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.
Country
|
Elevation
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Afghanistan |
1,884 m (6,181 ft)[2]
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Albania |
708 m (2,323 ft)[3]
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Algeria |
800 m (2,625 ft)
|
Andorra |
1,996 m (6,549 ft)[2]
|
Angola |
1,112 m (3,648 ft)
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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 |
160 m (525 ft)[b]
|
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)[c]
|
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)[d]
|
Malawi |
779 m (2,556 ft)
|
Malaysia |
419 m (1,375 ft)[e]
|
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)[f]
|
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)
|
- ^ 470 m (1,542 ft) according to other sources[6]
- ^ 621 m (2,037 ft) according to other sources[6]
- ^ 920 m (3,018 ft) according to other sources[6]
- ^ 442 m (1,450 ft) according to other sources[6]
- ^ 538 m (1,765 ft) according to other sources[6]
- ^ 473 m (1,552 ft) according to other sources[6]