The 2009 CIA World Factbook

by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Rank code: 2020

Country Comparison :: Elevation extremes

This entry includes both the highest point and the lowest point.

Rank country (m) Date of Information

1 China 8,850.00 NA 2 Nepal 8,850.00 NA 3 Pakistan 8,611.00 NA 4 India 8,598.00 NA 5 Bhutan 7,553.00 NA 6 Tajikistan 7,495.00 NA 7 Afghanistan 7,485.00 NA 8 Kyrgyzstan 7,439.00 NA 9 Kazakhstan 6,995.00 NA 10 Argentina 6,960.00 NA 11 Chile 6,880.00 NA 12 Peru 6,768.00 NA 13 Bolivia 6,542.00 NA 14 Ecuador 6,267.00 NA 15 United States 6,198.00 NA 16 Canada 5,959.00 NA 17 Tanzania 5,895.00 NA 18 Burma 5,881.00 NA 19 Colombia 5,775.00 NA 20 Mexico 5,700.00 NA 21 Iran 5,671.00 NA 22 Russia 5,633.00 NA 23 Georgia 5,201.00 NA 24 Kenya 5,199.00 NA 25 Turkey 5,166.00 NA 26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5,110.00 NA 27 Uganda 5,110.00 NA 28 Indonesia 5,030.00 NA 29 Venezuela 5,007.00 NA 30 Antarctica 4,897.00 NA 31 European Union 4,807.00 NA 32 France 4,807.00 NA 33 Italy 4,748.00 NA 34 Switzerland 4,634.00 NA 35 Ethiopia 4,533.00 NA 36 Rwanda 4,519.00 NA 37 Papua New Guinea 4,509.00 NA 38 Azerbaijan 4,485.00 NA 39 Mongolia 4,374.00 NA 40 Uzbekistan 4,301.00 NA 41 Guatemala 4,211.00 NA 42 Morocco 4,165.00 NA 43 Malaysia 4,100.00 NA 44 Cameroon 4,095.00 NA 45 Armenia 4,090.00 NA 46 Taiwan 3,952.00 NA 47 Costa Rica 3,810.00 NA 48 Austria 3,798.00 NA 49 Japan 3,776.00 NA 50 New Zealand 3,754.00 NA 51 Spain 3,718.00 NA 52 Greenland 3,700.00 NA 53 Yemen 3,667.00 NA 54 Lesotho 3,482.00 NA 55 Panama 3,475.00 NA 56 Chad 3,415.00 NA 57 South Africa 3,408.00 NA 58 Sudan 3,187.00 NA 59 Dominican Republic 3,175.00 NA 60 Vietnam 3,144.00 NA 61 Turkmenistan 3,139.00 NA 62 Saudi Arabia 3,133.00 NA 63 Lebanon 3,088.00 NA 64 Eritrea 3,018.00 NA 65 Brazil 3,014.00 NA 66 Equatorial Guinea 3,008.00 NA 67 Algeria 3,003.00 NA 68 Malawi 3,002.00 NA 69 Oman 2,980.00 NA 70 Germany 2,963.00 NA 71 Timor-Leste 2,963.00 NA 72 Philippines 2,954.00 NA 73 Andorra 2,946.00 NA 74 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands2,934.00 NA 75 Bulgaria 2,925.00 NA 76 Greece 2,917.00 NA 77 Madagascar 2,876.00 NA 78 Honduras 2,870.00 NA 79 Slovenia 2,864.00 NA 80 Guyana 2,835.00 NA 81 Cape Verde 2,829.00 NA 82 Laos 2,817.00 NA 83 Syria 2,814.00 NA 84 Albania 2,764.00 NA 85 Macedonia 2,764.00 NA 86 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 2,745.00 NA 87 Korea, North 2,744.00 NA 88 El Salvador 2,730.00 NA 89 Haiti 2,680.00 NA 90 Burundi 2,670.00 NA 91 Kosovo 2,656.00 NA 92 Slovakia 2,655.00 NA 93 Egypt 2,629.00 NA 94 Angola 2,620.00 NA 95 Namibia 2,606.00 NA 96 Liechtenstein 2,599.00 NA 97 Zimbabwe 2,592.00 NA 98 Thailand 2,576.00 NA 99 Romania 2,544.00 NA 100 Sri Lanka 2,524.00 NA 101 Montenegro 2,522.00 NA 102 Poland 2,499.00 NA 103 Norway 2,469.00 NA 104 Solomon Islands 2,447.00 NA 105 Nicaragua 2,438.00 NA 106 