# 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.

## List

| Location | Elevation | Elevation | Ref |
| Location | m | ft | Ref |
| World | 840 | 2,756 | |
| Afghanistan | 1,884 | 6,181 | |
| Albania | 708 | 2,323 | |
| Algeria | 800 | 2,625 | |
| Andorra | 1,996 | 6,549 | |
| Angola | 1,112 | 3,648 | |
| Antarctica | 2,300 | 7,546 | |
| Argentina | 595 | 1,952 | |
| Armenia | 1,792 | 5,879 | |
| Australia | 330 | 1,083 | |
| Austria | 910 | 2,986 | |
| Azerbaijan | 384 | 1,260 | |
| Bangladesh | 85 | 279 | |
| Belarus | 160 | 525 | |
| Belgium | 181 | 594 | |
| Belize | 173 | 568 | |
| Benin | 273 | 896 | |
| Bhutan | 3,280 | 10,761 | |
| Bolivia | 1,192 | 3,911 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 500 | 1,640 | |
| Botswana | 1,013 | 3,323 | |
| Brazil | 320 | 1,050 | |
| Brunei | 478 | 1,568 | |
| Bulgaria | 472 | 1,549 | |
| 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 | |
| China | 1,840 | 6,037 | |
| Colombia | 593 | 1,946 | |
| Costa Rica | 746 | 2,448 | |
| Croatia | 331 | 1,086 | |
| Cuba | 108 | 354 | |
| Cyprus | 91 | 299 | |
| Czech Republic | 430 | 1,411 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 726 | 2,382 | |
| Denmark | 34 | 112 | |
| Djibouti | 430 | 1,411 | |
| Dominican Republic | 424 | 1,391 | |
| Ecuador | 1,117 | 3,665 | |
| Egypt | 321 | 1,053 | |
| El Salvador | 442 | 1,450 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Guinea | 472 | 1,549 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 70 | 230 | |
| Guyana | 207 | 679 | |
| Haiti | 470 | 1,542 | |
| Honduras | 684 | 2,244 | |
| Hungary | 143 | 469 | |
| Iceland | 557 | 1,827 | |
| India | 621 | 2,037 | |
| 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 | |
| Japan | 438 | 1,437 | |
| Jordan | 812 | 2,664 | |
| Kazakhstan | 387 | 1,270 | |
| Kenya | 762 | 2,500 | |
| Kiribati | 2 | 7 | |
| Kosovo | 810 | 2,657 | |
| Kuwait | 108 | 354 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2,988 | 9,803 | |
| Laos | 710 | 2,329 | |
| Latvia | 87 | 285 | |
| Lebanon | 1,250 | 4,101 | |
| Lesotho | 2,161 | 7,090 | |
| Liberia | 243 | 797 | |
| Libya | 423 | 1,388 | |
| Lithuania | 110 | 361 | |
| Luxembourg | 325 | 1,066 | |
| Madagascar | 615 | 2,018 | |
| Malawi | 779 | 2,556 | |
| Malaysia | 419 | 1,375 | |
| Maldives | 1.5 | 5 | |
| Mali | 343 | 1,125 | |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 7 | |
| Mauritania | 276 | 906 | |
| Mexico | 1,111 | 3,645 | |
| Moldova | 139 | 456 | |
| Mongolia | 1,580 | 5,184 | |
| 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 | |
| Netherlands | 30 | 98 | |
| New Zealand | 388 | 1,273 | |
| Nicaragua | 298 | 978 | |
| Niger | 474 | 1,555 | |
| Nigeria | 380 | 1,247 | |
| North Korea | 440 | 1,444 | |
| North Macedonia | 741 | 2,431 | |
| Norway | 460 | 1,509 | |
| Oman | 310 | 1,017 | |
| Pakistan | 900 | 2,953 | |
| Panama | 360 | 1,181 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 667 | 2,188 | |
| Paraguay | 178 | 584 | |
| Peru | 1,555 | 5,102 | |
| 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 | |
| Sierra Leone | 279 | 915 | |
| Singapore | 15 | 49 | |
| 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 | |
| Sweden | 320 | 1,050 | |
| Switzerland | 1,350 | 4,429 | |
| Syria | 514 | 1,686 | |
| Taiwan | 1,150 | 3,773 | |
| Tajikistan | 3,186 | 10,453 | |
| Tanzania | 1,018 | 3,340 | |
| Thailand | 287 | 942 | |
| Togo | 236 | 774 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 83 | 272 | |
| Tunisia | 246 | 807 | |
| Turkey | 1,141 | 3,743 | |
| Turkmenistan | 230 | 755 | |
| Tuvalu | 1.8 | 6 | |
| Uganda | 1,100 | 3,609 | |
| Ukraine | 175 | 574 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 149 | 489 | |
| United Kingdom | 162 | 531 | |
| United States | 760 | 2,493 | |
| Uruguay | 109 | 358 | |
| Uzbekistan | 450 | 1,476 | |
| Venezuela | 450 | 1,476 | |
| Vietnam | 398 | 1,306 | |
| Western Sahara | 256 | 840 | |
| Yemen | 999 | 3,278 | |
| Zambia | 1,138 | 3,734 | |
| Zimbabwe | 961 | 3,153 | |