List of countries by average elevation explained

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

scope"col" Countryscope"col" data-sort-type="number" Elevation
Afghanistan18840NaN0[2]
Albania7080NaN0[3]
Algeria8000NaN0
Andorra19960NaN0
Angola11120NaN0
23000NaN0
Argentina5950NaN0[4]
Armenia17920NaN0
Australia3300NaN0
Austria9100NaN0
Azerbaijan3840NaN0[5]
Bangladesh850NaN0
Belarus1600NaN0
Belgium1810NaN0
Belize1730NaN0
Benin2730NaN0
Bhutan32800NaN0
11920NaN0
Bosnia and Herzegovina5000NaN0
Botswana10130NaN0
Brazil3200NaN0
4780NaN0
Bulgaria4720NaN0
Burkina Faso2970NaN0
Burundi15040NaN0
Cambodia1260NaN0
Cameroon6670NaN0
Canada4870NaN0
Central African Republic6350NaN0
Chad5430NaN0
Chile18710NaN0
China18400NaN0
Colombia5930NaN0
Costa Rica7460NaN0
Croatia3310NaN0
Cuba1080NaN0
Cyprus910NaN0
Czech Republic4300NaN0[6]
7260NaN0
Denmark340NaN0[7]
Djibouti4300NaN0
Dominican Republic4240NaN0
Ecuador11170NaN0
Egypt3210NaN0
El Salvador4420NaN0
Equatorial Guinea5770NaN0
Eritrea8530NaN0
Estonia610NaN0
3050NaN0
Ethiopia13300NaN0
Finland1640NaN0
France3750NaN0
French Guiana1680NaN0[8]
Gabon3770NaN0
Gambia340NaN0
Georgia14320NaN0
Germany2630NaN0
Ghana1900NaN0
Greece4980NaN0
Greenland17920NaN0
Guatemala7590NaN0
Guinea4720NaN0
Guinea-Bissau700NaN0
Guyana2070NaN0
Haiti4700NaN0
Honduras6840NaN0
Hungary1430NaN0
Iceland5570NaN0
India6210NaN0
Indonesia3670NaN0
13050NaN0
Iraq3120NaN0
Ireland1180NaN0
Israel5080NaN0
Italy5380NaN0
2500NaN0
Jamaica3400NaN0
Japan4380NaN0
Jordan8120NaN0
Kazakhstan3870NaN0
Kenya7620NaN0
Kiribati20NaN0[9]
8100NaN0[10]
Kuwait1080NaN0
Kyrgyzstan29880NaN0
7100NaN0
Latvia870NaN0
Lebanon12500NaN0
Lesotho21610NaN0
Liberia2430NaN0
Libya4230NaN0
Lithuania1100NaN0
Luxembourg3250NaN0
Madagascar6150NaN0
Malawi7790NaN0
Malaysia4190NaN0
Maldives1.50NaN0[11]
Mali3430NaN0
Marshall Islands20NaN0
Mauritania2760NaN0
Mexico11110NaN0
1390NaN0
Mongolia15800NaN0[12]
Montenegro10860NaN0
Morocco9090NaN0
Mozambique3450NaN0
Myanmar7020NaN0
Namibia11410NaN0
Nepal32650NaN0
Netherlands300NaN0
New Zealand3880NaN0
Nicaragua2980NaN0
Niger4740NaN0
Nigeria3800NaN0
4400NaN0[13]
7410NaN0
Norway4600NaN0
Oman3100NaN0
Pakistan9000NaN0
Panama3600NaN0
Papua New Guinea6670NaN0
Paraguay1780NaN0
Peru15550NaN0
Philippines4420NaN0
Poland1730NaN0
Portugal3720NaN0
Qatar280NaN0
4300NaN0
Romania4140NaN0
6000NaN0
Rwanda15980NaN0
Saudi Arabia6650NaN0
Senegal690NaN0
Serbia4420NaN0
Sierra Leone2790NaN0
150NaN0[14]
Slovakia4580NaN0
Slovenia4920NaN0
Somalia4100NaN0
South Africa10340NaN0
2820NaN0
Spain6600NaN0
Sri Lanka2280NaN0
Sudan5680NaN0
Suriname2460NaN0
Sweden3200NaN0
Switzerland13500NaN0
5140NaN0
11500NaN0
Tajikistan31860NaN0
10180NaN0
Thailand2870NaN0
Togo2360NaN0
Trinidad and Tobago830NaN0
Tunisia2460NaN0
Turkey11410NaN0[15]
Turkmenistan2300NaN0
Tuvalu1.80NaN0[16]
Uganda11000NaN0
Ukraine1750NaN0
United Arab Emirates1490NaN0
United Kingdom1620NaN0
United States7600NaN0
Uruguay1090NaN0
Uzbekistan4500NaN0
4500NaN0
3980NaN0
Western Sahara2560NaN0
Yemen9990NaN0
Zambia11380NaN0
Zimbabwe9610NaN0
8400NaN0

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Field Listing – Elevation . The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2024-01-24.
  2. Web site: Countries With The Highest Average Elevations. 25 April 2017 . World Atlas. 2021-11-08.
  3. Web site: Albania. United Nations Development Programme. 2021-11-08.
  4. Web site: Ranking of the average elevation of the land area in Latin America by country 2020. Statista. 2021-11-08.
  5. Web site: Azerbaijan. United Nations Development Programme. 2021-11-08.
  6. Web site: Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-11-07.
  7. Web site: Is The Netherlands The Flattest Country In The World?. December 2020 . About the Netherlands. 2021-11-09.
  8. Web site: French Guiana elevation. elevation.city. 2024-02-06.
  9. Web site: Kiribati islands will be swallowed by the ocean. COP21 is their last hope. Lifegate. 2015-12-09. 2021-11-09.
  10. Web site: Geography. 21 December 2019 . Alpine Club Prishtina. 2024-02-06.
  11. Web site: Sinking islands battle tides of climate change. Deutsche Welle. 2014-03-28. 2021-11-08.
  12. Web site: Mongolia. United Nations Development Programme. 2021-11-08.
  13. Web site: Geography of North Korea. North Korea Travel. 2024-02-06.
  14. Web site: As sea levels rise, Singapore prepares to stem the tide. The Straits Times. 2017-05-28. 2024-02-06.
  15. Web site: Aydın. A.. Bühler. Y.. Christen. M.. Gürer. I.. Avalanche situation in Turkey and back calculation of selected events. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. researchgate.net. 2014-05-19. 2024-02-06.
  16. Web site: Sea Level Rise. United Nations Development Programme. 2021-11-08.