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

Countries and territories shaded by average elevation

Location	Elevation		Ref
	m	ft
World	840	2,756
Afghanistan	1,884	6,181	[2]
Albania	708	2,323	[3]
Algeria	800	2,625
Andorra	1,996	6,549	[2]
Angola	1,112	3,648
Antarctica	2,300	7,546	[2]
Argentina	595	1,952	[4]
Armenia	1,792	5,879
Australia	330	1,083
Austria	910	2,986
Azerbaijan	384	1,260	[5]
Bangladesh	85	279
Belarus	160	525
Belgium	181	594
Belize	173	568
Benin	273	896
Bhutan	3,280	10,761	[2]
Bolivia	1,192	3,911	[4]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	500	1,640
Botswana	1,013	3,323
Brazil	320	1,050	[4]
Brunei	478	1,568
Bulgaria	472	1,549	[a]
Burkina Faso	297	974
Burundi	1,504	4,934
Cambodia	126	413
Cameroon	667	2,188
Canada	487	1,598
Central African Republic	635	2,083
Chad	543	1,781
Chile	1,871	6,138	[4]
China	1,840	6,037	[2]
Colombia	593	1,946	[4]
Costa Rica	746	2,448	[4]
Croatia	331	1,086
Cuba	108	354	[4]
Cyprus	91	299
Czech Republic	430	1,411	[7]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	726	2,382
Denmark	34	112	[8]
Djibouti	430	1,411
Dominican Republic	424	1,391	[4]
Ecuador	1,117	3,665	[4]
Egypt	321	1,053
El Salvador	442	1,450	[4]
Equatorial Guinea	577	1,893
Eritrea	853	2,799
Estonia	61	200
Eswatini	305	1,001
Ethiopia	1,330	4,364
Finland	164	538
France	375	1,230
French Guiana	168	551	[9]
Gabon	377	1,237
Gambia	34	112
Georgia	1,432	4,698
Germany	263	863
Ghana	190	623
Greece	498	1,634
Greenland	1,792	5,879
Guatemala	759	2,490	[4]
Guinea	472	1,549
Guinea-Bissau	70	230
Guyana	207	679	[4]
Haiti	470	1,542	[4]
Honduras	684	2,244	[4]
Hungary	143	469
Iceland	557	1,827
India	621	2,037	[6]
Indonesia	367	1,204
Iran	1,305	4,281
Iraq	312	1,024
Ireland	118	387
Israel	508	1,667
Italy	538	1,765
Ivory Coast	250	820
Jamaica	340	1,115	[4]
Japan	438	1,437
Jordan	812	2,664	[b]
Kazakhstan	387	1,270
Kenya	762	2,500
Kiribati	2	7	[10]
Kosovo	810	2,657	[11]
Kuwait	108	354
Kyrgyzstan	2,988	9,803	[2]
Laos	710	2,329
Latvia	87	285
Lebanon	1,250	4,101
Lesotho	2,161	7,090	[2]
Liberia	243	797
Libya	423	1,388
Lithuania	110	361
Luxembourg	325	1,066
Madagascar	615	2,018	[c]
Malawi	779	2,556
Malaysia	419	1,375	[d]
Maldives	1.5	5	[12]
Mali	343	1,125
Marshall Islands	2	7
Mauritania	276	906
Mexico	1,111	3,645	[4]
Moldova	139	456
Mongolia	1,580	5,184	[13]
Montenegro	1,086	3,563
Morocco	909	2,982
Mozambique	345	1,132
Myanmar	702	2,303
Namibia	1,141	3,743
Nepal	3,265	10,712	[2]
Netherlands	30	98	[8]
New Zealand	388	1,273
Nicaragua	298	978	[4]
Niger	474	1,555
Nigeria	380	1,247
North Korea	440	1,444	[14]
North Macedonia	741	2,431
Norway	460	1,509
Oman	310	1,017
Pakistan	900	2,953
Panama	360	1,181	[4]
Papua New Guinea	667	2,188
Paraguay	178	584	[4]
Peru	1,555	5,102	[4]
Philippines	442	1,450
Poland	173	568
Portugal	372	1,220
Qatar	28	92
Republic of the Congo	430	1,411
Romania	414	1,358
Russia	600	1,969
Rwanda	1,598	5,243
Saudi Arabia	665	2,182
Senegal	69	226
Serbia	442	1,450	[e]
Sierra Leone	279	915
Singapore	15	49	[15]
Slovakia	458	1,503
Slovenia	492	1,614
Somalia	410	1,345
South Africa	1,034	3,392
South Korea	282	925
Spain	660	2,165
Sri Lanka	228	748
Sudan	568	1,864
Suriname	246	807	[4]
Sweden	320	1,050
Switzerland	1,350	4,429
Syria	514	1,686
Taiwan	1,150	3,773
Tajikistan	3,186	10,453	[2]
Tanzania	1,018	3,340
Thailand	287	942
Togo	236	774
Trinidad and Tobago	83	272
Tunisia	246	807
Turkey	1,141	3,743	[16]
Turkmenistan	230	755
Tuvalu	1.8	6	[17]
Uganda	1,100	3,609	[6]
Ukraine	175	574
United Arab Emirates	149	489
United Kingdom	162	531
United States	760	2,493
Uruguay	109	358	[4]
Uzbekistan	450	1,476	[6]
Venezuela	450	1,476
Vietnam	398	1,306
Western Sahara	256	840	[6]
Yemen	999	3,278
Zambia	1,138	3,734
Zimbabwe	961	3,153

Notes

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

• 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

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