Table 1.16 Average Precipitation mm, 2019 Rank Region Country PRCP Source 1 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 6,000 19(WIKI) 2 CPA Myanmar 5,000 19(WIKI) 3 SEA Samoa 4,500 19(WIKI) 4 LAM Peru 4,010 19(WIKI) 5 AFR Guinea 4,000 19(WIKI) 6 SEA Fiji 3,874 19(WIKI) 7 SEA Palau 3,800 19(WIKI) 8 SEA Micronesia (US) 3,750 19(WIKI) 9 SEA Tuvalu 3,550 19(WIKI) 10 LAM Grenada 3,500 19(WIKI) 11 SEA Vanuatu 3,105 19(WIKI) 12 SEA Indonesia 3,100 19(WIKI) 13 SEA Malaysia 3,086 19(WIKI) 14 SAS Bhutan 3,015 19(WIKI) 16 SEA Brunei 3,000 19(WIKI) 16 SEA Papua New Guinea 3,000 19(WIKI) 16 SEA Samoa, American (US) 3,000 19(WIKI) 18 AFR Sierra Leone 2,945 19(WIKI) 19.5 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 2,750 19(WIKI) 19.5 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 2,750 19(WIKI) 21 AFR Comoros 2,705 19(WIKI) 22 SEA Philippines 2,679 19(WIKI) 23 LAM Costa Rica 2,638 19(WIKI) 24 LAM Colombia 2,630 19(WIKI) 25 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 2,546 19(WIKI) 26 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 2,510 19(WIKI) 27.5 AFR Liberia 2,500 19(WIKI) 27.5 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 2,500 19(WIKI) 29 LAM Panama 2,415 19(WIKI) 30 SEA Northern Mariana Is 2,400 19(WIKI) 31 AFR Seychelles 2,365 19(WIKI) 32 AFR Equatorial Guinea 2,343 19(WIKI) 33 SAS Bangladesh 2,331 19(WIKI) 34.5 LAM Brazil 2,300 19(WIKI) 34.5 SEA Tonga 2,300 19(WIKI) 36 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 2,288 19(WIKI) 37.5 LAM Guyana 2,250 19(WIKI) 37.5 SAS Maldives 2,250 19(WIKI) 39.5 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 2,200 19(WIKI) 39.5 LAM Suriname 2,200 19(WIKI) 41 LAM Nicaragua 2,183 19(WIKI) 42 SEA Solomon Islands 2,175 19(WIKI) 43 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 2,165 19(WIKI) 44 SEA Singapore 2,115 19(WIKI) 45 SEA Kiribati 2,100 19(WIKI) 49.5 CPA Cambodia 2,000 19(WIKI) 49.5 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 2,000 19(WIKI) 49.5 LAM Dominica 2,000 19(WIKI) 49.5 SEA Guam (US) 2,000 19(WIKI) 49.5 AFR Guinea-Bissau 2,000 19(WIKI) 49.5 SEA Macao (Ch) 2,000 19(WIKI) 49.5 SEA Nauru 2,000 19(WIKI) 49.5 SEA Niue (NZ) 2,000 19(WIKI) 54 LAM Honduras 1,981 19(WIKI) 55 LAM Jamaica 1,980 19(WIKI) 56 LAM Belize 1,970 19(WIKI) 57 LAM Saint Vincent 1,965 19(WIKI) 58 USR Abkhazia 1,950 19(WIKI) 59 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 1,935 19(WIKI) 60 CPA Vietnam 1,900 19(WIKI) 61 AFR Gabon 1,873 19(WIKI) 62 SAS Nepal 1,819 19(WIKI) 63 LAM El Salvador 1,733 19(WIKI) 66 CPA Laos 1,700 19(WIKI) 66 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 1,700 19(WIKI) 66 LAM Saint Lucia 1,700 19(WIKI) 66 SEA Taiwan 1,700 19(WIKI) 66 LAM Venezuela 1,700 19(WIKI) 69 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 1,690 19(WIKI) 70 AFR Cameroon 1,681 19(WIKI) 71 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 1,675 19(WIKI) 72 LAM Guatemala 1,629 19(WIKI) 73 DME Hawaii (US Home) 1,618 19(WIKI) 74 SEA Thailand 1,602 19(WIKI) 76 CPA China 1,600 19(WIKI) 76 AFR Ethiopia 1,600 19(WIKI) 76 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 1,600 19(WIKI) 78 DME Scotland (UK Home) 1,574 19(WIKI) 79 LAM Dominican Republic 1,559 19(WIKI) 80 DME Japan 1,540 19(WIKI) 81 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 1,510 19(WIKI) 84.5 EEU Albania 1,500 19(WIKI) 84.5 LAM Bahamas 1,500 19(WIKI) 84.5 LAM Bolivia 1,500 19(WIKI) 84.5 USR Georgia 1,500 19(WIKI) 84.5 SEA Marshall Islands 1,500 19(WIKI) 84.5 LAM Montserrat (UK) 1,500 19(WIKI) 88 AFR Congo, Republic 1,483 19(WIKI) 89 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 1,460 19(WIKI) 90 AFR Sao Tome & Principe 1,450 19(WIKI) 91 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 1,435 19(WIKI) 