List of countries by average annual precipitation

Countries by average annual precipitation

This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation.

List

Per the World Bank (2017)

	Country	mm/ year	in/ year	Continent
1	Colombia	3,240	128	South America
2	São Tomé and Príncipe	3,200	130	Africa
	Tuvalu	3,200	130	Oceania
4	Papua New Guinea	3,142	123.7	Oceania
5	Solomon Islands	3,028	119.2	Oceania
6	Panama	2,928	115.3	Central America
7	Costa Rica	2,926	115.2	Central America
8	Samoa	2,880	113	Oceania
9	Malaysia	2,875	113.2	Asia
10	Brunei	2,722	107.2	Asia
11	Indonesia	2,702	106.4	Asia
12	Tonga	2,700	110	Oceania
13	Bangladesh	2,666	105.0	Asia
14	Fiji	2,592	102.0	Oceania
15	Sierra Leone	2,526	99.4	Africa
16	Singapore	2,497	98.3	Asia
17	Liberia	2,391	94.1	Africa
18	Guyana	2,387	94.0	South America
19	Grenada	2,350	93	North America
20	Philippines	2,348	92.4	Asia
21	Suriname	2,331	91.8	South America
22	Seychelles	2,330	92	Africa
23	Saint Lucia	2,301	90.6	North America
24	Nicaragua	2,280	90	Central America
25	Ecuador	2,274	89.5	South America
26	Bhutan	2,200	87	Asia
26	Trinidad and Tobago	2,200	87	North America
28	Equatorial Guinea	2,156	84.9	Africa
29	Myanmar	2,091	82.3	Asia
30	Dominica	2,083	82.0	North America
31	Puerto Rico	2,054	80.9	North America
32	Jamaica	2,051	80.7	North America
33	Venezuela	2,044	80.5	South America
34	Mauritius	2,041	80.4	Africa
35	Vanuatu	2,000	79	Oceania
36	Guatemala	1,996	78.6	Central America
37	Honduras	1,976	77.8	Central America
38	Maldives	1,972	77.6	Asia
39	Iceland	1,940	76	Europe
40	Cambodia	1,904	75.0	Asia
41	Laos	1,834	72.2	Asia
42	Gabon	1,831	72.1	Africa
43	Vietnam	1,821	71.7	Asia
44	El Salvador	1,784	70.2	Central America
45	Brazil	1,761	69.3	South America
46	Peru	1,738	68.4	South America
47	New Zealand	1,732	68.2	Oceania
48	Sri Lanka	1,712	67.4	Asia
49	Belize	1,705	67.1	North America
50	Japan	1,668	65.7	Asia
51	Guinea	1,651	65.0	Africa
52	Congo	1,646	64.8	Africa
53	Thailand	1,622	63.9	Asia
54	Cameroon	1,604	63.1	Africa
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,583	62.3	North America
56	Guinea-Bissau	1,577	62.1	Africa
57	DR Congo	1,543	60.7	Africa
58	Switzerland	1,537	60.5	Europe
59	Chile	1,522	59.9	South America
60	Madagascar	1,513	59.6	Africa
61	Timor-Leste	1,500	59	Asia
61	Nepal	1,500	59	Asia
63	Albania	1,485	58.5	Europe
64	Haiti	1,440	57	North America
65	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,427	56.2	North America
66	Barbados	1,422	56.0	North America
67	Norway	1,414	55.7	Europe
68	Dominican Republic	1,410	56	North America
69	Ivory Coast	1,348	53.1	Africa
70	Central African Republic	1,343	52.9	Africa
71	Cuba	1,335	52.6	North America
72	Uruguay	1,300	51	South America
73	Bahamas	1,292	50.9	North America
74	Burundi	1,274	50.2	Africa
74	South Korea	1,274	50.2	Asia
76	United Kingdom	1,220	48	Europe
77	Rwanda	1,212	47.7	Africa
78	Ghana	1,187	46.7	Africa
79	Malawi	1,181	46.5	Africa
80	Uganda	1,180	46	Africa
81	Togo	1,168	46.0	Africa
82	Slovenia	1,162	45.7	Europe
