demographic2022
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2022. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,170.7millimeter (mm) per year
Median: 1,031.0millimeter (mm) per year
Countries Covered
182
with available data
Highest
Colombia
3,240.0millimeter (mm) per year
Lowest
Egypt
18.1millimeter (mm) per year
Top 5 Countries
1Colombia3,240.0millimeter (mm) per year
2Sao Tome and Principe3,200.0millimeter (mm) per year
3Papua New Guinea3,142.0millimeter (mm) per year
4Solomon Islands3,028.0millimeter (mm) per year
5Panama2,928.0millimeter (mm) per year
By Region
South America1,775.1millimeter (mm) per year(7 countries)
Other1,307.0millimeter (mm) per year(104 countries)
Oceania1,133.0millimeter (mm) per year(2 countries)
Asia1,045.4millimeter (mm) per year(25 countries)
North America1,001.5millimeter (mm) per year(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (18.1millimeter (mm) per year)High (3,240.0millimeter (mm) per year)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,170.7millimeter (mm) per year)
South America (7)
Other (104)
Oceania (2)
Asia (25)
North America (4)
Europe (31)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2022. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 3,240.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,200.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3,142.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3,028.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 5 | Panama | 2,928.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 2,926.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 7 | Samoa | 2,880.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 8 | Malaysia | 2,875.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 9 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,722.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 10 | Indonesia | 2,702.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 2,666.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 12 | Fiji | 2,592.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 2,526.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 14 | Singapore | 2,497.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 15 | Liberia | 2,391.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 16 | Guyana | 2,387.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 17 | Grenada | 2,350.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 18 | Philippines | 2,348.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 19 | Suriname | 2,331.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 20 | Seychelles | 2,330.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 2,301.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 2,280.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 23 | Ecuador | 2,274.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,200.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 25 | Bhutan | 2,200.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,156.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 27 | Myanmar | 2,091.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 28 | Dominica | 2,083.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 2,054.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 30 | Jamaica | 2,051.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 31 | Venezuela | 2,044.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 32 | Mauritius | 2,041.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 2,000.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 34 | Guatemala | 1,996.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 35 | Honduras | 1,976.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 36 | Maldives | 1,972.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 37 | Iceland | 1,940.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 38 | Cambodia | 1,904.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,834.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 40 | Gabon | 1,831.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 41 | Vietnam | 1,821.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 42 | El Salvador | 1,784.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 43 | Brazil | 1,761.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 44 | Peru | 1,738.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 45 | New Zealand | 1,732.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 1,712.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 47 | Belize | 1,705.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 48 | Japan | 1,668.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 49 | Guinea | 1,651.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 50 | Republic of the Congo | 1,646.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 51 | Thailand | 1,622.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 52 | Cameroon | 1,604.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,583.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,577.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 55 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,543.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 56 | Switzerland | 1,537.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 57 | Chile | 1,522.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 58 | Madagascar | 1,513.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 59 | Nepal | 1,500.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 60 | Timor-Leste | 1,500.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 61 | Albania | 1,485.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 62 | Haiti | 1,440.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 63 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,427.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 64 | Barbados | 1,422.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 65 | Norway | 1,414.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 1,410.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,348.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 68 | Central African Republic | 1,343.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 69 | Cuba | 1,335.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 70 | Uruguay | 1,300.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 71 | Bahamas | 1,292.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 72 | Burundi | 1,274.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 73 | South Korea | 1,274.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 74 | United Kingdom | 1,220.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 75 | Rwanda | 1,212.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 76 | Ghana | 1,187.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 77 | Malawi | 1,181.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 78 | Uganda | 1,180.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 79 | Togo | 1,168.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 80 | Slovenia | 1,162.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 81 | Nigeria | 1,150.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 82 | Bolivia | 1,146.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 83 | Paraguay | 1,130.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 84 | Ireland | 1,118.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 85 | Croatia | 1,113.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 86 | Austria | 1,110.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 87 | India | 1,083.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 88 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,071.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 89 | North Korea | 1,054.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 90 | Benin | 1,039.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 91 | Mozambique | 1,032.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,030.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,028.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 94 | Georgia | 1,026.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 95 | Zambia | 1,020.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 96 | Angola | 1,010.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 934.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 98 | Comoros | 900.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 99 | South Sudan | 900.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 100 | France | 867.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 101 | Portugal | 854.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 848.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 103 | Belgium | 847.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 104 | Republic of The Gambia | 836.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 105 | Italy | 832.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 106 | Slovakia | 824.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 107 | Lesotho | 788.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 108 | Eswatini | 788.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 109 | Netherlands | 778.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 110 | Mexico | 758.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 748.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 112 | United States of America | 715.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 113 | Denmark | 703.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 114 | Germany | 700.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 691.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 116 | Senegal | 686.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 117 | Czech Republic | 677.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 118 | Latvia | 667.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 119 | Lebanon | 661.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 657.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 121 | Lithuania | 656.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 122 | Greece | 652.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 123 | People's Republic of China | 645.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 124 | Romania | 637.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 125 | Spain | 636.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 126 | Kenya | 630.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 127 | Estonia | 626.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 128 | Sweden | 624.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 129 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 619.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 130 | Belarus | 618.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 608.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 132 | Poland | 600.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 133 | Türkiye | 593.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 134 | Argentina | 591.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 135 | Hungary | 589.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 136 | Ukraine | 565.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 137 | Armenia | 562.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 138 | Malta | 560.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 139 | Canada | 537.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 140 | Finland | 536.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 141 | Australia | 534.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 533.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 143 | Cyprus | 498.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 144 | South Africa | 495.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 145 | Pakistan | 494.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 146 | Russian Federation | 460.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 147 | Moldova, Republic of | 450.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 447.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 149 | Israel | 435.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 150 | Botswana | 416.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 151 | State of Palestine | 402.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 152 | Eritrea | 384.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 153 | Morocco | 346.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 327.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 155 | Chad | 322.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 156 | Namibia | 285.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 157 | Mali | 282.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 158 | Somalia | 282.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 159 | Syrian Arab Republic | 252.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 160 | Kazakhstan | 250.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 161 | Sudan | 250.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 162 | Mongolia | 241.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 228.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 164 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 228.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 165 | Djibouti | 220.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 166 | Iraq | 216.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 167 | Tunisia | 207.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 206.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 169 | Yemen | 167.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 170 | Turkmenistan | 161.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 171 | Niger | 151.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 172 | Oman | 125.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 173 | Kuwait | 121.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 174 | Jordan | 111.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 175 | Mauritania | 92.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 176 | Algeria | 89.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 177 | Bahrain | 83.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 78.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 179 | Qatar | 74.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 59.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 181 | Libya | 56.0millimeter (mm) per year |
| 182 | Egypt | 18.1millimeter (mm) per year |
Showing 182 of 182 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2022).
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