Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) by country
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.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
3,240 mm per year
Colombia
Lowest
18.1 mm per year
Egypt
Median
1,031 mm per year
Years covered
62
1961–2022
Data points
10,448
What the numbers show
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 3,240 mm per year in Colombia; the lowest is 18.1 mm per year in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,031 mm per year, and the mean is 1,171 mm per year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 179.
Average precipitation in depth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 3,240 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,200 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3,142 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3,028 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Panama | 2,928 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 2,926 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Samoa | 2,880 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Malaysia | 2,875 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Brunei | 2,722 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Indonesia | 2,702 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 2,666 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Fiji | 2,592 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 2,526 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Singapore | 2,497 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Liberia | 2,391 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Guyana | 2,387 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Grenada | 2,350 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 18 | Philippines | 2,348 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Suriname | 2,331 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Seychelles | 2,330 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 2,301 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 2,280 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Ecuador | 2,274 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Bhutan | 2,200 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,200 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,156 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Myanmar | 2,091 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Dominica | 2,083 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 2,054 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Jamaica | 2,051 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 31 | Venezuela | 2,044 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Mauritius | 2,041 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 2,000 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Guatemala | 1,996 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Honduras | 1,976 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Maldives | 1,972 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Iceland | 1,940 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Cambodia | 1,904 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 39 | Laos | 1,834 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Gabon | 1,831 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 41 | Vietnam | 1,821 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | El Salvador | 1,784 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Brazil | 1,761 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Peru | 1,738 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | New Zealand | 1,732 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 1,712 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Belize | 1,705 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Japan | 1,668 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Guinea | 1,651 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Congo | 1,646 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Thailand | 1,622 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Cameroon | 1,604 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,583 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,577 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,543 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Switzerland | 1,537 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | Chile | 1,522 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Madagascar | 1,513 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | Nepal | 1,500 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | East Timor | 1,500 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Albania | 1,485 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Haiti | 1,440 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,427 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Barbados | 1,422 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 65 | Norway | 1,414 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 1,410 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,348 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 1,343 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Cuba | 1,335 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Uruguay | 1,300 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Bahamas | 1,292 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Burundi | 1,274 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | South Korea | 1,274 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 74 | United Kingdom | 1,220 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Rwanda | 1,212 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Ghana | 1,187 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Malawi | 1,181 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Uganda | 1,180 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Togo | 1,168 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Slovenia | 1,162 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Nigeria | 1,150 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Bolivia | 1,146 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Paraguay | 1,130 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Ireland | 1,118 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Croatia | 1,113 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Austria | 1,110 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | India | 1,083 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Tanzania | 1,071 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | North Korea | 1,054 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 90 | Benin | 1,039 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Mozambique | 1,032 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,030 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,028 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Georgia | 1,026 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Zambia | 1,020 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Angola | 1,010 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 934 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Comoros | 900 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | South Sudan | 900 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | France | 867 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Portugal | 854 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 848 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Belgium | 847 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Gambia | 836 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Italy | 832 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Slovakia | 824 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Lesotho | 788 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Eswatini | 788 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Netherlands | 778 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Mexico | 758 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 748 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | United States | 715 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Denmark | 703 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Germany | 700 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 691 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Senegal | 686 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Czechia | 677 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Latvia | 667 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Lebanon | 661 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 657 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Lithuania | 656 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Greece | 652 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 123 | China | 645 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Romania | 637 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Spain | 636 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Kenya | 630 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 127 | Estonia | 626 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Sweden | 624 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 619 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Belarus | 618 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 608 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Poland | 600 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Turkey | 593 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Argentina | 591 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Hungary | 589 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Ukraine | 565 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 137 | Armenia | 562 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Malta | 560 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Canada | 537 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Finland | 536 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Australia | 534 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 533 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Cyprus | 498 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 144 | South Africa | 495 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Pakistan | 494 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Russia | 460 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 147 | Moldova | 450 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 447 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Israel | 435 mm per year | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Botswana | 416 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 151 | Palestine | 402 mm per year | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Eritrea | 384 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Morocco | 346 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 327 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 155 | Chad | 322 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Namibia | 285 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Mali | 282 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Somalia | 282 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Syria | 252 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Kazakhstan | 250 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Sudan | 250 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Mongolia | 241 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 228 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Iran | 228 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Djibouti | 220 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Iraq | 216 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Tunisia | 207 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 206 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Yemen | 167 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 170 | Turkmenistan | 161 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 171 | Niger | 151 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Oman | 125 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Kuwait | 121 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Jordan | 111 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Mauritania | 92 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Algeria | 89 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Bahrain | 83 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 78 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Qatar | 74 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 59 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Libya | 56 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Egypt | 18.1 mm per year | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
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.