83	Nigeria	1,150	45	Africa
84	Bolivia	1,146	45.1	South America
85	Paraguay	1,130	44	South America
86	Ireland	1,118	44.0	Europe
87	Croatia	1,113	43.8	Europe
88	Austria	1,110	44	Europe
89	India	1,083	42.6	Asia
90	Tanzania	1,071	42.2	Africa
91	North Korea	1,054	41.5	Asia
92	Benin	1,039	40.9	Africa
93	Mozambique	1,032	40.6	Africa
94	Antigua and Barbuda	1,030	41	North America
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,028	40.5	Europe
96	Georgia	1,026	40.4	Asia
97	Zambia	1,020	40	Africa
98	Angola	1,010	40	Africa
99	Luxembourg	934	36.8	Europe
100	Comoros	900	35	Africa
101	South Sudan	900	35	Africa
102	France	867	34.1	Europe
103	Portugal	854	33.6	Europe
104	Ethiopia	848	33.4	Africa
105	Belgium	847	33.3	Europe
106	Gambia	836	32.9	Africa
107	Italy	832	32.8	Europe
108	Slovakia	824	32.4	Europe
109	Eswatini	788	31.0	Africa
109	Lesotho	788	31.0	Africa
111	Netherlands	778	30.6	Europe
112	Mexico	758	29.8	North America
113	Burkina Faso	748	29.4	Africa
114	United States	715	28.1	North America
115	Denmark	703	27.7	Europe
116	Germany	700	28	Europe
117	Tajikistan	691	27.2	Asia
118	Senegal	686	27.0	Africa
119	Czech Republic	677	26.7	Europe
120	Latvia	667	26.3	Europe
121	Lebanon	661	26.0	Asia
122	Zimbabwe	657	25.9	Africa
123	Lithuania	656	25.8	Europe
124	Greece	652	25.7	Europe
125	China	645	25.4	Asia
126	Romania	637	25.1	Europe
127	Spain	636	25.0	Europe
128	Kenya	630	25	Africa
129	Estonia	626	24.6	Europe
130	Sweden	624	24.6	Europe
131	North Macedonia	619	24.4	Europe
132	Belarus	618	24.3	Europe
133	Bulgaria	608	23.9	Europe
134	Poland	600	24	Europe
135	Turkey	593	23.3	Europe-Asia
136	Argentina	591	23.3	South America
137	Hungary	589	23.2	Europe
138	Ukraine	565	22.2	Europe
139	Armenia	562	22.1	Asia
140	Malta	560	22	Europe
141	Canada	537	21.1	North America
142	Finland	536	21.1	Europe
143	Australia	534	21.0	Oceania
144	Kyrgyzstan	533	21.0	Asia
145	Cyprus	498	19.6	Asia
146	South Africa	495	19.5	Africa
147	Pakistan	494	19.4	Asia
148	Russia	460	18	Europe-Asia
149	Moldova	450	18	Europe
150	Azerbaijan	447	17.6	Asia
151	Israel	435	17.1	Asia
152	Botswana	416	16.4	Africa
153	Palestine	402	15.8	Asia
154	Eritrea	384	15.1	Africa
155	Morocco	346	13.6	Africa
156	Afghanistan	327	12.9	Asia
157	Chad	322	12.7	Africa
158	Namibia	285	11.2	Africa
159	Mali	282	11.1	Africa
159	Somalia	282	11.1	Africa
161	Syria	252	9.9	Asia
162	Kazakhstan	250	9.8	Asia
162	Sudan	250	9.8	Africa
164	Mongolia	241	9.5	Asia
165	Cape Verde	228	9.0	Africa
165	Iran	228	9.0	Asia
167	Djibouti	220	8.7	Africa
168	Iraq	216	8.5	Asia
169	Tunisia	207	8.1	Africa
170	Uzbekistan	206	8.1	Asia
171	Yemen	167	6.6	Asia
172	Turkmenistan	161	6.3	Asia
173	Niger	151	5.9	Africa
174	Oman	125	4.9	Asia
175	Kuwait	121	4.8	Asia
176	Jordan	111	4.4	Asia
177	Mauritania	92	3.6	Africa
178	Algeria	89	3.5	Africa
179	Bahrain	83	3.3	Asia
180	United Arab Emirates	78	3.1	Asia
181	Qatar	74	2.9	Asia
182	Saudi Arabia	59	2.3	Asia
183	Libya	56	2.2	Africa
184	Egypt	18	0.71	Africa

See also

• List of countries by average yearly temperature.