
Highest Points - world statistics and charts as map, diagram and table
The height of the highest mountain for the countries of the world
Rank (total) | Country | Total (m) | Date |
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1 | China | 8,850 | 2016 |
1 | Nepal | 8,850 | 2016 |
3 | Pakistan | 8,611 | 2016 |
4 | India | 8,598 | 2016 |
5 | Bhutan | 7,570 | 2016 |
6 | Tajikistan | 7,495 | 2016 |
7 | Afghanistan | 7,485 | 2016 |
8 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,439 | 2016 |
9 | Kazakhstan | 6,995 | 2016 |
10 | Argentina | 6,960 | 2016 |
11 | Chile | 6,880 | 2016 |
12 | Peru | 6,768 | 2016 |
13 | Bolivia | 6,542 | 2016 |
14 | Ecuador | 6,267 | 2016 |
15 | United States of America | 6,190 | 2016 |
16 | Canada | 5,959 | 2016 |
17 | Tanzania | 5,895 | 2016 |
18 | Myanmar (Burma) | 5,870 | 2016 |
19 | Colombia | 5,775 | 2016 |
20 | Mexico | 5,675 | 2016 |
21 | Iran | 5,671 | 2016 |
22 | Russia | 5,633 | 2016 |
23 | Georgia | 5,201 | 2016 |
24 | Kenya | 5,199 | 2016 |
25 | Turkey | 5,166 | 2016 |
26 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 5,110 | 2016 |
26 | Uganda | 5,110 | 2016 |
28 | Venezuela | 5,007 | 2016 |
29 | Antarctica | 4,897 | 2016 |
30 | Indonesia | 4,884 | 2016 |
31 | France | 4,807 | 2016 |
32 | Italy | 4,748 | 2016 |
33 | Switzerland | 4,634 | 2016 |
34 | Ethiopia | 4,533 | 2016 |
35 | Rwanda | 4,519 | 2016 |
36 | Papua New Guinea | 4,509 | 2016 |
37 | Azerbaijan | 4,485 | 2016 |
38 | Mongolia | 4,374 | 2016 |
39 | Uzbekistan | 4,301 | 2016 |
40 | Guatemala | 4,211 | 2016 |
41 | Morocco | 4,165 | 2016 |
42 | Malaysia | 4,100 | 2016 |
43 | Cameroon | 4,095 | 2016 |
44 | Armenia | 4,090 | 2016 |
45 | Taiwan | 3,952 | 2016 |
46 | Costa Rica | 3,810 | 2016 |
47 | Austria | 3,798 | 2016 |
48 | Japan | 3,776 | 2016 |
49 | Yemen | 3,760 | 2016 |
50 | New Zealand | 3,754 | 2016 |
51 | Spain | 3,718 | 2016 |
52 | Greenland | 3,700 | 2016 |
53 | Iraq | 3,611 | 2016 |
54 | Lesotho | 3,482 | 2016 |
55 | Panama | 3,475 | 2016 |
56 | Chad | 3,415 | 2016 |
57 | South Africa | 3,408 | 2016 |
58 | South Sudan | 3,187 | 2016 |
59 | Dominican Republic | 3,175 | 2016 |
60 | Vietnam | 3,144 | 2016 |
61 | Turkmenistan | 3,139 | 2016 |
62 | Saudi Arabia | 3,133 | 2016 |
63 | Lebanon | 3,088 | 2016 |
64 | Sudan | 3,071 | 2016 |
65 | Réunion | 3,070 | 2015 |
66 | Eritrea | 3,018 | 2016 |
67 | Equatorial Guinea | 3,008 | 2016 |
68 | Algeria | 3,003 | 2016 |
69 | Malawi | 3,002 | 2016 |
70 | Brazil | 2,994 | 2016 |
71 | Oman | 2,980 | 2016 |
72 | East Timor | 2,963 | 2016 |
72 | Germany | 2,963 | 2016 |
74 | Philippines | 2,954 | 2016 |
75 | Andorra | 2,946 | 2016 |
76 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 2,934 | 2016 |
77 | Bulgaria | 2,925 | 2016 |
78 | Greece | 2,917 | 2016 |
79 | Madagascar | 2,876 | 2016 |
80 | Honduras | 2,870 | 2016 |
81 | Slovenia | 2,864 | 2016 |
82 | Guyana | 2,835 | 2016 |
83 | Cape Verde | 2,829 | 2016 |
84 | Laos | 2,817 | 2016 |
85 | Syria | 2,814 | 2016 |
86 | Albania | 2,764 | 2016 |
86 | North Macedonia | 2,764 | 2016 |
88 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 2,745 | 2016 |