93.5 DME Bermuda (UK) 1,400 19(WIKI) 93.5 EEU Bosnia 1,400 19(WIKI) 93.5 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 1,400 19(WIKI) 93.5 AFR Kenya 1,400 19(WIKI) 96 EEU Montenegro 1,390 19(WIKI) 97 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 1,385 19(WIKI) 98 AFR Cote d'Ivore 1,373 19(WIKI) 99 AFR Mauritius 1,353 19(WIKI) 100 SEA Korea, South 1,350 19(WIKI) 101 LAM Ecuador 1,330 19(WIKI) 102 LAM Uruguay 1,317 19(WIKI) 103 SEA Timor-Leste 1,316 19(WIKI) 104 AFR Togo 1,313 19(WIKI) 105.5 AFR Burundi 1,300 19(WIKI) 105.5 DME Faroe Is (Den) 1,300 19(WIKI) 107 CPA Korea, North 1,290 19(WIKI) 108 DME Norway 1,275 19(WIKI) 109 LAM Paraguay 1,270 19(WIKI) 110 SAS Sri Lanka 1,266 19(WIKI) 111 AFR Ghana 1,263 19(WIKI) 112 LAM Barbados 1,260 19(WIKI) 113 SAS India 1,257 19(WIKI) 115 AFR Central African Rep 1,250 19(WIKI) 115 LAM Cuba 1,250 19(WIKI) 115 EEU Slovenia 1,250 19(WIKI) 117 AFR Congo, Dem Republic 1,238 19(WIKI) 118 DME Wales (UK Home) 1,213 19(WIKI) 119 AFR Nigeria 1,208 19(WIKI) 121 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 1,200 19(WIKI) 121 DME France 1,200 19(WIKI) 121 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 1,200 19(WIKI) 123 AFR Uganda 1,197 19(WIKI) 124 DME Quebec (Can Home) 1,184 19(WIKI) 125 DME United Kingdom 1,163 19(WIKI) 126 AFR Benin 1,150 19(WIKI) 127 AFR Rwanda 1,135 19(WIKI) 128 DME New Zealand 1,133 19(WIKI) 129 DME South US (US Home) 1,124 19(WIKI) 130 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 1,115 19(WIKI) 132.5 AFR Madagascar 1,100 19(WIKI) 132.5 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 1,100 19(WIKI) 132.5 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 1,100 19(WIKI) 132.5 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 1,100 19(WIKI) 135 AFR Mozambique 1,078 19(WIKI) 136 DME Austria 1,058 19(WIKI) 137 DME Ireland 1,057 19(WIKI) 139 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 1,050 19(WIKI) 139 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 1,050 19(WIKI) 139 AFR Malawi 1,050 19(WIKI) 141.5 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 1,045 19(WIKI) 141.5 LAM St Martin (Fr) 1,045 19(WIKI) 143 DME Switzerland 1,041 19(WIKI) 144 EEU Croatia 1,028 19(WIKI) 145 LAM Anguilla (UK) 1,005 19(WIKI) 147 MEA Iran 1,000 19(WIKI) 147 DME Liechtenstein 1,000 19(WIKI) 147 AFR Mali 1,000 19(WIKI) 150 DME Portugal 950 19(WIKI) 150 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 950 19(WIKI) 150 AFR Zambia 950 19(WIKI) 152 DME Trento (It Home) 935 19(WIKI) 153 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 933 19(WIKI) 154 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) 931 19(WIKI) 155 DME Holy See 930 19(WIKI) 156 DME Iceland 900 19(WIKI) 157.5 DME Belgium 878 19(WIKI) 157.5 AFR Tanzania 878 19(WIKI) 159 AFR South Sudan 875 19(WIKI) 160.5 DME Isle of Man (UK) 865 19(WIKI) 160.5 DME Jersey (UK) 865 19(WIKI) 162 DME Azores (Port Home) 851 19(WIKI) 164 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 850 19(WIKI) 164 MEA Iraq 850 19(WIKI) 164 MEA Lebanon 850 19(WIKI) 166.5 AFR Gambia 840 19(WIKI) 166.5 AFR Zimbabwe 840 19(WIKI) 168 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 838 19(WIKI) 169 DME Gibraltar (UK) 833 19(WIKI) 170 DME Canada 816 19(WIKI) 171 AFR Angola 810 19(WIKI) 173.5 DME Andorra 800 19(WIKI) 173.5 DME Luxembourg 800 19(WIKI) 173.5 DME Netherlands 800 19(WIKI) 173.5 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 800 19(WIKI) 176 DME Italy 783 19(WIKI) 177 AFR Burkina Faso 782 19(WIKI) 178 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) 777 19(WIKI) 179 AFR Lesotho 775 19(WIKI) 180.5 DME San Marino 770 19(WIKI) 180.5 MEA Syria 770 19(WIKI) 182.5 DME Monaco 769 19(WIKI) 182.5 DME United States 769 19(WIKI) 184 