Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) - Country Ranking
Definition: 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.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 3,240.00 | 2017 |
| 2 | São Tomé and Principe | 3,200.00 | 2017 |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3,142.00 | 2017 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3,028.00 | 2017 |
| 5 | Panama | 2,928.00 | 2017 |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 2,926.00 | 2017 |
| 7 | Samoa | 2,880.00 | 2017 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 2,875.00 | 2017 |
| 9 | Brunei | 2,722.00 | 2017 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 2,702.00 | 2017 |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 2,666.00 | 2017 |
| 12 | Fiji | 2,592.00 | 2017 |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 2,526.00 | 2017 |
| 14 | Singapore | 2,497.00 | 2017 |
| 15 | Liberia | 2,391.00 | 2017 |
| 16 | Guyana | 2,387.00 | 2017 |
| 17 | Grenada | 2,350.00 | 2014 |
| 18 | Philippines | 2,348.00 | 2017 |
| 19 | Suriname | 2,331.00 | 2017 |
| 20 | Seychelles | 2,330.00 | 2017 |
| 21 | St. Lucia | 2,301.00 | 2017 |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 2,280.00 | 2017 |
| 23 | Ecuador | 2,274.00 | 2017 |
| 24 | Bhutan | 2,200.00 | 2017 |
| 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,200.00 | 2017 |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,156.00 | 2017 |
| 27 | Myanmar | 2,091.00 | 2017 |
| 28 | Dominica | 2,083.00 | 2017 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 2,054.00 | 2017 |
| 30 | Jamaica | 2,051.00 | 2017 |
| 31 | Venezuela | 2,044.00 | 2017 |
| 32 | Mauritius | 2,041.00 | 2017 |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 2,000.00 | 2017 |
| 34 | Guatemala | 1,996.00 | 2017 |
| 35 | Honduras | 1,976.00 | 2017 |
| 36 | Iceland | 1,940.00 | 2017 |
| 37 | Cambodia | 1,904.00 | 2017 |
| 38 | Lao PDR | 1,834.00 | 2017 |
| 39 | Gabon | 1,831.00 | 2017 |
| 40 | Vietnam | 1,821.00 | 2017 |
| 41 | El Salvador | 1,784.00 | 2017 |
| 42 | Brazil | 1,761.00 | 2017 |
| 43 | Peru | 1,738.00 | 2017 |
| 44 | New Zealand | 1,732.00 | 2017 |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 1,712.00 | 2017 |
| 46 | Belize | 1,705.00 | 2017 |
| 47 | Japan | 1,668.00 | 2017 |
| 48 | Guinea | 1,651.00 | 2017 |
| 49 | Congo | 1,646.00 | 2017 |
| 50 | Thailand | 1,622.00 | 2017 |
| 51 | Cameroon | 1,604.00 | 2017 |
| 52 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,583.00 | 2017 |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,577.00 | 2017 |
| 54 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 1,543.00 | 2017 |
| 55 | Switzerland | 1,537.00 | 2017 |
| 56 | Chile | 1,522.00 | 2017 |
| 57 | Madagascar | 1,513.00 | 2017 |
| 58 | Nepal | 1,500.00 | 2017 |
| 58 | Timor-Leste | 1,500.00 | 2017 |
| 60 | Albania | 1,485.00 | 2017 |
| 61 | Haiti | 1,440.00 | 2017 |
| 62 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1,427.00 | 2017 |
| 63 | Barbados | 1,422.00 | 2017 |
| 64 | Norway | 1,414.00 | 2017 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 1,410.00 | 2017 |
| 66 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,348.00 | 2017 |
| 67 | Central African Republic | 1,343.00 | 2017 |
| 68 | Cuba | 1,335.00 | 2017 |
| 69 | Uruguay | 1,300.00 | 2017 |
| 70 | The Bahamas | 1,292.00 | 2017 |
| 71 | Burundi | 1,274.00 | 2017 |
| 71 | Korea | 1,274.00 | 2017 |
| 73 | United Kingdom | 1,220.00 | 2017 |
| 74 | Rwanda | 1,212.00 | 2017 |
| 75 | Ghana | 1,187.00 | 2017 |
| 76 | Malawi | 1,181.00 | 2017 |
| 77 | Uganda | 1,180.00 | 2017 |
| 78 | Togo | 1,168.00 | 2017 |
| 79 | Slovenia | 1,162.00 | 2017 |
| 80 | Nigeria | 1,150.00 | 2017 |
| 81 | Bolivia | 1,146.00 | 2017 |
| 82 | Paraguay | 1,130.00 | 2017 |
| 83 | Ireland | 1,118.00 | 2017 |
| 84 | Croatia | 1,113.00 | 2017 |
| 85 | Austria | 1,110.00 | 2017 |
| 86 | India | 1,083.00 | 2017 |
| 87 | Tanzania | 1,071.00 | 2017 |
| 88 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 1,054.00 | 2017 |
| 89 | Benin | 1,039.00 | 2017 |
| 90 | Mozambique | 1,032.00 | 2017 |
