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The following list sorts countries according to their average height above sea level in meters .
list
Portland State University is the source for all data .
| rank
|
country
|
Average height in meters
|
| 1
|
Bhutan Bhutan
|
3,280
|
| 2
|
Nepal Nepal
|
3,265
|
| 3
|
Tajikistan Tajikistan
|
3,186
|
| 4th
|
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
|
2,988
|
| 5
|
Lesotho Lesotho
|
2.161
|
| 6th
|
Afghanistan Afghanistan
|
1,885
|
| 7th
|
Chile Chile
|
1,871
|
| 8th
|
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
|
1,840
|
| 9
|
Armenia Armenia
|
1,792
|
| 10
|
Greenland Greenland
|
1,792
|
| 11
|
Rwanda Rwanda
|
1,598
|
| 12
|
Peru Peru
|
1,555
|
| 13
|
Mongolia Mongolia
|
1,528
|
| 14th
|
Burundi Burundi
|
1,504
|
| 15th
|
Georgia Georgia
|
1,432
|
| 16
|
Switzerland Switzerland
|
1,350
|
| 17th
|
Ethiopia Ethiopia
|
1,330
|
| 18th
|
Iran Iran
|
1,305
|
| 19th
|
Lebanon Lebanon
|
1,250
|
| 20th
|
Bolivia Bolivia
|
1,192
|
| 21st
|
Taiwan Taiwan
|
1,150
|
| 22nd
|
Namibia Namibia
|
1,141
|
| 23
|
Zambia Zambia
|
1,138
|
| 24
|
Turkey Turkey
|
1,132
|
| 25th
|
Ecuador Ecuador
|
1,117
|
| 26th
|
Angola Angola
|
1,112
|
| 27
|
Mexico Mexico
|
1,111
|
| 28
|
Montenegro Montenegro
|
1,086
|
| 29
|
South Africa South Africa
|
1,034
|
| 30th
|
Tanzania Tanzania
|
1,018
|
| 31
|
Botswana Botswana
|
1,013
|
| 32
|
Yemen Yemen
|
999
|
| 33
|
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
|
961
|
| 34
|
Austria Austria
|
910
|
| 35
|
Morocco Morocco
|
909
|
| 36
|
Pakistan Pakistan
|
900
|
| 37
|
Eritrea Eritrea
|
853
|
| 38
|
Jordan Jordan
|
812
|
| 39
|
Algeria Algeria
|
800
|
| 40
|
Malawi Malawi
|
779
|
| 41
|
Kenya Kenya
|
762
|
| 42
|
United States United States
|
760
|
| 43
|
Guatemala Guatemala
|
759
|
| 44
|
Costa Rica Costa Rica
|
746
|
| 45
|
North Macedonia North Macedonia
|
741
|
| 46
|
Congo Democratic Republic Democratic Republic of Congo
|
726
|
| 47
|
Laos Laos
|
710
|
| 48
|
Albania Albania
|
708
|
| 49
|
Myanmar Myanmar
|
702
|
| 50
|
Honduras Honduras
|
684
|
| 51
|
Cameroon Cameroon
|
667
|
| 51
|
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
|
667
|
| 53
|
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
|
665
|
| 54
|
Spain Spain
|
660
|
| 55
|
Central African Republic Central African Republic
|
635
|
| 56
|
India India
|
621
|
| 57
|
Russia Russia
|
600
|
| 58
|
Argentina Argentina
|
595
|
| 59
|
Colombia Colombia
|
593
|
| 60
|
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
|
577
|
| 61
|
Sudan Sudan
|
568
|
| 62
|
Iceland Iceland
|
557
|
| 63
|
Chad Chad
|
543
|
| 64
|
Italy Italy
|
538
|
| 65
|
Malaysia Malaysia
|
538
|
| 66
|
Syria Syria
|
514
|
| 67
|
Israel Israel
|
508
|
| 68
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
500
|
| 69
|
Greece Greece
|
498
|
| 70
|
Slovenia Slovenia
|
492
|
| 71
|
Canada Canada
|
487
|
| 72
|
Brunei Brunei
|
478
|
| 73
|
Niger Niger
|
474
|
| 74
|
Serbia Serbia
|
473
|
| 75
|
Bulgaria Bulgaria
|
472
|
| 75
|
Guinea-a Guinea
|
472
|
| 77
|
Haiti Haiti
|
470
|
| 78
|
Norway Norway
|
460
|
| 79
|
Slovakia Slovakia
|
458
|
| 80
|
Venezuela Venezuela
|
450
|
| 81
|
El Salvador El Salvador
|
442
|
| 81
|
Madagascar Madagascar
|
442
|
| 81
|
Philippines Philippines
|
442
|
| 84
|
Japan Japan
