List of elevation extremes by country

The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.

Mount Hermon (de facto; in the Golan Heights)[y] [22][23][24] Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1,400 metres (4,593 ft).

The highest and lowest points in China constitute the greatest elevation range within any single country at 9,002 metres (29,534 ft).

In Australia's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area, there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 in) per km2.