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, unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.

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List of countries by average elevation

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List of countries by average elevation

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