190. 190Madagascar1.8%
  191. 191Rwanda1.7%
  192. 192Namibia1.7%
  193. 193Kiribati1.4%
  194. 194Mauritania1.1%
  195. 195South Africa0.86%
  196. 196Pakistan0.77%
  197. 197Marshall Islands0.32%

Change in male height (%)