Precipitation - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Precipitation, mm per year, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 176 countries was 1176 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 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: mm per year; Source: FAO
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Countries Precipitation, 2022 Global rank Available data
Colombia 3240 1 1962 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 3200 2 1961 - 2022
Papua N.G. 3142 3 1961 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 3028 4 1961 - 2022
Panama 2928 5 1961 - 2022
Costa Rica 2926 6 1961 - 2022
Samoa 2880 7 1962 - 2022
Malaysia 2875 8 1961 - 2022
Brunei 2722 9 1961 - 2022
Indonesia 2702 10 1961 - 2022
Bangladesh 2666 11 1961 - 2022
Fiji 2592 12 1961 - 2022
Sierra Leone 2526 13 1961 - 2022
Singapore 2497 14 1961 - 2022
Liberia 2391 15 1961 - 2022
Guyana 2387 16 1962 - 2022
Grenada 2350 17 1961 - 2022
Philippines 2348 18 1961 - 2022
Suriname 2331 19 1962 - 2022
Seychelles 2330 20 1961 - 2022
Saint Lucia 2301 21 1961 - 2022
Nicaragua 2280 22 1961 - 2022
Ecuador 2274 23 1962 - 2022
Bhutan 2200 24 1961 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 2200 25 1961 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 2156 26 1961 - 2022
Burma 2091 27 1961 - 2022
Dominica 2083 28 1961 - 2022
Puerto Rico 2054 29 1961 - 2022
Jamaica 2051 30 1961 - 2022
Venezuela 2044 31 1961 - 2022
Mauritius 2041 32 1961 - 2022
Vanuatu 2000 33 1962 - 2022
Guatemala 1996 34 1961 - 2022
Honduras 1976 35 1961 - 2022
Maldives 1972 36 1961 - 2022
Iceland 1940 37 1961 - 2022
Cambodia 1904 38 1961 - 2022
Laos 1834 39 1961 - 2022
Gabon 1831 40 1961 - 2022
Vietnam 1821 41 1961 - 2022
El Salvador 1784 42 1961 - 2022
Brazil 1761 43 1961 - 2022
Peru 1738 44 1962 - 2022
New Zealand 1732 45 1961 - 2022
Sri Lanka 1712 46 1961 - 2022
Belize 1705 47 1961 - 2022
Japan 1668 48 1961 - 2022
Guinea 1651 49 1961 - 2022
R. of Congo 1646 50 1961 - 2022
Thailand 1622 51 1961 - 2022
Cameroon 1604 52 1961 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 1583 53 1961 - 2022
G.-Bissau 1577 54 1961 - 2022
DR Congo 1543 55 1961 - 2022
Switzerland 1537 56 1961 - 2022
Chile 1522 57 1962 - 2022
Madagascar 1513 58 1961 - 2022
Nepal 1500 59 1961 - 2022
Albania 1485 60 1961 - 2022
Haiti 1440 61 1961 - 2022
Barbados 1422 62 1961 - 2022
Norway 1414 63 1961 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 1410 64 1961 - 2022
Ivory Coast 1348 65 1961 - 2022
C.A. Republic 1343 66 1961 - 2022
Uruguay 1300 67 1962 - 2022
Bahamas 1292 68 1961 - 2022
Burundi 1274 69 1961 - 2022
South Korea 1274 70 1961 - 2022
UK 1220 71 1961 - 2022
Rwanda 1212 72 1961 - 2022
Ghana 1187 73 1961 - 2022
Malawi 1181 74 1961 - 2022
Uganda 1180 75 1961 - 2022
Togo 1168 76 1961 - 2022
Slovenia 1162 77 1992 - 2022
Nigeria 1150 78 1961 - 2022
Bolivia 1146 79 1962 - 2022
Paraguay 1130 80 1962 - 2022
Ireland 1118 81 1961 - 2022
Croatia 1113 82 1992 - 2022
Austria 1110 83 1961 - 2022
India 1083 84 1961 - 2022
Tanzania 1071 85 1961 - 2022
North Korea 1054 86 1961 - 2022
Benin 1039 87 1961 - 2022