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 751 19(WIKI) 185 AFR Senegal 732 19(WIKI) 186 LAM Mexico 725 19(WIKI) 188.5 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 700 19(WIKI) 188.5 DME Germany 700 19(WIKI) 188.5 EEU Kosovo 700 19(WIKI) 188.5 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) 700 19(WIKI) 191.5 USR Lithuania 698 19(WIKI) 191.5 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 698 19(WIKI) 193 USR Latvia 685 19(WIKI) 194 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) 670 19(WIKI) 195 USR Estonia 651 19(WIKI) 196.5 USR Belarus 650 19(WIKI) 196.5 DME Denmark 650 19(WIKI) 198 AFR Eswatini 648 19(WIKI) 199.5 DME Madeira (Port Home) 640 19(WIKI) 199.5 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 640 19(WIKI) 201 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 630 19(WIKI) 202 EEU Slovakia 625 19(WIKI) 203 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 620 19(WIKI) 204 EEU Serbia 615 19(WIKI) 205 DME Spain 612 19(WIKI) 207.5 MEA Algeria 600 19(WIKI) 207.5 LAM Curacao (Neth) 600 19(WIKI) 207.5 EEU Hungary 600 19(WIKI) 207.5 DME Malta 600 19(WIKI) 210 USR South Ossetia 598 19(WIKI) 211 USR Transnistria 589 19(WIKI) 212 DME Sweden 585 19(WIKI) 213 DME Finland 583 19(WIKI) 214 LAM Argentina 578 19(WIKI) 215.5 EEU Bulgaria 575 19(WIKI) 215.5 EEU Poland 575 19(WIKI) 217 DME Alaska (US Home) 572 19(WIKI) 218 AFR St Helena (UK) 565 19(WIKI) 219 LAM Chile 563 19(WIKI) 220.5 DME Guernsey (UK) 557 19(WIKI) 220.5 MEA West Bank 557 19(WIKI) 222.5 DME Falkland Is (UK) 550 19(WIKI) 222.5 USR Ukraine 550 19(WIKI) 224 EEU Czechia 525 19(WIKI) 225 EEU Romania 512 19(WIKI) 226 LAM Haiti 510 19(WIKI) 227 USR Luhansk People's Rep 503 19(WIKI) 228.5 AFR Eritrea 500 19(WIKI) 228.5 EEU North Macedonia 500 19(WIKI) 230 USR Russia 489 19(WIKI) 231.5 AFR Botswana 485 19(WIKI) 231.5 MEA Tunisia 485 19(WIKI) 233 AFR Somalia 472 19(WIKI) 234 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 470 19(WIKI) 235 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 465 19(WIKI) 236 AFR South Africa 464 19(WIKI) 237 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) 460 19(WIKI) 239 LAM Aruba (Neth) 450 19(WIKI) 239 USR Kyrgyzstan 450 19(WIKI) 239 USR Moldova 450 19(WIKI) 241.5 USR Donetsk People's Rep 449 19(WIKI) 241.5 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 449 19(WIKI) 243 DME Greece 448 19(WIKI) 244 USR Uzbekistan 415 19(WIKI) 245 SAS Pakistan 408 19(WIKI) 246 MEA Turkiye 400 19(WIKI) 247 AFR Chad 379 19(WIKI) 248 MEA Cyprus 375 19(WIKI) 249.5 AFR Namibia 370 19(WIKI) 249.5 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) 370 19(WIKI) 251 USR Armenia 365 19(WIKI) 252 MEA Jordan 350 19(WIKI) 253 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 346 19(WIKI) 254 SAS Afghanistan 325 19(WIKI) 255 USR Kazakhstan 320 19(WIKI) 256 MEA Morocco 311 19(WIKI) 257 AFR Cabo Verde 300 19(WIKI) 258.5 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) 290 19(WIKI) 258.5 DME Israel 290 19(WIKI) 260 AFR Sudan 263 19(WIKI) 261.5 DME Australia 250 19(WIKI) 261.5 USR Turkmenistan 250 19(WIKI) 263 MEA Yemen 240 19(WIKI) 264 AFR Niger 225 19(WIKI) 265 CPA Mongolia 220 19(WIKI) 266 USR Azerbaijan 210 19(WIKI) 267 DME Svalbard (Norw) 205 19(WIKI) 268 DME Greenland (Den) 200 19(WIKI) 269 USR Tajikistan 165 19(WIKI) 270 MEA Oman 163 19(WIKI) 271 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 135 19(WIKI) 272 AFR Djibouti 120 19(WIKI) 273 MEA Kuwait 118 19(WIKI) 274 MEA Egypt 110 19(WIKI) 275 MEA Qatar 100 19(WIKI) 276 MEA Saudi Arabia 80 19(WIKI) 277 MEA Bahrain 70 19(WIKI) 278 AFR Mauritania 67 19(WIKI) 279 MEA Gaza Strip 60 19(WIKI) 280 MEA United Arab Emirates 55 19(WIKI) 281 AFR W Sahara (Mor) 43 19(WIKI) 282 MEA Libya 26 19(WIKI)