Tallest structures by category

These are the world's tallest structures by category.

Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, is currently the world's tallest building.

The Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers in the world.

Main article: List of tallest structures

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By design

Among existing structures

Category	Structure	Country	Location	Height (meters)	Height (feet)	Year built	Coordinates
Tethered aerostat	SkyGuard[1]			6,096	20,000	2025	(movable)
Spar oil platform	Perdido	United States	Gulf of Mexico	2,934	9,627	2011	26°7′44″N 94°53′53″W
Floating production storage and offloading unit	Turritella[2]	United States	Gulf of Mexico	2,900	9,514	2016
Semi-submersible oil platform	Independence Hub	United States	Gulf of Mexico	2,438	8,000	2007
Extended tension-leg oil platform	Big Foot	United States	Gulf of Mexico	1,580	5,180	2018
Tallest structure supported by land, also tallest freestanding structure, and tallest building[3]	Burj Khalifa	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	829.8	2,722	2010	25°11′50″N 55°16′27″E
Compliant tower (oil platform)	Petronius	United States	Gulf of Mexico	640	2,100	2000	29°06′30″N 87°56′30″W
Self-supporting tower[3]	Tokyo Skytree	Japan	Tokyo	634	2,080	2011	35°42′36″N 139°48′39″E
Guyed mast	KRDK-TV mast	United States	Traill County, North Dakota	628	2,060	1966	47°16′45″N 97°20′26″W
Hyperboloid structure	Canton Tower	China	Guangzhou	604	1,982	2010	23°6′32″N 113°19′8″E
Clock tower (multi-functional structure)	Abraj Al Bait	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	601	1,972	2019	21°25′08″N 39°49′35″E
Fixed oil platform	Bullwinkle	United States	Gulf of Mexico	529	1,736	1988	27°53′01″N 90°54′04″W
Gravity-based structure	Troll A platform	Norway	North Sea	472	1,549	1996	60°40′N 3°40′E
Mast radiator	INS Kattabomman umbrella antenna[citation needed]	India	Vijayanarayanam, Tamil Nadu	471	1,545	1990	8°23′14″N 77°45′06″E
Twin buildings	Petronas Twin Towers	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	452	1,483	1998	3°09′27″N 101°42′41″E; 3°09′29″N 101°42′43″E
Steel building[4]	Willis Tower	United States	Chicago, Illinois	442	1,450	1974	41°52′44″N 87°38′9″W
Telecommunication, commercial	Milad Tower	Iran	Tehran	435	1,427	2007	35°44′41″N 51°22′31″E
Chimney	Chimney of GRES-2 Power Station	Kazakhstan	Ekibastuz	419.7	1,377	1987	52°1′26″N 75°28′34″E
Steel / Concrete building	One World Trade Center	United States	New York, New York	417	1,368	2014	40.7127°N 74.0134°W / 40.7127; -74.0134 (One World Trade Center)
Radar	Dimona Radar Facility	Israel	Dimona	400	1,312	2008	30°58′7″N 35°05′50″E ; 30°58′32″N 35°05′55″E
Partially guyed tower	Indosiar TV Tower	Indonesia	Jakarta	395	1,296	2006	6°11′38″S 106°46′6″E
Electricity pylon	Jintang-Cezi Overhead Powerline Link	China	Jintang Island	380	1,247	2019	30°05′1″N 121°53′11″E ; 30°05′47″N 121°54′34″E
Building designed by women	St. Regis	United States	Chicago	363	1,191	2020	41°53′14″N 87°37′02″W
Bridge	Millau Viaduct	France	Millau	342	1,122	2004	44°05′10″N 03°01′18″E
Blaw-Knox tower (diamond cantilever tower)	Lakihegy Tower	Hungary	Szigetszentmiklós	314	1,031	1946	47°22′23″N 19°0′16″E
Dam	Jinping-I Dam	China	Yalong River	305	1,001	2013	28°10′58″N 101°37′51″E
Landmark Tower design	Star Tower	United States	Cincinnati	291	954	1991	39°12′01″N 84°31′22″W
Wind turbine	DEW-18 MW-260	China	Shantou	274[5]	899	2024	23.248833°N 116.748876°E / 23.248833; 116.748876 (DEW-18 MW-260)
Elevator test tower	H1 Tower	China	Guangzhou	273.8	898	2020	23°01′03″N 113°17′30″E
Minaret	Djamaa el Djazaïr	Algeria	Algiers	265	870	2019	36°44′09″N 3°08′17″E
Solar power tower	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park	United Arab Emirates	Saih Al-Dahal	262	860	2020	24.7547°N 55.365°E / 24.7547; 55.365 (Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park)
