Precipitation - Country rankings
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Precipitation, mm per year, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 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 1962 to 2018. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: mm per year; Source: FAO
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Countries | Precipitation, 2018 | Global rank | Available data |
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Colombia | 3240 | 1 | 1962 - 2018 |
S.T.&Principe | 3200 | 2 | 1962 - 2018 |
Papua N.G. | 3142 | 3 | 1962 - 2018 |
Solomon Isl. | 3028 | 4 | 1962 - 2018 |
Panama | 2928 | 5 | 1962 - 2018 |
Costa Rica | 2926 | 6 | 1962 - 2018 |
Samoa | 2880 | 7 | 1962 - 2018 |
Malaysia | 2875 | 8 | 1962 - 2018 |
Brunei | 2722 | 9 | 1962 - 2018 |
Indonesia | 2702 | 10 | 1962 - 2018 |
Bangladesh | 2666 | 11 | 1962 - 2018 |
Fiji | 2592 | 12 | 1962 - 2018 |
Sierra Leone | 2526 | 13 | 1962 - 2018 |
Singapore | 2497 | 14 | 1962 - 2018 |
Liberia | 2391 | 15 | 1962 - 2018 |
Guyana | 2387 | 16 | 1962 - 2018 |
Grenada | 2350 | 17 | 1962 - 2018 |
Philippines | 2348 | 18 | 1962 - 2018 |
Suriname | 2331 | 19 | 1962 - 2018 |
Seychelles | 2330 | 20 | 1962 - 2018 |
Saint Lucia | 2301 | 21 | 1962 - 2018 |
Nicaragua | 2280 | 22 | 1962 - 2018 |
Ecuador | 2274 | 23 | 1962 - 2018 |
Bhutan | 2200 | 24 | 1962 - 2018 |
Tr.&Tobago | 2200 | 25 | 1962 - 2018 |
Eq. Guinea | 2156 | 26 | 1962 - 2018 |
Burma | 2091 | 27 | 1962 - 2018 |
Dominica | 2083 | 28 | 1962 - 2018 |
Puerto Rico | 2054 | 29 | 1962 - 2018 |
Jamaica | 2051 | 30 | 1962 - 2018 |
Venezuela | 2044 | 31 | 1962 - 2018 |
Mauritius | 2041 | 32 | 1962 - 2018 |
Vanuatu | 2000 | 33 | 1962 - 2018 |
Guatemala | 1996 | 34 | 1962 - 2018 |
Honduras | 1976 | 35 | 1962 - 2018 |
Maldives | 1972 | 36 | 1962 - 2018 |
Iceland | 1940 | 37 | 1962 - 2018 |
Cambodia | 1904 | 38 | 1962 - 2018 |
Laos | 1834 | 39 | 1962 - 2018 |
Gabon | 1831 | 40 | 1962 - 2018 |
Vietnam | 1821 | 41 | 1962 - 2018 |
El Salvador | 1784 | 42 | 1962 - 2018 |
Brazil | 1761 | 43 | 1962 - 2018 |
Peru | 1738 | 44 | 1962 - 2018 |
New Zealand | 1732 | 45 | 1962 - 2018 |
Sri Lanka | 1712 | 46 | 1962 - 2018 |
Belize | 1705 | 47 | 1962 - 2018 |
Japan | 1668 | 48 | 1962 - 2018 |
Guinea | 1651 | 49 | 1962 - 2018 |
R. of Congo | 1646 | 50 | 1962 - 2018 |
Thailand | 1622 | 51 | 1962 - 2018 |
Cameroon | 1604 | 52 | 1962 - 2018 |
St. Vincent & ... | 1583 | 53 | 1962 - 2018 |
G.-Bissau | 1577 | 54 | 1962 - 2018 |
DR Congo | 1543 | 55 | 1962 - 2018 |
Switzerland | 1537 | 56 | 1962 - 2018 |
Chile | 1522 | 57 | 1962 - 2018 |
Madagascar | 1513 | 58 | 1962 - 2018 |
Nepal | 1500 | 59 | 1962 - 2018 |
Albania | 1485 | 60 | 1962 - 2018 |
Haiti | 1440 | 61 | 1962 - 2018 |
Barbados | 1422 | 62 | 1962 - 2018 |
Norway | 1414 | 63 | 1962 - 2018 |
Domin. Rep. | 1410 | 64 | 1962 - 2018 |
Ivory Coast | 1348 | 65 | 1962 - 2018 |
C.A. Republic | 1343 | 66 | 1962 - 2018 |
Uruguay | 1300 | 67 | 1962 - 2018 |
Bahamas | 1292 | 68 | 1962 - 2018 |
Burundi | 1274 | 69 | 1962 - 2018 |
South Korea | 1274 | 70 | 1962 - 2018 |
UK | 1220 | 71 | 1962 - 2018 |
Rwanda | 1212 | 72 | 1962 - 2018 |
Ghana | 1187 | 73 | 1962 - 2018 |
Malawi | 1181 | 74 | 1962 - 2018 |
Uganda | 1180 | 75 | 1962 - 2018 |
Togo | 1168 | 76 | 1962 - 2018 |
Slovenia | 1162 | 77 | 1992 - 2018 |
Nigeria | 1150 | 78 | 1962 - 2018 |
Bolivia | 1146 | 79 | 1962 - 2018 |
Paraguay | 1130 | 80 | 1962 - 2018 |
Ireland | 1118 | 81 | 1962 - 2018 |
Croatia | 1113 | 82 | 1992 - 2018 |
Austria | 1110 | 83 | 1962 - 2018 |
India | 1083 | 84 | 1962 - 2018 |
