This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency,[1] unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
List
Country | Elevation |
---|---|
Afghanistan | 1,884 m (6,181 ft)[2] |
Albania | 708 m (2,323 ft)[3] |
Algeria | 800 m (2,625 ft) |
Andorra | 1,996 m (6,549 ft)[2] |
Angola | 1,112 m (3,648 ft) |
Antarctica | 2,300 m (7,546 ft)[2] |
Argentina | 595 m (1,952 ft)[4] |
Armenia | 1,792 m (5,879 ft) |
Australia | 330 m (1,083 ft) |
Austria | 910 m (2,986 ft) |
Azerbaijan | 384 m (1,260 ft)[5] |
Bangladesh | 85 m (279 ft) |
Belarus | 160 m (525 ft) |
Belgium | 181 m (594 ft) |
Belize | 173 m (568 ft) |
Benin | 273 m (896 ft) |
Bhutan | 3,280 m (10,761 ft)[2] |
Bolivia | 1,192 m (3,911 ft)[4] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 500 m (1,640 ft) |
Botswana | 1,013 m (3,323 ft) |
Brazil | 320 m (1,050 ft)[4] |
Brunei | 478 m (1,568 ft) |
Bulgaria | 472 m (1,549 ft)[a] |
Burkina Faso | 297 m (974 ft) |
Burundi | 1,504 m (4,934 ft) |
Cambodia | 126 m (413 ft) |
Cameroon | 667 m (2,188 ft) |
Canada | 487 m (1,598 ft) |
Central African Republic | 635 m (2,083 ft) |
Chad | 543 m (1,781 ft) |
Chile | 1,871 m (6,138 ft)[4] |
China | 1,840 m (6,037 ft)[2] |
Colombia | 593 m (1,946 ft)[4] |
Costa Rica | 746 m (2,448 ft)[4] |
Croatia | 331 m (1,086 ft) |
Cuba | 108 m (354 ft)[4] |
Cyprus | 91 m (299 ft) |
Czech Republic | 430 m (1,411 ft)[7] |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 726 m (2,382 ft) |
Denmark | 34 m (112 ft)[8] |
Djibouti | 430 m (1,411 ft) |
Dominican Republic | 424 m (1,391 ft)[4] |
Ecuador | 1,117 m (3,665 ft)[4] |
Egypt | 321 m (1,053 ft) |
El Salvador | 442 m (1,450 ft)[4] |
Equatorial Guinea | 577 m (1,893 ft) |
Eritrea | 853 m (2,799 ft) |
Estonia | 61 m (200 ft) |
Eswatini | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
Ethiopia | 1,330 m (4,364 ft) |
Finland | 164 m (538 ft) |
France | 375 m (1,230 ft) |
French Guiana | 168 m (551 ft)[9] |
Gabon | 377 m (1,237 ft) |
Gambia | 34 m (112 ft) |
Georgia | 1,432 m (4,698 ft) |
Germany | 263 m (863 ft) |
Ghana | 190 m (623 ft) |
Greece | 498 m (1,634 ft) |
Greenland | 1,792 m (5,879 ft) |
Guatemala | 759 m (2,490 ft)[4] |
Guinea | 472 m (1,549 ft) |
Guinea-Bissau | 70 m (230 ft) |
Guyana | 207 m (679 ft)[4] |
Haiti | 470 m (1,542 ft)[4] |
Honduras | 684 m (2,244 ft)[4] |
Hungary | 143 m (469 ft) |
Iceland | 557 m (1,827 ft) |
India | 621 m (2,037 ft)[6] |
Indonesia | 367 m (1,204 ft) |
Iran | 1,305 m (4,281 ft) |
Iraq | 312 m (1,024 ft) |
Ireland | 118 m (387 ft) |
Israel | 508 m (1,667 ft) |
Italy | 538 m (1,765 ft) |
Ivory Coast | 250 m (820 ft) |
Jamaica | 340 m (1,115 ft)[4] |
Japan | 438 m (1,437 ft) |
Jordan | 812 m (2,664 ft)[b] |
Kazakhstan | 387 m (1,270 ft) |
Kenya | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
Kiribati | 2 m (7 ft)[10] |
Kosovo | 810 m (2,657 ft)[11] |
Kuwait | 108 m (354 ft) |
Kyrgyzstan | 2,988 m (9,803 ft)[2] |
Laos | 710 m (2,329 ft) |
Latvia | 87 m (285 ft) |
