Enter your measurement to see exactly where you land — and what it means for how a suit should be cut for you.
The average waist for men is 103 cm, and most fall between 86.8 and 119.2 cm (US civilian adults 20+ (CDC NHANES, 2021–23)). Enter yours below to see your exact percentile.
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* CDC NHANES, n=2,600 · a tailoring reference, not health advice.
Average waist 103 cm (SD 16.2). We rank you by the normal curve: percentile = Φ((your value − average) ÷ SD).
Method: NHANES publishes the standard error (not the standard deviation); the standard deviation here was reconstructed from its published percentiles.
License: Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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