Tallest Building & Structure in the world by category

Category	Structure	Country	City	Height (metres)	Height (feet)	Year Built
Skyscraper – all categories	Burj Khalifa	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	829.84	2,722.57	2010
Self supporting tower	Tokyo Sky Tree	Japan	Tokyo	634	2,080	2011
Guyed Mast	KVLY-TV mast	United States	Blanchard	628.8	2,063	1963
Clock tower	Abraj Al Bait Towers	Saudi Arabia	Mecca	601	1,972	2011
Tower for scientific research	BREN Tower	United States	Nevada Test Site	462	1,516	1962
Mast radiator	Lualualei VLF transmitter	United States	Lualualei	458	1,503	1962
Twin towers	Petronas Twin Towers	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	452	1,482	1998
Chimney	Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station	Kazakhstan	Ekibastusz	419.7	1,377	1987
Radar	Dimona Radar Facility	Israel	Dimona	400	1,312	2008
Lattice tower	Kiev TV Tower	Ukraine	Kiev	385	1,263	1973
Partially guyed tower	Gerbrandy Tower	Netherlands	IJsselstein	366.8	1,203	1961
Guyed tubular steel mast	TV Tower Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Vinnytsia	354	1,161	1961
Electricity pylon	Yangtze River Crossing, Jiangyin	China	Jiangyin	346.5	1,137	2004
Bridge pillar	Millau Viaduct	France	Millau	342	1,122	2004
Dam	Nurek Dam	Tajikistan	Nurek	300	984[7]	1980
Concrete dam	Grande Dixence Dam	Switzerland	Val d'Hérens	285	935[8]	1965
Electricity pylon built of concrete	Nanjing Yangtze River Crossing	China	Nanjing	257	843	1992
Electricity pylon for DC	Wuhan Yangtze River Crossing	China	Wuhan	229	751	2003
Minaret	Hassan II Mosque	Morocco	Casablanca	210	689	1993
Wind turbine	Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Laasow	Germany	Laasow	205	673	2006
Cooling tower	Niederaussem Power Station	Germany	Niederaussem	200	656	2003
Monument	Gateway Arch	United States	St. Louis	192	630	1965
Water tower	Main tower of Kuwait Towers	Kuwait	Kuwait City	187	614	1979
Wooden structure	ATLAS-I at Kirtland Air Force Base	United States	Albuquerque	180	600	1980
Masonry tower	Anaconda Smelter Stack	United States	Anaconda	178.3	585	1919
Inclined structure, Stadium	Olympic Stadium	Canada	Montreal	175	574	1976
Obelisk	San Jacinto Monument	United States	La Porte	173.7	570	1939
Church building	Chicago Temple Building	United States	Chicago	173	568	1924
Masonry building	Mole Antonelliana	Italy	Torino	167	548	1889
Masonry building	Philadelphia City Hall	United States	Philadelphia	167	548	1901
Ferris wheel	Singapore Flyer	Singapore	Singapore	165	541.3	2008
Church tower	Ulm Minster	Germany	Ulm	162	530	1890
Flagpole, free-standing	Dushanbe Flagpole	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	165[9]	541	2011
Industrial hall	Vehicle Assembly Building	United States	Kennedy Space Center	160	525	1966
Dome	Dome of the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro	Côte d'Ivoire	Yamoussoukro	158	518	1990
Memorial cross	Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos	Spain	El Escorial	152.4	500	1957
Roller coaster	Kingda Ka	United States	Jackson	138.98	456	2005
Tomb	Great Pyramid of Giza	Egypt	Giza	138.8	455.2	2560 BC
Lighthouse	Jeddah Light	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	133	436	?
Air traffic control tower	Suvarnabhumi Airport control tower	Thailand	Bangkok	132.2	433.7	2006
Statue (including pedestal)	Spring Temple Buddha	China	Lushan County	128	420	2002
Shopping Mall	Ocean Towers	Pakistan	Karachi	124	406.82	2012