Ferris wheel	Ain Dubai	UAE	Bluewater Island Dubai	250	820	2021	25°04′48.4″N 55°07′26.6″E
Crane	LR 13000[6]	Germany		248	814	2013	(movable)
Aerial tramway support tower	Cat Hai – Phu Long cable car towers[7]	Vietnam	Hạ Long	214.8	704	2020
Jackup rig	Noble Lloyd Noble[8]	Liberia		214	702	2016	(movable)
Cooling tower	Pingshan Power Station	China	Huaibei	210	689	2020	33°49′53.7″N 116°49′39.7″E
Flagpole	Cairo Flagpole	Egypt	New Administrative Capital	201.952[9]	662.572	2021	30°00′48.7″N 31°45′17.5″E
Monument	Gateway Arch	United States	St. Louis, Missouri	192	630	1965	38°37′28.62″N 90°11′5.87″W
Water tower	Main tower of Kuwait Towers	Kuwait	Kuwait City	187	614	1979	29°23′22.75″N 48°00′11.57″E
Statue	Statue of Unity	India	Narmada district, Gujarat	182	597	2018	21.8380°N 73.7191°E / 21.8380; 73.7191 (Statue of Unity)
Masonry tower	Anaconda Smelter Stack	United States	Anaconda, Montana	178.3	585	1919	46°06′36.53″N 112°54′48.8″W
Inclined structure	Montreal Tower	Canada	Montreal	175	574	1976	45°33′33.53″N 73°33′7.61″W
Obelisk	San Jacinto Monument	United States	La Porte, Texas	173.7	570	1939	29°44′59.46″N 95°04′50.52″W
Power station building	Niederaussem Power Station	Germany	Bergheim	172	564	2002	50°59′44″N 06°40′09″E
Masonry building	Mole Antonelliana	Italy	Torino	167.5	550	1889	45°04′8.45″N 7°41′35.62″E
Church tower	Ulm Minster	Germany	Ulm	162	530	1890	48°23′55″N 9°59′30.78″E
Industrial hall	Vehicle Assembly Building	United States	Kennedy Space Center, Florida	160	525	1966	28°35′9.64″N 80°39′2.11″W
Memorial cross	Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos	Spain	El Escorial	152.4	500	1957	40°38′31.46″N 4°9′19.6″W
Air traffic control tower	Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 Control Tower	Malaysia	Sepang	141.3	463.6	2013[10]	2.740486°N 101.679069°E / 2.740486; 101.679069 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 Control Tower)
Swing ride	Bollywood Skyflyer[11]	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	140	460	2021	25°5′0.0″N 55°18′0″E
Roller coaster	Kingda Ka	United States	Jackson, New Jersey	138.98	456	2005	40°08′26.54″N 74°25′59.83″W
Tomb	Great Pyramid of Giza	Egypt	Giza	138.8	455.2	2560 BCE	29°58′44.93″N 31°08′3.09″E
Drop tower	Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom	United States	Jackson Township, NJ	139	456	2014	40.140623°N 74.433543°W / 40.140623; -74.433543 (Zumanjaro)
Gantry crane	Kockums Crane	South Korea	Ulsan	138	453	1974	(movable)
Stupa	Jetavanaramaya	Sri Lanka	Anuradhapura	122	400	273–301 CE	8°21′06″N 80°24′13″E
Wooden structure	Gliwice Radio Tower	Poland	Gliwice	118	387	1935	50°18′48.12″N 18°41′20.26″E
Storage silo	Swissmill Tower	Switzerland	Zürich	118	387	2016	47.389628°N 8.527086°E / 47.389628; 8.527086 (Swissmill Tower)
Gasometer	Gasometer Oberhausen	Germany	Oberhausen	117.5	386	1929	51°29′39″N 6°52′14″E Currently used as an exhibition and event hall
Dome	Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	111	364	1990	6.811126°N 5.296918°W / 6.811126; -5.296918 (Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro)
Vertical axis wind turbine	Éole[12]	Canada	Gaspésie	110	361	1987	49°04′35″N 66°44′06″W
Clock tower (single function structure)	Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower	United Kingdom	Birmingham	100	328	1908	52.4499°N 1.9307°W / 52.4499; -1.9307 (Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower)
Wooden building	Ascent MKE	United States	Milwaukee	87	284	2022	43°2′36″N 87°54′11″W
Sphere	Sphere at the Venetian Resort	United States	Las Vegas	112	366	2023	36°07′14″N 115°09′41″W
Lighthouse	Île Vierge Lighthouse	France	Finistère	82.5	271	1902	48°38′20″N 4°34′09″W
Gopuram	Murudeshwara Temple	India	Murudeshwara	76	249	2008	14°05′39.11″N 74°29′6.59″E
Loam building	Weilburg Pisé House	Germany	Weilburg	23.2	76	1828	50°29′13.28″N 8°15′34.11″E

Warsaw radio mast, the height record holder from 1974 to 1991

Unsurpassed destroyed structures

Category	Structure	Country	Location	Height (metres)	Height (feet)	Coordinates	Remarks
Guyed mast	Warsaw Radio Mast	Poland	Gąbin	646.38	2,121	52°22′3.74″N 19°48′8.73″E	Completed in 1974, collapsed on August 8, 1991
Scientific research tower	BREN Tower	United States	Nevada Test Site	462	1,516	36°46′50.23″N 116°14′36.9″W	Completed in 1962, demolished May 23, 2012[13]
Guyed tubular steel mast	Shushi-Wan Omega Transmitter	Japan	Tsushima	389	1,276	34°36′53″N 129°27′13″E	Completed in 1973, dismantled in 1998
Solar updraft tower	Manzanares Solar Chimney	Spain	Manzanares	195	640	39°02′34.45″N 3°15′12.21″W	Completed in 1982, the tower's guy-wires were not protected against corrosion and failed due to rust and storm winds causing the tower to collapse in 1989. Small-scale experimental model of a solar draft tower, newer proposals if built could become the tallest structure on earth.
Wooden structure	Mühlacker Wood Radio Tower	Germany	Mühlacker	190	623	48°56′27.67″N 8°51′8.24″E	Completed in 1934, destroyed on April 6, 1945, by the Germans to prevent usage by the Allies, replaced by mast radiator
Masonry building	Mole Antonelliana	Italy	Turin	167.5	549.5	45°04′8.45″N 7°41′35.62″E	Spire destroyed by a tornado in 1953 (rebuilt since then)
Pre-Industrial era building	Lincoln Cathedral	United Kingdom	Lincoln	160	524	53°14′3.26″N 0°32′10.54″W	Completed in 1311, spire blown off in 1549
Telescope	Arecibo Telescope	Puerto Rico	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	150	492	18°20′39″N 66°45′10″W	Completed in 1963, collapsed on December 1, 2020
Gasometer	Gasometer Zeche Nordstern	Germany	Gelsenkirchen	147	482		Completed in 1938, damaged at an air raid on May 13, 1940, in such a manner that it was not usable any more and had to be demolished.
Storage silo	Henninger Turm	Germany	Frankfurt	120	394	50°05′50.18″N 8°41′36.81″E	Constructed in 1961, demolished in 2013

