Encyclopedia of the Nations

Encyclopedia of the Nations » World Statistics » World Development Indicators - Environment » Land use - Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)

Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators

---

---

Other country level comparisons:
Loading... please wait. Loading... please wait.

---

---

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.

Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) - Land use - Environment - World Development Indicators (2008) Rank Country Value 1 Sao Tome and Principe 3,200 2 Papua New Guinea 3,142 3 Solomon Islands 3,028 4 Costa Rica 2,926 5 Malaysia 2,875 6 Brunei Darussalam 2,722 7 Indonesia 2,702 8 Panama 2,692 9 Bangladesh 2,666 10 Colombia 2,612 11 Fiji 2,592 12 Sierra Leone 2,526 13 Singapore 2,497 14 Liberia 2,391 15 Nicaragua 2,391 16 Guyana 2,387 17 Grenada 2,350 18 Philippines 2,348 19 Suriname 2,331 20 Seychelles 2,330 21 St. Lucia 2,301 22 Trinidad and Tobago 2,200 23 Bhutan 2,200 24 Equatorial Guinea 2,156 25 Burma 2,091 26 Ecuador 2,087 27 Dominica 2,083 28 Puerto Rico 2,054 29 Jamaica 2,051 30 Mauritius 2,041 31 Guatemala 1,996 32 Honduras 1,976 33 Maldives 1,972 34 Iceland 1,940 35 Cambodia 1,904 36 Venezuela 1,875 37 Laos 1,834 38 Gabon 1,831 39 Vietnam 1,821 40 Brazil 1,782 41 Peru 1,738 42 New Zealand 1,732 43 El Salvador 1,724 44 Sri Lanka 1,712 45 Belize 1,705 46 Japan 1,668 47 Guinea 1,651 48 Republic of the Congo 1,646 49 Thailand 1,622 50 Cameroon 1,604 51 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1,583 52 Guinea-Bissau 1,577 53 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,543 54 Switzerland 1,537 55 Chile 1,522 56 Madagascar 1,513 57 Nepal 1,500 58 Albania 1,485 59 Haiti 1,440 60 St. Kitts and Nevis 1,427 61 Barbados 1,422 62 Norway 1,414 63 Dominican Republic 1,410 64 Ivory Coast 1,348 65 Central African Republic 1,343 66 Cuba 1,335 67 Bahamas 1,292 68 Burundi 1,274 69 North Korea 1,274 70 South Korea 1,274 71 Uruguay 1,265 72 United Kingdom 1,220 73 Rwanda 1,212 74 Ghana 1,187 75 Malawi 1,181 76 Uganda 1,180 77 Togo 1,168 78 Slovenia 1,162 79 Nigeria 1,150 80 Bolivia 1,146 81 Paraguay 1,130 82 Ireland 1,118 83 Croatia 1,113 84 Austria 1,110 85 India 1,083 86 Tanzania 1,071 87 Benin 1,039 88 Mozambique 1,032 89 Antigua and Barbuda 1,030 90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,028 91 Georgia 1,026 92 Zambia 1,020 93 Angola 1,010 94 Luxembourg 934 95 Comoros 900 96 France 867 97 Portugal 854 98 Ethiopia 848 99 Belgium 847 100 Gambia 836 101 Italy 832 102 Slovakia 824 103 Lesotho 788 104 Swaziland 788 105 Netherlands 778 106 Mexico 752 107 Burkina Faso 748 108 United States 715 109 Denmark 703 110 Germany 700 111 Tajikistan 691 112 Senegal 686 113 Czech Republic 677 114 Lebanon 661 115 Lithuania 656 116 Greece 652 117 Latvia 641 118 Romania 637 119 Spain 636 120 Kenya 630 121 Estonia 626 122 Sweden 624 123 Macedonia 619 124 Belarus 618 125 Bulgaria 608 126 Poland 600 127 Turkey 593 128 Argentina 591 129 Hungary 589 130 Ukraine 565 131 Armenia 562 132 Malta 560 133 Canada 537 134 Finland 536 135 Australia 534 136 Kyrgyzstan 533 137 Cyprus 498 138 South Africa 495 139 Pakistan 494 140 Russia 460 141 Moldova 450 142 Azerbaijan 447 143 Israel 435 144 Botswana 416 145 Sudan 416 146 West Bank and Gaza 402 147 Eritrea 384 148 Greenland 350 149 Morocco 346 150 Afghanistan 327 151 Chad 322 152 Namibia 285 153 Mali 282 154 Somalia 282 155 Syria 252 156 Kazakhstan 250 157 Mongolia 241 158 Iran 228 159 Cape Verde 228 160 Djibouti 220 161 Iraq 216 162 Tunisia 207 163 Uzbekistan 206 164 Yemen 167 165 Turkmenistan 161 166 Niger 151 167 Oman 125 168 Kuwait 121 169 Jordan 111 170 Mauritania 92 171 Algeria 89 172 Bahrain 83 173 United Arab Emirates 78 174 Qatar 74 175 Saudi Arabia 59 176 Libya 56 177 Egypt 51

Country Comparison Graph

Website © 2010 Advameg, Inc.