List of countries by average elevation
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This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level.
List
Per sources:[1]
Afghanistan | 1,885 m (6,184 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) |
Belarus | 170 m (558 ft)[2] |
Belgium | 181 m (594 ft)[2] |
Belize | 173 m (568 ft)[2] |
Bhutan | 2,220 m (7,283 ft)[2] |
Bolivia | 1,192 m (3,911 ft)[2] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 500 m (1,640 ft)[2] |
Botswana | 1,013 m (3,323 ft)[2] |
Brazil | 320 m (1,050 ft)[2] |
Bulgaria | 470 m (1,542 ft) |
Burma | 702 m (2,303 ft)[2] |
Cambodia | 126 m (413 ft)[2] |
Cameroon | 667 m (2,188 ft)[2] |
Canada | 487 m (1,598 ft)[2] |
Chad | 543 m (1,781 ft)[2] |
Chile | 1,870 m (6,135 ft)[2] |
China | 1,840 m (6,037 ft)[2] |
Colombia | 593 m (1,946 ft)[2] |
Costa Rica | 746 m (2,448 ft)[2] |
Croatia | 331 m (1,086 ft)[2] |
Cuba | 108 m (354 ft)[2] |
Cyprus | 91 m (299 ft)[2] |
Czechia | 433 m (1,421 ft)[2] |
Denmark | 34 m (112 ft)[2] |
Dominican Republic | 424 m (1,391 ft)[2] |
Ecuador | 1,117 m (3,665 ft)[2] |
Egypt | 321 m (1,053 ft) |
El Salvador | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
Estonia | 61 m (200 ft) |
Equatorial Guinea | 577 m (1,893 ft) |
Eritrea | 853 m (2,799 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 | 920 m (3,018 ft) |
Kazakhstan | 387 m (1,270 ft) |
Kenya | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
Kosovo | 800 m (2,625 ft) |
Kuwait | 108 m (354 ft) |
Kyrgyzstan | 2,988 m (9,803 ft) |
Latvia | 87 m (285 ft) |
Laos | 710 m (2,329 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 | 442 m (1,450 ft) |
Malawi | 779 m (2,556 ft) |
Malaysia | 538 m (1,765 ft) |
Maldives | 1.8 m (6 ft) |
Mali | 343 m (1,125 ft) |
Mauritania | 276 m (906 ft) |
Mexico | 1,111 m (3,645 ft) |
Moldova | 139 m (456 ft) |
Mongolia | 1,528 m (5,013 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 | 400 m (1,312 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) |
Romania | 414 m (1,358 ft) |
Rwanda | 1,598 m (5,243 ft) |
Russia | 600 m (1,969 ft) |
Saudi Arabia | 665 m (2,182 ft) |
Senegal | 69 m (226 ft) |
Serbia | 473 m (1,552 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) |
Eswatini (Swaziland) | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
Sweden | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
Switzerland | 1,350 m (4,429 ft) |
Syria | 514 m (1,686 ft) |
Tajikistan | 3,186 m (10,453 ft) |
Taiwan | 1,150 m (3,773 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 | 1,132 m (3,714 ft) |
Turkmenistan | 230 m (755 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) |
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) |
840 m (2,756 ft) |
See also
- List of elevation extremes by country
- List of islands by highest point
- List of highest towns by country
- List of highest mountains