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List Of Countries By Average Elevation

This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

List

Countries and territories shaded by average elevation
Country Elevation
 Afghanistan 1,884 m (6,181 ft)
 Albania 708 m (2,323 ft)
 Algeria 800 m (2,625 ft)
 Andorra 1,996 m (6,549 ft)
 Angola 1,112 m (3,648 ft)
 Antarctica 2,300 m (7,546 ft)
 Argentina 595 m (1,952 ft)
 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)
 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)
 Bolivia 1,192 m (3,911 ft)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 500 m (1,640 ft)
 Botswana 1,013 m (3,323 ft)
 Brazil 320 m (1,050 ft)
 Brunei 478 m (1,568 ft)
 Bulgaria 472 m (1,549 ft)
 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)
 China 1,840 m (6,037 ft)
 Colombia 593 m (1,946 ft)
 Costa Rica 746 m (2,448 ft)
 Croatia 331 m (1,086 ft)
 Cuba 108 m (354 ft)
 Cyprus 91 m (299 ft)
 Czech Republic 430 m (1,411 ft)
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 726 m (2,382 ft)
 Denmark 34 m (112 ft)
 Djibouti 430 m (1,411 ft)
 Dominican Republic 424 m (1,391 ft)
 Ecuador 1,117 m (3,665 ft)
 Egypt 321 m (1,053 ft)
 El Salvador 442 m (1,450 ft)
 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)
 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)
 Guinea 472 m (1,549 ft)
 Guinea-Bissau 70 m (230 ft)
 Guyana 207 m (679 ft)
 Haiti 470 m (1,542 ft)
 Honduras 684 m (2,244 ft)
 Hungary 143 m (469 ft)
 Iceland 557 m (1,827 ft)
 India 621 m (2,037 ft)
 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)
 Japan 438 m (1,437 ft)
 Jordan 812 m (2,664 ft)
 Kazakhstan 387 m (1,270 ft)
 Kenya 762 m (2,500 ft)
 Kiribati 2 m (7 ft)
 Kosovo 810 m (2,657 ft)
 Kuwait 108 m (354 ft)
 Kyrgyzstan 2,988 m (9,803 ft)
 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)
 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)
 Malawi 779 m (2,556 ft)
 Malaysia 419 m (1,375 ft)
 Maldives 1.5 m (5 ft)
 Mali 343 m (1,125 ft)
 Marshall Islands 2 m (7 ft)
 Mauritania 276 m (906 ft)
 Mexico 1,111 m (3,645 ft)
 Moldova 139 m (456 ft)
 Mongolia 1,580 m (5,184 ft)
 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)
 Netherlands 30 m (98 ft)
 New Zealand 388 m (1,273 ft)
 Nicaragua 298 m (978 ft)
 Niger 474 m (1,555 ft)
 Nigeria 380 m (1,247 ft)
 North Korea 440 m (1,444 ft)
 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)
 Papua New Guinea 667 m (2,188 ft)
 Paraguay 178 m (584 ft)
 Peru 1,555 m (5,102 ft)
 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)
 Sierra Leone 279 m (915 ft)
 Singapore 15 m (49 ft)
 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)
 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)
 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)
 Turkmenistan 230 m (755 ft)
 Tuvalu 1.8 m (6 ft)
 Uganda 1,100 m (3,609 ft)
 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)
 Uzbekistan 450 m (1,476 ft)
 Venezuela 450 m (1,476 ft)
 Vietnam 398 m (1,306 ft)
 Western Sahara 256 m (840 ft)
 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

  1. ^ 470 m (1,542 ft) according to other sources
  2. ^ 920 m (3,018 ft) according to other sources
  3. ^ 442 m (1,450 ft) according to other sources
  4. ^ 538 m (1,765 ft) according to other sources
  5. ^ 473 m (1,552 ft) according to other sources

See also

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