Average height in Albania

The average man in Albania is 5 ft 8.5 in (174.1 cm) and the average woman 5 ft 4 in (162.2 cm), according to NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019.

In Albania, the average man is 11.9 cm (4.5 in) taller than the average woman.Albania: Average man: 5 ft 8.5 in (174.1 cm). Albania: Average woman: 5 ft 4 in (162.2 cm).

Albania ranks 90th of 200 countries and territories for men and 73rd for women on the NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019. Men in the Netherlands, the tallest, are 4 in (9.7 cm) taller on that basis. See every country, tallest first.

Near Albania in the ranking

RankCountryMenWomen
88Uruguay5 ft 8.5 in (174.3 cm)5 ft 3.5 in (161.6 cm)
89Bulgaria5 ft 8.5 in (174.2 cm)5 ft 5 in (164.6 cm)
90Albania5 ft 8.5 in (174.1 cm)5 ft 4 in (162.2 cm)
90United Arab Emirates5 ft 8.5 in (174.1 cm)5 ft 3 in (160.5 cm)
92Azerbaijan5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm)5 ft 3.5 in (161.4 cm)

Ranked by the average man, on NCD-RisC’s estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019.

Albania on the map

  1. under 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
  2. 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) to 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
  3. 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) to 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm)
  4. 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm) to 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm)
  5. 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) to 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)
  6. 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm) to 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
  7. 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) and over
  8. no NCD-RisC figure
The average man or woman in each country nearby, on NCD-RisC’s estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019; Albania is outlined and circled. Tap a country for its page, or see the whole world. Map shapes: Natural Earth.

See who is listed at these heights: 5 ft 9 in, closest to the average man, and 5 ft 4 in, closest to the average woman.

What the study measured

SamplePopulationYearMethodSource
Albania19-year-olds2019modelled from measured survey heightsNCD Risk Factor Collaboration, 2020 study

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