89 | Korea (North) | 2,744 | 2016 |
90 | El Salvador | 2,730 | 2016 |
91 | Haiti | 2,680 | 2016 |
92 | Burundi | 2,670 | 2016 |
93 | Kosovo | 2,656 | 2016 |
94 | Slovakia | 2,655 | 2016 |
95 | Egypt | 2,629 | 2016 |
96 | Angola | 2,620 | 2016 |
97 | Namibia | 2,606 | 2016 |
98 | Liechtenstein | 2,599 | 2016 |
99 | Zimbabwe | 2,592 | 2016 |
100 | Thailand | 2,576 | 2016 |
101 | Romania | 2,544 | 2016 |
102 | Sri Lanka | 2,524 | 2016 |
103 | Montenegro | 2,522 | 2016 |
104 | Poland | 2,499 | 2016 |
105 | Norway | 2,469 | 2016 |
106 | Nicaragua | 2,438 | 2016 |
107 | Mozambique | 2,436 | 2016 |
108 | Nigeria | 2,419 | 2016 |
109 | Somalia | 2,416 | 2016 |
110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,386 | 2016 |
111 | Comoros | 2,360 | 2016 |
112 | Portugal | 2,351 | 2016 |
113 | Solomon Islands | 2,310 | 2016 |
114 | Zambia | 2,301 | 2016 |
115 | Jan Mayen | 2,277 | 2016 |
116 | Libya | 2,267 | 2016 |
117 | Jamaica | 2,256 | 2016 |
118 | French Polynesia | 2,241 | 2016 |
119 | Australia | 2,229 | 2016 |
120 | Serbia | 2,169 | 2016 |
121 | Sweden | 2,111 | 2016 |
122 | Iceland | 2,110 | 2016 |
123 | Ukraine | 2,061 | 2016 |
124 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 2,060 | 2016 |
125 | Djibouti | 2,028 | 2016 |
126 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,024 | 2016 |
127 | Niger | 2,022 | 2016 |
128 | Cuba | 1,974 | 2016 |
129 | Cyprus | 1,951 | 2016 |
130 | Korea (South) | 1,950 | 2016 |
131 | Sierra Leone | 1,948 | 2016 |
132 | Vanuatu | 1,877 | 2016 |
133 | Eswatini | 1,862 | 2016 |
134 | Samoa | 1,857 | 2016 |
135 | Jordan | 1,854 | 2016 |
136 | Brunei | 1,850 | 2016 |
136 | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | 1,850 | 2016 |
138 | Croatia | 1,831 | 2016 |
139 | Cambodia | 1,810 | 2016 |
140 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 1,752 | 2016 |
140 | Guinea | 1,752 | 2016 |
142 | Svalbard | 1,717 | 2016 |
143 | New Caledonia | 1,628 | 2016 |
144 | Czech Republic | 1,602 | 2016 |
145 | Gabon | 1,575 | 2016 |
146 | Tunisia | 1,544 | 2016 |
147 | United Arab Emirates | 1,527 | 2016 |
148 | Botswana | 1,489 | 2016 |
149 | Guadeloupe | 1,467 | 2015 |
150 | Dominica | 1,447 | 2016 |
151 | Central African Republic | 1,420 | 2016 |
152 | Martinique | 1,397 | 2015 |
153 | Liberia | 1,380 | 2016 |
154 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,343 | 2016 |
155 | Puerto Rico | 1,338 | 2016 |
156 | Finland | 1,328 | 2016 |
157 | Fiji | 1,324 | 2016 |
158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,234 | 2016 |
159 | Bangladesh | 1,230 | 2016 |
159 | Suriname | 1,230 | 2016 |
161 | Israel | 1,208 | 2016 |
162 | Belize | 1,160 | 2016 |
163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,156 | 2016 |
164 | Mali | 1,155 | 2016 |
165 | Montserrat | 1,050 | 2016 |
166 | Ireland | 1,041 | 2016 |
167 | Tonga | 1,033 | 2016 |
168 | Palestinian Territories | 1,022 | 2016 |
169 | Hungary | 1,014 | 2016 |
170 | Togo | 986 | 2016 |
171 | Northern Mariana Islands | 965 | 2016 |
172 | American Samoa | 964 | 2016 |
173 | Hong Kong | 958 | 2016 |
174 | Saint Lucia | 950 | 2016 |
