🌧️ Annual rainfall by country

Name: Annual rainfall by country
Creator: Geopolitix

167 countries ranked · World Bank · 2021–2022

Which is the rainiest country in the world?

The rainiest countries in the world: 1. Colombia (3,240 mm), 2. Papua New Guinea (3,142 mm), 3. Panama (2,928 mm).

The middle of the table sits at 934 mm (Luxembourg, no. 84 of 167), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

🇨🇴Colombia 3,240 mm
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3,142 mm
🇵🇦Panama 2,928 mm
🇨🇷Costa Rica 2,926 mm
🇲🇾Malaysia 2,875 mm
🇧🇳Brunei 2,722 mm
🇮🇩Indonesia 2,702 mm
🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,666 mm
🇫🇯Fiji 2,592 mm
🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2,526 mm

Which is the driest country in the world?

The driest countries in this table, from the very last row upwards: Egypt (18 mm), then Libya (56 mm) and Saudi Arabia (59 mm).

The same ranking, as a map

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Annual rainfall, 167 countries, shaded by rank. Source: World Bank · data 2021–2022. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

The full ranking of all 167 countries

Annual rainfall · 2021–2022
#	Country	Annual rainfall
1	🇨🇴Colombia	3,240 mm
2	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	3,142 mm
3	🇵🇦Panama	2,928 mm
4	🇨🇷Costa Rica	2,926 mm
5	🇲🇾Malaysia	2,875 mm
6	🇧🇳Brunei	2,722 mm
7	🇮🇩Indonesia	2,702 mm
8	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2,666 mm
9	🇫🇯Fiji	2,592 mm
10	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	2,526 mm
11	🇸🇬Singapore	2,497 mm
12	🇱🇷Liberia	2,391 mm
13	🇬🇾Guyana	2,387 mm
14	🇵🇭Philippines	2,348 mm
15	🇸🇷Suriname	2,331 mm
16	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2,280 mm
17	🇪🇨Ecuador	2,274 mm
18	🇧🇹Bhutan	2,200 mm
19	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	2,156 mm
20	🇲🇲Myanmar	2,091 mm
21	🇯🇲Jamaica	2,051 mm
22	🇻🇪Venezuela	2,044 mm
23	🇲🇺Mauritius	2,041 mm
24	🇻🇺Vanuatu	2,000 mm
25	🇬🇹Guatemala	1,996 mm
26	🇭🇳Honduras	1,976 mm
27	🇲🇻Maldives	1,972 mm
28	🇮🇸Iceland	1,940 mm
29	🇰🇭Cambodia	1,904 mm
30	🇱🇦Laos	1,834 mm
31	🇬🇦Gabon	1,831 mm
32	🇻🇳Vietnam	1,821 mm
33	🇸🇻El Salvador	1,784 mm
34	🇧🇷Brazil	1,761 mm
35	🇵🇪Peru	1,738 mm
36	🇳🇿New Zealand	1,732 mm
37	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	1,712 mm
38	🇧🇿Belize	1,705 mm
39	🇯🇵Japan	1,668 mm
40	🇬🇳Guinea	1,651 mm
41	🇨🇬Congo	1,646 mm
42	🇹🇭Thailand	1,622 mm
43	🇨🇲Cameroon	1,604 mm
44	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	1,577 mm
45	🇨🇩DR Congo	1,543 mm
46	🇨🇭Switzerland	1,537 mm
47	🇨🇱Chile	1,522 mm
48	🇲🇬Madagascar	1,513 mm
49	🇳🇵Nepal	1,500 mm
50	🇦🇱Albania	1,485 mm
51	🇭🇹Haiti	1,440 mm
52	🇧🇧Barbados	1,422 mm
53	🇳🇴Norway	1,414 mm
54	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	1,410 mm
55	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	1,348 mm
56	🇨🇫Central African Republic	1,343 mm
57	🇨🇺Cuba	1,335 mm
58	🇺🇾Uruguay	1,300 mm
59	🇧🇸Bahamas	1,292 mm
60	🇧🇮Burundi	1,274 mm
61	🇰🇷South Korea	1,274 mm
62	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1,220 mm
63	🇷🇼Rwanda	1,212 mm
64	🇬🇭Ghana	1,187 mm
65	🇲🇼Malawi	1,181 mm
66	🇺🇬Uganda	1,180 mm
67	🇹🇬Togo	1,168 mm
68	🇸🇮Slovenia	1,162 mm
69	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,150 mm
70	🇧🇴Bolivia	1,146 mm
71	🇵🇾Paraguay	1,130 mm
72	🇮🇪Ireland	1,118 mm
73	🇭🇷Croatia	1,113 mm
74	🇦🇹Austria	1,110 mm
75	🇮🇳India	1,083 mm
76	🇹🇿Tanzania	1,071 mm
77	🇰🇵North Korea	1,054 mm
78	🇧🇯Benin	1,039 mm
79	🇲🇿Mozambique	1,032 mm
80	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,028 mm
81	🇬🇪Georgia	1,026 mm
82	🇿🇲Zambia	1,020 mm
