From the Research
The average height of a Saudi male is approximately 167.8 centimeters, as reported in the most recent and relevant study 1. This height is influenced by a combination of genetic factors and environmental conditions, with nutrition during childhood and adolescence playing a particularly important role in determining adult height.
- The study found that Saudi adolescent males are shorter than some European and American comparatives mainly due to shortness during childhood, but they could have shorter late pubertal height than Turkish, Greek, Thai, and Japanese due to a less pubertal height gain 1.
- It is essential to consider that height can vary significantly among individuals, and this average represents a statistical mean.
- The Saudi male height average falls within the middle range when compared globally, neither among the tallest nor the shortest populations worldwide.
- Other studies, such as 2, 3, 4, and 5, provide additional information on growth charts and height measurements for Saudi children and adolescents, but the most recent and relevant study 1 provides the most accurate estimate of average height for Saudi males.