Which country has the highest Tallest Building Height (meters)?

United Arab Emirates has the highest Tallest Building Height (meters), at 828 meters, followed by China (632 meters) and Saudi Arabia (601 meters).

Which country has the lowest Tallest Building Height (meters)?

Norway has the lowest Tallest Building Height (meters), at 117 meters.

What is the median Tallest Building Height (meters) across countries?

The median is 187 meters across the 100 countries with data.

Where does this tallest building by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Tallest Buildings in the World, List of Top 10 - Current Affairs; Tallest Buildings - Sky Scraper Center; The Top 100 Countries With the Tallest Buildings - Alan's Factory Outlet.

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Tallest Building by Country

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United Arab Emirates has the highest Tallest Building Height (meters) (828 meters), followed by China (632 meters) and Saudi Arabia (601 meters). Norway has the lowest (117 meters).

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Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

187 meters

Middle half 137 meters – 289 meters

Average

231 meters

100 countries

Highest

828 meters

United Arab Emirates

Lowest

117 meters

Norway

Data

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100 countries · # = rank by Tallest Building Height (meters)

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1	United Arab Emirates	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	828 meters	2,717 feet	163
2	China	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	632 meters	2,073 feet	121
3	Saudi Arabia	Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel	Mecca	601 meters	1,972 feet	120
4	South Korea	Lotte World Tower	Seoul	556 meters	1,823 feet	123
5	United States	One World Trade Center	New York City	541 meters	1,776 feet	104
6	Taiwan	Taipei 101	Taipei	508 meters	1,667 feet	101
7	Hong Kong	International Commerce Centre	Hong Kong	484 meters	1,588 feet	108
8	Russia	Lakhta Center	Saint Petersburg	462 meters	1,516 feet	86
9	Vietnam	Landmark 81	Ho Chi Minh City	461 meters	1,513 feet	81
10	Malaysia	Petronas Towers	Kuala Lumpur	452 meters	1,483 feet	88
11	Kuwait	Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City	413 meters	1,354 feet	80
12	North Korea	Ryugyong Hotel	Pyongyang	330 meters	1,083 feet	105
13	Australia	Q1	Gold Coast	323 meters	1,058 feet	78
14	India	Palais Royale	Mumbai	320 meters	1,050 feet	88
15	Philippines	Grand Hyatt Manila	Taguig	318 meters	1,043 feet	66
16	Thailand	Iconsiam	Bangkok	317 meters	1,031 feet	76
17	United Kingdom	Shard, The	London	310 meters	1,016 feet	73
18	Mexico	T.Op Torre 1	Monterrey	305 meters	1,002 feet	64
19	Germany	Commerzbank Tower	Frankfurt	300 meters	985 feet	56
20	Japan	Abeno Harukas	Osaka	300 meters	984 feet	60
20	Chile	Gran Torre Costanera	Santiago	300 meters	984 feet	64
20	Qatar	Aspire Tower	Doha	300 meters	984 feet	36
23	Canada	First Canadian Place	Toronto	298 meters	978 feet	72
24	Turkey	Skyland Istanbul	Istanbul	293 meters	961 feet	65
25	Singapore	Tanjong Pagar Centre	Singapore	290 meters	951 feet	64
26	Indonesia	Gama Tower	Jakarta	289 meters	947 feet	64
27	Panama	JW Marriott Panama	Panama City	284 meters	932 feet	70
28	Brazil	Yachthouse Residence Club – Towers 1 and 2	Balneário Camboriú	281 meters	922 feet	81
29	Pakistan	Bahria Icon Tower	Karachi	273 meters	896 feet	62
30	Algeria	Djamaâ El Djazaïr	Algiers	270 meters	886 feet	37
31	Bahrain	Four Seasons Hotel	Manama	270 meters	885 feet	50
32	Venezuela	Parque Central Torre Este	Caracas	263 meters	861 feet	56
33	Spain	Torre de Cristal	Madrid	249 meters	817 feet	53
34	Sri Lanka	Altair	Colombo	240 meters	787 feet	68
35	Israel	Azrieli Sarona Tower	Tel Aviv	239 meters	782 feet	53
36	Argentina	Alvear Tower	Buenos Aires	235 meters	771 feet	54
37	South Africa	Leonardo, The	Sandton	234 meters	745 feet	55
38	France	Tour First	Courbevoie	231 meters	758 feet	56
