Countries by Highest Elevation — Full List 2026

Name: Countries by Highest Elevation 2024
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Which countries have the highest peaks? This ranking lists nations by the elevation of their highest point, from Nepal's Mount Everest at 8,849 meters to the lowest-lying countries.

244 countries ranked·Source: CIA World Factbook·Last updated: 2024

#	Country	Region	Highest Elevation (meters)
1	China	East and Southeast Asia	8,849 m
2	Nepal	South Asia	8,849 m
3	Pakistan	South Asia	8,611 m
4	India	South Asia	8,586 m
5	Bhutan	South Asia	7,570 m
6	Tajikistan	Central Asia	7,495 m
7	Afghanistan	South Asia	7,492 m
8	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	7,439 m
9	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	7,010 m
10	Argentina	South America	6,962 m
11	Chile	South America	6,893 m
12	Peru	South America	6,746 m
13	Bolivia	South America	6,542 m
14	United States	North America	6,190 m
15	Canada	North America	5,959 m
16	Tanzania	Africa	5,895 m
17	Burma	East and Southeast Asia	5,870 m
18	Colombia	South America	5,730 m
19	Russia	Central Asia	5,642 m
20	Mexico	North America	5,636 m
21	Iran	Middle East	5,625 m
22	Kenya	Africa	5,199 m
23	Georgia	Middle East	5,193 m
24	Turkey	Middle East	5,137 m
25	DRC	Africa	5,110 m
26	Uganda	Africa	5,110 m
27	Venezuela	South America	4,978 m
28	Indonesia	East and Southeast Asia	4,884 m
29	Italy	Europe	4,748 m
30	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	4,643 m
31	Switzerland	Europe	4,634 m
32	Ethiopia	Africa	4,550 m
33	Rwanda	Africa	4,519 m
34	Papua New Guinea	East and Southeast Asia	4,509 m
35	Azerbaijan	Middle East	4,466 m
36	Mongolia	East and Southeast Asia	4,374 m
37	Guatemala	Central America and Caribbean	4,220 m
38	Morocco	Africa	4,165 m
39	Malaysia	East and Southeast Asia	4,095 m
40	Armenia	Middle East	4,090 m
41	Cameroon	Africa	4,045 m
42	Taiwan	East and Southeast Asia	3,952 m
43	Costa Rica	Central America and Caribbean	3,819 m
44	Austria	Europe	3,798 m
45	Japan	East and Southeast Asia	3,776 m
46	New Zealand	Australia-Oceania	3,724 m
47	Spain	Europe	3,718 m
48	Greenland	North America	3,694 m
49	Yemen	Middle East	3,666 m
50	Iraq	Middle East	3,611 m

