This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level.

List

Countries and territories shaded by average elevation

Per sources:[1]

Country Elevation
 Afghanistan1,884 m (6,181 ft)[2]
 Albania708 m (2,323 ft)[3]
 Algeria800 m (2,625 ft)
 Andorra1,996 m (6,549 ft)[2]
 Angola1,112 m (3,648 ft)
 Antarctica2,300 m (7,546 ft)[2]
 Argentina595 m (1,952 ft)[4]
 Armenia1,792 m (5,879 ft)
 Australia330 m (1,083 ft)
 Austria910 m (2,986 ft)
 Azerbaijan384 m (1,260 ft)[5]
 Bangladesh85 m (279 ft)[6]
 Belarus170 m (558 ft)[6]
 Belgium181 m (594 ft)[6]
 Belize173 m (568 ft)[4]
 Benin273 m (896 ft)[6]
 Bhutan3,280 m (10,761 ft)[2]
 Bolivia1,192 m (3,911 ft)[4]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina500 m (1,640 ft)[6]
 Botswana1,013 m (3,323 ft)[6]
 Brazil320 m (1,050 ft)[4]
 Brunei478 m (1,568 ft)[6]
 Bulgaria470 m (1,542 ft)
 Burkina Faso297 m (974 ft)[6]
 Burundi1,504 m (4,934 ft)[6]
 Cambodia126 m (413 ft)[6]
 Cameroon667 m (2,188 ft)[6]
 Canada487 m (1,598 ft)[6]
 Central African Republic635 m (2,083 ft)[6]
 Chad543 m (1,781 ft)[6]
 Chile1,871 m (6,138 ft)[4]
 China1,840 m (6,037 ft)[2]
 Colombia593 m (1,946 ft)[4]
 Costa Rica746 m (2,448 ft)[4]
 Croatia331 m (1,086 ft)[6]
 Cuba108 m (354 ft)[4]
 Cyprus91 m (299 ft)[6]
 Czech Republic430 m (1,411 ft)[7]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo726 m (2,382 ft)[6]
 Denmark34 m (112 ft)[8]
 Djibouti430 m (1,411 ft)[6]
 Dominican Republic424 m (1,391 ft)[4]
 Ecuador1,117 m (3,665 ft)[4]
 Egypt321 m (1,053 ft)
 El Salvador442 m (1,450 ft)[4]
 Equatorial Guinea577 m (1,893 ft)
 Eritrea853 m (2,799 ft)
 Estonia61 m (200 ft)
 Eswatini305 m (1,001 ft)
 Ethiopia1,330 m (4,364 ft)
 Finland164 m (538 ft)
 France375 m (1,230 ft)
 French Guiana168 m (551 ft)
 Gabon377 m (1,237 ft)
 Gambia34 m (112 ft)
 Georgia1,432 m (4,698 ft)
 Germany263 m (863 ft)
 Ghana190 m (623 ft)
 Greece498 m (1,634 ft)
 Greenland1,792 m (5,879 ft)
 Guatemala759 m (2,490 ft)[4]
 Guinea472 m (1,549 ft)
 Guinea-Bissau70 m (230 ft)
 Guyana207 m (679 ft)[4]
 Haiti470 m (1,542 ft)[4]
 Honduras684 m (2,244 ft)[4]
 Hungary143 m (469 ft)
 Iceland557 m (1,827 ft)
 India621 m (2,037 ft)
 Indonesia367 m (1,204 ft)
 Iran1,305 m (4,281 ft)
 Iraq312 m (1,024 ft)
 Ireland118 m (387 ft)
 Israel508 m (1,667 ft)
 Italy538 m (1,765 ft)
 Ivory Coast250 m (820 ft)
 Jamaica340 m (1,115 ft)[4]
 Japan438 m (1,437 ft)
 Jordan920 m (3,018 ft)
 Kazakhstan387 m (1,270 ft)
 Kenya762 m (2,500 ft)
 Kiribati2 m (7 ft)[9]
 Kosovo800 m (2,625 ft)
 Kuwait108 m (354 ft)
 Kyrgyzstan2,989 m (9,806 ft)[2]
 Laos710 m (2,329 ft)
 Latvia87 m (285 ft)
 Lebanon1,250 m (4,101 ft)
 Lesotho2,161 m (7,090 ft)[2]
 Liberia243 m (797 ft)
 Libya423 m (1,388 ft)
 Lithuania110 m (361 ft)
 Luxembourg325 m (1,066 ft)
 Madagascar442 m (1,450 ft)
 Malawi779 m (2,556 ft)
 Malaysia538 m (1,765 ft)
 Maldives1.5 m (5 ft)[10]
 Mali343 m (1,125 ft)
 Marshall Islands2 m (7 ft)[6]
 Mauritania276 m (906 ft)
 Mexico1,111 m (3,645 ft)[4]
 Moldova139 m (456 ft)
 Mongolia1,580 m (5,184 ft)[11]
 Montenegro1,086 m (3,563 ft)
 Morocco909 m (2,982 ft)