|
438
|
| 85
|
Czech Republic Czech Republic
|
433
|
| 86
|
Djibouti Djibouti
|
430
|
| 86
|
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
|
430
|
| 88
|
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
|
424
|
| 89
|
Libya Libya
|
423
|
| 90
|
Romania Romania
|
414
|
| 91
|
Somalia Somalia
|
410
|
| 92
|
Korea North North Korea
|
400
|
| 93
|
Vietnam Vietnam
|
398
|
| 94
|
New Zealand New Zealand
|
388
|
| 95
|
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
|
387
|
| 96
|
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
|
384
|
| 97
|
Nigeria Nigeria
|
380
|
| 98
|
Gabon Gabon
|
377
|
| 99
|
France France
|
375
|
| 100
|
Portugal Portugal
|
372
|
| 101
|
Indonesia Indonesia
|
367
|
| 102
|
Panama Panama
|
360
|
| 103
|
Mozambique Mozambique
|
345
|
| 104
|
Mali Mali
|
343
|
| 105
|
Jamaica Jamaica
|
340
|
| 106
|
Croatia Croatia
|
331
|
| 107
|
Australia Australia
|
330
|
| 108
|
Luxembourg Luxembourg
|
325
|
| 109
|
Egypt Egypt
|
321
|
| 110
|
Brazil Brazil
|
320
|
| 110
|
Sweden Sweden
|
320
|
| 112
|
Iraq Iraq
|
312
|
| 113
|
Oman Oman
|
310
|
| 114
|
Swaziland Swaziland
|
305
|
| 115
|
Nicaragua Nicaragua
|
298
|
| 116
|
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
|
297
|
| 117
|
Thailand Thailand
|
287
|
| 118
|
Korea South South Korea
|
282
|
| 119
|
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
|
279
|
| 120
|
Mauritania Mauritania
|
276
|
| 121
|
Benin Benin
|
273
|
| 122
|
Germany Germany
|
263
|
| 123
|
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
|
261
|
| 124
|
Western Sahara Western Sahara
|
256
|
| 125
|
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
|
250
|
| 126
|
Suriname Suriname
|
246
|
| 126
|
Tunisia Tunisia
|
246
|
| 128
|
Liberia Liberia
|
243
|
| 129
|
Togo Togo
|
236
|
| 130
|
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
|
230
|
| 131
|
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
|
228
|
| 132
|
Guyana Guyana
|
207
|
| 133
|
Ghana Ghana
|
190
|
| 134
|
Belgium Belgium
|
181
|
| 135
|
Paraguay Paraguay
|
178
|
| 136
|
Ukraine Ukraine
|
175
|
| 137
|
Belize Belize
|
173
|
| 137
|
Poland Poland
|
173
|
| 139
|
French Guiana French Guiana
|
168
|
| 140
|
Finland Finland
|
164
|
| 141
|
United Kingdom United Kingdom
|
162
|
| 142
|
Belarus Belarus
|
160
|
| 143
|
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
|
149
|
| 144
|
Hungary Hungary
|
143
|
| 145
|
Moldova Republic Moldova
|
139
|
| 146
|
Cambodia Cambodia
|
126
|
| 147
|
Ireland Ireland
|
118
|
| 148
|
Lithuania Lithuania
|
110
|
| 149
|
Uruguay Uruguay
|
109
|
| 150
|
Cuba Cuba
|
108
|
| 150
|
Kuwait Kuwait
|
108
|
| 152
|
Cyprus Republic Cyprus
|
91
|
| 153
|
Latvia Latvia
|
87
|
| 154
|
Bangladesh Bangladesh
|
85
|
| 155
|
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
|
83
|
| 156
|
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
|
70
|
| 157
|
Senegal Senegal
|
69
|
| 158
|
Estonia Estonia
|
61
|
| 159
|
Denmark Denmark
|
34
|
| 159
|
Gambia Gambia
|
34
|
| 161
|
Netherlands Netherlands
|
30th
|
| 162
|
Qatar Qatar
|
28
|
| 163
|
Singapore Singapore
|
15th
|
| 164
|
Maldives Maldives
|
2
|
|
|
WORLD
|
840
|
Individual evidence
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^ Country Geography Data . Portland State University. Retrieved April 26, 2015.