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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 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.

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[7] 470 m (1,542 ft) according to other sources^[6]

[11] 621 m (2,037 ft) according to other sources^[6]

[12] 920 m (3,018 ft) according to other sources^[6]

[15] 442 m (1,450 ft) according to other sources^[6]

[16] 538 m (1,765 ft) according to other sources^[6]

[20] 473 m (1,552 ft) according to other sources^[6]

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Country	Elevation
Afghanistan	1,884 m (6,181 ft)^[2]
Albania	708 m (2,323 ft)^[3]
Algeria	800 m (2,625 ft)
Andorra	1,996 m (6,549 ft)^[2]
Angola	1,112 m (3,648 ft)
Antarctica	2,300 m (7,546 ft)^[2]
Argentina	595 m (1,952 ft)^[4]
Armenia	1,792 m (5,879 ft)
Australia	330 m (1,083 ft)
Austria	910 m (2,986 ft)
Azerbaijan	384 m (1,260 ft)^[5]
Bangladesh	85 m (279 ft)
Belarus	160 m (525 ft)
Belgium	181 m (594 ft)
Belize	173 m (568 ft)
Benin	273 m (896 ft)
Bhutan	3,280 m (10,761 ft)^[2]
Bolivia	1,192 m (3,911 ft)^[4]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	500 m (1,640 ft)
Botswana	1,013 m (3,323 ft)
Brazil	320 m (1,050 ft)^[4]
Brunei	478 m (1,568 ft)
Bulgaria	472 m (1,549 ft)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Burkina Faso	297 m (974 ft)
Burundi	1,504 m (4,934 ft)
Cambodia	126 m (413 ft)
Cameroon	667 m (2,188 ft)
Canada	487 m (1,598 ft)
Central African Republic	635 m (2,083 ft)
Chad	543 m (1,781 ft)
Chile	1,871 m (6,138 ft)^[4]
China	1,840 m (6,037 ft)^[2]
Colombia	593 m (1,946 ft)^[4]
Costa Rica	746 m (2,448 ft)^[4]
Croatia	331 m (1,086 ft)
Cuba	108 m (354 ft)^[4]
Cyprus	91 m (299 ft)
Czech Republic	430 m (1,411 ft)^[7]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	726 m (2,382 ft)
Denmark	34 m (112 ft)^[8]
Djibouti	430 m (1,411 ft)
Dominican Republic	424 m (1,391 ft)^[4]
Ecuador	1,117 m (3,665 ft)^[4]
Egypt	321 m (1,053 ft)
El Salvador	442 m (1,450 ft)^[4]
Equatorial Guinea	577 m (1,893 ft)
Eritrea	853 m (2,799 ft)
Estonia	61 m (200 ft)
Eswatini	305 m (1,001 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)^[9]
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)^[4]
Guinea	472 m (1,549 ft)
Guinea-Bissau	70 m (230 ft)
Guyana	207 m (679 ft)^[4]
Haiti	470 m (1,542 ft)^[4]
Honduras	684 m (2,244 ft)^[4]
Hungary	143 m (469 ft)
Iceland	557 m (1,827 ft)
India	160 m (525 ft)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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)^[4]
Japan	438 m (1,437 ft)
Jordan	812 m (2,664 ft)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Kazakhstan	387 m (1,270 ft)
Kenya	762 m (2,500 ft)
Kiribati	2 m (7 ft)^[10]
Kosovo	810 m (2,657 ft)^[11]
Kuwait	108 m (354 ft)
Kyrgyzstan	2,988 m (9,803 ft)^[2]
Laos	710 m (2,329 ft)
Latvia	87 m (285 ft)
Lebanon	1,250 m (4,101 ft)
Lesotho	2,161 m (7,090 ft)^[2]
Liberia	243 m (797 ft)
Libya	423 m (1,388 ft)
Lithuania	110 m (361 ft)
Luxembourg	325 m (1,066 ft)
Madagascar	615 m (2,018 ft)^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Malawi	779 m (2,556 ft)
Malaysia	419 m (1,375 ft)^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Maldives	1.5 m (5 ft)^[12]
Mali	343 m (1,125 ft)
Marshall Islands	2 m (7 ft)
Mauritania	276 m (906 ft)
Mexico	1,111 m (3,645 ft)^[4]
Moldova	139 m (456 ft)
Mongolia	1,580 m (5,184 ft)^[13]
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)^[2]
Netherlands	30 m (98 ft)^[8]
New Zealand	388 m (1,273 ft)
Nicaragua	298 m (978 ft)^[4]
Niger	474 m (1,555 ft)
Nigeria	380 m (1,247 ft)
North Korea	440 m (1,444 ft)^[14]
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)^[4]
Papua New Guinea	667 m (2,188 ft)
Paraguay	178 m (584 ft)^[4]
Peru	1,555 m (5,102 ft)^[4]
Philippines	442 m (1,450 ft)
Poland	173 m (568 ft)
Portugal	372 m (1,220 ft)
Qatar	28 m (92 ft)
Republic of the Congo	430 m (1,411 ft)
Romania	414 m (1,358 ft)
Russia	600 m (1,969 ft)
Rwanda	1,598 m (5,243 ft)
Saudi Arabia	665 m (2,182 ft)
Senegal	69 m (226 ft)
Serbia	442 m (1,450 ft)^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Sierra Leone	279 m (915 ft)
Singapore	15 m (49 ft)^[15]
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)^[4]
Sweden	320 m (1,050 ft)
Switzerland	1,350 m (4,429 ft)
Syria	514 m (1,686 ft)
Taiwan	1,150 m (3,773 ft)
Tajikistan	3,186 m (10,453 ft)^[2]
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	1,141 m (3,743 ft)^[16]
Turkmenistan	230 m (755 ft)
Tuvalu	1.8 m (6 ft)^[17]
Uganda	1,100 m (3,609 ft)^[6]
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)^[4]
Uzbekistan	450 m (1,476 ft)^[6]
Venezuela	450 m (1,476 ft)
Vietnam	398 m (1,306 ft)
Western Sahara	256 m (840 ft)^[6]
Yemen	999 m (3,278 ft)
Zambia	1,138 m (3,734 ft)
Zimbabwe	961 m (3,153 ft)
World	840 m (2,756 ft)

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