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Percentage increase in mean male vs. female height over a century

The relative increase in mean male versus mean female height for people born in 1996 versus 1896. This therefore represents the difference in the mean height of
adults who reached the age of 18 in 2014 versus 1914.

Increase in mean female height (%)0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%Increaseinmeanmaleheight(%)AfghanistanAfghanistanAlbaniaAlbaniaAndorraAndorraAngolaAngolaArgentinaArgentinaBarbadosBarbadosBeninBeninCosta RicaCosta RicaFijiFijiJapanJapanNamibiaNamibiaSouth KoreaSouth KoreaAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth AmericaNo data