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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 |
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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 |