Average height in the Cook Islands

The average man in the Cook Islands is 5 ft 10 in (178.3 cm) and the average woman 5 ft 6 in (167.3 cm), according to NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019.

In Cook Islands, the average man is 11 cm (4.5 in) taller than the average woman.Cook Islands: Average man: 5 ft 10 in (178.3 cm). Cook Islands: Average woman: 5 ft 6 in (167.3 cm).

The Cook Islands ranks 37th of 200 countries and territories for men and 12th for women on the NCD-RisC estimates for 19-year-olds in 2019. Men in the Netherlands, the tallest, are 2 in (5.5 cm) taller on that basis. See every country, tallest first.

Near the Cook Islands in the ranking

RankCountryMenWomen
35Austria5 ft 10.5 in (178.5 cm)5 ft 5.5 in (166.9 cm)
35Luxembourg5 ft 10.5 in (178.5 cm)5 ft 5 in (165.1 cm)
37Cook Islands5 ft 10 in (178.3 cm)5 ft 6 in (167.3 cm)
37French Polynesia5 ft 10 in (178.3 cm)5 ft 5.5 in (166.5 cm)
39United Kingdom5 ft 10 in (178.2 cm)5 ft 4.5 in (163.9 cm)

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

See who is listed at these heights: 5 ft 10 in, closest to the average man, and 5 ft 6 in, closest to the average woman.

What the study measured

SamplePopulationYearMethodSource
Cook Islands19-year-olds2019modelled from measured survey heightsNCD Risk Factor Collaboration, 2020 study

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