Burkina Faso vs China: Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change

Burkina Faso
-77.7 Millimetres per year
in 2023
China
-75.39 Millimetres per year
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
164th
China rank
162nd

Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • China
-200-1000100197920012023

How they compare

China currently reports -75.39 Millimetres per year against -77.7 Millimetres per year in Burkina Faso, a difference of 2.31 Millimetres per year.

The two have swapped places 27 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 164th and China ranks 162nd of 222 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 5 and China in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso China Difference Ahead
1970s 107.78 Millimetres per year -23.64 Millimetres per year 131.42 Millimetres per year Burkina Faso
1980s 29.48 Millimetres per year 16.02 Millimetres per year 13.46 Millimetres per year Burkina Faso
1990s 17.99 Millimetres per year 32.6 Millimetres per year 14.61 Millimetres per year China
2000s -48.19 Millimetres per year -48.87 Millimetres per year 0.6864 Millimetres per year Burkina Faso
2010s -4.26 Millimetres per year -44.93 Millimetres per year 40.67 Millimetres per year Burkina Faso
2020s -29.74 Millimetres per year -39.4 Millimetres per year 9.66 Millimetres per year Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher exposure to extreme precipitation — annual precipitation change, Burkina Faso or China?
China, at -75.39 Millimetres per year against -77.7 Millimetres per year in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
What is the difference in exposure to extreme precipitation — annual precipitation change between Burkina Faso and China?
2.31 Millimetres per year, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and China?
45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and China rank globally for exposure to extreme precipitation — annual precipitation change?
Burkina Faso ranks 164th and China ranks 162nd of 222 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Burkina Faso vs China: Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/exposure-to-extreme-precipitation-annual-precipitation-change/burkina-faso/china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/exposure-to-extreme-precipitation-annual-precipitation-change/burkina-faso/china/">Burkina Faso vs China: Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change
Unit
Millimetres per year
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
979 places, 44,055 data points, 1979–2023
Last refreshed

The dataset provides a global assessment of changes in average precipitation by providing the precipitation anomaly and provides a global assessment of extreme precipitation through the use of two precipitation indices, i.e. very heavy precipitation days and frequency of extreme precipitation events. Exposure indicators to extreme precipitation have been prepared jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The datasets span the period 1979-2022, depending on data availability and are the result of the use of a variety of geospatial data sources as referenced in the Working Paper. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): Copernicus Climate Data Store precipitation data (ERA5) and Copernicus Climate Change Initiative land cover data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation