List of the highest statues

Approximate heights of various notable statues:
1. Spring Temple Buddha 153 m (incl. 25 m pedestal and 20 m throne)
2. Statue of Liberty 93 m (incl. 47 m pedestal)
3. The Motherland Calls 91 m (excl. pedestal)
4. Christ the Redeemer 38 m (incl. 8 m pedestal)
5. Statue of David 5.17 m (excl. 2.5 m pedestal)

The following is a list of the highest statues in the world, considering only the figure itself, without any pedestal or plinth included in the measurement and sorted by height of the statue. The list only includes statues at least 30 meters (height of Colossus of Rhodes).

Existing

Statue	Depicts	Locations	Country	Height		Notes	Completed	Coordinates	Photo
				m	ft
Great Buddha of the Central Plains	Vairocana Buddha	Lushan, Henan	China	128	420	It includes a 20 m (66 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 25 m (82 ft) pedestal/building. 153 m (502 ft) total monument height. Tallest statue in Asia and the World.	2002
Ushiku Daibutsu	Amitabha Buddha	Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture	Japan	120	390	Includes the 10 m (33 ft) lotus throne and 10 m (33 ft) pedestal/building. 120 m (394 ft) total monument height.	1993		none.
Laykyun Setkyar	Gautama Buddha	Monywa, Sagaing Division	Myanmar	116	381	Stands on a 13.5 m (44 ft) throne. 130 m (427 ft) total monument height.	2008
Guan Yin of the South Sea of Sanya	Guanyin	Sanya, Hainan	China	108	354		2005
Emperors Yan and Huang	Yan and Huang, Emperors of China	Zhengzhou, Henan	China	106	348		2007
Sendai Daikannon	Kannon (Guanyin)	Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture	Japan	100	330		1991
Qianshou Qianyan Guanyin of Weishan	Guanyin	Weishan, Changsha, Hunan province	China	99	325	Gilded bronze statue	2009		75px
Great Buddha of Thailand	Gautama Buddha	Ang Thong	Thailand	92	302		2008
Dai Kannon of ''Kita no Miyako'' park	Kannon (Guanyin) – Byakue Kannon	Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō	Japan	88	289		1989
Grand Buddha at Ling Shan	Amitabha Buddha	Wuxi, Jiangsu Province	China	88	289		1996
Rodina-Mat' Zovyot! (The Motherland Calls)	Woman representing the Motherland	Mamayev Kurgan; Volgograd	Russia	87	285	Tallest statue in Russia and Europe. The highest freestanding non-religious statue in the world.	1967
Awaji Kannon	Kannon (Guanyin)	Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture	Japan	80	260	Stands on a 20 m (66 ft) pedestal/building, 100 m (330 ft) total height	1982
Jiuhuashan Dizang Pusa Lutian Datongxiang	Ksitigarbha	Qingyang County	China	76	249	Standing 155 m in total height	2012
Guanyin statue in Tsz Shan Monastery	Guanyin	Hong Kong	Hong Kong (China)	76	249		2012
Kaga Kannon	Kannon (Guanyin)	Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture	Japan	73	240		1987
Leshan Giant Buddha	Maitreya Buddha	Leshan	China	71	233	Construction started in 713. With two more than 16 m (52 ft) carving statues of Lokapala	803
Son Tra Guanyin	Guanyin	Da Nang, Vietnam	Vietnam	70	230		2010
Rodina-mat', Kiev	Mother of the Fatherland (Soviet Union)	Kiev	Ukraine	62	203	Stands on a 40 m (130 ft) pedestal, 102 m (335 ft) total monument height	1981
Guze Jibo Daikannon of the Narita-san temple	Kannon (Guanyin) – Jibo Kannon	Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture	Japan	62	203		1983		75px
Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao	Guanyin	Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong	China	62	203	Stands on a 15 m (49 ft) pedestal, 77 m (253 ft) total height	1998
Guan Yu of Yuncheng	Guandi (war god)	Yuncheng, Shanxi	China	61	200	Stands on a 19 m pedestal, 80 m (260 ft) total height	2010
Lashaosi Dafo	Gautama Buddha	Wushan County, Gansu	China	60	200	Thin carving on mountain	559
Luangpho Yai	Gautama Buddha	Roi Et, Thailand	Thailand	59.2	194	Stands on an 8.65 m (28.4 ft) base with small museum, 67.85 m (222.6 ft) total height
Guandi of Jingzhou	Guandi (war god)	Jingzhou, Hubei	China	58	190	Central focus of a temple complex, the statue is designed by the nationally renowned artist Han Meilin.	2016
Great Standing Maitreya Buddha	Maitreya Buddha	Emei Township, Hsinchu County	Taiwan	57.6	189	72 m (236 ft) total height	2011
Zheng Chenggong Dashenxiang	Koxinga	Chiayi County	Taiwan	52.4	172	With statues of 49 m (160 ft) (include seat) of two generals completed on 2013	1995
Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon	Kannon (Guanyin) – Jibo Kannon	Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima	Japan	57	187		1987
Tokyo Wan Kannon	Kannon (Guanyin)	Futtsu, Chiba	Japan	56	184	Commemorates the World War II dead	1961
Usami Dai-Kannon	Kannon (Guanyin)	Izu Peninsula, Itō, Shizuoka	Japan	50	160	The largest sitting Kannon in Japan	1982
Sodoshima Dai-Kannon	Kannon (Guanyin)	Shōdoshima, Shōzu District, Kagawa	Japan	50	160	A tooth of the historical Buddha is said to be enshrined inside of it	1994
Taiwan Chengte Dafo	Amitabha	Puli, Nantou	Taiwan	50	160	With 28 m statues of Guanyin and Mahasthamaprapta	2004
African Renaissance Monument	People of Africa	Dakar	Senegal	49	161	Tallest statue in Africa.	2010		75px
Buddha in Aluthgama	Gautama Buddha	Aluthgama	Sri Lanka	48.8	160		2007		75px
Dai Kannon of Kamaishi	Kannon (Guanyin) – Gyoran Kannon	Kamaishi, Iwate	Japan	48.5	159	Symbolizes maritime safety, 11 floors inside the buddha	1970
Donglin Dafo	Buddha Amitabha	Lushan District, Jiangxi	China	48	157	Sin su base mide 64m.	2011
Jinding Dafo	Gautama Buddha	Dunhua	China	48	157	standing	2011
Ten Directions Samantabhadra Bodhisattva	Buddha – Samantabhadra	Mount Emei, Sichuan province	China	48	157		2005
Jieyin Dafo in Fo Guang Shan	Gautama Buddha	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	48	157	bronze, 108 m total height	2011
Virgen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace)	Mary	Trujillo, Trujillo	Venezuela	46.7	153	Work of the sculptor Manuel de la Fuente. Tallest sculpture of the Virgin Mary in the world.	1983
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World)	Liberty, the Roman goddess	Liberty Island, New York	United States	46	151	Stands upon a 47 m (154 ft) pedestal. 93 m (305 ft) total monument height.	1886
Jixiang Dafo	Buddha	Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture	China	45	148		2008
Phra Puttamingmongkol Akenakkiri Buddha	Gautama Buddha	Phuket	Thailand	45	148		2008
Virgen del Socavón	Mary	Oruro	Bolivia	45	148		2013
Tong Lam Lo Son Amitabha Buddha	Amitabha Buddha	Nha Trang, Vietnam	Vietnam	44	144		2012
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue	Shiva	Kathmandu	Nepal	43.5	143	The Tallest Lord Shiva statue in the world.	2010		75px
Lord Murugan Statue	Murugan	Batu Caves, Gombak	Malaysia	42.7	140	Tallest statue in Malaysia. Second tallest statue of an Hindu deity and tallest Murugan statue in the world	2006
Mazu of Tianjin	Mazu (sea goddess)	Tianjin	China	42.3	139		2012
Santa Rita de Cássia	Rita of Cascia	Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	42	138	Stands over a 6 m pedestal and wears an 8 m crown. 56 m (184 ft) total monument height.	2010
Grand Byakue Kannon	Kannon (Guanyin)	Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture	Japan	41.8	137		1936
Chunan Da Mazu	Mazu (sea goddess)	Miaoli County	Taiwan	41.4	136		1984
Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami	Hanuman	Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh	India	41	135	World's tallest Hanuman. India's tallest statue.	2003
Xishan Dafo	Buddha Amitabha	Taiyuan, Shanxi	China	41	135		576
Guanyin of Lianhuashan	Guanyin	Lianhuashan, Guangzhou, Guangdong	China	40.8	134	While the statue was completed in 1994. The gold plating was refinished in 2000	1994
Shichikama Shokannon	Kannon	Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki	Japan	40	130	standing	1990
Shinran Shonin	Shinran	Kitakanbara District, Niigata	Japan	40	130	standing	1990
José María Morelos statue	José María Morelos	Janitzio island, Michoacán	Mexico	40	130	Made of pink stone	1934
Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue	Genghis Khan	Tsonjin Boldog, Tuv Province	Mongolia	40	130	Tallest equestrian statue	2007
Standing Amitabha Buddha of Fo Guang Shan	Buddha Amitabha	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	40	130		1972
Atatürk Mask	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk	Buca in the Izmir Province	Turkey	40	130	Work of the sculptor Harun Atalayman	2009
Tathagata Tsal	Buddha	Ravangla, Sikkim	India	39	128		2013
Big Buddha Statue of Wat Phothikyan Phut Thak Tham	Amitabha	Pasir Puteh, Kelantan	Malaysia	39	128	The Theravada Buddhist abbot of the Twin Dragon Temple saw that buddha in a dream	2009
Hongguang Shan Giant Buddha	Gautama Buddha	Ürümqi, Xinjiang	China	38.8	127		2004
Nanshan Dafo	Gautama Buddha	Yantai	China	38.7	127	sitting	2004
Daishaka	Gautama Buddha	Tamana, Kumamoto	Japan	38.5	126	sitting	1979
Dhyana Buddha Statue	Gautama Buddha	Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh	India	38	125		2006
Laozi of Laojunshan Mountain	Laozi	Luanchuan County, Luoyang, Henan province	China	38	125	Gilded bronze statue.	2010
Statue of Padmasambhava in Rewalsar	Guru Rinpoche	Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh	India	37.5	123		2012
Replica of the Statue of Liberty in front of the Havan store	Liberty	Barra Velha	Brazil	37	121	Stands on top of a 20 m tall pedestal.	2011
Shiva of Murudeshwara	Shiva	Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka	India	37	121	The second tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world. The tallest statue of Shiva in India.	2006
Rong Xian Buddha	Maitreya Buddha	Rong Xian, Sichuan province	China	37	121		Tang Dynasty
The Merlion of Sentosa	A merlion	Sentosa	Singapore	37	121		1996
Christ the King	Jesus	Świebodzin	Poland	36	118	It includes a 3 m tall metal crown. Stands on top of a 16 m stone bank. 52 m total monument height. The tallest Christ statue in the world. (2011)	2010
Da Guan Gong	Guan Yu	Hsinchu	Taiwan	36.6	120		1975
Guanyin of Chongyuan Temple	Guanyin	Suzhou, Jiangsu province	China	36	118	88-ton indoor statue made of gilded bronze.	2007
Statue of Padmasambhava in Namchi	Guru Rinpoche	Namchi, Sikkim	India	36	118		2004
Alyosha monument	World War II USSR soldier	Murmansk	Russia	35.5	116	Stands upon a 7 m pedestal.	1974		75px
Lord Basava	Basava	Gadag, Karnataka	India	35.35	116.0	Tallest statue of lord Basava in the world	2014
Shandan Dafo	Gautama Buddha	Shandan County	China	35	115	sitting	Tang Dynasty
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara of Tazawako	Avalokitesvara	Tazawako, Akita prefecture	Japan	35	115		1939		75px
Birth of the New Man	Christopher Columbus	Sevilla	Spain	35	115		1995
Mogao Caves North Big Statue	Maitreya Buddha	Dunhuang, Gansu	China	35	115	near 26 m South Big Statue sitting Maitreya built during Kaiyuan	694
Cristo de la Concordia	Jesus	Cochabamba	Bolivia	34.2	112	Stands upon a 6.2 m pedestal.	1994
Pegasus and Dragon	Pegasus and Dragon	Hallandale Beach, Florida	United States	33.5	110	Tallest, largest equine and European dragon statues, second tallest in the US	November 2014
Tian Tan Buddha	Gautama Buddha	Ngong Ping, Lantau Island	Hong Kong	33.2	109		1993
Hungludi Tudigong Xiang	Tu Di Gong	New Taipei City	Taiwan	33.2	109		about 2000s
Statue of Ahimsa	first Jain Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha	Mangi-Tungi,100 km (62 mi) from Dhule	India	33	108	World's tallest Jain idol(127 feet including pedestal) and also largest monolith statue in the world	February 2016
Adinath dada statue at Palitana Temples	first Jain Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha	Gujrat	India	33	108	World's tallest Svetambar Jain idol	2016
108 Foot Shri Sankat Mochan Dham	Hanuman	Karol Bagh, New Delhi	India	33	108
Maoshan Laozi Shenxiang	Laozi	near Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province	China	33	108		1998
Xuedoushan Maitreya Big Buddha	Maitreya	Fenghua	China	33	108	sitting Budai	2008
Yishan Dafo	Gautama Buddha	Guanyun County	China	33	108	sitting	2009
Guanshiyin Pusa Shengxiang in Guanyin Shan	Guanyin	Dongguang	China	33	108	carving	2001
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (fr) (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)	Mary	Le Mas-Rillier in Miribel, Ain	France	33	108	Over a 20 m building/pedestal. 53 metres (174 ft) total height.	1941
Mangal Mahadev	Shiva	Ganga Talao lake	Mauritius	33	108		2007
Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya	Annamacharya	Tallapaka, Andhra Pradesh	India	33	108	Telugu poet and musician	2008
Hanuman Murti in Shahjahanpur	Hanumat Dham	Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh	India	32	105	Standing	2013
Hanuman Murti in Shimla	Hanuman	Shimla, Himachal Pradesh	India	33	108	Located at 8,500 feet (2,600 m)t) above sea level	2010
Basava statue at Basavakalyan, Bidar	Basava	Basavakalyan, Karnataka	India	33	108	The 1st tallest Lord Basava Statue in the World	2012
Junkin Kaiun Hoju Daikanzeon Bosatsu	Kannon	Ichishi District, Mie	Japan	33	108	standing	1982
