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The highest point in every country

This list ranks 191 countries by elevation of the highest point. The highest is China (8,849 m) and the lowest is Tuvalu (5 m), a difference of about 1,770 times. Right in the middle sits Romania (2,545 m).

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Elevations come from Wikipedia's list of elevation extremes by country.

#	Name	Elevation of the highest point
1	China Mount Everest	8,849 m
2	Nepal Mount Everest	8,849 m
3	Pakistan K2	8,611 m
4	India Kangchenjunga	8,586 m
5	Bhutan Gangkhar Puensum	7,571 m
6	Tajikistan Ismoil Somoni Peak	7,495 m
7	Afghanistan Noshaq	7,492 m
8	Kyrgyzstan Jengish Chokusu	7,439 m
9	Kazakhstan Khan Tengri	7,010 m
10	Argentina Aconcagua	6,961 m
11	Chile Ojos del Salado	6,893 m
12	Peru Huascarán	6,768 m
13	Bolivia Sajama	6,542 m
14	Ecuador Chimborazo	6,263 m
15	United States Denali	6,190 m
16	Canada Mount Logan	5,959 m
17	Tanzania Kilimanjaro	5,895 m
18	Myanmar Hkakabo Razi	5,881 m
19	Colombia Pico Cristóbal Colón	5,775 m
20	Russia Mount Elbrus	5,642 m
21	Mexico Pico de Orizaba	5,636 m
22	Iran Damavand	5,609 m
23	Georgia Shkhara	5,203 m
24	Kenya Mount Kenya	5,199 m
25	Turkey Mount Ararat	5,137 m
26	DR Congo Mount Stanley	5,109 m
27	Uganda Mount Stanley	5,109 m
28	Venezuela Pico Bolívar	4,978 m
29	Indonesia Puncak Jaya	4,884 m
30	France Mont Blanc	4,806 m
31	Italy Mont Blanc	4,806 m
32	Uzbekistan Khazret Sultan	4,643 m
33	Switzerland Dufourspitze	4,634 m
34	Ethiopia Ras Dejen	4,550 m
35	Papua New Guinea Mount Wilhelm	4,509 m
36	Rwanda Mount Karisimbi	4,507 m
37	Azerbaijan Mount Bazardüzü	4,466 m
38	Mongolia Khüiten Peak	4,356 m
39	Guatemala Volcán Tajumulco	4,203 m
40	Morocco Jbel Toubkal	4,167 m
41	Malaysia Mount Kinabalu	4,095 m
42	Armenia Mount Aragats	4,090 m
43	Cameroon Mount Cameroon	4,040 m
44	Taiwan Yushan (Jade Mountain)	3,952 m
45	Costa Rica Cerro Chirripó	3,821 m
46	Austria Grossglockner	3,798 m
47	Japan Mount Fuji	3,776 m
48	New Zealand Aoraki / Mount Cook	3,724 m
49	Spain Teide	3,715 m
50	Greenland Gunnbjørn Fjeld	3,694 m
51	Yemen Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb	3,666 m
52	Iraq Cheekha Dar	3,611 m
53	Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana	3,482 m
54	Panama Volcán Barú	3,475 m
55	Chad Emi Koussi	3,447 m
56	South Africa Mafadi	3,446 m
57	South Sudan Kinyeti	3,187 m
58	Vietnam Fansipan	3,147 m
59	Turkmenistan Aýrybaba	3,138 m
60	Dominican Republic Pico Duarte	3,101 m
61	Lebanon Qurnat as Sawda'	3,088 m
62	Sudan Deriba Caldera	3,024 m
63	Eritrea Emba Soira	3,018 m
64	Oman Jabal Shams	3,018 m
65	Equatorial Guinea Pico Basilé	3,011 m
66	Malawi Mount Mulanje	3,002 m
67	Brazil Pico da Neblina	2,995 m
68	Timor-Leste Mount Ramelau	2,963 m
69	Germany Zugspitze	2,962 m
70	Philippines Mount Apo	2,954 m
71	Andorra Coma Pedrosa	2,943 m
72	Bulgaria Musala	2,925 m
73	Greece Mount Olympus	2,918 m
74	Algeria Mount Tahat	2,908 m
75	Madagascar Maromokotro	2,876 m
76	Honduras Cerro Las Minas	2,870 m
77	Slovenia Triglav	2,864 m
78	Laos Phou Bia	2,830 m
79	Cape Verde Pico do Fogo	2,829 m
80	Syria Mount Hermon	2,814 m
81	Guyana Mount Roraima	2,772 m
82	Albania Korab	2,764 m
83	North Macedonia Golem Korab	2,764 m
84	North Korea Paektu-san	2,744 m
85	El Salvador Cerro El Pital	2,730 m
86	Burundi Mount Heha	2,684 m
87	Haiti Pic la Selle	2,680 m
88	Kosovo Velika Rudoka	2,660 m
89	Slovakia Gerlachovský štít	2,654 m
90	Egypt Mount Catherine	2,629 m
91	Angola Mount Moco	2,620 m
92	Liechtenstein Grauspitz	2,599 m
93	Zimbabwe Mount Nyangani	2,592 m
94	Namibia Königstein	2,573 m
