Which country has the highest Elevation (m)?

Peru has the highest Elevation (m), at 5,100 m, followed by China (5,070 m) and Bolivia (4,770 m).

Which country has the lowest Elevation (m)?

Cayman Islands has the lowest Elevation (m), at 10 m.

What is the median Elevation (m) across countries?

The median is 1,230 m across the 202 countries with data.

Where does this highest towns by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of highest towns by country - Wiki.

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Peru has the highest Elevation (m) (5,100 m), followed by China (5,070 m) and Bolivia (4,770 m). Cayman Islands has the lowest (10 m).

Geography202 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Dec 23, 2024Original page

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Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 202 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

1,230 m

Middle half 550 m – 1,825 m

Average

1,398 m

202 countries

Highest

5,100 m

Peru

Lowest

10 m

Cayman Islands

Data

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202 countries · # = rank by Elevation (m)

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1	Peru	La Rinconada	Puno	5,100 m	16,728 ft
2	China	Tuiwa	Tibet Autonomous Region	5,070 m	16,634 ft
3	Bolivia	Santa Barbara	Potosí Department	4,770 m	15,600 ft
4	India	Karzok	Ladakh	4,570 m	15,000 ft
5	Chile	Parinacota	Arica-Parinacota	4,400 m	14,435 ft
6	Nepal	Dingboche	Khumbu, Koshi Province	4,350 m	14,301 ft
7	Argentina	Mina Pirquitas	Jujuy Province	4,340 m	14,240 ft
8	Afghanistan	Qarabolaq	Wakhan District	4,139 m	13,579 ft
9	Kyrgyzstan	Chatyndy	Osh Province	4,013 m	13,166 ft
10	Bhutan	Laya	Gasa District	3,820 m	12,533 ft
11	Ethiopia	Amaras	Amhara Region	3,728 m	12,230 ft
12	Tajikistan	Murghab	Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region	3,650 m	11,975 ft
13	Mexico	Raíces	Mexico	3,633 m	11,919 ft
14	United States	Alma	Colorado	3,560 m	11,680 ft
15	Venezuela	Apartaderos	Mérida	3,505 m	11,502 ft
16	Colombia	Vetas	Santander	3,350 m	10,990 ft
17	Ecuador	Papallacta	Napo	3,300 m	10,827 ft
18	Pakistan	Shimshal	Gilgit-Baltistan	3,200 m	10,499 ft
19	Guatemala	Ixchiguán	San Marcos Department	3,185 m	10,449 ft
20	Lesotho	Khalahali	Mokhotlong District	3,158 m	10,361 ft
21	Costa Rica	Villa Mills	Cartago Province	3,100 m	10,173 ft
22	Yemen	Kawkaban	Sana'a Governorate	2,931 m	9,616 ft
23	Indonesia	Mulia	Papua Province	2,706 m	8,879 ft
24	Cameroon	Ndu	Southwest Region	2,611 m	8,566 ft
25	Eritrea	Adi Keyh	Debub	2,500 m	8,202 ft
26	Iran	Fereydunshahr	Isfahan Province	2,490 m	8,169 ft
27	Russia	Kurush	Dokuzparinskiy rayon, Dagestan	2,480 m	8,134 ft
28	Kenya	Iten	Elgeyo-Marakwet County	2,400 m	7,874 ft
29	Azerbaijan	Khınalıg	Guba District	2,375 m	7,710 ft
30	Georgia	Bochorna	Akhmeta Municipality	2,345 m	7,694 ft
31	Morocco	Tacheddirt	Al Haouz	2,314 m	7,592 ft
32	Armenia	Akhpradzor	Gegharkunik	2,293 m	7,444 ft
33	Rwanda	Byumba	Northern Province	2,237 m	7,342 ft
34	Turkey	Kapıköy	Van	2,220 m	7,284 ft
35	Andorra	El Pas de la Casa	Encamp	2,219 m	7,280 ft
36	Italy	Trepalle	Lombardy	2,209 m	7,247 ft
37	Saudi Arabia	Abha	Asir	2,200 m	7,218 ft
