Average Male Height in Europe

Which countries in Europe have the tallest men?


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Map of the average male height in Europe.

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Europeans, both men and women, are some of the tallest people in the world. On this map, we’re going to take a closer look at Europe and see which European men are the tallest.

According to data from the NCD-RisC, Dutch men are the tallest men in, not only Europe, but in the whole world, at an average height of 183.8 cm. They are just ahead of Montenegrin (183.3 cm) men and Estonian men (182.8 cm). Men from Nordic, Baltic, Central European and former Yugoslavian countries, are the tallest in Europe and in the world.

The global top 20 contains 19 European countries, with Dominica (180.2 cm) at number 20 being the highest ranked non-European country.

Men on Cyprus are by far the shortest men in Europe with an average height of 172.7 cm.