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Average precipitation in depth (mm per year). 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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,200 | 2011 | ||
2 | Papua New Guinea | 3,142 | 2011 | ||
3 | Solomon Islands | 3,028 | 2011 | ||
4 | Costa Rica | 2,926 | 2011 | ||
5 | Malaysia | 2,875 | 2011 | ||
6 | Brunei | 2,722 | 2011 | ||
7 | Indonesia | 2,702 | 2011 | ||
8 | Panama | 2,692 | 2011 | ||
9 | Bangladesh | 2,666 | 2011 | ||
10 | Colombia | 2,612 | 2011 | ||
11 | Fiji | 2,592 | 2011 | ||
12 | Sierra Leone | 2,526 | 2011 | ||
13 | Singapore | 2,497 | 2011 | ||
=14 | Liberia | 2,391 | 2011 | ||
=14 | Nicaragua | 2,391 | 2011 | ||
16 | Guyana | 2,387 | 2011 | ||
17 | Grenada | 2,350 | 2011 | ||
18 | Philippines | 2,348 | 2011 | ||
19 | Suriname | 2,331 | 2011 | ||
20 | Seychelles | 2,330 | 2011 | ||
21 | Saint Lucia | 2,301 | 2011 | ||
=22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,200 | 2011 | ||
=22 | Bhutan | 2,200 | 2011 | ||
24 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,156 | 2011 | ||
25 | Burma | 2,091 | 2011 | ||
26 | Ecuador | 2,087 | 2011 | ||
27 | Dominica | 2,083 | 2011 | ||
28 | Puerto Rico | 2,054 | 2011 | ||
29 | Jamaica | 2,051 | 2011 | ||
30 | Mauritius | 2,041 | 2011 | ||
31 | Guatemala | 1,996 | 2011 | ||
32 | Honduras | 1,976 | 2011 | ||
33 | Maldives | 1,972 | 2011 | ||
34 | Iceland | 1,940 | 2011 | ||
35 | Cambodia | 1,904 | 2011 | ||
=36 | Venezuela | 1,875 | 2011 | ||
=36 | Ukraine | 1,875 | 2011 | ||
38 | Laos | 1,834 | 2011 | ||
39 | Gabon | 1,831 | 2011 | ||
40 | Vietnam | 1,821 | 2011 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1,783.6 | 2011 | |||
41 | Brazil | 1,782 | 2011 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1,774.3 | 2011 | |||
42 | Peru | 1,738 | 2011 | ||
43 | New Zealand | 1,732 | 2011 | ||
44 | El Salvador | 1,724 | 2011 | ||
45 | Sri Lanka | 1,712 | 2011 | ||
46 | Belize | 1,705 | 2011 | ||
47 | Japan | 1,668 | 2011 | ||
48 | Guinea | 1,651 | 2011 | ||
49 | Republic of the Congo | 1,646 | 2011 | ||
50 | Thailand | 1,622 | 2011 | ||
51 | Cameroon | 1,604 | 2011 | ||
52 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,583 | 2011 | ||
53 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,577 | 2011 | ||
54 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,543 | 2011 | ||
55 | Switzerland | 1,537 | 2011 | ||
56 | Chile | 1,522 | 2011 | ||
57 | Madagascar | 1,513 | 2011 | ||
=58 | East Timor | 1,500 | 2011 | ||
=58 | Nepal | 1,500 | 2011 | ||
60 | Albania | 1,485 | 2011 | ||
61 | Haiti | 1,440 | 2011 | ||
62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,427 | 2011 | ||
63 | Barbados | 1,422 | 2011 | ||
64 | Norway | 1,414 | 2011 | ||
65 | Dominican Republic | 1,410 | 2011 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 1,398.83 | 2011 | |||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 1,394.83 | 2011 | |||
South Asia average (profile) | 1,354 | 2011 | |||
66 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,348 | 2011 | ||
67 | Central African Republic | 1,343 | 2011 | ||
68 | Cuba | 1,335 | 2011 | ||
69 | The Bahamas | 1,292 | 2011 | ||
=70 | Burundi | 1,274 | 2011 | ||
=70 | South Korea | 1,274 | 2011 | ||
72 | Uruguay | 1,265 | 2011 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 1,264.41 | 2011 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 1,244.06 | 2011 | |||
73 | United Kingdom | 1,220 | 2011 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 1,216.84 | 2011 | |||
74 | Rwanda | 1,212 | 2011 | ||
75 | Ghana | 1,187 | 2011 | ||
76 | Malawi | 1,181 | 2011 | ||
77 | Uganda | 1,180 | 2011 | ||
78 | Togo | 1,168 | 2011 | ||
79 | Slovenia | 1,162 | 2011 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 1,150.86 | 2011 | |||
80 | Nigeria | 1,150 | 2011 | ||
81 | Bolivia | 1,146 | 2011 | ||
82 | Paraguay | 1,130 | 2011 | ||
83 | Ireland | 1,118 | 2011 | ||
84 | Croatia | 1,113 | 2011 | ||
85 | Austria | 1,110 | 2011 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 1,097.46 | 2011 | |||
86 | India | 1,083 | 2011 | ||
87 | Tanzania | 1,071 | 2011 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 1,061.15 | 2011 | |||