38	Papua New Guinea	Wabag	Enga Province	2,182 m	7,162 ft
39	Mongolia	Altai City	Yesönbulag, Govi-Altai	2,181 m	7,156 ft
40	Syria	Rankous	Rif Dimashq Governorate	2,150 m	7,052 ft
41	Switzerland	Juf	Graubünden	2,126 m	6,973 ft
42	Spain	Pradollano	Granada, Andalucía	2,078 m	6,817 ft
43	France	Saint-Véran	Hautes-Alpes	2,040 m	6,692 ft
44	South Africa	Dullstroom	Mpumalanga	2,019 m	6,624 ft
45	Uganda	Kabale	Western Region	2,000 m	6,560 ft
45	Panama	Cerro Punta	Chiriquí Province	2,000 m	6,560 ft
45	Timor-Leste	Hatu-Builico	Ainaro District	2,000 m	6,560 ft
48	Austria	Obergurgl	Tyrol	1,930 m	6,332 ft
49	Burundi	Muramvya	Muramvya Province	1,924 m	6,315 ft
50	Sri Lanka	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province	1,868 m	6,128 ft
51	Algeria	Tazrouk	Tazrouk District, Tamanrasset Province	1,827 m	5,994 ft
52	Kazakhstan	Narynkol	Almaty Province	1,819 m	5,971 ft
53	Madagascar	Soanindrariny	Vakinankaratra	1,817 m	5,964 ft
54	Somalia	Erigavo	Sanaag	1,788 m	5,869 ft
55	Comoros	La Convalescence	Grande Comore	1,787 m	5,866 ft
56	Oman	Saiq	Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate	1,755 m	5,758 ft
57	Lebanon	Bekaa Kafra	North Governorate	1,750 m	5,740 ft
58	Namibia	Windhoek	Khomas Region	1,728 m	5,669 ft
59	Angola	Huambo and Lubango	Huambo and Huíla	1,721 m	5,646 ft
60	Tanzania	Mbeya	Mbeya Region	1,700 m	5,577 ft
60	Honduras	La Esperanza	Intibucá Department	1,700 m	5,577 ft
62	El Salvador	Apaneca	Ahuachapán Department	1,683 m	5,523 ft
63	Djibouti	Airolaf	Tadjourah Region	1,667 m	5,468 ft
64	Canada	Lake Louise	Alberta	1,661 m	5,449 ft
65	DR Congo	Masisi	North Kivu Province	1,651 m	5,419 ft
66	Zimbabwe	Marondera	Mashonaland East	1,630 m	5,348 ft
67	Brazil	Campos do Jordão	São Paulo	1,628 m	5,341 ft
68	Vietnam	Sa Pa	Lào Cai Province	1,600 m	5,249 ft
68	Bulgaria	Manastir	Plovdiv Province	1,600 m	5,249 ft
70	Malaysia	Brinchang	Pahang	1,592 m	5,226 ft
71	Malawi	Dedza	Central Region	1,590 m	5,216 ft
72	Egypt	Saint Catherine	South Sinai Governorate	1,586 m	5,203 ft
73	Niger	Inignaouei	Agadez Region, Arlit Department	1,556 m	5,108 ft
74	Haiti	Kenscoff	Ouest	1,504 m	4,934 ft
75	Eswatini	Sandlane	Manzini District	1,503 m	4,934 ft
76	Philippines	Baguio	Benguet	1,500 m	4,921 ft
76	Uzbekistan	Yangiabad	Tashkent Province	1,500 m	4,921 ft
76	Cape Verde	Estância Roque	Fogo Island	1,500 m	4,921 ft
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lukomir	Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Konjic municipality	1,495 m	4,905 ft
80	Australia	Cabramurra	New South Wales	1,475 m	4,839 ft
81	Thailand	Ban Na Yang	Chiang Mai Province	1,467 m	4,816 ft
82	Montenegro	Žabljak	Žabljak Municipality	1,456 m	4,777 ft
83	Greece	Seli, Samarina, Aetomilitsa	Epirus and Macedonia	1,450 m	4,800 ft
84	Guinea	Mali	Labé Region	1,441 m	4,712 ft
85	Myanmar	Taunggyi	Shan State	1,436 m	4,730 ft
86	Liechtenstein	Rotenboden	Triesenberg	1,416 m	4,645 ft
87	Cyprus	Prodromos	Limassol District	1,380 m	4,528 ft
88	Iraq	Penjwin	Sulaymaniyah Governorate	1,368 m	4,491 ft
89	Mozambique	Lichinga	Niassa Province	1,360 m	4,462 ft
89	Romania	Fundata	Brașov County	1,360 m	4,462 ft
91	North Korea	Samjiyŏn	Ryanggang Province	1,356 m	4,452 ft
