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,[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

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Countries and territories shaded by average elevation Country  | Elevation

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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

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1. ^ 470 m (1,542 ft) according to other sources[6]
2. ^ 920 m (3,018 ft) according to other sources[6]
3. ^ 442 m (1,450 ft) according to other sources[6]
4. ^ 538 m (1,765 ft) according to other sources[6]
5. ^ 473 m (1,552 ft) according to other sources[6]

## See also

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* List of elevation extremes by country
* List of highest points of African countries
* List of highest points of Asian countries
* List of highest points of European countries
* List of islands by highest point
* List of highest towns by country
* List of highest mountains on Earth

## References

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1. ^ "Field Listing – Elevation". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Countries With The Highest Average Elevations". World Atlas. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
3. ^ "Albania". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Ranking of the average elevation of the land area in Latin America by country 2020". Statista. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
5. ^ "Azerbaijan". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Country Geography Data". Portland State University. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
7. ^ "Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
8. ^ a b "Is The Netherlands The Flattest Country In The World?". About the Netherlands. December 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
9. ^ "French Guiana elevation". elevation.city. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
10. ^ "Kiribati islands will be swallowed by the ocean. COP21 is their last hope". Lifegate. 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
11. ^ "Geography". Alpine Club Prishtina. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
12. ^ "Sinking islands battle tides of climate change". Deutsche Welle. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
13. ^ "Mongolia". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
14. ^ "Geography of North Korea". North Korea Travel. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
15. ^ "As sea levels rise, Singapore prepares to stem the tide". The Straits Times. 2017-05-28. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
16. ^ Aydın, A.; Bühler, Y.; Christen, M.; Gürer, I. (2014-05-19). "Avalanche situation in Turkey and back calculation of selected events". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Retrieved 2024-02-06 - via researchgate.net.
17. ^ "Sea Level Rise". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2021-11-08.

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