By use

Category	Structure	Country	Location	Architectural top		Year built	Coordinates
				(metres)	(feet)
Mixed-use*	Burj Khalifa	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	830	2,722	2010	25°11′50.0″N 55°16′26.6″E
Industrial	Petronius (oil platform)	United States	Gulf of Mexico	640	2,100	2000	29°06′30″N 87°56′30″W
Office	Ping An Finance Center	China	Shenzhen	555	1,821	2017	22°32′12″N 114°3′1″E
Residential	Central Park Tower	United States	New York City	472.4	1,550	2020	40°45′59″N 73°58′52″W
Military	Large masts of INS Kattabomman	India	Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu	471	1,545	1990	8.3870°N 77.7529°E / 8.3870; 77.7529 (Large masts of INS Kattabomman)
Hotel	Gevora Hotel[14]	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	356.3	1,169	2018	25°12′44.6″N 55°16′37.5″E
Scientific research tower	Amazon Tall Tower Observatory	Brazil	São Sebastião do Uatumã	325[15]	1,066	2015	2.1430°S 59.0010°W / -2.1430; -59.0010 (Amazon Tall Tower Observatory)
Educational	Moscow State University	Russia	Moscow	240	787	1953	55.7039°N 37.5286°E / 55.7039; 37.5286 (Moscow State University)
Tallest religious building overall, also tallest mosque	Djamaa el Djazaïr	Algeria	Algiers	265	870	2019	36°44′09″N 3°08′17″E
Tallest church overall, also tallest Protestant church	Ulm Minster	Germany	Ulm	161.5	530	1890	48.398497°N 9.991797°E / 48.398497; 9.991797 (Ulm Minster)
Catholic church	Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	158	518	1989	6.811126°N 5.296918°W / 6.811126; -5.296918 (Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro)
Hospital	Outpatient Center, Houston Methodist Hospital	United States	Houston	156.05	511.8	?	?
Eastern Orthodox Church	Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral	Russia	St. Petersburg	122.5	402	1733	59.950128°N 30.316035°E / 59.950128; 30.316035 (Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg)
Hindu temple	Ranganathaswamy Temple	India	Srirangam	73	239.501	1987	10°51′45″N 78°41′23″E
Air cleaning	Xi'an air purification tower (HSALSCS)[16][17]	China	Xi'an			2016	?

* "Mixed-use" is defined as having three or more real estate uses (such as retail, office, hotel, etc.) that are physically and functionally integrated in a single property and are mutually supporting.^[18]

By continent

Tallest structures supported by land:

Continent	Structure	Height	Year[19]	Country
Asia	Burj Khalifa	830 m (2,723 ft)	2009	United Arab Emirates
Europe - destroyed	Warsaw radio mast	646 m (2,119 ft)	1974	Poland
Europe - existing	Ostankino Tower	540 m (1,772 ft)	1967	Russia
North America	KRDK-TV mast (previously 629.1 m with flagpole)	628.0 m (2,060 ft)	1998	United States
Oceania	VLF transmitter Lualualei	458 m (1,503 ft)	1972	United States (Hawaii)
Australia - destroyed	VLF Transmitter Woodside	432 m (1,417 ft)	1981	Australia
Australia - existing	Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt	387 m (1,270 ft)	1967	Australia
Africa	Iconic Tower	394 m (1,293 ft)	2024	Egypt
South America - destroyed	Omega Tower Trelew	366 m (1,201 ft)	1971	Argentina
South America - existing	Amazon Tall Tower Observatory	325 m (1,066 ft)	2015	Brazil

See also

• List of tallest buildings
• List of tallest structures
• History of the world's tallest buildings
• History of the world's tallest structures