Lebanon | 1,250 m (4,101 ft) |
Lesotho | 2,161 m (7,090 ft)[2] |
Liberia | 243 m (797 ft) |
Libya | 423 m (1,388 ft) |
Lithuania | 110 m (361 ft) |
Luxembourg | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
Madagascar | 615 m (2,018 ft)[c] |
Malawi | 779 m (2,556 ft) |
Malaysia | 419 m (1,375 ft)[d] |
Maldives | 1.5 m (5 ft)[12] |
Mali | 343 m (1,125 ft) |
Marshall Islands | 2 m (7 ft) |
Mauritania | 276 m (906 ft) |
Mexico | 1,111 m (3,645 ft)[4] |
Moldova | 139 m (456 ft) |
Mongolia | 1,580 m (5,184 ft)[13] |
Montenegro | 1,086 m (3,563 ft) |
Morocco | 909 m (2,982 ft) |
Mozambique | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
Myanmar | 702 m (2,303 ft) |
Namibia | 1,141 m (3,743 ft) |
Nepal | 3,265 m (10,712 ft)[2] |
Netherlands | 30 m (98 ft)[8] |
New Zealand | 388 m (1,273 ft) |
Nicaragua | 298 m (978 ft)[4] |
Niger | 474 m (1,555 ft) |
Nigeria | 380 m (1,247 ft) |
North Korea | 440 m (1,444 ft)[14] |
North Macedonia | 741 m (2,431 ft) |
Norway | 460 m (1,509 ft) |
Oman | 310 m (1,017 ft) |
Pakistan | 900 m (2,953 ft) |
Panama | 360 m (1,181 ft)[4] |
Papua New Guinea | 667 m (2,188 ft) |
Paraguay | 178 m (584 ft)[4] |
Peru | 1,555 m (5,102 ft)[4] |
Philippines | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
Poland | 173 m (568 ft) |
Portugal | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
Qatar | 28 m (92 ft) |
Republic of the Congo | 430 m (1,411 ft) |
Romania | 414 m (1,358 ft) |
Russia | 600 m (1,969 ft) |
Rwanda | 1,598 m (5,243 ft) |
Saudi Arabia | 665 m (2,182 ft) |
Senegal | 69 m (226 ft) |
Serbia | 442 m (1,450 ft)[e] |
Sierra Leone | 279 m (915 ft) |
Singapore | 15 m (49 ft)[15] |
Slovakia | 458 m (1,503 ft) |
Slovenia | 492 m (1,614 ft) |
Somalia | 410 m (1,345 ft) |
South Africa | 1,034 m (3,392 ft) |
South Korea | 282 m (925 ft) |
Spain | 660 m (2,165 ft) |
Sri Lanka | 228 m (748 ft) |
Sudan | 568 m (1,864 ft) |
Suriname | 246 m (807 ft)[4] |
Sweden | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
Switzerland | 1,350 m (4,429 ft) |
Syria | 514 m (1,686 ft) |
Taiwan | 1,150 m (3,773 ft) |
Tajikistan | 3,186 m (10,453 ft)[2] |
Tanzania | 1,018 m (3,340 ft) |
Thailand | 287 m (942 ft) |
Togo | 236 m (774 ft) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 83 m (272 ft) |
Tunisia | 246 m (807 ft) |
Turkey | 1,141 m (3,743 ft)[16] |
Turkmenistan | 230 m (755 ft) |
Tuvalu | 1.8 m (6 ft)[17] |
Uganda | 1,100 m (3,609 ft)[6] |
Ukraine | 175 m (574 ft) |
United Arab Emirates | 149 m (489 ft) |
United Kingdom | 162 m (531 ft) |
United States | 760 m (2,493 ft) |
Uruguay | 109 m (358 ft)[4] |
Uzbekistan | 450 m (1,476 ft)[6] |
Venezuela | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
Vietnam | 398 m (1,306 ft) |
Western Sahara | 256 m (840 ft)[6] |
Yemen | 999 m (3,278 ft) |
Zambia | 1,138 m (3,734 ft) |
Zimbabwe | 961 m (3,153 ft) |
World | 840 m (2,756 ft) |
Notes
See also
References
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