List of countries by average annual precipitation
This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation.
Countries by average annual precipitation
List
| Rank | Country | Average precipitation (mm in depth per year) | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Colombia | 3,240 | South America |
| 2 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 3,200 | Africa |
| 3 |  Papua New Guinea | 3,142 | Oceania |
| 4 |  Solomon Islands | 3,028 | Oceania |
| 5 |  Panama | 2,928 | North America |
| 6 |  Costa Rica | 2,926 | North America |
| 7 |  Samoa | 2,880 | Oceania |
| 8 |  Malaysia | 2,875 | Asia |
| 9 |  Brunei | 2,722 | Asia |
| 10 |  Indonesia | 2,702 | Asia |
| 11 |  Bangladesh | 2,666 | Asia |
| 12 |  Fiji | 2,592 | Oceania |
| 13 |  Sierra Leone | 2,526 | Africa |
| 14 |  Singapore | 2,497 | Asia |
| 15 |  Liberia | 2,391 | Africa |
| 16 |  Guyana | 2,387 | South America |
| 17 |  Grenada[lower-alpha 1] | 2,350 | North America |
| 18 |  Philippines | 2,348 | Asia |
| 19 |  Suriname | 2,331 | South America |
| 20 |  Seychelles | 2,330 | Africa |
| 21 |  Saint Lucia | 2,301 | North America |
| 22 |  Nicaragua | 2,280 | North America |
| 23 |  Ecuador | 2,274 | South America |
| 24 |  Bhutan | 2,200 | Asia |
| 24 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2,200 | North America |
| 26 |  Equatorial Guinea | 2,156 | Africa |
| 27 |  Myanmar | 2,091 | Asia |
| 28 |  Dominica | 2,083 | North America |
| 29 |  Puerto Rico | 2,054 | North America |
| 30 |  Jamaica | 2,051 | North America |
| 31 |  Venezuela | 2,044 | South America |
| 32 |  Mauritius | 2,041 | Africa |
| 33 |  Vanuatu | 2,000 | Oceania |
| 34 |  Guatemala | 1,996 | North America |
| 35 |  Honduras | 1,976 | North America |
| 36 |  Maldives | 1,972 | Asia |
| 37 |  Iceland | 1,940 | Europe |
| 38 |  Cambodia | 1,904 | Asia |
| 39 |  Laos | 1,834 | Asia |
| 40 |  Gabon | 1,831 | Africa |
| 41 |  Vietnam | 1,821 | Asia |
| 42 |  El Salvador | 1,784 | North America |
| 43 |  Brazil | 1,761 | South America |
| 44 |  Peru | 1,738 | South America |
| 45 |  New Zealand | 1,732 | Oceania |
| 46 |  Sri Lanka | 1,712 | Asia |
| 47 |  Belize | 1,705 | North America |
| 48 |  Japan | 1,668 | Asia |
| 49 |  Guinea | 1,651 | Africa |
| 50 |  Congo | 1,646 | Africa |
| 51 |  Thailand | 1,622 | Asia |
| 52 |  Cameroon | 1,604 | Africa |
| 53 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,583 | North America |
| 54 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1,577 | Africa |
| 55 |  DR Congo | 1,543 | Africa |
| 56 |  Switzerland | 1,537 | Europe |
| 57 |  Chile | 1,522 | South America |
| 58 |  Madagascar | 1,513 | Africa |
| 59 |  East Timor | 1,500 | Asia |
| 59 |  Nepal | 1,500 | Asia |
| 61 |  Albania | 1,485 | Europe |
| 62 |  Haiti | 1,440 | North America |
| 63 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,427 | North America |
| 64 |  Barbados | 1,422 | North America |
| 65 |  Norway | 1,414 | Europe |
| 66 |  Dominican Republic | 1,410 | North America |
| 67 |  Ivory Coast | 1,348 | Africa |
| 68 |  Central African Republic | 1,343 | Africa |
| 69 |  Cuba | 1,335 | North America |
| 70 |  Uruguay | 1,300 | South America |
| 71 |  Bahamas | 1,292 | North America |
| 72 |  Burundi | 1,274 | Africa |
| 72 |  South Korea | 1,274 | Asia |
| 74 |  United Kingdom | 1,220 | Europe |
| 75 |  Rwanda | 1,212 | Africa |
| 76 |  Ghana | 1,187 | Africa |
| 77 |  Malawi | 1,181 | Africa |
| 78 |  Uganda | 1,180 | Africa |
| 79 |  Togo | 1,168 | Africa |
| 80 |  Slovenia | 1,162 | Europe |
| 81 |  Nigeria | 1,150 | Africa |
| 82 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bolivia | 1,146 | South America |
| 83 |  Paraguay | 1,130 | South America |
| 84 |  Ireland | 1,118 | Europe |
| 85 |  Croatia | 1,113 | Europe |
| 86 |  Austria | 1,110 | Europe |
| 87 |  India | 1,083 | Asia |
| 88 |  Tanzania | 1,071 | Africa |
| 89 |  North Korea | 1,054 | Asia |
| 90 |  Benin | 1,039 | Africa |
| 91 |  Mozambique | 1,032 | Africa |
| 92 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 1,030 | North America |
| 93 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,028 | Europe |
| 94 |  Georgia | 1,026 | Asia |
| 95 |  Zambia | 1,020 | Africa |
| 96 |  Angola | 1,010 | Africa |
| 97 |  Luxembourg | 934 | Europe |
| 98 |  Comoros | 900 | Africa |
| 99 |  South Sudan | 900 | Africa |
| 100 |  France | 867 | Europe |
| 101 |  Portugal | 854 | Europe |