Taniyama no Daikannon	Kannon	Kagoshima	Japan	33	108	standing	2001
Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa	Maitreya Buddha	Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province	South Korea	33	108		1990		75px
Hushanyan Dafo	Maitreya Buddha	Douliu	Taiwan	33	108	sitting. not yet opened	1987
Mindroling Monastery Buddha statue	Gautama Buddha	Dehradun, Uttarakhand state	India	32.6	107
Luang Pho To	Maitreya	Bangkok	Thailand	32.5	107
Baxianshan Dafo	Buddha	Pingshan County, Sichuan	China	32	105	standing	Ming Dynasty
Diskit Monastery Buddha statue	Jampa Buddha	Diskit, Nubra Valley, Ladakh	India	32	105		2010
Hanuman in Nandura	Hanuman	Maharashtra	India	32	105
Statue of Mao in Juzizhou	Mao Zedong	Yuelu District, Changsha	China	32	105		2009
Bhaisajyaguru of the Nihon-ji Temple	Buddha – Bhaisajyaguru	Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba	Japan	31	102	Largest pre-modern Japan sculpture	1790 (approximate date)
Sacred Heart of Jesus	Jesus Christ	Roxas, Capiz	Philippines	31	102	Mounted on a 9-Meter Pedestal with a Total height of 40m	2015		75px
Mangal Mahadev	Lord Shiva	Gangtan,Sampla Beri Road Hariyana	India	30.8	101	Standing Statue	2012
Jalesveva Jayamahe	Navy Officer	Surabaya	Indonesia	30.6	100	Standing 30 metres concrete building. Total height 60.6 m	1996
Mazu Statue	Mazu	Xinwu District, Taoyuan City	Taiwan	30.5	100	The tallest Mazu statue in Taiwan	2001		75px
Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri	Shiva	Haridwar, Uttarakhand	India	30.5	100	The third tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world. The second tallest statue of Shiva in India)
São Francisco de Canindé	Francis of Assisi	Canindé, Ceará	Brazil	30.5	100	Tallest statue in the Brazilian state of Ceará. Tallest statue of Saint Francis in the world.	2005
Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple	Guanyin	Air Itam, Penang island	Malaysia	30.2	99	It's sheltered inside a 60.9m tall pavilion, the tallest in the world	1999
Abbirajupalem Hanuman Statue	Hanuman	Doddipatla, Andhra Pradesh	India	30	98	Standing	2013
Christ Blessing (Kristus kase Berkat)	Jesus	Manado	Indonesia	30	98	Stands on a 20 m pedestal.	2007		75px
Obinzurusama	Pindola Bharadvaja	Yamaga, Kumamoto	Japan	30	98	standing	1607
Cristo Resucitado (Christ Resurrected)	Jesus	Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State	Mexico	30	98	Stands on a 10 m tall pedestal. 40 m (130 ft) total height.
Virgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo)	Woman of the Apocalypse	Quito	Ecuador	30	98	Stands on an 11 m pedestal. 41 m (135 ft) total	1976
Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer)	Jesus	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	30	98	Stands on a 9.5 m pedestal. 39.6 m (130 ft) total monument height	1931
Buddha statue in the Phra Buddha Bharameedharm Chamruslok Temple	Buddha	Kelantan	Malaysia	30	98	sitting	1750 approx.
Cristo del Otero	Jesus	Palencia	Spain	30	98		1931
The Kelpies	Horses	Falkirk	United Kingdom	30	98		2013
Juche Tower statues	Worker, peasant and intellectual	Pyongyang, North Korea	North Korea	30	98		1982
Arch of Reunification	Women holding symbol	Pyongyang, North Korea	North Korea	30	98		2001