51	Lesotho	Africa	3,482 m
52	Panama	Central America and Caribbean	3,475 m
53	South Africa	Africa	3,450 m
54	Chad	Africa	3,445 m
55	South Sudan	Africa	3,187 m
56	Vietnam	East and Southeast Asia	3,144 m
57	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	3,139 m
58	The Dominican	Central America and Caribbean	3,098 m
59	Lebanon	Middle East	3,088 m
60	Sudan	Africa	3,042 m
61	Eritrea	Africa	3,018 m
62	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3,008 m
63	Oman	Middle East	3,004 m
64	Malawi	Africa	3,002 m
65	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	3,000 m
66	Brazil	South America	2,994 m
67	Germany	Europe	2,963 m
68	Timor-Leste	East and Southeast Asia	2,963 m
69	Philippines	East and Southeast Asia	2,954 m
70	Andorra	Europe	2,946 m
71	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	South America	2,934 m
72	Bulgaria	Europe	2,925 m
73	Algeria	Africa	2,908 m
74	Madagascar	Africa	2,876 m
75	Honduras	Central America and Caribbean	2,870 m
76	Slovenia	Europe	2,864 m
77	Cabo Verde	Africa	2,829 m
78	Laos	East and Southeast Asia	2,817 m
79	Syria	Middle East	2,814 m
80	Guyana	South America	2,775 m
81	North Macedonia	Europe	2,764 m
82	Albania	Europe	2,764 m
83	North Korea	East and Southeast Asia	2,744 m
84	El Salvador	Central America and Caribbean	2,730 m
85	Burundi	Africa	2,685 m
86	Haiti	Central America and Caribbean	2,674 m
87	Kosovo	Europe	2,656 m
88	Slovakia	Europe	2,655 m
89	Egypt	Africa	2,629 m
90	Angola	Africa	2,620 m
91	Liechtenstein	Europe	2,599 m
92	Zimbabwe	Africa	2,592 m
93	Namibia	Africa	2,573 m
94	Thailand	East and Southeast Asia	2,565 m
95	Romania	Europe	2,544 m
96	Montenegro	Europe	2,534 m
97	Sri Lanka	South Asia	2,524 m
98	Poland	Europe	2,499 m
99	Norway	Europe	2,469 m
100	Somalia	Africa	2,460 m
101	Mozambique	Africa	2,436 m
102	Nigeria	Africa	2,419 m
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	2,386 m
104	Comoros	Africa	2,360 m
105	Portugal	Europe	2,351 m
106	Solomon Islands	Australia-Oceania	2,335 m
107	Zambia	Africa	2,330 m
108	Libya	Africa	2,267 m
109	Jamaica	Central America and Caribbean	2,256 m
110	French Polynesia	Australia-Oceania	2,241 m
111	Australia	Australia-Oceania	2,228 m
112	Israel	Middle East	2,224 m
113	Serbia	Europe	2,169 m
114	Iceland	Europe	2,110 m
115	Sweden	Europe	2,100 m
116	Nicaragua	Central America and Caribbean	2,085 m
117	Ukraine	Europe	2,061 m
118	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Africa	2,060 m
119	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	2,024 m
120	Niger	Africa	2,022 m
121	Djibouti	Africa	2,021 m
122	Cuba	Central America and Caribbean	1,974 m
123	Cyprus	Europe	1,951 m
124	South Korea	East and Southeast Asia	1,950 m
125	Sierra Leone	Africa	1,948 m
126	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	1,905 m
127	Vanuatu	Australia-Oceania	1,877 m
128	Eswatini	Africa	1,862 m
129	Samoa	Australia-Oceania	1,857 m
130	Jordan	Middle East	1,854 m
131	Brunei	East and Southeast Asia	1,850 m
132	Croatia	Europe	1,831 m
133	Cambodia	East and Southeast Asia	1,810 m
134	Guinea	Africa	1,752 m
135	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	1,752 m
136	Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)	Europe	1,717 m
137	New Caledonia	Australia-Oceania	1,628 m
138	Czechia	Europe	1,602 m
139	Tunisia	Africa	1,544 m
140	Botswana	Africa	1,495 m
141	Liberia	Africa	1,447 m
142	Dominica	Central America and Caribbean	1,447 m
143	Central African Republic	Africa	1,410 m
144	United Kingdom	Europe	1,345 m
145	Puerto Rico	Central America and Caribbean	1,338 m
146	Finland	Europe	1,328 m
147	Fiji	Australia-Oceania	1,324 m
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America and Caribbean	1,234 m
149	Suriname	South America	1,230 m
150	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America and Caribbean	1,156 m
151	Mali	Africa	1,155 m
152	Belize	Central America and Caribbean	1,124 m
153	Bangladesh	South Asia	1,060 m
154	Gabon	Africa	1,050 m
155	Tonga	Australia-Oceania	1,046 m
156	Ireland	Europe	1,041 m