38	Italy	Unicredit Tower	Milan	231 meters	714 feet	33
40	Austria	DC Tower 1	Vienna	220 meters	722 feet	60
41	Colombia	BD Bacatá Torre Sur	Bogotá	216 meters	709 feet	67
42	Morocco	Hassan II Mosque	Casablanca	210 meters	690 feet	—
42	Kazakhstan	Emerald Towers 1	Astana	210 meters	689 feet	53
42	Azerbaijan	Crescent City, The	Baku	210 meters	689 feet	52
45	Kenya	Britam Tower	Nairobi	200 meters	656 feet	31
45	Georgia	Batumi Technological University Tower	Batumi	200 meters	656 feet	35
47	Lebanon	Sama Beirut	Beirut	195 meters	640 feet	52
48	Sweden	HSB Turning Torso	Malmö	190 meters	623 feet	57
49	Jordan	Amman Rotana Hotel	Amman	188 meters	617 feet	50
50	Poland	Palace of Culture and Science	Warsaw	188 meters	616 feet	42
51	Cambodia	Vattanac Capital	Phnom Penh	187 meters	614 feet	38
52	New Zealand	PwC Tower at Commercial Bay	Auckland	180 meters	591 feet	39
53	Switzerland	Roche Tower	Basel	178 meters	584 feet	41
54	Bangladesh	City Centre Dhaka	Dhaka	171 meters	561 feet	37
54	Dominican Republic	Torre Anacaona 27	Santo Domingo	171 meters	561 feet	41
56	Monaco	Tour Odéon	Monaco	170 meters	558 feet	49
57	Netherlands	Maastoren	Rotterdam	165 meters	541 feet	44
58	Ukraine	Klovski Descent 7	Kiev	163 meters	533 feet	47
59	Iran	Tehran International Tower	Tehran	163 meters	533 feet	54
60	Nigeria	NECOM House	Lagos	160 meters	525 feet	32
60	Uruguay	Torre Antel	Montevideo	160 meters	525 feet	32
62	Ivory Coast	Basilica of Our Lady of Peace	Yamoussoukro	158 meters	518 feet	—
63	Iraq	Jaff Towers	Sulaymaniyah	155 meters	509 feet	32
64	Tanzania	PSPF Towers	Dar es Salaam	153 meters	501 feet	35
65	Bolivia	Torre Girasoles	La Paz	150 meters	492 feet	38
65	Belgium	Tour du Midi	Brussels	150 meters	492 feet	38
67	Angola	IMOB Business Tower	Luanda	145 meters	476 feet	35
67	Paraguay	Icono Tower	Asuncion	145 meters	476 feet	37
69	Libya	Burj Bulaya Office Tower 1	Tripoli	144 meters	472 feet	34
70	Egypt	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Cairo	143 meters	469 feet	39
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Avaz Twist Tower	Sarajevo	142 meters	466 feet	39
72	Serbia	Usce Tower	Belgrade	141 meters	462 feet	27
73	Peru	Torre Banco de la Nación	Lima	140 meters	460 feet	30
74	North Macedonia	Sky City Tower I	Skopje	138 meters	453 feet	40
75	Romania	Floreasca City Sky Tower	Bucharest	137 meters	449 feet	37
76	Ecuador	Torre The Point	Guayaquil	137 meters	448 feet	36
77	Vatican City	St. Peter’s Basilica	Vatican City	137 meters	448 feet	—
78	Finland	Majakka	Helsinki	134 meters	440 feet	35
79	Belarus	Parus, The	Minsk	133 meters	436 feet	32
80	Sudan	NTC Tower	Khartoum	130 meters	427 feet	29
80	Mozambique	Banco de Moçambique Tower 1	Maputo	130 meters	427 feet	31
80	Latvia	Z-Towers	Riga	130 meters	427 feet	33
83	Cuba	FOCSA Building	Havana	130 meters	425 feet	37
84	Lithuania	Europa Tower	Vilnius	129 meters	423 feet	33
85	Bulgaria	Capital Fort	Sofia	126 meters	413 feet	27
86	Madagascar	Orange Telecommunication Tower	Antananarivo	125 meters	410 feet	33
86	Slovakia	Nivy Tower	Bratislava	125 meters	410 feet	29
88	Mauritius	Bank of Mauritius Building	Port Louis	124 meters	407 feet	22
89	Estonia	St. Olaf’s Church	Tallinn	124 meters	406 feet	—
90	Honduras	Torres Igvanas Tara Eco City	San Pedro Sula	123 meters	402 feet	34
91	Myanmar	Diamond Inya Palace	Yangon	122 meters	400 feet	34
92	Syria	Damascus Tower	Damascus	120 meters	394 feet	29
93	Zimbabwe	New Reserve Bank Tower	Harare	120 meters	394 feet	28
93	Portugal	Torre de Monsanto	Oeiras	120 meters	394 feet	17
93	Denmark	Amtssygehuset i Herlev	Herlev	120 meters	394 feet	25
93	Mongolia	Shangri-La Wind Valley Wing Hotel	Ulaanbaatar	120 meters	394 feet	34
93	Trinidad and Tobago	International Waterfront Tower C	Port-of-Spain	120 meters	394 feet	27
93	Brunei	Ministry of Finance Building	Bandar Seri Begawan	120 meters	394 feet	21
99	Ethiopia	African Union Headquarters	Addis Ababa	118 meters	386 feet	21
100	Norway	Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel	Oslo	117 meters	384 feet	37