92	North Macedonia	Kruševo	Kruševo Municipality	1,350 m	4,429 ft
93	Turkmenistan	Hojapil	Lebap Province	1,346 m	4,416 ft
94	Reunion	Hell-Bourg	Salazie Commune	1,344 m	4,412 ft
95	Laos	Phongsali	Phongsali Province	1,334 m	4,379 ft
96	Jordan	Shoubak	Ma'an Governorate	1,330 m	4,360 ft
97	Botswana	Kanye	Southern District	1,306 m	4,288 ft
98	Vanuatu	Nokowoula	Sanma Province, Espiritu Santo Island	1,291 m	4,238 ft
99	Zambia	Lusaka	Lusaka Province	1,279 m	4,196 ft
100	Germany	Feldberg	Baden-Württemberg	1,277 m	4,190 ft
101	Nigeria	Jos	Plateau State	1,238 m	4,062 ft
102	Norway	Finse	Western Norway	1,222 m	4,000 ft
103	Nicaragua	San José de Cusmapa	Madriz Department	1,184 m	3,887 ft
104	Dominican Republic	Constanza	La Vega Province	1,164 m	3,819 ft
105	Albania	Moscopole	Korçë County	1,160 m	3,806 ft
106	Sudan	Kutum	North Darfur	1,127 m	3,700 ft
107	Slovakia	Vysoké Tatry	Prešov Region	1,125 m	3,691 ft
108	Serbia	Nova Varoš	Zlatibor District	1,111 m	3,648 ft
109	Taiwan	Wutai	Pingtung County	1,075 m	3,530 ft
110	Chad	Aouzou	Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture	1,074 m	3,526 ft
111	Central African Republic	Bocaranga	Ouham-Pendé	1,072 m	3,517 ft
112	Croatia	Begovo Razdolje	Primorje–Gorski Kotar County	1,060 m	3,478 ft
113	Portugal	Guarda	Guarda District	1,056 m	3,464 ft
114	Czechia	Boží Dar	Karlovy Vary Region	1,028 m	3,372 ft
115	Tunisia	Thala	Kasserine Governorate	1,017 m	3,337 ft
116	Poland	Ząb	Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1,013 m	3,326 ft
116	Equatorial Guinea	Moka	Bioko Island	1,013 m	3,326 ft
118	Palestine	Halhul	Hebron Governorate	1,004 m	3,297 ft
119	Sao Tome and Principe	M. Vilela	São Tomé Island	991 m	3,254 ft
120	Belize	Baldy Beacon	Cayo District	978 m	3,211 ft
121	Slovenia	Zgornje Jezersko	Carinthia	973 m	3,195 ft
122	Israel	Beit Jann	Northern District	940 m	3,084 ft
123	Gabon	Ndindi	Ngounié Province	932 m	3,061 ft
124	Ukraine	Yasinia	Zakarpattia Oblast, Rakhiv Raion	931 m	3,054 ft
125	Solomon Islands	Kamanjikoko	Guadalcanal Province	913 m	2,998 ft
126	Sierra Leone	Dawule	Northern Province	890 m	2,923 ft
127	Japan	Fujikawaguchiko	Yamanashi Prefecture	875 m	2,874 ft
128	Samoa	Afiamalu	Upolu Island	863 m	2,834 ft
129	Cambodia	Phumi Popok Vil	Kampot Province	842 m	2,765 ft
130	Sweden	Högvålen	Härjedalen	835 m	2,739 ft
131	South Sudan	Torit	Eastern Equatoria	829 m	2,723 ft
132	New Zealand	National Park Village	Manawatū-Whanganui region	825 m	2,706 ft
133	Hungary	Mátraszentimre	Heves County	824 m	2,703 ft
134	Republic of the Congo	Edzouanseke	Plateaux Department	803 m	2,637 ft
135	Togo	Sadomé	Plateaux Region	798 m	2,621 ft
136	Fiji	Navai	Viti Levu	738 m	2,424 ft
137	Puerto Rico	Aibonito	San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area	731 m	2,401 ft
138	Libya	Gharyan	Jabal al Gharbi District	700 m	2,296 ft
139	Ghana	Amedzofe	Volta Region	677 m	2,224 ft
140	San Marino	City of San Marino	Castello della Città	675 m	2,215 ft
141	Trinidad and Tobago	Brasso Seco	Tunapuna–Piarco	673 m	2,211 ft
142	Liberia	Saniquellie	Nimba County	671 m	2,204 ft
143	Paraguay	Pedro Juan Caballero	Amambay	670 m	2,201 ft
144	South Korea	Taebaek	Gangwon Province	650 m	2,133 ft
144	Belgium	Rocherath	Liège	650 m	2,133 ft
