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How tall is Serena Williams?

5′ 9″175 cm · 1.75 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Serena Williams is 11.7 cm (4.5″) taller than the average American woman. See what 5'9" looks like →

U.S. percentile
98th
among women
World percentile
99th
among women
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Serena Williams compared with average U.S. adultsSerena Williams5′ 9″175 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Serena Williams next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Serena Williams’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 175 cm places Serena Williams against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Serena Williams among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−8.8 cm11th+4.6 cm76th
Montenegro−8.3 cm12th+5 cm78th
Bosnia & Herzegovina−7.5 cm15th+7.5 cm88th
Denmark−6.9 cm17th+5.5 cm80th
Ukraine−6 cm20th+8.4 cm90th
Croatia−5.8 cm21st+8.2 cm90th
Serbia−5.7 cm21st+6.7 cm85th
Poland−5.7 cm21st+9.2 cm92nd
Finland−5.6 cm22nd+8.5 cm90th
Norway−5.5 cm22nd+8.6 cm91st
Sweden−5.5 cm22nd+8.3 cm90th
Germany−5.3 cm23rd+8.8 cm91st
Greece−4.3 cm27th+9.2 cm92nd
Ireland−4 cm29th+10.5 cm95th
Australia−3.8 cm30th+10.3 cm94th
Canada−3.7 cm30th+10.3 cm94th
France−3.6 cm31st+10.5 cm95th
United Kingdom−3.2 cm33rd+11.1 cm96th
New Zealand−2.7 cm35th+10.3 cm94th
Jamaica−2 cm39th+10.7 cm95th
United States−1.9 cm39th+11.7 cm96th
Russia−1.6 cm41st+10.5 cm95th
Turkey−1.4 cm42nd+13.2 cm98th
Spain−1.1 cm44th+13 cm98th
Brazil−0.7 cm46th+12.6 cm97th
China−0.7 cm46th+11.5 cm96th
Iran−0.6 cm47th+13.8 cm98th
South Korea−0.5 cm47th+11.8 cm97th
Argentina+0.2 cm51st+13.8 cm98th
Egypt+0.4 cm52nd+14.1 cm98th
Italy+0.6 cm53rd+13.2 cm98th
Portugal+0.6 cm53rd+13.8 cm98th
Japan+2.9 cm66th+16.5 cm99th
Colombia+3.1 cm67th+17 cm>99th
Thailand+3.4 cm68th+15.6 cm99th
Nigeria+3.4 cm68th+16.9 cm>99th
Saudi Arabia+4.3 cm73rd+16.2 cm99th
Kenya+4.5 cm74th+15.6 cm99th
Mexico+4.7 cm75th+17.1 cm>99th
South Africa+5.4 cm78th+16.4 cm99th
Malaysia+5.8 cm79th+17.9 cm>99th
Vietnam+6.1 cm80th+16.6 cm99th
Ethiopia+6.2 cm81st+17.8 cm>99th
DR Congo+6.4 cm82nd+18.7 cm>99th
Pakistan+7.7 cm86th+20.2 cm>99th
Tanzania+8 cm87th+18.1 cm>99th
Peru+8.2 cm88th+20.6 cm>99th
Myanmar+8.3 cm88th+20.3 cm>99th
India+8.5 cm88th+19.8 cm>99th
Indonesia+8.7 cm89th+20.6 cm>99th
Philippines+9.8 cm92nd+20.9 cm>99th
Bangladesh+9.9 cm92nd+22.6 cm>99th
Nepal+10.6 cm93rd+22.6 cm>99th
Guatemala+10.6 cm93rd+24.1 cm>99th
Timor-Leste+14.9 cm98th+22.3 cm>99th

Estimated from NCD-RisC national averages for 19-year-olds and an assumed normal distribution. Greyed values sit beyond the 2nd or 98th percentile, where the estimate stops discriminating.How we calculate this →

In context

Among athletes

12 of 16

Serena Williams is the 12th tallest of the 16 athletes in our database, between Neymar (175 cm) and Virat Kohli (175 cm).

Everyday reference

Refrigerator

At 175 cm, Serena Williams is within 3 cm of a refrigerator (178 cm).

Celebrities with a similar height

Commonly reported — A commonly reported figure from press and agency sources, rounded to the nearest centimetre. Published heights for the same person frequently differ.Percentiles are estimates based on NCD-RisC national averages.How we source and calculate this →