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title: "When did the tallest building in the world last change?"
description: "The Burj Khalifa in Dubai took the title, 2010. What happened, why it has not happened since, and whether it plausibly could again."
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site: "At One Place"
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# When did the tallest building in the world last change?

**When did the tallest building in the world last change?: 2010**

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai took the title

At 828 metres it did not merely take the record, it took it by around 60 per cent, which is by far the largest jump in the history of the category. The Jeddah Tower, intended to pass a kilometre, has been under intermittent construction since 2013. The title has changed hands about a dozen times since the Eiffel Tower took it in 1889 and has never before stayed put this long.

- **What:** The Burj Khalifa in Dubai took the title
- **When:** 2010
- **Category:** Everyday things
- **Could this change?:** Yes. This streak could end, and if it does this page becomes a historical note rather than an answer.

## Everyday things

| Question | When |
| --- | --- |
| When did the London Underground last gain a line? | 24 May 2022 |
| When did the prime meridian last move? | 1984 |
| When did the Olympics last award medals for art? | 1948 |
| When were the Olympic Games last cancelled? | 1944 |
| When was a leap year last skipped? | 1900 |
| When was a letter last added to the English alphabet? | The 1500s and 1600s |

> This page gives a date and never a "years ago". These pages are built as static files, so a computed interval would freeze at build time and quietly become wrong — which on a reference site is worse than making the reader do the subtraction.

## Common questions

### When did the tallest building in the world last change?

2010 — The Burj Khalifa in Dubai took the title.

### What happened?

At 828 metres it did not merely take the record, it took it by around 60 per cent, which is by far the largest jump in the history of the category. The Jeddah Tower, intended to pass a kilometre, has been under intermittent construction since 2013. The title has changed hands about a dozen times since the Eiffel Tower took it in 1889 and has never before stayed put this long.

### Could it happen again?

Yes. This is one of the entries where the streak could plausibly end, which is stated on the page rather than left implied.

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