Mozambique 2,436.00 NA 107 Nigeria 2,419.00 NA 108 Somalia 2,416.00 NA 109 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,386.00 NA 110 Comoros 2,360.00 NA 111 Portugal 2,351.00 NA 112 Zambia 2,301.00 NA 113 Jan Mayen 2,277.00 NA 114 Libya 2,267.00 NA 115 Jamaica 2,256.00 NA 116 French Polynesia 2,241.00 NA 117 Australia 2,229.00 NA 118 Serbia 2,169.00 NA 119 Sweden 2,111.00 NA 120 Iceland 2,110.00 NA 121 Saint Helena 2,062.00 NA 122 Ukraine 2,061.00 NA 123 Djibouti 2,028.00 NA 124 Sao Tome and Principe 2,024.00 NA 125 Niger 2,022.00 NA 126 Cuba 2,005.00 NA 127 Cyprus 1,951.00 NA 128 Korea, South 1,950.00 NA 129 Sierra Leone 1,948.00 NA 130 Vanuatu 1,877.00 NA 131 Swaziland 1,862.00 NA 132 Samoa 1,857.00 NA 133 Brunei 1,850.00 NA 134 French Southern and Antarctic Lands1,850.00 NA 135 Croatia 1,830.00 NA 136 Cambodia 1,810.00 NA 137 Guinea 1,752.00 NA 138 Cote d'Ivoire 1,752.00 NA 139 Jordan 1,734.00 NA 140 Svalbard 1,717.00 NA 141 New Caledonia 1,628.00 NA 142 Czech Republic 1,602.00 NA 143 Gabon 1,575.00 NA 144 Tunisia 1,544.00 NA 145 United Arab Emirates 1,527.00 NA 146 Botswana 1,489.00 NA 147 Dominica 1,447.00 NA 148 Central African Republic 1,420.00 NA 149 Lesotho 1,400.00 NA 150 Liberia 1,380.00 NA 151 United Kingdom 1,343.00 NA 152 Puerto Rico 1,339.00 NA 153 Finland 1,328.00 NA 154 Fiji 1,324.00 NA 155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,234.00 NA 156 Bangladesh 1,230.00 NA 157 Suriname 1,230.00 NA 158 Israel 1,208.00 NA 159 Belize 1,160.00 NA 160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,156.00 NA 161 Mali 1,155.00 NA 162 French Southern and Antarctic Lands1,090.00 NA 163 Ireland 1,041.00 NA 164 Tonga 1,033.00 NA 165 West Bank 1,022.00 NA 166 Hungary 1,014.00 NA 167 Togo 986.00 NA 168 Northern Mariana Islands 965.00 NA 169 American Samoa 964.00 NA 170 Hong Kong 958.00 NA 171 Rwanda 950.00 NA 172 Saint Lucia 950.00 NA 173 Trinidad and Tobago 940.00 NA 174 Bouvet Island 935.00 NA 175 Montserrat 930.00 2006 176 Mauritania 915.00 NA 177 Seychelles 905.00 NA 178 Congo, Republic of the 903.00 NA 179 Faroe Islands 882.00 NA 180 Ghana 880.00 NA 181 French Southern and Antarctic Lands867.00 NA 182 Netherlands Antilles 862.00 NA 183 Saint Helena 859.00 NA 184 Paraguay 842.00 NA 185 Andorra 840.00 NA 186 Grenada 840.00 NA 187 Mauritius 828.00 NA 188 Saint Helena 818.00 NA 189 Western Sahara 805.00 NA 190 Micronesia, Federated States of 791.00 NA 191 Burundi 772.00 NA 192 Wallis and Futuna 765.00 NA 193 San Marino 755.00 NA 194 Burkina Faso 749.00 NA 195 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 705.00 NA 196 Belgium 694.00 NA 197 Mayotte 660.00 NA 198 Benin 658.00 NA 199 Cook Islands 652.00 NA 200 Isle of Man 621.00 NA 201 Uganda 621.00 NA 202 Senegal 581.00 NA 203 Luxembourg 559.00 NA 204 British Virgin Islands 521.00 NA 205 Mongolia 518.00 NA 206 Uruguay 514.00 NA 207 Botswana 513.00 NA 208 Virgin Islands 