Annual precipitation by country
Total annual precipitation—rain and snow—calculated as the sum of daily averages, reported as the depth of water falling to Earth's surface, excluding fog and dew.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
4,152 millimeters
Papua New Guinea
Lowest
6.35 millimeters
Egypt
Median
964.54 millimeters
Years covered
86
1940–2025
Data points
16,512
What the numbers show
Annual precipitation is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 4,152 millimeters in Papua New Guinea; the lowest is 6.35 millimeters in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 964.54 millimeters, and the mean is 1,166 millimeters.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 654.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 160.2%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 76.3%).
Annual precipitation: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 4,152 millimeters | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 4,109 millimeters | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | Philippines | 3,683 millimeters | 2025 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3,662 millimeters | 2025 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 5 | Panama | 3,522 millimeters | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 6 | Brunei | 3,512 millimeters | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 3,460 millimeters | 2025 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 3,314 millimeters | 2025 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 9 | Samoa | 3,284 millimeters | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 10 | Ecuador | 3,272 millimeters | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 11 | Malaysia | 3,150 millimeters | 2025 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 12 | American Samoa | 2,994 millimeters | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 2,951 millimeters | 2025 | up 29.2% | flat |
| 14 | Bhutan | 2,741 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,682 millimeters | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 16 | Fiji | 2,520 millimeters | 2025 | up 40.6% | flat |
| 17 | Suriname | 2,494 millimeters | 2025 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 18 | Myanmar | 2,469 millimeters | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 19 | Liberia | 2,398 millimeters | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 20 | Vietnam | 2,377 millimeters | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 2,364 millimeters | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 2,298 millimeters | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 23 | Guyana | 2,267 millimeters | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 24 | Venezuela | 2,174 millimeters | 2025 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 25 | Nepal | 2,131 millimeters | 2025 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 26 | Laos | 2,108 millimeters | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 2,081 millimeters | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 2,057 millimeters | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 29 | East Timor | 1,984 millimeters | 2025 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 1,915 millimeters | 2025 | up 17.1% | flat |
| 31 | Cambodia | 1,898 millimeters | 2025 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 32 | Gabon | 1,888 millimeters | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 33 | Guinea | 1,861 millimeters | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 34 | New Caledonia | 1,856 millimeters | 2025 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 35 | French Polynesia | 1,828 millimeters | 2025 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 36 | Hong Kong | 1,808 millimeters | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 1,757 millimeters | 2025 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 38 | Burundi | 1,732 millimeters | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 39 | Guatemala | 1,721 millimeters | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 40 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 1,677 millimeters | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 41 | Honduras | 1,668 millimeters | 2025 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 42 | Japan | 1,642 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 1,631 millimeters | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,621 millimeters | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 45 | Belize | 1,620 millimeters | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 46 | Cameroon | 1,611 millimeters | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 47 | Brazil | 1,609 millimeters | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 48 | Malawi | 1,549 millimeters | 2025 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 49 | Switzerland | 1,537 millimeters | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 50 | Montenegro | 1,525 millimeters | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 51 | Cook Islands | 1,504 millimeters | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 52 | Bolivia | 1,482 millimeters | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 53 | Congo | 1,481 millimeters | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 54 | Madagascar | 1,465 millimeters | 2025 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 55 | Rwanda | 1,416 millimeters | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 56 | Chile | 1,415 millimeters | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 57 | Iceland | 1,409 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 58 | India | 1,404 millimeters | 2025 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,391 millimeters | 2025 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 60 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,383 millimeters | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 61 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 1,377 millimeters | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 62 | El Salvador | 1,358 millimeters | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 63 | Lesotho | 1,329 millimeters | 2025 | up 77.0% | flat |
| 64 | Uganda | 1,308 millimeters | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 65 | Norway | 1,296 millimeters | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 1,289 millimeters | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 67 | South Korea | 1,270 millimeters | 2025 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 68 | Slovenia | 1,264 millimeters | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 69 | Seychelles | 1,243 millimeters | 2025 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 70 | North Korea | 1,237 millimeters | 2025 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 71 | Paraguay | 1,211 millimeters | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 72 | Georgia | 1,192 millimeters | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 73 | Jamaica | 1,149 millimeters | 2025 | up 46.5% | flat |
| 74 | Isle of Man | 1,144 millimeters | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 75 | France | 1,138 millimeters | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 76 | Puerto Rico | 1,133 millimeters | 2025 | up 35.1% | flat |
| 78 | Zambia | 1,120 millimeters | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 79 | Mozambique | 1,103 millimeters | 2025 | up 30.0% | flat |
| 80 | Austria | 1,079 millimeters | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 81 | Angola | 1,071 millimeters | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 82 | Faroe Islands | 1,056 millimeters | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,054 millimeters | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 84 | Portugal | 1,042 millimeters | 2025 | up 81.9% | flat |
| 85 | Uruguay | 1,040 millimeters | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,035 millimeters | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 87 | Italy | 1,028 millimeters | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 1,019 millimeters | 2025 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 89 | Nigeria | 1,017 millimeters | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,017 millimeters | 2025 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 91 | Togo | 1,013 millimeters | 2025 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 92 | Eswatini | 1,008 millimeters | 2025 | up 71.8% | flat |