157	West Bank	Middle East	1,020 m
158	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	1,020 m
159	Hungary	Europe	1,014 m
160	Togo	Africa	986 m
161	Northern Mariana Islands	Australia-Oceania	965 m
162	American Samoa	Australia-Oceania	964 m
163	Hong Kong	East and Southeast Asia	958 m
164	Saint Lucia	Central America and Caribbean	948 m
165	Trinidad and Tobago	Central America and Caribbean	940 m
166	Montserrat	Central America and Caribbean	915 m
167	Mauritania	Africa	915 m
168	Seychelles	Africa	905 m
169	Ghana	Africa	885 m
170	Faroe Islands	Europe	882 m
171	Netherlands	Europe	862 m
172	Paraguay	South America	842 m
173	Grenada	Central America and Caribbean	840 m
174	Mauritius	Africa	828 m
175	Western Sahara	Africa	805 m
176	Federated States of Micronesia	Australia-Oceania	782 m
177	Burkina Faso	Africa	749 m
178	San Marino	Europe	739 m
179	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	South America	705 m
180	Belgium	Europe	694 m
181	Benin	Africa	675 m
182	Cook Islands	Australia-Oceania	652 m
183	Senegal	Africa	648 m
184	Isle of Man	Europe	621 m
185	Luxembourg	Europe	559 m
186	Wallis and Futuna	Australia-Oceania	522 m
187	British Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	521 m
188	Uruguay	South America	514 m
189	Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	474 m
190	Moldova	Europe	430 m
191	Gibraltar	Europe	426 m
192	Saint Martin	Central America and Caribbean	424 m
193	Guam	Australia-Oceania	406 m
194	Antigua and Barbuda	Central America and Caribbean	402 m
195	Curacao	Central America and Caribbean	372 m
196	Christmas Island	Australia-Oceania	361 m
197	Pitcairn Islands	Australia-Oceania	347 m
198	Belarus	Europe	346 m
199	Barbados	Central America and Caribbean	336 m
200	Norfolk Island	Australia-Oceania	319 m
201	Estonia	Europe	318 m
202	Latvia	Europe	312 m
203	Kuwait	Middle East	300 m
204	Lithuania	Europe	294 m
205	Saint Barthelemy	Central America and Caribbean	286 m
206	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	277 m
207	Malta	Europe	253 m
208	Sint Maarten	Central America and Caribbean	250 m
209	Palau	Australia-Oceania	242 m
210	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	240 m
211	Navassa Island	Central America and Caribbean	200 m
212	Aruba	Central America and Caribbean	188 m
213	Macau	East and Southeast Asia	172 m
214	Denmark	Europe	171 m
215	Singapore	East and Southeast Asia	166 m
216	Monaco	Europe	162 m
217	Jersey	Europe	136 m
218	Bahrain	Middle East	135 m
219	Guernsey	Europe	114 m
220	Gaza, Gaza Strip	Middle East	105 m
221	Qatar	Middle East	103 m
222	Kiribati	Australia-Oceania	81 m
223	Niue	Australia-Oceania	80 m
224	Bermuda	North America	79 m
225	Holy See (Vatican City)	Europe	78 m
226	Anguilla	Central America and Caribbean	73 m
227	Nauru	Australia-Oceania	70 m
228	The Bahamas	Central America and Caribbean	64 m
229	The Gambia	Africa	63 m
230	Cayman Islands	Central America and Caribbean	50 m
231	Turks and Caicos Islands	Central America and Caribbean	48 m
232	Clipperton Island	North America	29 m
233	Marshall Islands	Australia-Oceania	14 m
234	Paracel Islands	East and Southeast Asia	14 m
235	Coral Sea Islands	Australia-Oceania	9 m
236	British Indian Ocean Territory	South Asia	9 m
237	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	Australia-Oceania	9 m
238	Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll	Australia-Oceania	8 m
239	Wake Island	Australia-Oceania	8 m
240	Spratly Islands	East and Southeast Asia	6 m
241	Maldives	South Asia	5 m
242	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Australia-Oceania	5 m
243	Tuvalu	Australia-Oceania	5 m
244	Tokelau	Australia-Oceania	5 m

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@misc{bamwor_countries_by_highest_elevation_2024_2024,
  author = {Bamwor},
  title = {Countries by Highest Elevation 2024},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://bamwor.com/en/countries-by-highest-elevation},
  note = {Bamwor World Encyclopedia. Accessed 2026-03-13}
}

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