88 | North Korea | 1,054 | 2011 | ||
89 | Benin | 1,039 | 2011 | ||
90 | Mozambique | 1,032 | 2011 | ||
91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,030 | 2011 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 1,029.82 | 2011 | |||
92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,028 | 2011 | ||
93 | Georgia | 1,026 | 2011 | ||
94 | Zambia | 1,020 | 2011 | ||
95 | Angola | 1,010 | 2011 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 977.16 | 2011 | |||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 970.38 | 2011 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 955.1 | 2011 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 934.14 | 2011 | |||
96 | Luxembourg | 934 | 2011 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 901.82 | 2011 | |||
97 | Comoros | 900 | 2011 | ||
98 | France | 867 | 2011 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 862.2 | 2011 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 858.42 | 2011 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 856.48 | 2011 | |||
99 | Portugal | 854 | 2011 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 848.95 | 2011 | |||
100 | Ethiopia | 848 | 2011 | ||
101 | Belgium | 847 | 2011 | ||
102 | The Gambia | 836 | 2011 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 833 | 2011 | |||
103 | Italy | 832 | 2011 | ||
104 | Slovakia | 824 | 2011 | ||
=105 | Lesotho | 788 | 2011 | ||
=105 | Swaziland | 788 | 2011 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 787.5 | 2011 | |||
107 | Netherlands | 778 | 2011 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 771.5 | 2011 | |||
108 | Mexico | 752 | 2011 | ||
109 | Burkina Faso | 748 | 2011 | ||
110 | United States | 715 | 2011 | ||
111 | Denmark | 703 | 2011 | ||
112 | Germany | 700 | 2011 | ||
113 | Tajikistan | 691 | 2011 | ||
114 | Senegal | 686 | 2011 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 680.65 | 2011 | |||
115 | Czech Republic | 677 | 2011 | ||
116 | Lebanon | 661 | 2011 | ||
117 | Zimbabwe | 657 | 2011 | ||
118 | Lithuania | 656 | 2011 | ||
119 | Greece | 652 | 2011 | ||
120 | China | 645 | 2011 | ||
121 | Latvia | 641 | 2011 | ||
122 | Romania | 637 | 2011 | ||
123 | Spain | 636 | 2011 | ||
124 | Kenya | 630 | 2011 | ||
125 | Estonia | 626 | 2011 | ||
126 | Sweden | 624 | 2011 | ||
127 | Republic of Macedonia | 619 | 2011 | ||
128 | Belarus | 618 | 2011 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 613.47 | 2011 | |||
129 | Bulgaria | 608 | 2011 | ||
130 | Poland | 600 | 2011 | ||
131 | Turkey | 593 | 2011 | ||
132 | Argentina | 591 | 2011 | ||
133 | Hungary | 589 | 2011 | ||
134 | Armenia | 562 | 2011 | ||
135 | Malta | 560 | 2011 | ||
136 | Canada | 537 | 2011 | ||
137 | Finland | 536 | 2011 | ||
138 | Australia | 534 | 2011 | ||
139 | Kyrgyzstan | 533 | 2011 | ||
140 | Cyprus | 498 | 2011 | ||
141 | South Africa | 495 | 2011 | ||
142 | Pakistan | 494 | 2011 | ||
143 | Russia | 460 | 2011 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 450.55 | 2011 | |||
144 | Moldova | 450 | 2011 | ||
145 | Azerbaijan | 447 | 2011 | ||
146 | Israel | 435 | 2011 | ||
=147 | Botswana | 416 | 2011 | ||
=147 | Sudan | 416 | 2011 | ||
149 | Eritrea | 384 | 2011 | ||
150 | Morocco | 346 | 2011 | ||
151 | Afghanistan | 327 | 2011 | ||
152 | Chad | 322 | 2011 | ||
153 | Namibia | 285 | 2011 | ||
=154 | Mali | 282 | 2011 | ||
=154 | Somalia | 282 | 2011 | ||
156 | Syria | 252 | 2011 | ||
157 | Kazakhstan | 250 | 2011 | ||
158 | Mongolia | 241 | 2011 | ||
=159 | Iran | 228 | 2011 | ||
=159 | Cape Verde | 228 | 2011 | ||
161 | Djibouti | 220 | 2011 | ||
162 | Iraq | 216 | 2011 | ||
163 | Tunisia | 207 | 2011 | ||
164 | Uzbekistan | 206 | 2011 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 186.61 | 2011 | |||
165 | Yemen | 167 | 2011 | ||
166 | Turkmenistan | 161 | 2011 | ||
167 | Niger | 151 | 2011 | ||
168 | Oman | 125 | 2011 | ||
169 | Kuwait | 121 | 2011 | ||
170 | Jordan | 111 | 2011 | ||
171 | Mauritania | 92 | 2011 | ||
172 | Algeria | 89 | 2011 | ||
173 | Bahrain | 83 | 2011 | ||
174 | United Arab Emirates | 78 | 2011 | ||
175 | Qatar | 74 | 2011 | ||
176 | Saudi Arabia | 59 | 2011 | ||
177 | Libya | 56 | 2011 | ||
178 | Egypt | 51 | 2011 |