| 93 | Croatia | 987.55 millimeters | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 973.94 millimeters | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 95 | Central African Republic | 967.18 millimeters | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 96 | Bahamas | 966.55 millimeters | 2025 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 97 | United Kingdom | 962.53 millimeters | 2025 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 98 | Andorra | 956.72 millimeters | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 99 | Mauritius | 949.52 millimeters | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 100 | Comoros | 947.06 millimeters | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 939.53 millimeters | 2025 | up 73.3% | falling |
| 102 | Benin | 934.8 millimeters | 2025 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 103 | Tanzania | 934.02 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 104 | Haiti | 933.47 millimeters | 2025 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 105 | United States Virgin Islands | 910.85 millimeters | 2025 | up 46.0% | flat |
| 106 | Antigua and Barbuda | 891.63 millimeters | 2025 | up 27.8% | flat |
| 107 | Anguilla | 889.52 millimeters | 2025 | up 51.9% | flat |
| 108 | Ghana | 875.56 millimeters | 2025 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 109 | Gambia | 845.66 millimeters | 2025 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 110 | Estonia | 845.38 millimeters | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 111 | Cuba | 843.17 millimeters | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 113 | China | 833.24 millimeters | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 114 | Latvia | 833.21 millimeters | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 829.13 millimeters | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 116 | United States | 810.4 millimeters | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 117 | Sweden | 809.91 millimeters | 2025 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 118 | Mexico | 809.09 millimeters | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 796.47 millimeters | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 796.3 millimeters | 2025 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 121 | Lithuania | 782.49 millimeters | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 122 | Slovakia | 770.35 millimeters | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 123 | Belgium | 761.49 millimeters | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 124 | Greece | 759.52 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 125 | Belarus | 751.7 millimeters | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 126 | Spain | 741.69 millimeters | 2025 | up 37.3% | flat |
| 127 | Germany | 734.11 millimeters | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 128 | Finland | 729.87 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 129 | Denmark | 722.99 millimeters | 2025 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 130 | Netherlands | 709.41 millimeters | 2025 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 131 | Armenia | 704.18 millimeters | 2025 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 132 | Romania | 690.52 millimeters | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 133 | South Sudan | 690.12 millimeters | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 134 | Bulgaria | 689.31 millimeters | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 135 | Botswana | 685.73 millimeters | 2025 | up 160.2% | flat |
| 136 | Poland | 684.43 millimeters | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 137 | Falkland Islands | 681.54 millimeters | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 138 | Canada | 669.87 millimeters | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 139 | Czechia | 669.22 millimeters | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 140 | Serbia | 661.74 millimeters | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 141 | Argentina | 656.94 millimeters | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 142 | South Africa | 652.16 millimeters | 2025 | up 78.4% | flat |
| 143 | Kenya | 613.42 millimeters | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 144 | Russia | 597.13 millimeters | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 145 | Kiribati | 592.83 millimeters | 2025 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Senegal | 577.89 millimeters | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 147 | Cayman Islands | 569.37 millimeters | 2025 | down 21.5% | flat |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 560.78 millimeters | 2025 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 149 | Hungary | 553.03 millimeters | 2025 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 150 | Turkey | 545.81 millimeters | 2025 | down 27.1% | flat |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 542.09 millimeters | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 152 | Ukraine | 538.1 millimeters | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 508.22 millimeters | 2025 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 154 | Greenland | 482.24 millimeters | 2025 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 155 | Moldova | 458.85 millimeters | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 156 | Australia | 454.91 millimeters | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 157 | Namibia | 450.17 millimeters | 2025 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 158 | Lebanon | 421.58 millimeters | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 159 | Pakistan | 372.4 millimeters | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 160 | Kazakhstan | 309.42 millimeters | 2025 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 161 | Eritrea | 290.51 millimeters | 2025 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 162 | Cyprus | 288.48 millimeters | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 163 | Morocco | 282.36 millimeters | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 266.24 millimeters | 2025 | down 32.9% | flat |
| 165 | Palestine | 256.6 millimeters | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 166 | Mongolia | 246.02 millimeters | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 167 | Mali | 240.65 millimeters | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 168 | Iran | 212.24 millimeters | 2025 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 169 | Chad | 208.02 millimeters | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 170 | Tunisia | 198.32 millimeters | 2025 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 175.38 millimeters | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 170.57 millimeters | 2025 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 173 | Iraq | 169.54 millimeters | 2025 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 174 | Israel | 154.13 millimeters | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 175 | Somalia | 152.43 millimeters | 2025 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 176 | Syria | 145.47 millimeters | 2025 | down 31.0% | flat |
| 177 | Sudan | 129.81 millimeters | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 178 | Djibouti | 123.71 millimeters | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Turkmenistan | 113.74 millimeters | 2025 | down 40.3% | rising |
| 180 | Kuwait | 106.55 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 181 | Yemen | 105.96 millimeters | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 182 | Jordan | 74.18 millimeters | 2025 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 183 | Niger | 71.17 millimeters | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 184 | Algeria | 65.33 millimeters | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 185 | Qatar | 59.43 millimeters | 2025 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Mauritania | 55.55 millimeters | 2025 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | 51.43 millimeters | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 188 | Bahrain | 42.61 millimeters | 2025 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Oman | 27.07 millimeters | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 190 | United Arab Emirates | 18.71 millimeters | 2025 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Libya | 16.52 millimeters | 2025 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 192 | Egypt | 6.35 millimeters | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
About this data
Total annual precipitation—rain and snow—calculated as the sum of daily averages, reported as the depth of water falling to Earth's surface, excluding fog and dew.