How much taller is the Statue of Liberty than the Arc de Triomphe?
The Statue of Liberty measures 73.2 m (240.2 ft) from the ground up, and the Arc de Triomphe measures 50 m (164 ft) from the ground up. The Arc de Triomphe would have to grow by 46% to match the Statue of Liberty, which is 1.46 times its height. Put the other way round, the Arc de Triomphe covers 68% of the Statue of Liberty on the axis both are judged on. The Statue of Liberty and the Arc de Triomphe are both written in tens of metres, and the 46% between them is the whole of the difference.
| Object | Real size | Axis measured | What the figure covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statue of Liberty | 73.2 m 240.2 ft |
Height | With Pedestal |
| Arc de Triomphe | 50 m 164 ft |
Height | Ground to highest point |
Both figures, Statue of Liberty and Arc de Triomphe, come from the Size It Up measurement set, one real-world size and one measured axis per object, last checked in September 2026; outline provenance is listed on the sources page.
Why this one is hard to judge by eye
Nothing this size arrives at the eye whole: the Statue of Liberty reaches you as a small angle from wherever you can stand back far enough to see it, and the brain fills the rest in from what it expects, which is how 23.2 m of difference goes unnoticed. On the drawing above the Statue of Liberty is about 2.46 times as tall as it is wide and the Arc de Triomphe about 1.13 times as wide as it is tall, so the two outlines fill the frame in ways that have nothing to do with the one axis being compared.
What each figure covers
Statue of Liberty. The 73.2 m includes the pedestal. The statue alone is 46 m heel to torch, and counting the star fort beneath brings the total to 93 m, so three different correct figures circulate.
Arc de Triomphe. Measured to the top of the arch. It was built to be walked under, and the pedestrian scale at street level is what makes the whole structure read as smaller than it is.
The Statue of Liberty and the Arc de Triomphe are both quoted as a height, which is what makes the ratio above a like-for-like figure.
What else is about that size?
Measured the same way, Statue of Liberty at 73.2 m sits within a tenth of Taj Mahal at 73 m and Gipsy Danger at 79.3 m. Arc de Triomphe at 50 m has Colosseum at 48.5 m, Leaning Tower of Pisa at 56.7 m and Boeing 737 at 39.5 m for company, within a quarter. Swapping any of those in for the Statue of Liberty would move its ratio to the Arc de Triomphe by less than 10%.