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