Precipitation - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Precipitation, mm per year, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 178 countries was 1168 mm per year. The highest value was in Colombia: 3240 mm per year and the lowest value was in Egypt: 18 mm per year. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: mm per year; Source: FAO
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Countries Precipitation, 2020 Global rank Available data
Colombia 3240 1 1962 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 3200 2 1961 - 2021
Papua N.G. 3142 3 1961 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 3028 4 1961 - 2021
Panama 2928 5 1961 - 2021
Costa Rica 2926 6 1961 - 2021
Samoa 2880 7 1962 - 2021
Malaysia 2875 8 1961 - 2021
Brunei 2722 9 1961 - 2021
Indonesia 2702 10 1961 - 2021
Bangladesh 2666 11 1961 - 2021
Fiji 2592 12 1961 - 2021
Sierra Leone 2526 13 1961 - 2021
Singapore 2497 14 1961 - 2021
Liberia 2391 15 1961 - 2021
Guyana 2387 16 1962 - 2021
Grenada 2350 17 1961 - 2021
Philippines 2348 18 1961 - 2021
Suriname 2331 19 1962 - 2021
Seychelles 2330 20 1961 - 2021
Saint Lucia 2301 21 1961 - 2021
Nicaragua 2280 22 1961 - 2021
Ecuador 2274 23 1962 - 2021
Bhutan 2200 24 1961 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 2200 25 1961 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 2156 26 1961 - 2021
Burma 2091 27 1961 - 2021
Dominica 2083 28 1961 - 2021
Puerto Rico 2054 29 1961 - 2021
Jamaica 2051 30 1961 - 2021
Venezuela 2044 31 1961 - 2021
Mauritius 2041 32 1961 - 2021
Vanuatu 2000 33 1962 - 2021
Guatemala 1996 34 1961 - 2021
Honduras 1976 35 1961 - 2021
Maldives 1972 36 1961 - 2021
Iceland 1940 37 1961 - 2021
Cambodia 1904 38 1961 - 2021
Laos 1834 39 1961 - 2021
Gabon 1831 40 1961 - 2021
Vietnam 1821 41 1961 - 2021
El Salvador 1784 42 1961 - 2021
Brazil 1761 43 1961 - 2021
Peru 1738 44 1962 - 2021
New Zealand 1732 45 1961 - 2021
Sri Lanka 1712 46 1961 - 2021
Belize 1705 47 1961 - 2021
Japan 1668 48 1961 - 2021
Guinea 1651 49 1961 - 2021
R. of Congo 1646 50 1961 - 2021
Thailand 1622 51 1961 - 2021
Cameroon 1604 52 1961 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 1583 53 1961 - 2021
G.-Bissau 1577 54 1961 - 2021
DR Congo 1543 55 1961 - 2021
Switzerland 1537 56 1961 - 2021
Chile 1522 57 1962 - 2021
Madagascar 1513 58 1961 - 2021
Nepal 1500 59 1961 - 2021
Albania 1485 60 1961 - 2021
Haiti 1440 61 1961 - 2021
Barbados 1422 62 1961 - 2021
Norway 1414 63 1961 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 1410 64 1961 - 2021
Ivory Coast 1348 65 1961 - 2021
C.A. Republic 1343 66 1961 - 2021
Uruguay 1300 67 1962 - 2021
Bahamas 1292 68 1961 - 2021
Burundi 1274 69 1961 - 2021
South Korea 1274 70 1961 - 2021
UK 1220 71 1961 - 2021
Rwanda 1212 72 1961 - 2021
Ghana 1187 73 1961 - 2021
Malawi 1181 74 1961 - 2021
Uganda 1180 75 1961 - 2021
Togo 1168 76 1961 - 2021
Slovenia 1162 77 1992 - 2021
Nigeria 1150 78 1961 - 2021
Bolivia 1146 79 1962 - 2021
Paraguay 1130 80 1962 - 2021
Ireland 1118 81 1961 - 2021
Croatia 1113 82 1992 - 2021
Austria 1110 83 1961 - 2021
India 1083 84 1961 - 2021
Tanzania 1071 85 1961 - 2021
North Korea 1054 86 1961 - 2021
Benin 1039 87 1961 - 2021
Mozambique 1032 88 1961 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 1030 89 1961 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 1028 90 1992 - 2021
Georgia 1026 91 1992 - 2021
Zambia 1020 92 1961 - 2021
Angola 1010 93 1961 - 2021
Luxembourg 934 94 1961 - 2021
Comoros 900 95 1961 - 2021
France 867 96 1961 - 2021
Portugal 854 97 1961 - 2021
Ethiopia 848 98 1993 - 2021
Belgium 847 99 1961 - 2021
Gambia 836 100 1961 - 2021
Italy 832 101 1961 - 2021
Slovakia 824 102 1993 - 2021
Lesotho 788 103 1961 - 2021
Swaziland 788 104 1961 - 2021
Netherlands 778 105 1961 - 2021
Mexico 758 106 1962 - 2021
Burkina Faso 748 107 1961 - 2021
USA 715 108 1961 - 2021
Denmark 703 109 1961 - 2021
Germany 700 110 1961 - 2021
Tajikistan 691 111 1992 - 2021
Senegal 686 112 1961 - 2021
Czechia 677 113 1993 - 2021
Latvia 667 114 1992 - 2021
Lebanon 661 115 1961 - 2021
Zimbabwe 657 116 1961 - 2021
Lithuania 656 117 1992 - 2021
Greece 652 118 1961 - 2021
China 645 119 1962 - 2021
Romania 637 120 1961 - 2021
Spain 636 121 1961 - 2021
Kenya 630 122 1961 - 2021
Estonia 626 123 1992 - 2021
Sweden 624 124 1961 - 2021
North Macedonia 619 125 1992 - 2021
Belarus 618 126 1992 - 2021
Bulgaria 608 127 1961 - 2021
Poland 600 128 1961 - 2021
Turkey 593 129 1961 - 2021
Argentina 591 130 1962 - 2021
Hungary 589 131 1961 - 2021
Ukraine 565 132 1992 - 2021
Armenia 562 133 1992 - 2021
Malta 560 134 1961 - 2021
Canada 537 135 1961 - 2021
Finland 536 136 1961 - 2021
Australia 534 137 1961 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 533 138 1992 - 2021
Cyprus 498 139 1961 - 2021
South Africa 495 140 1961 - 2021
Pakistan 494 141 1961 - 2021
Russia 460 142 1992 - 2021
Moldova 450 143 1992 - 2021
Azerbaijan 447 144 1992 - 2021
Israel 435 145 1961 - 2021
Botswana 416 146 1961 - 2021
Palestine 402 147 1961 - 2021
Eritrea 384 148 1993 - 2021
Morocco 346 149 1961 - 2021
Afghanistan 327 150 1961 - 2021
Chad 322 151 1961 - 2021
Namibia 285 152 1961 - 2021
Mali 282 153 1961 - 2021
Somalia 282 154 1961 - 2021
Syria 252 155 1961 - 2021
Kazakhstan 250 156 1992 - 2021
Sudan 250 157 2012 - 2021
Mongolia 241 158 1961 - 2021
Cape Verde 228 159 1961 - 2021
Iran 228 160 1961 - 2021
Djibouti 220 161 1961 - 2021
Iraq 216 162 1961 - 2021
Tunisia 207 163 1961 - 2021
Uzbekistan 206 164 1992 - 2021
Yemen 167 165 1961 - 2021
Turkmenistan 161 166 1992 - 2021
Niger 151 167 1961 - 2021
Oman 125 168 1961 - 2021
Kuwait 121 169 1961 - 2021
Jordan 111 170 1961 - 2021
Mauritania 92 171 1961 - 2021
Algeria 89 172 1961 - 2021
Bahrain 83 173 1961 - 2021
UA Emirates 78 174 1961 - 2021
Qatar 74 175 1961 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 59 176 1961 - 2021
Libya 56 177 1961 - 2021
Egypt 18 178 1961 - 2021