95	Thailand Doi Inthanon	2,565 m
96	Romania Moldoveanu	2,545 m
97	Montenegro Zla Kolata	2,534 m
98	Sri Lanka Pidurutalagala	2,524 m
99	Poland Rysy	2,500 m
100	Norway Galdhøpiggen	2,469 m
101	Somalia Shimbiris	2,460 m
102	Mozambique Monte Binga	2,440 m
103	Nigeria Chappal Waddi	2,419 m
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina Maglić	2,386 m
105	Comoros Mount Karthala	2,361 m
106	Portugal Mount Pico	2,351 m
107	Zambia Mafinga Central	2,339 m
108	Solomon Islands Mount Popomanaseu	2,335 m
109	Libya Bikku Bitti	2,267 m
110	Jamaica Blue Mountain Peak	2,256 m
111	Australia Mount Kosciuszko	2,228 m
112	Serbia Midžor	2,169 m
113	Iceland Hvannadalshnúkur	2,110 m
114	Sweden Kebnekaise	2,097 m
115	Nicaragua Mogotón	2,085 m
116	Ukraine Hoverla	2,061 m
117	Djibouti Mousa Ali	2,021 m
118	Niger Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès	2,002 m
119	Cuba Pico Turquino	1,974 m
120	Cyprus Mount Olympus	1,952 m
121	South Korea Hallasan	1,947 m
122	Sierra Leone Mount Bintumani	1,945 m
123	United Arab Emirates Jebel Jais	1,892 m
124	Vanuatu Mount Tabwemasana	1,879 m
125	Brunei Bukit Pagon	1,875 m
126	Eswatini Emlembe	1,862 m
127	Samoa Mauga Silisili	1,858 m
128	Jordan Jabal Umm ad Dami	1,854 m
129	Croatia Dinara	1,831 m
130	Cambodia Phnom Aural	1,813 m
131	Guinea Mount Nimba	1,752 m
132	Ivory Coast Mount Nimba	1,752 m
133	Czechia Sněžka	1,603 m
134	Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi	1,544 m
135	Dominica Morne Diablotins	1,447 m
136	Liberia Mount Wuteve	1,447 m
137	Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui	1,410 m
138	United Kingdom Ben Nevis	1,345 m
139	Fiji Tomanivi	1,324 m
140	Finland Halti	1,324 m
141	Suriname Juliana Top	1,280 m
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines La Soufrière	1,235 m
143	Israel Mount Meron	1,204 m
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis Mount Liamuiga	1,156 m
145	Mali Hombori Tondo	1,155 m
146	Belize Doyle's Delight	1,124 m
147	Gabon Mont Bengoué	1,070 m
148	Ireland Carrauntoohil	1,039 m
149	Tonga Kao	1,030 m
150	Republic of the Congo Mont Nabemba	1,020 m
151	Hungary Kékes	1,014 m
152	Togo Mont Atilakoutse	991 m
153	Hong Kong Tai Mo Shan	957 m
154	Saint Lucia Mount Gimie	950 m
155	Trinidad and Tobago El Cerro del Aripo	940 m
156	Mauritania Kediet ej Jill	915 m
157	Seychelles Morne Seychellois	905 m
158	Ghana Leklata	900 m
159	Paraguay Cerro Peró	842 m
160	Grenada Mount Saint Catherine	840 m
161	Mauritius Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire	828 m
162	Bangladesh Tazing Dong	766 m
163	Burkina Faso Mount Tenakourou	747 m
164	San Marino Monte Titano	739 m
165	Belgium Signal de Botrange	694 m
166	Benin Mont Sokbaro	658 m
167	Senegal Felo Barkere	638 m
168	Luxembourg Kneiff	560 m
169	Uruguay Cerro Catedral	514 m
170	Moldova Bălănești Hill	430 m
171	Antigua and Barbuda Boggy Peak	402 m
172	Belarus Dzyarzhynskaya Hara	345 m
173	Barbados Mount Hillaby	340 m
174	Estonia Suur Munamägi	318 m
175	Latvia Gaiziņkalns	312 m
176	Lithuania Aukštojas Hill	294 m
177	Kuwait Unnamed point in the far west	291 m
178	Guinea-Bissau Dongol Rondè	266 m
179	Malta Ta' Dmejrek	253 m
180	Palau Mount Ngerchelchuus	242 m
181	Denmark Møllehøj	171 m
182	Singapore Bukit Timah Hill	164 m
183	Monaco Chemin des Révoires	162 m
184	Bahrain Mountain of Smoke	134 m
185	Qatar Qurayn Abu al Bawl	103 m
186	Vatican City Vatican Hill	75 m
187	Nauru Command Ridge	65 m
188	Bahamas Mount Alvernia	63 m
189	Gambia Sare Firasu Hill	51 m
190	Maldives Mount Villingili	5 m
191	Tuvalu Unnamed point on Niulakita	5 m

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