475.00 NA 209 Liechtenstein 430.00 NA 210 Moldova 430.00 NA 211 Gibraltar 426.00 NA 212 Saint Martin 424.00 NA 213 Antigua and Barbuda 402.00 NA 214 Armenia 400.00 NA 215 Christmas Island 361.00 NA 216 Pitcairn Islands 347.00 NA 217 Belarus 346.00 NA 218 Barbados 336.00 NA 219 Central African Republic 335.00 NA 220 Zambia 329.00 NA 221 Netherlands 322.00 NA 222 Norfolk Island 319.00 NA 223 Estonia 318.00 NA 224 Latvia 312.00 NA 225 Kuwait 306.00 NA 226 Guinea-Bissau 300.00 NA 227 Tajikistan 300.00 NA 228 Kosovo 297.00 NA 229 Lithuania 294.00 NA 230 Saint Barthelemy 286.00 NA 231 French Southern and Antarctic Lands272.00 NA 232 Afghanistan 258.00 NA 233 Malta 253.00 NA 234 Palau 242.00 NA 235 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 240.00 NA 236 Niger 200.00 NA 237 Burkina Faso 200.00 NA 238 Switzerland 195.00 NA 239 Aruba 188.00 NA 240 Denmark 173.00 NA 241 Macau 172.00 NA 242 Singapore 166.00 NA 243 Zimbabwe 162.00 NA 244 Chad 160.00 NA 245 Jersey 143.00 NA 246 Monaco 140.00 NA 247 Luxembourg 133.00 NA 248 Kyrgyzstan 132.00 NA 249 Bahrain 122.00 NA 250 Austria 115.00 NA 251 Czech Republic 115.00 NA 252 Guernsey 114.00 NA 253 Gaza Strip 105.00 NA 254 Qatar 103.00 NA 255 Bhutan 97.00 NA 256 Slovakia 94.00 NA 257 Bolivia 90.00 NA 258 Belarus 90.00 NA 259 Kiribati 81.00 NA 260 Hungary 78.00 NA 261 Navassa Island 77.00 NA 262 Bermuda 76.00 NA 263 Holy See (Vatican City) 75.00 NA 264 Laos 70.00 NA 265 Nepal 70.00 NA 266 Niue 68.00 NA 267 Anguilla 65.00 NA 268 Bahamas, The 63.00 NA 269 Nauru 61.00 NA 270 San Marino 55.00 NA 271 Gambia, The 53.00 NA 272 Macedonia 50.00 NA 273 Turks and Caicos Islands 49.00 NA 274 Paraguay 46.00 NA 275 Cayman Islands 43.00 NA 276 Malawi 37.00 NA 277 Clipperton Island 29.00 NA 278 French Southern and Antarctic Lands24.00 NA 279 Mali 23.00 NA 280 Swaziland 21.00 NA 281 Holy See (Vatican City) 19.00 NA 282 British Indian Ocean Territory 15.00 NA 283 Paracel Islands 14.00 NA 284 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges13.00 NA 285 French Southern and Antarctic Lands12.00 NA 286 French Southern and Antarctic Lands10.00 NA 287 Marshall Islands 10.00 NA 288 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges10.00 NA 289 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges8.00 NA 290 French Southern and Antarctic Lands7.00 NA 291 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges7.00 NA 292 Coral Sea Islands 6.00 NA 293 Wake Island 6.00 NA 294 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5.00 NA 295 Tokelau 5.00 NA 296 Tuvalu 5.00 NA 297 Spratly Islands 4.00 NA 298 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 3.00 NA 299 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges3.00 NA 300 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges3.00 NA 301 French Southern and Antarctic Lands2.40 NA 302 Maldives 2.40 NA 303 Moldova 2.00 NA 304 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges2.00 