| 91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,030.00 | 2017 |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,028.00 | 2017 |
| 93 | Georgia | 1,026.00 | 2017 |
| 94 | Zambia | 1,020.00 | 2017 |
| 95 | Angola | 1,010.00 | 2017 |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 934.00 | 2017 |
| 97 | Comoros | 900.00 | 2017 |
| 98 | France | 867.00 | 2017 |
| 99 | Portugal | 854.00 | 2017 |
| 100 | Ethiopia | 848.00 | 2017 |
| 101 | Belgium | 847.00 | 2017 |
| 102 | The Gambia | 836.00 | 2017 |
| 103 | Italy | 832.00 | 2017 |
| 104 | Slovak Republic | 824.00 | 2017 |
| 105 | Eswatini | 788.00 | 2017 |
| 105 | Lesotho | 788.00 | 2017 |
| 107 | Netherlands | 778.00 | 2017 |
| 108 | Mexico | 758.00 | 2017 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 748.00 | 2017 |
| 110 | United States | 715.00 | 2017 |
| 111 | Denmark | 703.00 | 2017 |
| 112 | Germany | 700.00 | 2017 |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 691.00 | 2017 |
| 114 | Senegal | 686.00 | 2017 |
| 115 | Czech Republic | 677.00 | 2017 |
| 116 | Latvia | 667.00 | 2017 |
| 117 | Lebanon | 661.00 | 2017 |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 657.00 | 2017 |
| 119 | Lithuania | 656.00 | 2017 |
| 120 | Greece | 652.00 | 2017 |
| 121 | China | 645.00 | 2017 |
| 122 | Romania | 637.00 | 2017 |
| 123 | Spain | 636.00 | 2017 |
| 124 | Kenya | 630.00 | 2017 |
| 125 | Estonia | 626.00 | 2017 |
| 126 | Sweden | 624.00 | 2017 |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 619.00 | 2017 |
| 128 | Belarus | 618.00 | 2017 |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 608.00 | 2017 |
| 130 | Poland | 600.00 | 2017 |
| 131 | Turkey | 593.00 | 2017 |
| 132 | Argentina | 591.00 | 2017 |
| 133 | Hungary | 589.00 | 2017 |
| 134 | Ukraine | 565.00 | 2017 |
| 135 | Armenia | 562.00 | 2017 |
| 136 | Malta | 560.00 | 2017 |
| 137 | Canada | 537.00 | 2017 |
| 138 | Finland | 536.00 | 2017 |
| 139 | Australia | 534.00 | 2017 |
| 140 | Kyrgyz Republic | 533.00 | 2017 |
| 141 | Cyprus | 498.00 | 2017 |
| 142 | South Africa | 495.00 | 2017 |
| 143 | Pakistan | 494.00 | 2017 |
| 144 | Russia | 460.00 | 2017 |
| 145 | Moldova | 450.00 | 2017 |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 447.00 | 2017 |
| 147 | Israel | 435.00 | 2017 |
| 148 | Botswana | 416.00 | 2017 |
| 149 | Eritrea | 384.00 | 2017 |
| 150 | Morocco | 346.00 | 2017 |
| 151 | Afghanistan | 327.00 | 2017 |
| 152 | Chad | 322.00 | 2017 |
| 153 | Namibia | 285.00 | 2017 |
| 154 | Mali | 282.00 | 2017 |
| 154 | Somalia | 282.00 | 2017 |
| 156 | Syrian Arab Republic | 252.00 | 2017 |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 250.00 | 2017 |
| 157 | Sudan | 250.00 | 2017 |
| 159 | Mongolia | 241.00 | 2017 |
| 160 | Cabo Verde | 228.00 | 2017 |
| 160 | Iran | 228.00 | 2017 |
| 162 | Djibouti | 220.00 | 2017 |
| 163 | Iraq | 216.00 | 2017 |
| 164 | Tunisia | 207.00 | 2017 |
| 165 | Uzbekistan | 206.00 | 2017 |
| 166 | Yemen | 167.00 | 2017 |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 161.00 | 2017 |
| 168 | Niger | 151.00 | 2017 |
| 169 | Oman | 125.00 | 2017 |
| 170 | Kuwait | 121.00 | 2017 |
| 171 | Jordan | 111.00 | 2017 |
| 172 | Mauritania | 92.00 | 2017 |
| 173 | Algeria | 89.00 | 2017 |
| 174 | Bahrain | 83.00 | 2017 |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 78.00 | 2017 |
| 176 | Qatar | 74.00 | 2017 |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 59.00 | 2017 |
| 178 | Libya | 56.00 | 2017 |
| 179 | Egypt | 18.10 | 2017 |
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Development Relevance: The agriculture sector is the most water-intensive sector, and water delivery in agriculture is increasingly important. Data on irrigated agricultural land and data on average precipitation illustrate how countries obtain water for agricultural use.
Limitations and Exceptions: The data are collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through annual questionnaires. The FAO tries to impose standard definitions and reporting methods, but complete consistency across countries and over time is not possible.
Periodicity: Annual
