Highest Waterfalls in the World

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Highest Waterfalls in the World

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Key Findings

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Angel Falls (Venezuela) leads in Height (Metres) with 979.

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Average Height (Metres): 898 · median: 898.

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Gap: Angel Falls (Venezuela) is 1.2× larger than Pu'uka'oku Falls (USA/Hawaii).

About This Dataset

Highest Waterfalls in the World

Waterfalls ranked by total height of uninterrupted drop in metres. Angel Falls in Venezuela is the world's highest waterfall at 979 metres — nearly 20 times the height of Niagara Falls — plunging from the summit of Auyán-tepui, one of Venezuela's flat-topped table mountains. The falls were first documented by US aviator Jimmie Angel in 1933, whose name they bear, though the indigenous Pemon people had long known them as Kerepakupai Merú.

Analysis

The top three in Height (Metres) are Angel Falls (Venezuela) (979), Tugela Falls (South Africa) (948) and Cataratas las Tres Hermanas (Peru) (914). The 8 entries in Height (Metres) cover a range of 139, from 979 down to 840. First and second are separated by 31, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. The other 6 are bunched between 840 and 914 Height (Metres).

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

979

Angel Falls (Venezuela)

Height (Metres) · All Time

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Height (Metres)

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Height (Metres)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Height (Metres) · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Angel Falls (Venezuela)	979
🥈	Tugela Falls (South Africa)	948
🥉	Cataratas las Tres Hermanas (Peru)	914
4	Olo'upena Falls (USA/Hawaii)	900
5	Yumbilla Falls (Peru)	896
6	Vinnufossen (Norway)	860
7	Balaifossen (Norway)	850
8	Pu'uka'oku Falls (USA/Hawaii)	840

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Falls Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugela_Falls Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_Falls Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olo%27upena_Falls Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumbilla_Falls Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnufossen Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaifossen Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%27uka%27oku_Falls Visit ↗

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