This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation.
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List
editCountry | mm/ year) |
Continent | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Colombia | 3,240 | South America |
2 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3,200 | Africa |
2 | Tuvalu | 3,200 | Oceania |
4 | Papua New Guinea | 3,142 | Oceania |
5 | Solomon Islands | 3,028 | Oceania |
6 | Panama | 2,928 | North America |
7 | Costa Rica | 2,926 | North America |
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[a] | 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 |
60 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Europe-Asia |
134 | Argentina | 591 | South America |
135 | Hungary | 589 | Europe |
136 | Ukraine | 565 | Europe |
137 | Armenia | 562 | Asia |
138 | Malta | 560 | Europe |
139 | Canada | 537 | North America |
140 | Finland | 536 | Europe |
141 | Australia | 534 | Oceania |
142 | Kyrgyzstan | 533 | Asia |
143 | Cyprus | 498 | Asia |
144 | South Africa | 495 | Africa |
145 | Pakistan | 494 | Asia |
146 | Russia | 460 | Europe-Asia |
147 | Moldova | 450 | Europe |
148 | Azerbaijan | 447 | Asia |
149 | Israel | 435 | Asia |
150 | Botswana | 416 | Africa |
151 | Eritrea | 384 | Africa |
152 | Morocco | 346 | Africa |
153 | Afghanistan | 327 | Asia |
154 | Chad | 322 | Africa |
155 | Namibia | 285 | Africa |
156 | Mali | 282 | Africa |
156 | Somalia | 282 | Africa |
158 | Syria | 252 | Asia |
159 | Kazakhstan | 250 | Asia |
159 | Sudan | 250 | Africa |
161 | Mongolia | 241 | Asia |
162 | Cape Verde | 228 | Africa |
162 | Iran | 228 | Asia |
164 | Djibouti | 220 | Africa |
165 | Iraq | 216 | Asia |
166 | Tunisia | 207 | Africa |
167 | Uzbekistan | 206 | Asia |
168 | Yemen | 167 | Asia |
169 | Turkmenistan | 161 | Asia |
170 | Niger | 151 | Africa |
171 | Oman | 125 | Asia |
172 | Kuwait | 121 | Asia |
173 | Jordan | 111 | Asia |
174 | Mauritania | 92 | Africa |
175 | Algeria | 89 | Africa |
176 | Bahrain | 83 | Asia |
177 | United Arab Emirates | 78 | Asia |
178 | Qatar | 74 | Asia |
179 | Saudi Arabia | 59 | Asia |
180 | Libya | 56 | Africa |
181 | Egypt | 18 | Africa |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Grenada's latest measurement was in 2014.
References
edit- ^ "Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) | Data". data.worldbank.org.
- ^ "The Top 10 Countries With The Most Rainfall In The World". IMP. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2022-06-22.