OWID: Increase in mean heights of females born in 1996 vs. 1896

The absolute change in mean height for adult women born in 1996 versus those born in 1896, measured in centimeters. This therefore represents the difference in mean height for women who reached their 18th birthday in 2014 relative to 1914. Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (2016), compiled by Our World in Data. 208 values; read with owid_series(slug='absolute-gains-in-mean-female-height').