| Elevation extremes - The World Factbook - CIA |
Rank | Country | (m) |
|---|
| 1 |  China | 8,850 |
| 2 | Nepal | 8,850 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 8,611 |
| 4 | India | 8,598 |
| 5 | Bhutan | 7,553 |
| 6 | Tajikistan | 7,495 |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 7,485 |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,439 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 6,995 |
| 10 | Argentina | 6,960 |
| 11 | Chile | 6,880 |
| 12 | Peru | 6,768 |
| 13 | Bolivia | 6,542 |
| 14 | Ecuador | 6,267 |
| 15 | United States | 6,198 |
| 16 | Canada | 5,959 |
| 17 | Tanzania | 5,895 |
| 18 | Burma | 5,881 |
| 19 | Colombia | 5,775 |
| 20 | Mexico | 5,700 |
| 21 | Iran | 5,671 |
| 22 | Russia | 5,633 |
| 23 | Georgia | 5,201 |
| 24 | Kenya | 5,199 |
| 25 | Turkey | 5,166 |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,110 |
| 27 | Uganda | 5,110 |
| 28 | Indonesia | 5,030 |
| 29 | Venezuela | 5,007 |
| 30 | Antarctica | 4,897 |
| 31 | France | 4,807 |
| 32 | European Union | 4,807 |
| 33 | Italy | 4,748 |
| 34 | Switzerland | 4,634 |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 4,533 |
| 36 | Rwanda | 4,519 |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 4,509 |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 4,485 |
| 39 | Mongolia | 4,374 |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 4,301 |
| 41 | Guatemala | 4,211 |
| 42 | Morocco | 4,165 |
| 43 | Malaysia | 4,100 |
| 44 | Cameroon | 4,095 |
| 45 | Armenia | 4,090 |
| 46 | Taiwan | 3,952 |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 3,810 |
| 48 | Austria | 3,798 |
| 49 | Japan | 3,776 |
| 50 | New Zealand | 3,754 |
| 51 | Spain | 3,718 |
| 52 | Greenland | 3,700 |
| 53 | Yemen | 3,667 |
| 54 | Lesotho | 3,482 |
| 55 | Panama | 3,475 |
| 56 | Chad | 3,415 |
| 57 | South Africa | 3,408 |
| 58 | Sudan | 3,187 |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 3,175 |
| 60 | Vietnam | 3,144 |
| 61 | Turkmenistan | 3,139 |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 3,133 |
| 63 | Lebanon | 3,088 |
| 64 | Eritrea | 3,018 |
| 65 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,008 |
| 66 | Algeria | 3,003 |
| 67 | Malawi | 3,002 |
| 68 | Brazil | 2,994 |
| 69 | Oman | 2,980 |
| 70 | Germany | 2,963 |
| 71 | Timor-Leste | 2,963 |
| 72 | Philippines | 2,954 |
| 73 | Andorra | 2,946 |
| 74 | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 2,934 |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 2,925 |
| 76 | Greece | 2,917 |
| 77 | Madagascar | 2,876 |
| 78 | Honduras | 2,870 |
| 79 | Slovenia | 2,864 |
| 80 | Guyana | 2,835 |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 2,829 |
| 82 | Laos | 2,817 |
| 83 | Syria | 2,814 |
| 84 | Albania | 2,764 |
| 85 | Macedonia | 2,764 |
| 86 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 2,745 |
| 87 | North Korea | 2,744 |
| 88 | El Salvador | 2,730 |
| 89 | Haiti | 2,680 |
| 90 | Burundi | 2,670 |
| 91 | Kosovo | 2,656 |
| 92 | Slovakia | 2,655 |
| 93 | Egypt | 2,629 |
| 94 | Angola | 2,620 |
| 95 | Namibia | 2,606 |
| 96 | Liechtenstein | 2,599 |
| 97 | Zimbabwe | 2,592 |
| 98 | Thailand | 2,576 |
| 99 | Romania | 2,544 |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 2,524 |