146	Jamaica	Mandeville	Manchester Parish	628 m	2,061 ft
147	Guyana	Ipichau	Potaro-Siparuni	611 m	2,004 ft
148	Mali	Sadegue	Mopti Region	604 m	1,984 ft
149	Martinique	Le Morne-Vert	Le Morne-Vert Commune	601 m	1,975 ft
150	Ivory Coast	Biankouma	Biankouma Department	600 m	1,971 ft
151	United Arab Emirates	Masafi	Ras al-Khaimah & Fujairah	567 m	1,863 ft
152	Guadeloupe	Saint-Claude	Saint-Claude Commune	544 m	1,788 ft
153	Finland	Kilpisjärvi	Lapland	490 m	1,607 ft
154	Mauritania	Zouérat	Tiris Zemmour Region	488 m	1,604 ft
155	Western Sahara	Hasi Chor	Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira	483 m	1,584 ft
156	Micronesia	Pwoaipwoai	Pohnpei	478 m	1,571 ft
157	Cuba	Yateras	Guantánamo Province	470 m	1,542 ft
158	Luxembourg	Troisvierges	Clervaux	469 m	1,539 ft
158	Iceland	Möðrudalur	Eastern Region	469 m	1,539 ft
160	United Kingdom	Flash	Staffordshire, England	463 m	1,519 ft
161	Burkina Faso	Diali	Cascades Region	456 m	1,499 ft
162	Saint Lucia	Migny	Soufrière Quarter	454 m	1,492 ft
163	Benin	Aledjo-Koura	Donga Department	451 m	1,482 ft
164	Mauritius	Curepipe	Plaines Wilhems District	446 m	1,466 ft
165	Suriname	Anapi	Sipaliwini District	398 m	1,309 ft
166	Grenada	Constantine	Saint George Parish	396 m	1,302 ft
167	United States Virgin Islands	Dorothea and Resolution	Saint Thomas	371 m	1,220 ft
168	Moldova	Bălănești	Nisporeni District	324 m	1,066 ft
169	Uruguay	Santa Clara de Olimar	Treinta y Tres Department	320 m	1,050 ft
170	Barbados	White Hill	Saint Andrew Parish	304 m	1,000 ft
171	Ireland	Glencullen	County Dublin	300 m	980 ft
172	American Samoa	A'oloau	Tutuila	264 m	869 ft
173	Malta	Dingli	Malta Island, Western District	250 m	820 ft
173	Mayotte	Vahibé	Commune of Mamoudzou	250 m	820 ft
173	New Caledonia	Farino	South Province	250 m	820 ft
176	Montserrat	Saint John's	Northern Zone	239 m	787 ft
177	Bangladesh	Rulkippara	Chittagong Division	237 m	780 ft
178	Lithuania	Švenčionys	Utena County	230 m	755 ft
178	French Guiana	Saül	Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	230 m	757 ft
180	Guinea-Bissau	Bolabá	Gabú Region	226 m	744 ft
181	Belarus	Lahojsk	Minsk Region	220 m	725 ft
182	Latvia	Alūksne	Vidzeme	217 m	712 ft
183	Northern Mariana Islands	Capitol Hill	Saipan	214 m	705 ft
184	Brunei	Rumah Supon	Tutong District	203 m	669 ft
185	Netherlands	Vaals	Limburg	198 m	650 ft
186	Tonga	Pangai	Eua Island	184 m	606 ft
187	Kuwait	Wafra	Al Ahmadi Governorate	168 m	554 ft
188	Palau	Ngatpang	Ngatpang State, Babeldaob Island	162 m	534 ft
189	Denmark	Ejer	Region Midtjylland	160 m	520 ft
190	Senegal	Nepen Diakha	Kédougou Region	153 m	502 ft
191	Estonia	Otepää	Valga County	152 m	499 ft
192	Isle of Man	Foxdale	Glenfaba sheading	151 m	498 ft
193	Guam	Santa Rita	—	131 m	433 ft
194	Aruba	Shiribana	—	127 m	419 ft
195	Vatican City	Vatican City	—	75 m	246 ft
196	Qatar	Umm Bab	Jariyan al Batnah	68 m	226 ft
197	Curacao	Sint Willibrordus	—	67 m	223 ft
198	Bahrain	Awali	Awali Municipality	62 m	206 ft
199	Gambia	Bani	Upper River Division, Kantora District	50 m	164 ft
200	Nauru	Uaboe	Uaboe District	35 m	118 ft
201	Bahamas	Freeport	Grand Bahama, Freeport District	10 m	36 ft
201	Cayman Islands	Bodden Town	Bodden Town district	10 m	30 ft