Tanzania | 1071 | 85 | 1962 - 2018 |
North Korea | 1054 | 86 | 1962 - 2018 |
Benin | 1039 | 87 | 1962 - 2018 |
Mozambique | 1032 | 88 | 1962 - 2018 |
Ant.& Barb. | 1030 | 89 | 1962 - 2018 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 1028 | 90 | 1992 - 2018 |
Georgia | 1026 | 91 | 1992 - 2018 |
Zambia | 1020 | 92 | 1962 - 2018 |
Angola | 1010 | 93 | 1962 - 2018 |
Luxembourg | 934 | 94 | 1962 - 2018 |
Comoros | 900 | 95 | 1962 - 2018 |
France | 867 | 96 | 1962 - 2018 |
Portugal | 854 | 97 | 1962 - 2018 |
Ethiopia | 848 | 98 | 1997 - 2018 |
Belgium | 847 | 99 | 1962 - 2018 |
Gambia | 836 | 100 | 1962 - 2018 |
Italy | 832 | 101 | 1962 - 2018 |
Slovakia | 824 | 102 | 1997 - 2018 |
Lesotho | 788 | 103 | 1962 - 2018 |
Swaziland | 788 | 104 | 1962 - 2018 |
Netherlands | 778 | 105 | 1962 - 2018 |
Mexico | 758 | 106 | 1962 - 2018 |
Burkina Faso | 748 | 107 | 1962 - 2018 |
USA | 715 | 108 | 1962 - 2018 |
Denmark | 703 | 109 | 1962 - 2018 |
Germany | 700 | 110 | 1962 - 2018 |
Tajikistan | 691 | 111 | 1992 - 2018 |
Senegal | 686 | 112 | 1962 - 2018 |
Czechia | 677 | 113 | 1997 - 2018 |
Latvia | 667 | 114 | 1992 - 2018 |
Lebanon | 661 | 115 | 1962 - 2018 |
Zimbabwe | 657 | 116 | 1962 - 2018 |
Lithuania | 656 | 117 | 1992 - 2018 |
Greece | 652 | 118 | 1962 - 2018 |
China | 645 | 119 | 1962 - 2018 |
Romania | 637 | 120 | 1962 - 2018 |
Spain | 636 | 121 | 1962 - 2018 |
Kenya | 630 | 122 | 1962 - 2018 |
Estonia | 626 | 123 | 1992 - 2018 |
Sweden | 624 | 124 | 1962 - 2018 |
North Macedonia | 619 | 125 | 1992 - 2018 |
Belarus | 618 | 126 | 1992 - 2018 |
Bulgaria | 608 | 127 | 1962 - 2018 |
Poland | 600 | 128 | 1962 - 2018 |
Turkey | 593 | 129 | 1962 - 2018 |
Argentina | 591 | 130 | 1962 - 2018 |
Hungary | 589 | 131 | 1962 - 2018 |
Ukraine | 565 | 132 | 1992 - 2018 |
Armenia | 562 | 133 | 1992 - 2018 |
Malta | 560 | 134 | 1962 - 2018 |
Canada | 537 | 135 | 1962 - 2018 |
Finland | 536 | 136 | 1962 - 2018 |
Australia | 534 | 137 | 1962 - 2018 |
Kyrgyzstan | 533 | 138 | 1992 - 2018 |
Cyprus | 498 | 139 | 1962 - 2018 |
South Africa | 495 | 140 | 1962 - 2018 |
Pakistan | 494 | 141 | 1962 - 2018 |
Russia | 460 | 142 | 1992 - 2018 |
Moldova | 450 | 143 | 1992 - 2018 |
Azerbaijan | 447 | 144 | 1992 - 2018 |
Israel | 435 | 145 | 1962 - 2018 |
Botswana | 416 | 146 | 1962 - 2018 |
Palestine | 402 | 147 | 1962 - 2018 |
Eritrea | 384 | 148 | 1997 - 2018 |
Morocco | 346 | 149 | 1962 - 2018 |
Afghanistan | 327 | 150 | 1962 - 2018 |
Chad | 322 | 151 | 1962 - 2018 |
Namibia | 285 | 152 | 1962 - 2018 |
Mali | 282 | 153 | 1962 - 2018 |
Somalia | 282 | 154 | 1962 - 2018 |
Syria | 252 | 155 | 1962 - 2018 |
Kazakhstan | 250 | 156 | 1992 - 2018 |
Sudan | 250 | 157 | 2012 - 2018 |
Mongolia | 241 | 158 | 1962 - 2018 |
Cape Verde | 228 | 159 | 1962 - 2018 |
Iran | 228 | 160 | 1962 - 2018 |
Djibouti | 220 | 161 | 1962 - 2018 |
Iraq | 216 | 162 | 1962 - 2018 |
Tunisia | 207 | 163 | 1962 - 2018 |
Uzbekistan | 206 | 164 | 1992 - 2018 |
Yemen | 167 | 165 | 1962 - 2018 |
Turkmenistan | 161 | 166 | 1992 - 2018 |
Niger | 151 | 167 | 1962 - 2018 |
Oman | 125 | 168 | 1962 - 2018 |
Kuwait | 121 | 169 | 1962 - 2018 |
Jordan | 111 | 170 | 1962 - 2018 |
Mauritania | 92 | 171 | 1962 - 2018 |
Algeria | 89 | 172 | 1962 - 2018 |
Bahrain | 83 | 173 | 1962 - 2018 |
UA Emirates | 78 | 174 | 1962 - 2018 |
Qatar | 74 | 175 | 1962 - 2018 |
Saudi Arabia | 59 | 176 | 1962 - 2018 |
Libya | 56 | 177 | 1962 - 2018 |
Egypt | 18 | 178 | 1962 - 2018 |
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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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