| 102 |  Ethiopia | 848 | Africa |
| 103 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 847 | Europe |
| 104 |  Gambia | 836 | Africa |
| 105 |  Italy | 832 | Europe |
| 106 |  Slovakia | 824 | Europe |
| 107 |  Eswatini | 788 | Africa |
| 107 |  Lesotho | 788 | Africa |
| 109 |  Netherlands | 778 | Europe |
| 110 |  Mexico | 758 | North America |
| 111 |  Burkina Faso | 748 | Africa |
| 112 |  United States | 715 | North America |
| 113 |  Denmark | 703 | Europe |
| 114 |  Germany | 700 | Europe |
| 115 |  Tajikistan | 691 | Asia |
| 116 |  Senegal | 686 | Africa |
| 117 |  Czech Republic | 677 | Europe |
| 118 |  Latvia | 667 | Europe |
| 119 |  Lebanon | 661 | Asia |
| 120 |  Zimbabwe | 657 | Africa |
| 121 |  Lithuania | 656 | Europe |
| 122 |  Greece | 652 | Europe |
| 123 |  China | 645 | Asia |
| 124 |  Romania | 637 | Europe |
| 125 |  Spain | 636 | Europe |
| 126 |  Kenya | 630 | Africa |
| 127 |  Estonia | 626 | Europe |
| 128 |  Sweden | 624 | Europe |
| 129 |  North Macedonia | 619 | Europe |
| 130 |  Belarus | 618 | Europe |
| 131 |  Bulgaria | 608 | Europe |
| 132 |  Poland | 600 | Europe |
| 133 |  Turkey | 593 | Asia |
| 134 |  Argentina | 591 | South America |
| 135 |  Hungary | 589 | Europe |
| 136 |  Ukraine | 565 | Europe |
| 137 |  Armenia | 562 | Asia |
| 138 |  Malta | 560 | Europe |
| 139 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 537 | North America |
| 140 |  Finland | 536 | Europe |
| 141 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 534 | Oceania |
| 142 |  Kyrgyzstan | 533 | Asia |
| 143 |  Cyprus | 498 | Europe |
| 144 |  South Africa | 495 | Africa |
| 145 |  Pakistan | 494 | Asia |
| 146 |  Russia | 460 | Europe |
| 147 |  Moldova | 450 | Europe |
| 148 |  Azerbaijan | 447 | Asia |
| 149 |  Israel | 435 | Asia |
| 150 |  Botswana | 416 | Africa |
| 151 |  Palestine[lower-alpha 2] | 402 | Asia |
| 152 |  Eritrea | 384 | Africa |
| 153 |  Morocco | 346 | Africa |
| 154 |  Afghanistan | 327 | Asia |
| 155 |  Chad | 322 | Africa |
| 156 |  Namibia | 285 | Africa |
| 157 |  Mali | 282 | Africa |
| 157 |  Somalia | 282 | Africa |
| 159 |  Syria | 252 | Asia |
| 160 |  Kazakhstan | 250 | Asia |
| 160 |  Sudan | 250 | Africa |
| 162 |  Mongolia | 241 | Asia |
| 163 |  Cape Verde | 228 | Africa |
| 163 |  Iran | 228 | Asia |
| 165 |  Djibouti | 220 | Africa |
| 166 |  Iraq | 216 | Asia |
| 167 |  Tunisia | 207 | Africa |
| 168 |  Uzbekistan | 206 | Asia |
| 169 |  Yemen | 167 | Asia |
| 170 |  Turkmenistan | 161 | Asia |
| 171 |  Niger | 151 | Africa |
| 172 |  Oman | 125 | Asia |
| 173 |  Kuwait | 121 | Asia |
| 174 |  Jordan | 111 | Asia |
| 175 |  Mauritania | 92 | Africa |
| 176 |  Algeria | 89 | Africa |
| 177 |  Bahrain | 83 | Asia |
| 178 |  United Arab Emirates | 78 | Asia |
| 179 |  Qatar | 74 | Asia |
| 180 |  Saudi Arabia | 59 | Asia |
| 181 |  Libya | 56 | Africa |
| 182 |  Egypt | 18 | Africa |
 American Samoa | N/A | Oceania | |
 Andorra | N/A | Europe | |
 Aruba | N/A | North America | |
 Bermuda | N/A | North America | |
 British Virgin Islands | N/A | North America | |
 Cayman Islands | N/A | North America | |
| Channel Islands | N/A | Europe | |
 Curaçao | N/A | North America | |
 Faroe Islands | N/A | Europe | |
 French Polynesia | N/A | Oceania | |
 Gibraltar | N/A | Europe | |
 Greenland | N/A | North America | |
 Guam | N/A | Oceania | |
 Hong Kong | 2431 | Asia | |
 Isle of Man | N/A | Europe | |
 Kiribati | N/A | Oceania | |
 Kosovo | N/A | Europe | |
 Liechtenstein | N/A | Europe | |
 Macau | N/A | Asia | |
 Marshall Islands | N/A | Oceania | |
 Micronesia | N/A | Oceania | |
 Monaco | N/A | Europe | |
 Montenegro | N/A | Europe | |
 Nauru | N/A | Oceania | |
 New Caledonia | N/A | Oceania | |
 Northern Mariana Islands | N/A | Oceania | |
 Palau | N/A | Oceania | |
| Saint Martin | N/A | North America | |
 San Marino | N/A | Europe | |
 Serbia | N/A | Europe | |
 Sint Maarten | N/A | North America | |
 Tonga | N/A | Oceania | |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | N/A | North America | |
 Tuvalu | N/A | Oceania | |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | N/A | North America |
Notes
- Grenada's latest measurement was in 2014.
- Palestine's latest measurement was in 2014.
References
- "Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) | Data". data.worldbank.org.
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