 Mozambique345 m (1,132 ft)
 Myanmar702 m (2,303 ft)
 Namibia1,141 m (3,743 ft)
   Nepal3,265 m (10,712 ft)[2]
 Netherlands30 m (98 ft)[8]
 New Zealand388 m (1,273 ft)
 Nicaragua298 m (978 ft)[4]
 Niger474 m (1,555 ft)
 Nigeria380 m (1,247 ft)
 North Korea400 m (1,312 ft)
 North Macedonia741 m (2,431 ft)
 Norway460 m (1,509 ft)
 Oman310 m (1,017 ft)
 Pakistan900 m (2,953 ft)
 Panama360 m (1,181 ft)[4]
 Papua New Guinea667 m (2,188 ft)
 Paraguay178 m (584 ft)[4]
 Peru1,555 m (5,102 ft)[4]
 Philippines442 m (1,450 ft)
 Poland173 m (568 ft)
 Portugal372 m (1,220 ft)
 Qatar28 m (92 ft)
 Republic of the Congo430 m (1,411 ft)[6]
 Romania414 m (1,358 ft)
 Russia600 m (1,969 ft)
 Rwanda1,598 m (5,243 ft)
 Saudi Arabia665 m (2,182 ft)
 Senegal69 m (226 ft)
 Serbia473 m (1,552 ft)
 Sierra Leone279 m (915 ft)
 Singapore15 m (49 ft)
 Slovakia458 m (1,503 ft)
 Slovenia492 m (1,614 ft)
 Somalia410 m (1,345 ft)
 South Africa1,034 m (3,392 ft)
 South Korea282 m (925 ft)
 Spain660 m (2,165 ft)
 Sri Lanka228 m (748 ft)
 Sudan568 m (1,864 ft)
 Suriname246 m (807 ft)[4]
 Sweden320 m (1,050 ft)
  Switzerland1,350 m (4,429 ft)
 Syria514 m (1,686 ft)
 Taiwan1,150 m (3,773 ft)
 Tajikistan3,186 m (10,453 ft)[2]
 Tanzania1,018 m (3,340 ft)
 Thailand287 m (942 ft)
 Togo236 m (774 ft)
 Trinidad and Tobago83 m (272 ft)
 Tunisia246 m (807 ft)
 Turkey1,141 m (3,743 ft)
 Turkmenistan230 m (755 ft)
 Tuvalu1.8 m (6 ft)[12]
 Uganda1,100 m (3,609 ft)
 Ukraine175 m (574 ft)
 United Arab Emirates149 m (489 ft)
 United Kingdom162 m (531 ft)[13]
 United States760 m (2,493 ft)
 Uruguay109 m (358 ft)[4]
 Uzbekistan450 m (1,476 ft)
 Vanuatu398 m (1,306 ft)
 Venezuela450 m (1,476 ft)
 Vietnam398 m (1,306 ft)[14]
 Western Sahara256 m (840 ft)
 Yemen999 m (3,278 ft)
 Zambia1,138 m (3,734 ft)
 Zimbabwe961 m (3,153 ft)
World
840 m (2,756 ft)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Country Geography Data". Portland State University. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Countries With The Highest Average Elevations". World Atlas. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  3. ↑ "Albania". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "CIA World Factbook". CIA.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2021-11-07.
  8. 1 2 "Is The Netherlands The Flattest Country In The World?". About the Netherlands. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  9. ↑ "Kiribati islands will be swallowed by the ocean. COP21 is their last hope". Lifegate. 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  10. ↑ "Sinking islands battle tides of climate change". Deutsche Welle. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  11. ↑ "Mongolia". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  12. ↑ "Sea Level Rise". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  13. ↑ "UK Geography". CIA World Factbook. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  14. ↑ "Vietnam". WorldData.info. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
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