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
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

Economic outlook around the world

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.
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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