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Mean elevation Ranking Map for 164 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories with mean elevation listed in the CIA World Factbook. 164 countries and territories included; reference period: 2025.
In the available data, Tajikistan has the highest recorded value at 3,186 m (rank #1); Japan ranks #83 at 438 m. Coverage: 164 countries and territories. Reference years: Tajikistan 2025; Japan 2025. This is average elevation across the territory, not the height of the highest point or where most people live.
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Compare mean elevation within the covered dataset. Countries and territories with mean elevation listed in the CIA World Factbook.
Japan 438 m
Japan, world rank 83 for Mean elevation, 438 m
Fiji: Not included in this limited dataset Tanzania: 1,018 m Western Sahara: 256 m Canada: 487 m United States: 760 m Kazakhstan: 387 m Uzbekistan: Not included in this limited dataset Papua New Guinea: 667 m Indonesia: 367 m Argentina: 595 m Chile: 1,871 m Democratic Republic of the Congo: 726 m Somalia: 410 m Kenya: 762 m Sudan: 568 m Chad: 543 m Haiti: 470 m Dominican Republic: 424 m Russia: 600 m Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 460 m Greenland: 1,792 m Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 1,034 m Lesotho: 2,161 m Mexico: 1,111 m Uruguay: 109 m Brazil: 320 m Bolivia: 1,192 m Peru: 1,555 m Colombia: 593 m Panama: 360 m Costa Rica: 746 m Nicaragua: 298 m Honduras: 684 m El Salvador: 442 m Guatemala: 759 m Belize: 173 m Venezuela: 450 m Guyana: 207 m Suriname: 246 m France: 375 m Ecuador: 1,117 m Puerto Rico: 261 m Jamaica: 18 m Cuba: 108 m Zimbabwe: 961 m Botswana: 1,013 m Namibia: 1,141 m Senegal: 69 m Mali: 343 m Mauritania: 276 m Benin: 273 m Niger: 474 m Nigeria: 380 m Cameroon: 667 m Togo: 236 m Ghana: 190 m Côte d’Ivoire: 250 m Guinea: 472 m Guinea-Bissau: 70 m Liberia: 243 m Sierra Leone: 279 m Burkina Faso: 297 m Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: 430 m Gabon: 377 m Equatorial Guinea: 577 m Zambia: 1,138 m Malawi: 779 m Mozambique: 345 m Eswatini: 305 m Angola: 1,112 m Burundi: 1,504 m Israel: 508 m Lebanon: 1,250 m Madagascar: 615 m Palestine: Not included in this limited dataset Gambia: 34 m Tunisia: 246 m Algeria: 800 m Jordan: 812 m United Arab Emirates: Not included in this limited dataset Qatar: 28 m Kuwait: 108 m Iraq: 312 m Oman: 310 m Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: 126 m Thailand: 287 m Laos: 710 m Myanmar: 702 m Vietnam: 398 m North Korea: 600 m South Korea: 282 m Mongolia: 1,528 m India: 160 m Bangladesh: 85 m Bhutan: 2,220 m Nepal: 2,565 m Pakistan: 900 m Afghanistan: 1,884 m Tajikistan: 3,186 m Kyrgyzstan: 2,988 m Turkmenistan: 230 m Iran: 1,305 m Syria: 514 m Armenia: 1,792 m Sweden: 320 m Belarus: 160 m Ukraine: 175 m Poland: 173 m Austria: 910 m Hungary: 143 m Moldova: 139 m Romania: 414 m Lithuania: 110 m Latvia: 87 m Estonia: 61 m Germany: 263 m Bulgaria: 472 m Greece: 498 m Türkiye: 1,132 m Albania: 708 m Croatia: 331 m Switzerland: 1,350 m Luxembourg: 325 m Belgium: 181 m Netherlands: 30 m Portugal: 372 m Spain: 660 m Ireland: 118 m New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 388 m Australia: 330 m Sri Lanka: 228 m China: 1,840 m Taiwan: 1,150 m Italy: 538 m Denmark: 34 m United Kingdom: 162 m Iceland: 557 m Azerbaijan: 384 m Georgia: 1,432 m Philippines: 442 m Malaysia: 419 m Brunei: 478 m Slovenia: 492 m Finland: 164 m Slovakia: 458 m Czechia: 433 m Eritrea: 853 m Japan: 438 m Paraguay: 178 m Yemen: 999 m Saudi Arabia: 665 m Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 91 m Morocco: 909 m Egypt: 321 m Libya: 423 m Ethiopia: 1,330 m Djibouti: 430 m Somaliland: No data Uganda: Not included in this limited dataset Rwanda: 1,598 m Bosnia and Herzegovina: 500 m North Macedonia: 741 m Serbia: 442 m Montenegro: 1,086 m Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 83 m South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan Tajikistan 1 Kyrgyzstan 2 Nepal 3 Bhutan 4 Lesotho 5 Jamaica 160 China Greenland Peru Chile Rwanda Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Mean elevationRankings 83/164 438 m
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #83 for mean elevation. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Tajikistan 3,186 m 2 Kyrgyzstan 2,988 m 3 Nepal 2,565 m 4 Bhutan 2,220 m 5 Lesotho 2,161 m
161 Tuvalu 2 m 161 Marshall Islands 2 m 161 Maldives 2 m 161 Kiribati 2 m 160 Jamaica 18 m 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Mean elevation ranking map Countries and territories with mean elevation listed in the CIA World Factbook. This page orders 164 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Tajikistan (3,186 m), #2 Kyrgyzstan (2,988 m), #3 Nepal (2,565 m)
Japan’s position World #83 (438 m)
Data period 2025 All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Mean elevation Full ranking164 countries #47 Democratic Republic of the Congo 726 m Profile #68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 500 m Profile #85 Republic of the Congo 430 m Profile