Destroyed

Head of the Colossus of Constantine, Rome

Fragments of the Colossus of Constantine, Rome

Bronze Colossus of Constantine, Rome

The Great Buddha of Bamiyan

• Afghanistan, Great Buddha of Bamiyan; Vairocana Buddha; Bamiyan Province. 55 metres (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
• Afghanistan, Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; Gautama Buddha; Bamiyan province. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 507 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
• Italy, Colossus of Nero (later renamed as Colossus Solis); Rome. 36 m (118 ft). Completed in 75 with unknown date of destruction.
• China, Gilded Statue of Mao Zedong sitting in a Chair; Tongxu county, Henan. 36 metres (118 ft). Dismantled before completion in early January 2016.
• France, The Cosmoplanetary Messiah; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001.
• Greece, Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region. 30 m (98 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed by earthquake in 226 BC.

Planned / in progress

• India Statue of Shivaji; Mumbai, Maharashtra. 190 m (620 ft).
• India Statue of Unity (depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel); Sadhu Bet riverbed, Gujarat. 182 m (597 ft). To be the World's tallest statue when complete.
• USA Crazy Horse Memorial (depicts Crazy Horse); Black Hills, South Dakota. 172 m (564 ft) when completed.
• Greece New Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes. 150 m (490 ft).
• Indonesia Garuda Wisnu Kencana (depicts Garuda); Vishnu; Bukit Peninsula, Bali. 146 m (479 ft) height with its wing span 64 m (210 ft) across.
• China Bodhisattva Manjusri statue;Jiangbei District, Chongqing. 108 m.
• China Padmasambhava statue; Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan. 108 m.
• Philippines Monte Maria Statue (depicts Blessed Virgin Mary; Tagaytay. 101 m (331 ft).
• China Maitreya Buddha;Nanchong. 99 m carving.
• China Emperor Yao statue; Gaoyou. 99 m.
• Puerto Rico Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Arecibo. 89.9 m (295 ft). The work of Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli. When completed, it will be the tallest statue in the Americas.
• China Lutian Ruyi Guanyin statue; Suzhou. 88 m.
• China Wufang Dafo (depicts Five Dhyani Buddhas), Qinhuangdao. 81 m carving.
• Indonesia Noah Statue; North Sumatra. 80 m (260 ft).
• Myanmar Laykyun Setkyar Sitting Buddha Statue; Monywa, Sagaing Division. 74 m (243 ft).
• China Yangshan Dafo (depicts Gautama); Urad Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia. 69 m.
• China Bodhidharma statue; Nanjing. 68 m.
• United Kingdom Waking the Dragon (bronze dragon on pedestal); Wrexham, Wales. 64 m (210 ft).
• India Shree Adhbhutnath Mahadev Shiva; Statue 201 ft+ city – Delhi. 61.26 m (201.0 ft) In progress by Indian Artist Murtikar Chandulal Verma.
• Taiwan Zheng Chenggong Dashenxiang riding horse statue at Chiayi County. 30.35 m (99.6 ft).
• Greece New Colossus of Rhodes (titan Helios); Helios, island of Rhodes. 60 m to 100 m
• Bhutan Buddha Dordenma (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu. 51 m (167 ft).
• China Jiangtaishan Dafo (planning depicts Maitreya Buddha sitting), Hangzhou. 50 m carving.
• United Kingdom The White Horse at Ebbsfleet; Kent, England. 50 m (160 ft)
• India Maitreya Project (depicts Maitreya); Bodh Gaya, Bihar. 45 m (148 ft).
• Croatia Jesus Christ statue, Marijan Hill, Split. 41 m (135 ft).
• Malaysia Goddess Mazu statue; Kudat, Borneo Island. 36 m (118 ft).
• India God Basaveshwara statue; Bishma Lake, Gadag, Karnataka, India. 33.8 m (111 ft).
• China Sanxiaoliangliang statue (depicts zh:三霄娘娘); Huoqiu. 33 m.
• Slovakia Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Prešov, Prešov District. 33 m (108 ft). The statue should start building in about 2012.
• Mauritius Statue of Durga Maa Bhavani at Ganga Talao lake shrine. 33 m (108 ft).
• India Stok buddha statue at village Stok, Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir. 32 m (105 ft).
• India Statue of Sai Baba, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. 30.5 m (100 ft).
• India Statue of Buddha (Lord Buddha ); Buddha, village Hatyal Tal. Basavkalyan Ditts. Bidar State Karnataka30 m (98 ft).

See also

• List of statues
• List of the tallest statues in the United States
• List of Colossal Sculpture In Situ
• New Seven Wonders of the World
• Colossi of Memnon
• List of tallest freestanding structures in the world

External links

• Top 10 highest monuments – Architecture Portal News
• (Italian) Top highest monuments in the World

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