Mozambique 1032 88 1961 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 1030 89 1961 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 1028 90 1992 - 2022
Georgia 1026 91 1992 - 2022
Zambia 1020 92 1961 - 2022
Angola 1010 93 1961 - 2022
Luxembourg 934 94 1961 - 2022
Comoros 900 95 1961 - 2022
France 867 96 1961 - 2022
Portugal 854 97 1961 - 2022
Ethiopia 848 98 1993 - 2022
Belgium 847 99 1961 - 2022
Gambia 836 100 1961 - 2022
Italy 832 101 1961 - 2022
Slovakia 824 102 1993 - 2022
Lesotho 788 103 1961 - 2022
Swaziland 788 104 1961 - 2022
Netherlands 778 105 1961 - 2022
Mexico 758 106 1962 - 2022
Burkina Faso 748 107 1961 - 2022
USA 715 108 1961 - 2022
Denmark 703 109 1961 - 2022
Germany 700 110 1961 - 2022
Tajikistan 691 111 1992 - 2022
Senegal 686 112 1961 - 2022
Czechia 677 113 1993 - 2022
Latvia 667 114 1992 - 2022
Lebanon 661 115 1961 - 2022
Zimbabwe 657 116 1961 - 2022
Lithuania 656 117 1992 - 2022
Greece 652 118 1961 - 2022
China 645 119 1962 - 2022
Romania 637 120 1961 - 2022
Spain 636 121 1961 - 2022
Kenya 630 122 1961 - 2022
Estonia 626 123 1992 - 2022
Sweden 624 124 1961 - 2022
North Macedonia 619 125 1992 - 2022
Belarus 618 126 1992 - 2022
Bulgaria 608 127 1961 - 2022
Poland 600 128 1961 - 2022
Turkey 593 129 1961 - 2022
Argentina 591 130 1962 - 2022
Hungary 589 131 1961 - 2022
Ukraine 565 132 1992 - 2022
Armenia 562 133 1992 - 2022
Malta 560 134 1961 - 2022
Canada 537 135 1961 - 2022
Finland 536 136 1961 - 2022
Australia 534 137 1961 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 533 138 1992 - 2022
Cyprus 498 139 1961 - 2022
South Africa 495 140 1961 - 2022
Pakistan 494 141 1961 - 2022
Russia 460 142 1992 - 2022
Moldova 450 143 1992 - 2022
Azerbaijan 447 144 1992 - 2022
Botswana 416 145 1961 - 2022
Eritrea 384 146 1993 - 2022
Morocco 346 147 1961 - 2022
Afghanistan 327 148 1961 - 2022
Chad 322 149 1961 - 2022
Namibia 285 150 1961 - 2022
Mali 282 151 1961 - 2022
Somalia 282 152 1961 - 2022
Syria 252 153 1961 - 2022
Kazakhstan 250 154 1992 - 2022
Sudan 250 155 2012 - 2022
Mongolia 241 156 1961 - 2022
Cape Verde 228 157 1961 - 2022
Iran 228 158 1961 - 2022
Djibouti 220 159 1961 - 2022
Iraq 216 160 1961 - 2022
Tunisia 207 161 1961 - 2022
Uzbekistan 206 162 1992 - 2022
Yemen 167 163 1961 - 2022
Turkmenistan 161 164 1992 - 2022
Niger 151 165 1961 - 2022
Oman 125 166 1961 - 2022
Kuwait 121 167 1961 - 2022
Jordan 111 168 1961 - 2022
Mauritania 92 169 1961 - 2022
Algeria 89 170 1961 - 2022
Bahrain 83 171 1961 - 2022
UA Emirates 78 172 1961 - 2022
Qatar 74 173 1961 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 59 174 1961 - 2022
Libya 56 175 1961 - 2022
Egypt 18 176 1961 - 2022


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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. Botswana
146. Eritrea
147. Morocco
148. Afghanistan
149. Chad
150. Namibia
151. Mali
152. Somalia
153. Syria
154. Kazakhstan
155. Sudan
156. Mongolia
157. Cape Verde
158. Iran
159. Djibouti
160. Iraq
161. Tunisia
162. Uzbekistan
163. Yemen
164. Turkmenistan
165. Niger
166. Oman
167. Kuwait
168. Jordan
169. Mauritania
170. Algeria
171. Bahrain
172. UA Emirates
173. Qatar
174. Saudi Arabia
175. Libya
176. Egypt
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