83	🇦🇴Angola	1,010 mm
84	🇱🇺Luxembourg	934 mm
85	🇰🇲Comoros	900 mm
86	🇸🇸South Sudan	900 mm
87	🇫🇷France	867 mm
88	🇵🇹Portugal	854 mm
89	🇪🇹Ethiopia	848 mm
90	🇧🇪Belgium	847 mm
91	🇬🇲Gambia	836 mm
92	🇮🇹Italy	832 mm
93	🇸🇰Slovakia	824 mm
94	🇱🇸Lesotho	788 mm
95	🇳🇱Netherlands	778 mm
96	🇲🇽Mexico	758 mm
97	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	748 mm
98	🇺🇸United States	715 mm
99	🇩🇰Denmark	703 mm
100	🇩🇪Germany	700 mm
101	🇹🇯Tajikistan	691 mm
102	🇸🇳Senegal	686 mm
103	🇨🇿Czechia	677 mm
104	🇱🇻Latvia	667 mm
105	🇱🇧Lebanon	661 mm
106	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	657 mm
107	🇱🇹Lithuania	656 mm
108	🇬🇷Greece	652 mm
109	🇨🇳China	645 mm
110	🇷🇴Romania	637 mm
111	🇪🇸Spain	636 mm
112	🇰🇪Kenya	630 mm
113	🇪🇪Estonia	626 mm
114	🇸🇪Sweden	624 mm
115	🇲🇰North Macedonia	619 mm
116	🇧🇾Belarus	618 mm
117	🇧🇬Bulgaria	608 mm
118	🇵🇱Poland	600 mm
119	🇹🇷Turkey	593 mm
120	🇦🇷Argentina	591 mm
121	🇭🇺Hungary	589 mm
122	🇺🇦Ukraine	565 mm
123	🇦🇲Armenia	562 mm
124	🇲🇹Malta	560 mm
125	🇨🇦Canada	537 mm
126	🇫🇮Finland	536 mm
127	🇦🇺Australia	534 mm
128	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	533 mm
129	🇨🇾Cyprus	498 mm
130	🇿🇦South Africa	495 mm
131	🇵🇰Pakistan	494 mm
132	🇷🇺Russia	460 mm
133	🇲🇩Moldova	450 mm
134	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	447 mm
135	🇮🇱Israel	435 mm
136	🇧🇼Botswana	416 mm
137	🇪🇷Eritrea	384 mm
138	🇲🇦Morocco	346 mm
139	🇦🇫Afghanistan	327 mm
140	🇹🇩Chad	322 mm
141	🇳🇦Namibia	285 mm
142	🇲🇱Mali	282 mm
143	🇸🇴Somalia	282 mm
144	🇸🇾Syria	252 mm
145	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	250 mm
146	🇸🇩Sudan	250 mm
147	🇲🇳Mongolia	241 mm
148	🇨🇻Cape Verde	228 mm
149	🇮🇷Iran	228 mm
150	🇩🇯Djibouti	220 mm
151	🇮🇶Iraq	216 mm
152	🇹🇳Tunisia	207 mm
153	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	206 mm
154	🇾🇪Yemen	167 mm
155	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	161 mm
156	🇳🇪Niger	151 mm
157	🇴🇲Oman	125 mm
158	🇰🇼Kuwait	121 mm
159	🇯🇴Jordan	111 mm
160	🇲🇷Mauritania	92 mm
161	🇩🇿Algeria	89 mm
162	🇧🇭Bahrain	83 mm
163	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	78 mm
164	🇶🇦Qatar	74 mm
165	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	59 mm
166	🇱🇾Libya	56 mm
167	🇪🇬Egypt	18 mm

Source: World Bank · 2021–2022 · 167 countries ranked

What this table covers

This table ranks the 167 countries that have a annual rainfall figure in World Bank's data (2021–2022). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

Frequently asked questions

Which is the rainiest country in the world?

The rainiest countries in the world: 1. Colombia (3,240 mm), 2. Papua New Guinea (3,142 mm), 3. Panama (2,928 mm).

Which is the driest country in the world?

The driest countries in this table, from the very last row upwards: Egypt (18 mm), then Libya (56 mm) and Saudi Arabia (59 mm).

Is a rainy country the same as a country where it rains often?

No, and this is the table where that distinction bites. The unit is depth of water per year, so a monsoon country that receives its whole allowance in four months outranks a famously drizzly one that spreads a modest total over two hundred grey days. Rank on this measure is about VOLUME. The number of rainy days is a different statistic, and it produces a different order.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

167 countries have a published figure for annual rainfall, and all 167 are listed above. The source is World Bank (2021–2022), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

The short version

Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.

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