The figure below shows the average height of 17 years-old boys by prefecture in Japan. It is the data of the 2013 version. In the figure below, blue means prefectures which have higher average numbers, red means prefectures which have shorter figures. People in western Japan are relatively shorter.
Table : Average Height of 17 Years-old Boys by Prefecture
| Prefecture | Hight (cm) |
| Toyama | 171.8 |
| Akita | 171.6 |
| Kanagawa | 171.3 |
| Hokkaido | 171.2 |
| Kyoto | 171.2 |
| Tottori | 171.2 |
| Niigata | 171.1 |
| Nagano | 171.1 |
| Aichi | 171.1 |
| Osaka | 171.1 |
| Ishikawa | 171.0 |
| Shiga | 171.0 |
| Nara | 171.0 |
| Aomori | 170.9 |
| Chiba | 170.9 |
| Tokyo | 170.8 |
| Fukui | 170.8 |
| Yamagata | 170.7 |
| Tokushima | 170.7 |
| Miyagi | 170.6 |
| Saitama | 170.6 |
| Wakayama | 170.6 |
| Nagasaki | 170.6 |
| Kumamoto | 170.6 |
| Ibaraki | 170.5 |
| Gunma | 170.5 |
| Shizuoka | 170.5 |
| Saga | 170.5 |
| Miyazaki | 170.5 |
| Iwate | 170.4 |
| Hyogo | 170.3 |
| Kochi | 170.3 |
| Fukuoka | 170.2 |
| Kagoshima | 170.2 |
| Tochigi | 170.1 |
| Yamanashi | 170.1 |
| Gifu | 170.1 |
| Mie | 170.1 |
| Shimane | 170.1 |
| Oita | 170.0 |
| Okayama | 169.8 |
| Hiroshima | 169.8 |
| Kagawa | 169.8 |
| Fukushima | 169.6 |
| Yamaguchi | 169.6 |
| Ehime | 169.3 |
| Okinawa | 168.9 |
Source is Statistics Bureau.
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/List.do?bid=000001052599&cycode=0
www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/Xlsdl.do?sinfid=000023629539
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