175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 940 | 2016 |
176 | Bouvet Island | 935 | 2016 |
177 | Mauritania | 915 | 2016 |
178 | Seychelles | 905 | 2016 |
179 | Congo (Republic) | 903 | 2016 |
180 | Ghana | 885 | 2016 |
181 | Faroe Islands | 882 | 2016 |
182 | Caribbean Netherlands | 862 | 2016 |
183 | French Guiana | 851 | 2015 |
184 | Paraguay | 842 | 2016 |
185 | Grenada | 840 | 2016 |
186 | Mauritius | 828 | 2016 |
187 | Western Sahara | 805 | 2016 |
188 | Micronesia | 791 | 2016 |
189 | Wallis and Futuna | 765 | 2016 |
190 | San Marino | 755 | 2016 |
191 | Burkina Faso | 749 | 2016 |
192 | Falkland Islands | 705 | 2016 |
193 | Belgium | 694 | 2016 |
194 | Cook Islands | 652 | 2016 |
195 | Isle of Man | 621 | 2016 |
196 | Senegal | 581 | 2016 |
197 | Luxembourg | 559 | 2016 |
198 | British Virgin Islands | 521 | 2016 |
199 | Uruguay | 514 | 2016 |
200 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 474 | 2016 |
201 | Moldova | 430 | 2016 |
202 | Gibraltar | 426 | 2016 |
203 | Saint Martin | 424 | 2016 |
204 | Guam | 406 | 2016 |
205 | Antigua and Barbuda | 402 | 2016 |
206 | Sint Maarten | 386 | 2016 |
207 | Curacao | 372 | 2016 |
208 | Pitcairn | 347 | 2016 |
209 | Belarus | 346 | 2016 |
210 | Barbados | 336 | 2016 |
211 | Netherlands | 322 | 2016 |
212 | Estonia | 318 | 2016 |
213 | Latvia | 312 | 2016 |
214 | Kuwait | 306 | 2016 |
215 | Guinea-Bissau | 300 | 2016 |
216 | Lithuania | 294 | 2016 |
217 | Saint Barthelemy | 286 | 2016 |
218 | Malta | 253 | 2016 |
219 | Palau | 242 | 2016 |
220 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 240 | 2016 |
221 | Aruba | 188 | 2016 |
222 | Macau | 172 | 2016 |
223 | Denmark | 171 | 2016 |
224 | Singapore | 166 | 2016 |
225 | Jersey | 143 | 2016 |
226 | Monaco | 140 | 2016 |
227 | Bahrain | 122 | 2016 |
228 | Guernsey | 114 | 2016 |
229 | Qatar | 103 | 2016 |
230 | Kiribati | 81 | 2016 |
231 | Navassa Island | 77 | 2016 |
231 | Vatican City | 77 | 2016 |
233 | Bermuda | 76 | 2016 |
234 | Niue | 68 | 2016 |
235 | Anguilla | 65 | 2016 |
236 | Bahamas | 63 | 2016 |
237 | Nauru | 61 | 2016 |
238 | Gambia | 53 | 2016 |
239 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48 | 2016 |
240 | Cayman Islands | 43 | 2016 |
241 | Clipperton Island | 29 | 2016 |
242 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 15 | 2016 |
243 | Paracel Islands | 14 | 2016 |
244 | U.S. Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges | 13 | 2016 |
245 | Marshall Islands | 10 | 2016 |
246 | Coral Sea Islands | 6 | 2016 |
246 | Wake Island | 6 | 2016 |
248 | Tokelau | 5 | 2016 |
248 | Tuvalu | 5 | 2016 |
250 | Spratly Islands | 4 | 2016 |
251 | Ashmore and Cartier Islands | 3 | 2016 |
252 | Maldives | 2 | 2016 |
World | 8,850 | 2016 |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
Despite the French overseas departments and the municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands are integral parts of France and the Netherlands, respectively, they are listed as separate entries because of the large distances to the mainland.
1 meter corresponds to 3.28 feet.
Source: (mostly) CIA World Factbook (2017-01-10)