| Rank | Country | difference | Elevation extremes |
27 | Iran | 5,699 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m |
28 | Russia | 5,661 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Gora El'brus 5,633 m |
29 | Georgia | 5,201 | lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m |
30 | Kenya | 5,199 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m |
31 | Turkey | 5,166 | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mount Ararat 5,166 m |
32 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5,110 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pic Marguerite on Mont Ngaliema (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m |
33 | Indonesia | 5,030 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Puncak Jaya 5,030 m |
34 | Venezuela | 5,007 | lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Pico Bolivar (La Columna) 5,007 m |
| European Union | 4,814 | lowest point: Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy |
35 | France | 4,809 | lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m |
36 | Italy | 4,748 | lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) de Courmayeur 4,748 m (a secondary peak of Mont Blanc) |
37 | Arctic Ocean | 4,665 | lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m
highest point: sea level 0 m |
38 | Ethiopia | 4,658 | lowest point: Denakil Depression -125 m
highest point: Ras Dejen 4,533 m |
39 | Azerbaijan | 4,513 | lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m |
40 | Papua New Guinea | 4,509 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m |
41 | Uganda | 4,489 | lowest point: Lake Albert 621 m
highest point: Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley 5,110 m |
42 | Switzerland | 4,439 | lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m |
43 | Uzbekistan | 4,313 | lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m
highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m |
44 | Morocco | 4,220 | lowest point: Sebkha Tah -55 m
highest point: Jebel Toubkal 4,165 m |
45 | Guatemala | 4,211 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m |
46 | Malaysia | 4,100 | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m |
47 | Cameroon | 4,095 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon) |
48 | Taiwan | 3,952 | lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Yu Shan 3,952 m |
49 | Mongolia | 3,856 | lowest point: Hoh Nuur 518 m
highest point: Nayramadlin Orgil (Huyten Orgil) 4,374 m |
50 | Costa Rica | 3,810 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m |
51 | Japan | 3,780 | lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m
highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m |
52 | Yemen | 3,760 | lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
highest point: Jabal an Nabi Shu'ayb 3,760 m |
53 | New Zealand | 3,754 | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m |
54 | Spain | 3,718 | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m |
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