What correlates with Tallest Building Height (meters)?

Pearson r against 1,672 other country metrics sharing at least 60 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher Tallest Building Height (meters) tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

Total Ecological FootprintEcological Footprint by Country
r = +0.65 · strong · n = 70
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Movers ScoreBest Countries
r = +0.65 · strong · n = 72
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Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)Indian Population by Country
r = +0.64 · strong · n = 96
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Power ScoreBest Countries
r = +0.63 · strong · n = 71
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Youth Gold MedalsOlympic Medals by Country
r = +0.62 · strong · n = 61
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Value of Exports from ChinaChina Exports by Country
r = +0.60 · strong · n = 97
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Places that have a higher Tallest Building Height (meters) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Land & Resource Sustainability Rank (US News)Most Environmentally Friendly CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.54 · strong · n = 79
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Natural Environment Rank (US News)Most Environmentally Friendly CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.51 · strong · n = 79
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Natural Environment Score (US News)Most Environmentally Friendly Countries
r = −0.50 · strong · n = 79
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Age Dependency RatioAge Dependency Ratio by Country
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 98
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Standard VAT Tax RatesVAT Tax by Country
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 84
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.43 · moderate · n = 94
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Tallest Building Height (meters)?: United Arab Emirates has the highest Tallest Building Height (meters), at 828 meters, followed by China (632 meters) and Saudi Arabia (601 meters).
Which country has the lowest Tallest Building Height (meters)?: Norway has the lowest Tallest Building Height (meters), at 117 meters.
What is the median Tallest Building Height (meters) across countries?: The median is 187 meters across the 100 countries with data.
Where does this tallest building by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Tallest Buildings in the World, List of Top 10 - Current Affairs; Tallest Buildings - Sky Scraper Center; The Top 100 Countries With the Tallest Buildings - Alan's Factory Outlet.

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