New - World map: Precipitation




Definition: Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid.

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1. Colombia
2. S.T.&Principe
3. Papua N.G.
4. Solomon Isl.
5. Panama
6. Costa Rica
7. Samoa
8. Malaysia
9. Brunei
10. Indonesia
11. Bangladesh
12. Fiji
13. Sierra Leone
14. Singapore
15. Liberia
16. Guyana
17. Grenada
18. Philippines
19. Suriname
20. Seychelles
21. Saint Lucia
22. Nicaragua
23. Ecuador
24. Bhutan
25. Tr.&Tobago
26. Eq. Guinea
27. Burma
28. Dominica
29. Puerto Rico
30. Jamaica
31. Venezuela
32. Mauritius
33. Vanuatu
34. Guatemala
35. Honduras
36. Maldives
37. Iceland
38. Cambodia
39. Laos
40. Gabon
41. Vietnam
42. El Salvador
43. Brazil
44. Peru
45. New Zealand
46. Sri Lanka
47. Belize
48. Japan
49. Guinea
50. R. of Congo
51. Thailand
52. Cameroon
53. St. Vincent & ...
54. G.-Bissau
55. DR Congo
56. Switzerland
57. Chile
58. Madagascar
59. Nepal
60. Albania
61. Haiti
62. Barbados
63. Norway
64. Domin. Rep.
65. Ivory Coast
66. C.A. Republic
67. Uruguay
68. Bahamas
69. Burundi
70. South Korea
71. UK
72. Rwanda
73. Ghana
74. Malawi
75. Uganda
76. Togo
77. Slovenia
78. Nigeria
79. Bolivia
80. Paraguay
81. Ireland
82. Croatia
83. Austria
84. India
85. Tanzania
86. North Korea
87. Benin
88. Mozambique
89. Ant.& Barb.
90. Bosnia & Herz.
91. Georgia
92. Zambia
93. Angola
94. Luxembourg
95. Comoros
96. France
97. Portugal
98. Ethiopia
99. Belgium
100. Gambia
101. Italy
102. Slovakia
103. Lesotho
104. Swaziland
105. Netherlands
106. Mexico
107. Burkina Faso
108. USA
109. Denmark
110. Germany
111. Tajikistan
112. Senegal
113. Czechia
114. Latvia
115. Lebanon
116. Zimbabwe
117. Lithuania
118. Greece
119. China
120. Romania
121. Spain
122. Kenya
123. Estonia
124. Sweden
125. North Macedonia
126. Belarus
127. Bulgaria
128. Poland
129. Turkey
130. Argentina
131. Hungary
132. Ukraine
133. Armenia
134. Malta
135. Canada
136. Finland
137. Australia
138. Kyrgyzstan
139. Cyprus
140. South Africa
141. Pakistan
142. Russia
143. Moldova
144. Azerbaijan
145. Israel
146. Botswana
147. Palestine
148. Eritrea
149. Morocco
150. Afghanistan
151. Chad
152. Namibia
153. Mali
154. Somalia
155. Syria
156. Kazakhstan
157. Sudan
158. Mongolia
159. Cape Verde
160. Iran
161. Djibouti
162. Iraq
163. Tunisia
164. Uzbekistan
165. Yemen
166. Turkmenistan
167. Niger
168. Oman
169. Kuwait
170. Jordan
171. Mauritania
172. Algeria
173. Bahrain
174. UA Emirates
175. Qatar
176. Saudi Arabia
177. Libya
178. Egypt
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