| 101 | Montenegro | 2,522 |
| 102 | Poland | 2,499 |
| 103 | Norway | 2,469 |
| 104 | Solomon Islands | 2,447 |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 2,438 |
| 106 | Mozambique | 2,436 |
| 107 | Nigeria | 2,419 |
| 108 | Somalia | 2,416 |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,386 |
| 110 | Comoros | 2,360 |
| 111 | Portugal | 2,351 |
| 112 | Zambia | 2,301 |
| 113 | Jan Mayen | 2,277 |
| 114 | Libya | 2,267 |
| 115 | Jamaica | 2,256 |
| 116 | French Polynesia | 2,241 |
| 117 | Australia | 2,229 |
| 118 | Serbia | 2,169 |
| 119 | Sweden | 2,111 |
| 120 | Iceland | 2,110 |
| 121 | Saint Helena | 2,062 |
| 122 | Ukraine | 2,061 |
| 123 | Djibouti | 2,028 |
| 124 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,024 |
| 125 | Niger | 2,022 |
| 126 | Cuba | 2,005 |
| 127 | Cyprus | 1,951 |
| 128 | South Korea | 1,950 |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 1,948 |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 1,877 |
| 131 | Swaziland | 1,862 |
| 132 | Samoa | 1,857 |
| 133 | Jordan | 1,854 |
| 134 | Brunei | 1,850 |
| 135 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 1,850 |
| 136 | Croatia | 1,830 |
| 137 | Cambodia | 1,810 |
| 138 | Ivory Coast | 1,752 |
| 139 | Guinea | 1,752 |
| 140 | Svalbard | 1,717 |
| 141 | New Caledonia | 1,628 |
| 142 | Czech Republic | 1,602 |
| 143 | Gabon | 1,575 |
| 144 | Tunisia | 1,544 |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 1,527 |
| 146 | Botswana | 1,489 |
| 147 | Dominica | 1,447 |
| 148 | Central African Republic | 1,420 |
| 149 | Lesotho | 1,400 |
| 150 | Liberia | 1,380 |
| 151 | United Kingdom | 1,343 |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 1,339 |
| 153 | Finland | 1,328 |
| 154 | Fiji | 1,324 |
| 155 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,234 |
| 156 | Bangladesh | 1,230 |
| 157 | Suriname | 1,230 |
| 158 | Israel | 1,208 |
| 159 | Belize | 1,160 |
| 160 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1,156 |
| 161 | Mali | 1,155 |
| 162 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 1,090 |
| 163 | Ireland | 1,041 |
| 164 | Tonga | 1,033 |
| 165 | West Bank | 1,022 |
| 166 | Hungary | 1,014 |
| 167 | Togo | 986 |
| 168 | Northern Mariana Islands | 965 |
| 169 | American Samoa | 964 |
| 170 | Hong Kong | 958 |
| 171 | Rwanda | 950 |
| 172 | St. Lucia | 950 |
| 173 | Trinidad and Tobago | 940 |
| 174 | Bouvet Island | 935 |
| 175 | Montserrat | 930 |
| 176 | Mauritania | 915 |
| 177 | Seychelles | 905 |
| 178 | Republic of the Congo | 903 |
| 179 | Faroe Islands | 882 |
| 180 | Ghana | 880 |
| 181 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 867 |
| 182 | Netherlands Antilles | 862 |
| 183 | Saint Helena | 859 |
| 184 | Paraguay | 842 |
| 185 | Andorra | 840 |
| 186 | Grenada | 840 |
| 187 | Mauritius | 828 |
| 188 | Saint Helena | 818 |
| 189 | Western Sahara | 805 |
| 190 | Micronesia | 791 |
| 191 | Burundi | 772 |
| 192 | Wallis and Futuna | 765 |
| 193 | San Marino | 755 |
| 194 | Burkina Faso | 749 |
| 195 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 705 |
| 196 | Belgium | 694 |
| 197 | Mayotte | 660 |
| 198 | Benin | 658 |
| 199 | Cook Islands | 652 |
| 200 | Isle of Man | 621 |
| 201 | Uganda | 621 |
| 202 | Senegal | 581 |
| 203 | Luxembourg | 559 |
