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
Country | Elevation |
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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
See also
- List of elevation extremes by country
- List of islands by highest point
- List of highest towns by country
- List of highest mountains on Earth
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