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Annual change in average female height, 1897 to 1996

The relative annual change in the mean height of adult women by year of birth. Data for the latest cohort (the year 1996) is therefore the mean height of women aged
18 in 2014. Positive values indicate an increase in average height; negative values indicate a decline.

189719961920194019601980North AmericaEurope and Central AsiaMiddle East and North AfricaSouth AsiaEast Asia and PacificLatin America and CaribbeanSub-Saharan Africa