What correlates with Elevation (m)?

Pearson r against 1,370 other country metrics sharing at least 122 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Elevation (m) tend to score higher on these

Maximum Elevation (ft)Flattest Countries
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 201
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Maximum Elevation (m)Flattest Countries
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 201
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Maximum Elevation (ft)Highest Point by Country
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 199
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Maximum ElevationLowest Point by Country
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 202
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Maximum Elevation (m)Highest Point by Country
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 201
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Elevation SpanLowest Point by Country
r = +0.89 · very strong · n = 202
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Elevation (m) tend to score lower on these

Girls 19Average Height by Country
r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 178
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Girls - Avg Ht, 19 YoAverage Height by Country
r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 178
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Girls 15Average Height by Country
r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 178
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Girls - Avg Ht, 15 YoAverage Height by Country
r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 178
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Cost Of Living Plus Rent Index (Numbeo)Cost of Living by Country
r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 145
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Environmental HealthGreenest (Most Eco-Friendly) Countries
r = −0.39 · moderate · n = 171
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Elevation (m)?: Peru has the highest Elevation (m), at 5,100 m, followed by China (5,070 m) and Bolivia (4,770 m).
Which country has the lowest Elevation (m)?: Cayman Islands has the lowest Elevation (m), at 10 m.
What is the median Elevation (m) across countries?: The median is 1,230 m across the 202 countries with data.
Where does this highest towns by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: List of highest towns by country - Wiki.