| 204 | British Virgin Islands | 521 |
| 205 | Mongolia | 518 |
| 206 | Uruguay | 514 |
| 207 | Botswana | 513 |
| 208 | Virgin Islands | 475 |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 430 |
| 210 | Moldova | 430 |
| 211 | Gibraltar | 426 |
| 212 | Saint Martin | 424 |
| 213 | Antigua and Barbuda | 402 |
| 214 | Armenia | 400 |
| 215 | Christmas Island | 361 |
| 216 | Pitcairn Islands | 347 |
| 217 | Belarus | 346 |
| 218 | Barbados | 336 |
| 219 | Central African Republic | 335 |
| 220 | Zambia | 329 |
| 221 | Netherlands | 322 |
| 222 | Norfolk Island | 319 |
| 223 | Estonia | 318 |
| 224 | Latvia | 312 |
| 225 | Kuwait | 306 |
| 226 | Guinea-Bissau | 300 |
| 227 | Tajikistan | 300 |
| 228 | Kosovo | 297 |
| 229 | Lithuania | 294 |
| 230 | Saint Barthelemy | 286 |
| 231 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 272 |
| 232 | Afghanistan | 258 |
| 233 | Malta | 253 |
| 234 | Palau | 242 |
| 235 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 240 |
| 236 | Burkina Faso | 200 |
| 237 | Niger | 200 |
| 238 | Switzerland | 195 |
| 239 | Aruba | 188 |
| 240 | Denmark | 173 |
| 241 | Macau | 172 |
| 242 | Singapore | 166 |
| 243 | Zimbabwe | 162 |
| 244 | Chad | 160 |
| 245 | Jersey | 143 |
| 246 | Monaco | 140 |
| 247 | Luxembourg | 133 |
| 248 | Kyrgyzstan | 132 |
| 249 | Bahrain | 122 |
| 250 | Austria | 115 |
| 251 | Czech Republic | 115 |
| 252 | Guernsey | 114 |
| 253 | Gaza Strip | 105 |
| 254 | Qatar | 103 |
| 255 | Bhutan | 97 |
| 256 | Slovakia | 94 |
| 257 | Belarus | 90 |
| 258 | Bolivia | 90 |
| 259 | Kiribati | 81 |
| 260 | Hungary | 78 |
| 261 | Navassa Island | 77 |
| 262 | Bermuda | 76 |
| 263 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 75 |
| 264 | Laos | 70 |
| 265 | Nepal | 70 |
| 266 | Niue | 68 |
| 267 | Anguilla | 65 |
| 268 | Bahamas | 63 |
| 269 | Nauru | 61 |
| 270 | San Marino | 55 |
| 271 | Gambia | 53 |
| 272 | Macedonia | 50 |
| 273 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 49 |
| 274 | Paraguay | 46 |
| 275 | Cayman Islands | 43 |
| 276 | Malawi | 37 |
| 277 | Clipperton Island | 29 |
| 278 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 24 |
| 279 | Mali | 23 |
| 280 | Swaziland | 21 |
| 281 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 19 |
| 282 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 15 |
| 283 | Paracel Islands | 14 |
| 284 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 13 |
| 285 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 12 |
| 286 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 10 |
| 287 | Marshall Islands | 10 |
| 288 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 10 |
| 289 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 8 |
| 290 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 7 |
| 291 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 7 |
| 292 | Coral Sea Islands | 6 |
| 293 | Wake Island | 6 |
| 294 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 5 |
| 295 | Tuvalu | 5 |
| 296 | Tokelau | 5 |
| 297 | Spratly Islands | 4 |
| 298 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 3 |
| 299 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 3 |
| 300 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 3 |
