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🌧️ Annual rainfall by country

167 countries ranked · World Bank · 2021–2022

Which is the rainiest country in the world?

The top 10

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

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 bottom 10

1. 167th 🇪🇬Egypt 18 mm
2. 166th 🇱🇾Libya 56 mm
3. 165th 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 59 mm
4. 164th 🇶🇦Qatar 74 mm
5. 163rd 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 78 mm
6. 162nd 🇧🇭Bahrain 83 mm
7. 161st 🇩🇿Algeria 89 mm
8. 160th 🇲🇷Mauritania 92 mm
9. 159th 🇯🇴Jordan 111 mm
10. 158th 🇰🇼Kuwait 121 mm

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Highest and lowest by region

The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.

Region	Ranked	Highest	Lowest
Europe	38	🇮🇸Iceland 1,940 mm	🇲🇩Moldova 450 mm
Asia	45	🇲🇾Malaysia 2,875 mm	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 59 mm
Africa	51	🇸🇱Sierra Leone 2,526 mm	🇪🇬Egypt 18 mm
North America	16	🇵🇦Panama 2,928 mm	🇨🇦Canada 537 mm
South America	12	🇨🇴Colombia 3,240 mm	🇦🇷Argentina 591 mm
Oceania	5	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 3,142 mm	🇦🇺Australia 534 mm

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

Annual rainfall by country for every country, A to Z

All 167 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.

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

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.

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