Countries by average annual precipitation

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Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth of annual precipitation. Precipitation is described as any kind of water (liquid or solid) that drops from clouds.

Average precipitation in depth 

Rank	Country	Mmm per year
1	Colombia	3,240.00
2	Sгo Tomй and Principe	3,200.00
3	Papua New Guinea	3,142.00
4	Solomon Islands	3,028.00
5	Panama	2,928.00
6	Costa Rica	2,926.00
7	Malaysia	2,875.00
8	Brunei	2,722.00
9	Indonesia	2,702.00
10	Bangladesh	2,666.00
11	Fiji	2,592.00
12	Sierra Leone	2,526.00
13	Singapore	2,497.00
14	Liberia	2,391.00
15	Guyana	2,387.00
16	Grenada	2,350.00
17	Philippines	2,348.00
18	Suriname	2,331.00
19	Seychelles	2,330.00
20	St. Lucia	2,301.00
21	Nicaragua	2,280.00
22	Ecuador	2,274.00
23	Trinidad and Tobago	2,200.00
23	Bhutan	2,200.00
25	Equatorial Guinea	2,156.00
26	Myanmar	2,091.00
27	Dominica	2,083.00
28	Puerto Rico	2,054.00
29	Jamaica	2,051.00
30	Venezuela	2,044.00
31	Mauritius	2,041.00
32	Guatemala	1,996.00
33	Honduras	1,976.00
34	Iceland	1,940.00
35	Cambodia	1,904.00
36	Lao PDR	1,834.00
37	Gabon	1,831.00
38	Vietnam	1,821.00
39	El Salvador	1,784.00
40	Brazil	1,761.00
41	Peru	1,738.00
42	New Zealand	1,732.00
43	Sri Lanka	1,712.00
44	Belize	1,705.00
45	Japan	1,668.00
46	Guinea	1,651.00
47	Congo	1,646.00
48	Thailand	1,622.00
49	Cameroon	1,604.00
50	Samoa	1,583.00
50	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1,583.00
52	Guinea-Bissau	1,577.00
53	Dem. Rep. Congo	1,543.00
54	Switzerland	1,537.00
55	Chile	1,522.00
56	Madagascar	1,513.00
57	Timor-Leste	1,500.00
57	Nepal	1,500.00
59	Albania	1,485.00
60	Haiti	1,440.00
61	St. Kitts and Nevis	1,427.00
62	Barbados	1,422.00
63	Norway	1,414.00
64	Dominican Republic	1,410.00
65	Cфte d'Ivoire	1,348.00
66	Central African Republic	1,343.00
67	Cuba	1,335.00
68	Uruguay	1,300.00
69	The Bahamas	1,292.00
70	Burundi	1,274.00
70	Korea	1,274.00
72	United Kingdom	1,220.00
73	Rwanda	1,212.00
74	Ghana	1,187.00
75	Malawi	1,181.00
76	Uganda	1,180.00
77	Togo	1,168.00
78	Slovenia	1,162.00
79	Nigeria	1,150.00
80	Bolivia	1,146.00
81	Paraguay	1,130.00
82	Ireland	1,118.00
83	Croatia	1,113.00
84	Austria	1,110.00
85	India	1,083.00
86	Tanzania	1,071.00
87	Dem. People's Rep. Korea	1,054.00
88	Benin	1,039.00
89	Mozambique	1,032.00
90	Antigua and Barbuda	1,030.00
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,028.00
92	Georgia	1,026.00
93	Zambia	1,020.00
94	Angola	1,010.00
95	Luxembourg	934
96	Comoros	900
97	France	867
98	Portugal	854
99	Ethiopia	848
100	Belgium	847
101	The Gambia	836
102	Italy	832
103	Slovak Republic	824
104	Lesotho	788
104	Swaziland	788
106	Netherlands	778
107	Mexico	758
108	Burkina Faso	748
109	United States	715
110	Denmark	703
111	Germany	700
112	Tajikistan	691
113	Senegal	686
113	Serbia	686
115	Czech Republic	677
116	Lebanon	661
117	Zimbabwe	657
118	Lithuania	656
119	Greece	652
120	China	645
121	Latvia	641
122	Romania	637
123	Spain	636
124	Kenya	630
124	Kiribati	630
126	Estonia	626
127	Sweden	624
128	Macedonia	619
129	Belarus	618
130	Bulgaria	608
131	Poland	600
132	Turkey	593
133	Argentina	591
134	Hungary	589
135	Ukraine	565
136	Armenia	562
137	Malta	560
138	Canada	537
139	Finland	536
140	Australia	534
141	Kyrgyz Republic	533
142	Cyprus	498
143	South Africa	495
144	Palau	494
144	Pakistan	494
146	Russia	460
147	Moldova	450
148	Azerbaijan	447
149	Israel	435
150	Botswana	416
151	Eritrea	384
152	Morocco	346
153	Afghanistan	327
154	Chad	322
155	Namibia	285
155	Nauru	285
157	Somalia	282
157	Mali	282
159	Syrian Arab Republic	252
160	Sudan	250
160	Kazakhstan	250
162	Montenegro	241
162	Mongolia	241
164	Iran	228
164	Cabo Verde	228
166	Djibouti	220
167	Iraq	216
168	Tunisia	207
169	Uzbekistan	206
169	Vanuatu	206
171	Yemen	167
172	Turkmenistan	161
172	Tuvalu	161
174	Niger	151
175	Oman	125
176	Kuwait	121
177	Jordan	111
178	Mauritania	92
179	Algeria	89
180	Bahrain	83
181	United Arab Emirates	78
182	Qatar	74
183	Saudi Arabia	59
184	Liechtenstein	56
184	Libya	56
186	Egypt	51

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