NA 305 Aruba 0.00 NA 306 Antigua and Barbuda 0.00 NA 307 United Arab Emirates 0.00 NA 308 American Samoa 0.00 NA 309 French Southern and Antarctic Lands0.00 NA 310 French Polynesia 0.00 NA 311 Faroe Islands 0.00 NA 312 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.00 NA 313 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0.00 NA 314 Fiji 0.00 NA 315 Finland 0.00 NA 316 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.00 NA 317 Congo, Republic of the 0.00 NA 318 Benin 0.00 NA 319 Burma 0.00 NA 320 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00 NA 321 Belize 0.00 NA 322 Bangladesh 0.00 NA 323 Bahamas, The 0.00 NA 324 Belgium 0.00 NA 325 Bermuda 0.00 NA 326 Barbados 0.00 NA 327 Bahrain 0.00 NA 328 Anguilla 0.00 NA 329 Ashmore and Cartier Islands 0.00 NA 330 Coral Sea Islands 0.00 NA 331 Northern Mariana Islands 0.00 NA 332 Colombia 0.00 NA 333 Comoros 0.00 NA 334 Cameroon 0.00 NA 335 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.00 NA 336 Cayman Islands 0.00 NA 337 Chile 0.00 NA 338 Sri Lanka 0.00 NA 339 Grenada 0.00 NA 340 Gibraltar 0.00 NA 341 Ghana 0.00 NA 342 Georgia 0.00 NA 343 Gabon 0.00 NA 344 Gambia, The 0.00 NA 345 El Salvador 0.00 NA 346 Estonia 0.00 NA 347 Equatorial Guinea 0.00 NA 348 British Indian Ocean Territory 0.00 NA 349 India 0.00 NA 350 Isle of Man 0.00 NA 351 Indonesia 0.00 NA 352 Iceland 0.00 NA 353 Croatia 0.00 NA 354 Honduras 0.00 NA 355 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0.00 NA 356 Hong Kong 0.00 NA 357 Liberia 0.00 NA 358 Lithuania 0.00 NA 359 Latvia 0.00 NA 360 Lebanon 0.00 NA 361 Kuwait 0.00 NA 362 Christmas Island 0.00 NA 363 Korea, South 0.00 NA 364 Kiribati 0.00 NA 365 Korea, North 0.00 NA 366 Nigeria 0.00 NA 367 Vanuatu 0.00 NA 368 Norfolk Island 0.00 NA 369 Niue 0.00 NA 370 New Caledonia 0.00 NA 371 Mozambique 0.00 NA 372 Malaysia 0.00 NA 373 Maldives 0.00 NA 374 Oman 0.00 NA 375 Pacific Ocean 0.00 NA 376 Atlantic Ocean 0.00 NA 377 Yemen 0.00 NA 378 Arctic Ocean 0.00 NA 379 Indian Ocean 0.00 NA 380 Samoa 0.00 NA 381 Wake Island 0.00 NA 382 Wallis and Futuna 0.00 NA 383 Namibia 0.00 NA 384 Virgin Islands 0.00 NA 385 Vietnam 0.00 NA 386 British Virgin Islands 0.00 NA 387 Venezuela 0.00 NA 388 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00 NA 389 Uruguay 0.00 NA 390 Ukraine 0.00 NA 391 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges0.00 NA 392 Tanzania 0.00 NA 393 Taiwan 0.00 NA 394 Tuvalu 0.00 NA 395 Turkey 0.00 NA 396 Timor-Leste 0.00 NA 397 Sao Tome and Principe 0.00 NA 398 Togo 0.00 NA 399 Tonga 0.00 NA 400 Tokelau 0.00 NA 401 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00 NA 402 Thailand 0.00 NA 403 Trinidad and Tobago 0.00 NA 404 Saint Barthelemy 0.00 NA 405 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands0.00 NA 406 Svalbard 0.00 NA 407 Sudan 0.00 NA 408 Saint Lucia 0.00 NA 409 Spain 0.00 NA 410 Somalia 