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Weather > Precipitation: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Average annual precipitation (rain or snow fall) in million cubic metres.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 5.6 trillion cubic metres 2009
2 India 4 trillion cubic metres 2007
3 Colombia 2.55 trillion cubic metres 2008
4 Venezuela 936 billion cubic metres 2009
5 Central African Republic 900.37 billion cubic metres 2007
6 Madagascar 888.19 billion cubic metres 2007
7 Chile 800.23 billion cubic metres 2007
8 Cameroon 785.94 billion cubic metres 2009
9 Kazakhstan 757.42 billion cubic metres 2009
10 Paraguay 636.69 billion cubic metres 2009
11 South Africa 548.6 billion cubic metres 2000
12 France 548.6 billion cubic metres 2008
13 Turkey 471.25 billion cubic metres 2007
14 Cote d'Ivoire 420 billion cubic metres 1990
15 Sweden 340.07 billion cubic metres 2009
16 Germany 333 billion cubic metres 2007
17 Ecuador 329.12 billion cubic metres 2009
18 United Kingdom 307.87 billion cubic metres 2009
19 Botswana 270.05 billion cubic metres 1997
20 Italy 256.1 billion cubic metres 2009
21 Spain 247.63 billion cubic metres 2005
22 Finland 228 billion cubic metres 2005
23 Panama 214.66 billion cubic metres 2009
24 Poland 211.37 billion cubic metres 2009
25 Zimbabwe 206.71 billion cubic metres 2005
26 Belarus 167.88 billion cubic metres 2009
27 Morocco 165 billion cubic metres 2008
28 Romania 156 billion cubic metres 2009
29 Senegal 135 billion cubic metres 2007
30 Cuba 114.56 billion cubic metres 2009
31 Benin 108.46 billion cubic metres 2008
32 Sri Lanka 107.6 billion cubic metres 2006
33 Kyrgyzstan 102.27 billion cubic metres 2009
34 Algeria 100 billion cubic metres 2008
35 Georgia 87.93 billion cubic metres 2009
36 Dominican Republic 84.18 billion cubic metres 2005
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 billion cubic metres 1990
38 Switzerland 63.72 billion cubic metres 2007
39 Togo 62.63 billion cubic metres 2000
40 Croatia 60.26 billion cubic metres 2007
41 Serbia 59.32 billion cubic metres 2009
42 Czech Republic 59.05 billion cubic metres 2009
43 Hungary 58.31 billion cubic metres 2009
44 Yemen 55 billion cubic metres 2002
45 Iraq 54.92 billion cubic metres 2008
46 Lithuania 51.6 billion cubic metres 2007
47 Azerbaijan 49.46 billion cubic metres 2009
48 Belize 49.02 billion cubic metres 2005
49 Latvia 48.58 billion cubic metres 2007
50 Portugal 45.42 billion cubic metres 2009
51 Slovakia 39.46 billion cubic metres 2007
52 Syria 39.13 billion cubic metres 2007
53 Slovenia 36.44 billion cubic metres 2008
54 Netherlands 34.37 billion cubic metres 2007
55 Denmark 31.59 billion cubic metres 2009
56 Belgium 31.48 billion cubic metres 2007
57 Estonia 31.43 billion cubic metres 2007
58 Albania 30.96 billion cubic metres 2007
59 Tunisia 27.12 billion cubic metres 2007
60 Jamaica 21.56 billion cubic metres 2008
61 Armenia 17.71 billion cubic metres 2009
62 Brunei 15.52 billion cubic metres 2003
63 Moldova 14.35 billion cubic metres 2009
64 Republic of Macedonia 13 billion cubic metres 2008
65 Gambia 11.37 billion cubic metres 2009
66 Trinidad and Tobago 10.88 billion cubic metres 2006
67 Oman 9.48 billion cubic metres 2000
68 Lebanon 8.6 billion cubic metres 2009
69 Jordan 5.19 billion cubic metres 2008
70 Israel 4.7 billion cubic metres 2009
71 Mauritius 4.21 billion cubic metres 2009
72 Cyprus 3.75 billion cubic metres 2009
73 Hong Kong 2.4 billion cubic metres 2009
74 Luxembourg 2.16 billion cubic metres 2009
75 Guinea 1.78 billion cubic metres 2009
76 Singapore 1.65 billion cubic metres 2009
77 Egypt 1.3 billion cubic metres 2007
78 Barbados 656.18 million cubic metres 1996
79 Maldives 530.37 million cubic metres 2000
80 Andorra 306.63 million cubic metres 2007
81 Antigua and Barbuda 276.9 million cubic metres 2009
82 Malta 215 million cubic metres 2009
83 Kuwait 187.6 million cubic metres 2005
84 British Virgin Islands 163.15 million cubic metres 2005
85 Qatar 130.7 million cubic metres 2009
86 Marshall Islands 107.77 million cubic metres 2007
87 Bermuda 77.4 million cubic metres 2009
88 Anguilla 71.08 million cubic metres 2009
89 Bahrain 47.3 million cubic metres 2007
90 Macau 42.13 million cubic metres 2009
91 Monaco 1.22 million cubic metres 2009

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Weather > Precipitation: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Weather > Precipitation

  • China has had the highest precipitation since 2000.
  • Monaco has ranked last for precipitation since 1990.
  • India has ranked #2 in precipitation since 2004.
  • Colombia has ranked in the top 3 for precipitation since 1990.
  • Venezuela has ranked in the top 5 for precipitation since 1990.
  • Central African Republic has ranked in the top 6 for precipitation since 1990.
  • Chile has ranked in the top 7 for precipitation since 1990.
  • Madagascar has ranked in the top 6 for precipitation since 2000.
  • Paraguay has ranked in the top 8 for precipitation since 1990.
  • France has ranked in the top 10 for precipitation since 1990.
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