| 301 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 2.40 |
| 302 | Maldives | 2.40 |
| 303 | Moldova | 2 |
| 304 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 2 |
| 305 | Albania | 0 |
| 306 | American Samoa | 0 |
| 307 | Anguilla | 0 |
| 308 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 |
| 309 | Arctic Ocean | 0 |
| 310 | Taiwan | 0 |
| 311 | Yemen | 0 |
| 312 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 |
| 313 | Wake Island | 0 |
| 314 | Virgin Islands | 0 |
| 315 | Vietnam | 0 |
| 316 | Venezuela | 0 |
| 317 | Vanuatu | 0 |
| 318 | Uruguay | 0 |
| 319 | United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 0 |
| 320 | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 321 | Ukraine | 0 |
| 322 | Tuvalu | 0 |
| 323 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 |
| 324 | Turkey | 0 |
| 325 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |
| 326 | Tonga | 0 |
| 327 | Tokelau | 0 |
| 328 | Togo | 0 |
| 329 | Timor-Leste | 0 |
| 330 | Thailand | 0 |
| 331 | Tanzania | 0 |
| 332 | Svalbard | 0 |
| 333 | Sudan | 0 |
| 334 | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| 335 | Spratly Islands | 0 |
| 336 | Spain | 0 |
| 337 | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | 0 |
| 338 | South Africa | 0 |
| 339 | Somalia | 0 |
| 340 | Solomon Islands | 0 |
| 341 | Slovenia | 0 |
| 342 | Singapore | 0 |
| 343 | Sierra Leone | 0 |
| 344 | Seychelles | 0 |
| 345 | Senegal | 0 |
| 346 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 347 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 |
| 348 | Samoa | 0 |
| 349 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 |
| 350 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 |
| 351 | Saint Martin | 0 |
| 352 | St. Lucia | 0 |
| 353 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 |
| 354 | Saint Helena | 0 |
| 355 | Saint Barthelemy | 0 |
| 356 | Romania | 0 |
| 357 | Qatar | 0 |
| 358 | Puerto Rico | 0 |
| 359 | Portugal | 0 |
| 360 | Pitcairn Islands | 0 |
| 361 | Philippines | 0 |
| 362 | Peru | 0 |
| 363 | Paracel Islands | 0 |
| 364 | Papua New Guinea | 0 |
| 365 | Panama | 0 |
| 366 | Palau | 0 |
| 367 | Pakistan | 0 |
| 368 | Pacific Ocean | 0 |
| 369 | Oman | 0 |
| 370 | Norway | 0 |
| 371 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 |
| 372 | Norfolk Island | 0 |
| 373 | Niue | 0 |
| 374 | Nigeria | 0 |
| 375 | Nicaragua | 0 |
| 376 | New Zealand | 0 |
| 377 | New Caledonia | 0 |
| 378 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 |
| 379 | Navassa Island | 0 |
| 380 | Nauru | 0 |
| 381 | Namibia | 0 |
| 382 | Mozambique | 0 |
| 383 | Montserrat | 0 |
| 384 | Montenegro | 0 |
| 385 | Monaco | 0 |
| 386 | Micronesia | 0 |
| 387 | Mayotte | 0 |
| 388 | Mauritius | 0 |
| 389 | Marshall Islands | 0 |
| 390 | Malta | 0 |
| 391 | Maldives | 0 |
| 392 | Malaysia | 0 |
| 393 | Madagascar | 0 |
| 394 | Macau | 0 |
| 395 | Lithuania | 0 |
| 396 | Liberia | 0 |
| 397 | Lebanon | 0 |
| 398 | Latvia | 0 |
| 399 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 400 | South Korea | 0 |
| 401 | North Korea | 0 |
| 402 | Kiribati | 0 |
| 403 | Kenya | 0 |
| 404 | Jersey | 0 |
| 405 | Jan Mayen | 0 |
| 406 | Jamaica | 0 |
| 407 | Italy | 0 |
| 408 | Isle of Man | 0 |
| 409 | Ireland | 0 |