0.00 NA 411 Singapore 0.00 NA 412 Sierra Leone 0.00 NA 413 Slovenia 0.00 NA 414 Saint Helena 0.00 NA 415 Senegal 0.00 NA 416 South Africa 0.00 NA 417 Seychelles 0.00 NA 418 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.00 NA 419 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.00 NA 420 Saudi Arabia 0.00 NA 421 Puerto Rico 0.00 NA 422 Philippines 0.00 NA 423 Romania 0.00 NA 424 Saint Martin 0.00 NA 425 Marshall Islands 0.00 NA 426 Qatar 0.00 NA 427 Guinea-Bissau 0.00 NA 428 Palau 0.00 NA 429 Papua New Guinea 0.00 NA 430 Portugal 0.00 NA 431 Panama 0.00 NA 432 Pakistan 0.00 NA 433 Spratly Islands 0.00 NA 434 Paracel Islands 0.00 NA 435 Peru 0.00 NA 436 Pitcairn Islands 0.00 NA 437 New Zealand 0.00 NA 438 Nicaragua 0.00 NA 439 Netherlands Antilles 0.00 NA 440 Nauru 0.00 NA 441 Norway 0.00 NA 442 Malta 0.00 NA 443 Mauritius 0.00 NA 444 Monaco 0.00 NA 445 Montenegro 0.00 NA 446 Montserrat 0.00 2006 447 Mayotte 0.00 NA 448 Macau 0.00 NA 449 Madagascar 0.00 NA 450 Kenya 0.00 NA 451 Jan Mayen 0.00 NA 452 Jamaica 0.00 NA 453 Jersey 0.00 NA 454 Iraq 0.00 NA 455 Cote d'Ivoire 0.00 NA 456 Italy 0.00 NA 457 Clipperton Island 0.00 NA 458 Haiti 0.00 NA 459 Gaza Strip 0.00 NA 460 Guyana 0.00 NA 461 Guinea 0.00 NA 462 Guatemala 0.00 NA 463 Greece 0.00 NA 464 Greenland 0.00 NA 465 Guernsey 0.00 NA 466 Ireland 0.00 NA 467 Ecuador 0.00 NA 468 Dominica 0.00 NA 469 Cyprus 0.00 NA 470 Cook Islands 0.00 NA 471 Cape Verde 0.00 NA 472 Cuba 0.00 NA 473 Costa Rica 0.00 NA 474 Cambodia 0.00 NA 475 Canada 0.00 NA 476 Brunei 0.00 NA 477 Bouvet Island 0.00 NA 478 Bulgaria 0.00 NA 479 Brazil 0.00 NA 480 Navassa Island 0.00 NA 481 Solomon Islands 0.00 NA 482 Angola 0.00 NA 483 Albania 0.00 NA 484 France -2.00 NA 485 Suriname -2.00 NA 486 Poland -2.00 NA 487 Sweden -2.40 NA 488 Germany -3.54 NA 489 Japan -4.00 NA 490 United Kingdom -4.00 NA 491 Mauritania -5.00 NA 492 Denmark -7.00 NA 493 Netherlands -7.00 NA 494 European Union -7.00 NA 495 European Union -7.00 NA 496 Mexico -10.00 NA 497 Uzbekistan -12.00 NA 498 Australia -15.00 NA 499 Tunisia -17.00 NA 500 Azerbaijan -28.00 NA 501 Russia -28.00 NA 502 Iran -28.00 NA 503 Algeria -40.00 NA 504 Dominican Republic -46.00 NA 505 Libya -47.00 NA 506 Morocco -55.00 NA 507 Western Sahara -55.00 NA 508 Eritrea -75.00 NA 509 United States -86.00 NA 510 Argentina -105.00 NA 511 Ethiopia -125.00 NA 512 Kazakhstan -132.00 NA 513 Egypt -133.00 NA 514 China -154.00 NA 515 Djibouti -155.00 NA 516 Syria -200.00 NA 517 Israel -408.00 NA 518 Jordan -408.00 NA 519 West Bank -408.00 NA 520 Antarctica -2,540.00 NA 521 Arctic Ocean -4,665.00 NA 522 Indian Ocean -7,258.00 NA 523 Atlantic Ocean -8,605.00 NA 524 Pacific Ocean -10,924.00 NA

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Rank code: 2021

Country Comparison :: Natural hazards

This entry lists potential natural disasters.

Rank country Natural hazards Date of Information