Countries by lowest elevation

Did you know parts of the Netherlands sit nearly 7 meters below sea level, protected only by an elaborate system of dikes? As seas rise, low elevation is no longer just a geographic quirk — it's an existential risk.

Geography category

Ranking

Lowest elevation by country
Rank	Country	Elevation (m)
1	Jordan	-430
2	Israel	-430
3	Syrian Arab Republic	-200
4	China	-154
5	Egypt	-133
6	Kazakhstan	-132
7	Ethiopia	-125
8	Argentina	-105
9	United States of America	-86
10	Morocco	-55
11	Libya	-47
12	Algeria	-40
13	Iran, Islamic Republic of	-28
14	Azerbaijan	-28
15	Russian Federation	-28
16	Tunisia	-17
17	Australia	-15
18	Uzbekistan	-12
19	Mexico	-10
20	Netherlands, Kingdom of the	-7
21	Denmark	-7
22	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	-4
23	Germany	-3.54
24	France	-2
25	Malaysia	0
26	Mozambique	0
27	Madagascar	0
28	Liberia	0
29	Ukraine	0
30	Türkiye	0
31	Lebanon	0
32	Latvia	0
33	Kuwait	0
34	Kenya	0
35	Viet Nam	0
36	Norway	0
37	New Zealand	0
38	Sweden	0
39	Sudan	0
40	Sri Lanka	0
41	Spain	0
42	Thailand	0
43	South Africa	0
44	Somalia	0
45	Slovenia	0
46	Singapore	0
47	Namibia	0
48	Sierra Leone	0
49	Saudi Arabia	0
50	Romania	0
51	Portugal	0
52	Poland	0
53	Philippines	0
54	Peru	0
55	Pakistan	0
56	Oman	0
57	Nigeria	0
58	Senegal	0
59	Japan	0
60	Iraq	0
61	Albania	0
62	Italy	0
63	Cameroon	0
64	Cambodia	0
65	Uruguay	0
66	Bulgaria	0
67	Brazil	0
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
69	Benin	0
70	Belize	0
71	Belgium	0
72	Barbados	0
73	Bangladesh	0
74	Bahrain	0
75	Bahamas	0
76	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	0
77	Antigua and Barbuda	0
78	Angola	0
79	Chile	0
80	Colombia	0
81	Canada	0
82	Croatia	0
83	Ireland	0
84	Tanzania, United Republic of	0
85	India	0
86	Iceland	0
87	Honduras	0
88	Guatemala	0
89	Greece	0
90	Costa Rica	0
91	Ghana	0
92	Indonesia	0
93	Finland	0
94	Ecuador	0
95	Dominican Republic	0
96	Cyprus	0
97	Cuba	0
98	Mali	23
99	Serbia	35
100	Malawi	37
101	Nepal	70
102	Hungary	78
103	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	90
104	Belarus	90
105	Slovakia	94
106	Bhutan	97
107	Czechia	115
108	Austria	115
109	Zimbabwe	162
110	Switzerland	193
111	Burkina Faso	200
112	Afghanistan	258
113	Zambia	329
114	Armenia	380
115	South Sudan	381
116	Lesotho	400
117	Botswana	513
118	Mongolia	518
119	Uganda	621
120	Burundi	772
121	Andorra	840
122	Rwanda	950

Countries by lowest elevation

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