| 410 | Iraq | 0 |
| 411 | Indonesia | 0 |
| 412 | Indian Ocean | 0 |
| 413 | India | 0 |
| 414 | Iceland | 0 |
| 415 | Hong Kong | 0 |
| 416 | Honduras | 0 |
| 417 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 |
| 418 | Haiti | 0 |
| 419 | Guyana | 0 |
| 420 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 |
| 421 | Guinea | 0 |
| 422 | Guernsey | 0 |
| 423 | Guatemala | 0 |
| 424 | Grenada | 0 |
| 425 | Greenland | 0 |
| 426 | Greece | 0 |
| 427 | Gibraltar | 0 |
| 428 | Ghana | 0 |
| 429 | Georgia | 0 |
| 430 | Gaza Strip | 0 |
| 431 | Gambia | 0 |
| 432 | Gabon | 0 |
| 433 | French Polynesia | 0 |
| 434 | Finland | 0 |
| 435 | Fiji | 0 |
| 436 | Faroe Islands | 0 |
| 437 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0 |
| 438 | Estonia | 0 |
| 439 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 |
| 440 | El Salvador | 0 |
| 441 | Ecuador | 0 |
| 442 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 0 |
| 443 | Dominica | 0 |
| 444 | Cyprus | 0 |
| 445 | Cuba | 0 |
| 446 | Croatia | 0 |
| 447 | Ivory Coast | 0 |
| 448 | Costa Rica | 0 |
| 449 | Coral Sea Islands | 0 |
| 450 | Cook Islands | 0 |
| 451 | Cayman Islands | 0 |
| 452 | Cape Verde | 0 |
| 453 | Canada | 0 |
| 454 | Cameroon | 0 |
| 455 | Cambodia | 0 |
| 456 | Burma | 0 |
| 457 | Bulgaria | 0 |
| 458 | Brunei | 0 |
| 459 | British Virgin Islands | 0 |
| 460 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 |
| 461 | Brazil | 0 |
| 462 | Bouvet Island | 0 |
| 463 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 |
| 464 | Bermuda | 0 |
| 465 | Benin | 0 |
| 466 | Belize | 0 |
| 467 | Belgium | 0 |
| 468 | Barbados | 0 |
| 469 | Bangladesh | 0 |
| 470 | Bahrain | 0 |
| 471 | Bahamas | 0 |
| 472 | Atlantic Ocean | 0 |
| 473 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 0 |
| 474 | Aruba | 0 |
| 475 | Republic of the Congo | 0 |
| 476 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 |
| 477 | Comoros | 0 |
| 478 | Colombia | 0 |
| 479 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 0 |
| 480 | Clipperton Island | 0 |
| 481 | Christmas Island | 0 |
| 482 | Chile | 0 |
| 483 | Angola | 0 |
| 484 | France | -2 |
| 485 | Poland | -2 |
| 486 | Suriname | -2 |
| 487 | Sweden | -2.40 |
| 488 | Germany | -3.54 |
| 489 | Japan | -4 |
| 490 | United Kingdom | -4 |
| 491 | Mauritania | -5 |
| 492 | Denmark | -7 |
| 493 | European Union | -7 |
| 494 | Netherlands | -7 |
| 495 | European Union | -7 |
| 496 | Mexico | -10 |
| 497 | Uzbekistan | -12 |
| 498 | Australia | -15 |
| 499 | Tunisia | -17 |
| 500 | Azerbaijan | -28 |
| 501 | Russia | -28 |
| 502 | Iran | -28 |
| 503 | Algeria | -40 |
| 504 | Dominican Republic | -46 |
| 505 | Libya | -47 |
| 506 | Morocco | -55 |
| 507 | Western Sahara | -55 |
| 508 | Eritrea | -75 |
| 509 | United States | -86 |
| 510 | Argentina | -105 |
| 511 | Ethiopia | -125 |
| 512 | Kazakhstan | -132 |
| 513 | Egypt | -133 |
| 514 | China | -154 |
| 515 | Djibouti | -155 |
| 516 | Syria | -200 |
| 517 | Israel | -408 |
| 518 | West Bank | -408 |
| 519 | Jordan | -408 |
| 520 | Antarctica | -2,540 |
| 521 | Arctic Ocean | -4,665 |
| 522 | Indian Ocean | -7,258 |
| 523 | Atlantic Ocean | -8,605 |
| 524 | Pacific Ocean | -10,924 |
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