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How tall is Simone Biles?

4′ 8″142 cm · 1.42 m

Commonly reported · press and agency figures

Simone Biles is 21.3 cm (8.5″) shorter than the average American woman.

U.S. percentile
<1st
among women
World percentile
<1st
among women
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Simone Biles compared with average U.S. adultsSimone Biles4′ 8″142 cmAverage U.S. man5′ 9.5″176.9 cmAverage U.S. woman5′ 4.5″163.3 cm
Simone Biles next to the average U.S. man (5′ 9.5″) and woman (5′ 4.5″), drawn to scale.

Simone Biles’s height around the world

The same height reads differently depending on where you stand. Here is where 142 cm places Simone Biles against adults in 55 countries, for both sexes.

Estimated percentile for Simone Biles among adults in each country, for men and women
Countryvs. menMen’s percentilevs. womenWomen’s percentile
Netherlands−41.8 cm<1st−28.4 cm<1st
Montenegro−41.3 cm<1st−28 cm<1st
Bosnia & Herzegovina−40.5 cm<1st−25.5 cm<1st
Denmark−39.9 cm<1st−27.5 cm<1st
Ukraine−39 cm<1st−24.6 cm<1st
Croatia−38.8 cm<1st−24.8 cm<1st
Serbia−38.7 cm<1st−26.3 cm<1st
Poland−38.7 cm<1st−23.8 cm<1st
Finland−38.6 cm<1st−24.5 cm<1st
Norway−38.5 cm<1st−24.4 cm<1st
Sweden−38.5 cm<1st−24.7 cm<1st
Germany−38.3 cm<1st−24.2 cm<1st
Greece−37.3 cm<1st−23.8 cm<1st
Ireland−37 cm<1st−22.5 cm<1st
Australia−36.8 cm<1st−22.7 cm<1st
Canada−36.7 cm<1st−22.7 cm<1st
France−36.6 cm<1st−22.5 cm<1st
United Kingdom−36.2 cm<1st−21.9 cm<1st
New Zealand−35.7 cm<1st−22.7 cm<1st
Jamaica−35 cm<1st−22.3 cm<1st
United States−34.9 cm<1st−21.3 cm<1st
Russia−34.6 cm<1st−22.5 cm<1st
Turkey−34.4 cm<1st−19.8 cm<1st
Spain−34.1 cm<1st−20 cm<1st
Brazil−33.7 cm<1st−20.4 cm<1st
China−33.7 cm<1st−21.5 cm<1st
Iran−33.6 cm<1st−19.2 cm<1st
South Korea−33.5 cm<1st−21.2 cm<1st
Argentina−32.8 cm<1st−19.2 cm<1st
Egypt−32.6 cm<1st−18.9 cm<1st
Italy−32.4 cm<1st−19.8 cm<1st
Portugal−32.4 cm<1st−19.2 cm<1st
Japan−30.1 cm<1st−16.5 cm1st
Colombia−29.9 cm<1st−16 cm1st
Thailand−29.6 cm<1st−17.4 cm<1st
Nigeria−29.6 cm<1st−16.1 cm1st
Saudi Arabia−28.7 cm<1st−16.8 cm<1st
Kenya−28.5 cm<1st−17.4 cm<1st
Mexico−28.3 cm<1st−15.9 cm1st
South Africa−27.6 cm<1st−16.6 cm1st
Malaysia−27.2 cm<1st−15.1 cm1st
Vietnam−26.9 cm<1st−16.4 cm1st
Ethiopia−26.8 cm<1st−15.2 cm1st
DR Congo−26.6 cm<1st−14.3 cm1st
Pakistan−25.3 cm<1st−12.8 cm2nd
Tanzania−25 cm<1st−14.9 cm1st
Peru−24.8 cm<1st−12.4 cm3rd
Myanmar−24.7 cm<1st−12.7 cm3rd
India−24.5 cm<1st−13.2 cm2nd
Indonesia−24.3 cm<1st−12.4 cm3rd
Philippines−23.2 cm<1st−12.1 cm3rd
Bangladesh−23.1 cm<1st−10.4 cm5th
Nepal−22.4 cm<1st−10.4 cm5th
Guatemala−22.4 cm<1st−8.9 cm9th
Timor-Leste−18.1 cm1st−10.7 cm5th

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

16 of 16

Simone Biles is the shortest of the 16 athletes in our database.

Everyday reference

Sedan car

At 142 cm, Simone Biles is within 3 cm of a sedan car (145 cm).

Simone Biles head to head

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 →