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DEFINITION:
Average rainfall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,200 | 2008 | |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 3,142 | 2008 | |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 3,028 | 2008 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 2,926 | 2008 | |
| 5 | Malaysia | 2,875 | 2008 | |
| 6 | Brunei | 2,722 | 2008 | |
| 7 | Indonesia | 2,702 | 2008 | |
| 8 | Panama | 2,692 | 2008 | |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 2,666 | 2008 | |
| 10 | Colombia | 2,612 | 2008 | |
| 11 | Fiji | 2,592 | 2008 | |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 2,526 | 2008 | |
| 13 | Singapore | 2,497 | 2008 | |
| =14 | Liberia | 2,391 | 2008 | |
| =14 | Nicaragua | 2,391 | 2008 | |
| 16 | Guyana | 2,387 | 2008 | |
| 17 | Grenada | 2,350 | 2008 | |
| 18 | Philippines | 2,348 | 2008 | |
| 19 | Suriname | 2,331 | 2008 | |
| 20 | Seychelles | 2,330 | 2008 | |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 2,301 | 2008 | |
| =22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,200 | 2008 | |
| =22 | Bhutan | 2,200 | 2008 | |
| 24 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,156 | 2008 | |
| 25 | Burma | 2,091 | 2008 | |
| 26 | Ecuador | 2,087 | 2008 | |
| 27 | Dominica | 2,083 | 2008 | |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 2,054 | 2008 | |
| 29 | Jamaica | 2,051 | 2008 | |
| 30 | Mauritius | 2,041 | 2008 | |
| 31 | Guatemala | 1,996 | 2008 | |
| 32 | Honduras | 1,976 | 2008 | |
| 33 | Maldives | 1,972 | 2008 | |
| 34 | Iceland | 1,940 | 2008 | |
| 35 | Cambodia | 1,904 | 2008 | |
| 36 | Venezuela | 1,875 | 2008 | |
| 37 | Laos | 1,834 | 2008 | |
| 38 | Gabon | 1,831 | 2008 | |
| 39 | Vietnam | 1,821 | 2008 | |
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1,783.6 | 2008 | ||
| 40 | Brazil | 1,782 | 2008 | |
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1,774.3 | 2008 | ||
| 41 | Peru | 1,738 | 2008 | |
| 42 | New Zealand | 1,732 | 2008 | |
| 43 | El Salvador | 1,724 | 2008 | |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 1,712 | 2008 | |
| 45 | Belize | 1,705 | 2008 | |
| 46 | Japan | 1,668 | 2008 | |
| 47 | Guinea | 1,651 | 2008 | |
| 48 | Congo, Republic of the | 1,646 | 2008 | |
| 49 | Thailand | 1,622 | 2008 | |
| 50 | Cameroon | 1,604 | 2008 | |
| 51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,583 | 2008 | |
| 52 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,577 | 2008 | |
| 53 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,543 | 2008 | |
| 54 | Switzerland | 1,537 | 2008 | |
| 55 | Chile | 1,522 | 2008 | |
| 56 | Madagascar | 1,513 | 2008 | |
| 57 | Nepal | 1,500 | 2008 | |
| 58 | Albania | 1,485 | 2008 | |
| 59 | Haiti | 1,440 | 2008 | |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,427 | 2008 | |
| 61 | Barbados | 1,422 | 2008 | |
| 62 | Norway | 1,414 | 2008 | |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 1,410 | 2008 | |
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 1,391.74 | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 1,354 | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,348 | 2008 | |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 1,343 | 2008 | |
| 66 | Cuba | 1,335 | 2008 | |
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 1,304.85 | 2008 | ||
| 67 | The Bahamas | 1,292 | 2008 | |
| 68 | Burundi | 1,274 | 2008 | |
| 69 | Uruguay | 1,265 | 2008 | |
| 70 | United Kingdom | 1,220 | 2008 | |
| 71 | Rwanda | 1,212 | 2008 | |
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 1,190.7 | 2008 | ||
| 72 | Ghana | 1,187 | 2008 | |
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 1,186.08 | 2008 | ||
| 73 | Malawi | 1,181 | 2008 | |
| 74 | Uganda | 1,180 | 2008 | |
| 75 | Togo | 1,168 | 2008 | |
| 76 | Slovenia | 1,162 | 2008 | |
| 77 | Nigeria | 1,150 | 2008 | |
| 78 | Bolivia | 1,146 | 2008 | |
| 79 | Paraguay | 1,130 | 2008 | |
| 80 | Ireland | 1,118 | 2008 | |
| 81 | Croatia | 1,113 | 2008 | |
| 82 | Austria | 1,110 | 2008 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 1,097 | 2008 | ||
| 83 | India | 1,083 | 2008 | |
| 84 | Tanzania | 1,071 | 2008 | |
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 1,061.15 | 2008 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 1,049.38 | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Benin | 1,039 | 2008 | |
| 86 | Mozambique | 1,032 | 2008 | |
| 87 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,030 | 2008 | |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,028 | 2008 | |
| 89 | Georgia | 1,026 | 2008 | |
| 90 | Zambia | 1,020 | 2008 | |
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 944.47 | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 943.36 | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 934.14 | 2008 | ||
| 91 | Luxembourg | 934 | 2008 | |
| failed states average (profile) | 931.46 | 2008 | ||
| 92 | Comoros | 900 | 2008 | |
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 877.82 | 2008 | ||
| 93 | France | 867 | 2008 | |
| Cold countries average (profile) | 861.97 | 2008 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 856.48 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Portugal | 854 | 2008 | |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 848 | 2008 | |
| 96 | Belgium | 847 | 2008 | |
| 97 | The Gambia | 836 | 2008 | |
| 98 | Italy | 832 | 2008 | |
| 99 | Slovakia | 824 | 2008 | |
| Europe average (profile) | 822.61 | 2008 | ||
| =100 | Swaziland | 788 | 2008 | |
| =100 | Lesotho | 788 | 2008 | |
| Eurozone average (profile) | 787.5 | 2008 | ||
| 102 | Netherlands | 778 | 2008 | |
| European Union average (profile) | 771.5 | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 755.94 | 2008 | ||
| 103 | Mexico | 752 | 2008 | |
| 104 | Burkina Faso | 748 | 2008 | |
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 717.77 | 2008 | ||
| 105 | United States | 715 | 2008 | |
| 106 | Denmark | 703 | 2008 | |
| 107 | Germany | 700 | 2008 | |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 691 | 2008 | |
| 109 | Senegal | 686 | 2008 | |
| 110 | Czech Republic | 677 | 2008 | |
| 111 | Lebanon | 661 | 2008 | |
| 112 | Lithuania | 656 | 2008 | |
| 113 | Greece | 652 | 2008 | |
| 114 | Latvia | 641 | 2008 | |
| 115 | Romania | 637 | 2008 | |
| 116 | Spain | 636 | 2008 | |
| 117 | Kenya | 630 | 2008 | |
| 118 | Estonia | 626 | 2008 | |
| 119 | Sweden | 624 | 2008 | |
| 120 | Belarus | 618 | 2008 | |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 608 | 2008 | |
| 122 | Poland | 600 | 2008 | |
| 123 | Turkey | 593 | 2008 | |
| 124 | Argentina | 591 | 2008 | |
| 125 | Hungary | 589 | 2008 | |
| 126 | Ukraine | 565 | 2008 | |
| 127 | Armenia | 562 | 2008 | |
| 128 | Malta | 560 | 2008 | |
| 129 | Canada | 537 | 2008 | |
| 130 | Finland | 536 | 2008 | |
| 131 | Australia | 534 | 2008 | |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 533 | 2008 | |
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 526.13 | 2008 | ||
| 133 | Cyprus | 498 | 2008 | |
| 134 | South Africa | 495 | 2008 | |
| 135 | Pakistan | 494 | 2008 | |
| 136 | Russia | 460 | 2008 | |
| 137 | Moldova | 450 | 2008 | |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 447 | 2008 | |
| 139 | Israel | 435 | 2008 | |
| =140 | Sudan | 416 | 2008 | |
| =140 | Botswana | 416 | 2008 | |
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 413.11 | 2008 | ||
| 142 | Eritrea | 384 | 2008 | |
| 143 | Greenland | 350 | 2008 | |
| 144 | Morocco | 346 | 2008 | |
| 145 | Afghanistan | 327 | 2008 | |
| 146 | Chad | 322 | 2008 | |
| 147 | Namibia | 285 | 2008 | |
| =148 | Somalia | 282 | 2008 | |
| =148 | Mali | 282 | 2008 | |
| 150 | Syria | 252 | 2008 | |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 250 | 2008 | |
| 152 | Mongolia | 241 | 2008 | |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 228 | 2008 | |
| 154 | Djibouti | 220 | 2008 | |
| 155 | Iraq | 216 | 2008 | |
| 156 | Tunisia | 207 | 2008 | |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 206 | 2008 | |
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 194.2 | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 161 | 2008 | |
| 159 | Niger | 151 | 2008 | |
| 160 | Oman | 125 | 2008 | |
| 161 | Kuwait | 121 | 2008 | |
| 162 | Jordan | 111 | 2008 | |
| 163 | Mauritania | 92 | 2008 | |
| 164 | Algeria | 89 | 2008 | |
| 165 | Bahrain | 83 | 2008 | |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 78 | 2008 | |
| 167 | Qatar | 74 | 2008 | |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 59 | 2008 | |
| 169 | Libya | 56 | 2008 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Geography > Average rainfall in depth > Mm per year
- Malaysia ranked first for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Muslim countries in 2008.
- United Kingdom ranked first for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst European Union in 2008.
- Papua New Guinea ranked first for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Hot countries in 2008.
- Iceland ranked first for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Europe in 2008.
- Costa Rica ranked second for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Christian countries in 2008.
- Sao Tome and Principe ranked first for average rainfall in depth > mm per year globally in 2008.
- Singapore ranked second for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2008.
- Bhutan ranked first for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Cold countries in 2008.
- Indonesia ranked second for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Emerging markets in 2008.
- Cambodia ranked first for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst Former French colonies in 2008.
- New Zealand ranked second for average rainfall in depth > mm per year amongst High income OECD countries in 2008.
