Rainfall · 2022

What country has the most rainfall?

Colombia has the most rainfall in the world, with an average of 3,240 mm of precipitation per year.

Ranking by mm/year
#CountryShare of #1mm/year
1 Colombia 3,240
2 Sao Tome and Principe 3,200
3 Papua New Guinea 3,142
4 Solomon Islands 3,028
5 Panama 2,928
6 Costa Rica 2,926
7 Samoa 2,880
8 Malaysia 2,875
9 Brunei 2,722
10 Indonesia 2,702
11 Bangladesh 2,666
12 Fiji 2,592
13 Sierra Leone 2,526
14 Singapore 2,497
15 Liberia 2,391
16 Guyana 2,387
17 Grenada 2,350
18 Philippines 2,348
19 Suriname 2,331
20 Seychelles 2,330
21 Saint Lucia 2,301
22 Nicaragua 2,280
23 Ecuador 2,274
24 Bhutan 2,200
24 Trinidad and Tobago 2,200
26 Equatorial Guinea 2,156
27 Myanmar 2,091
28 Dominica 2,083
29 Jamaica 2,051
30 Venezuela 2,044
31 Mauritius 2,041
32 Vanuatu 2,000
33 Guatemala 1,996
34 Honduras 1,976
35 Maldives 1,972
36 Iceland 1,940
37 Cambodia 1,904
38 Laos 1,834
39 Gabon 1,831
40 Vietnam 1,821
41 El Salvador 1,784
42 Brazil 1,761
43 Peru 1,738
44 New Zealand 1,732
45 Sri Lanka 1,712
46 Belize 1,705
47 Japan 1,668
48 Guinea 1,651
49 Republic of the Congo 1,646
50 Thailand 1,622
51 Cameroon 1,604
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,583
53 Guinea-Bissau 1,577
54 DR Congo 1,543
55 Switzerland 1,537
56 Chile 1,522
57 Madagascar 1,513
58 Nepal 1,500
58 Timor-Leste 1,500
60 Albania 1,485
61 Haiti 1,440
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,427
63 Barbados 1,422
64 Norway 1,414
65 Dominican Republic 1,410
66 Côte d'Ivoire 1,348
67 Central African Republic 1,343
68 Cuba 1,335
69 Uruguay 1,300
70 Bahamas 1,292
71 Burundi 1,274
71 South Korea 1,274
73 United Kingdom 1,220
74 Rwanda 1,212
75 Ghana 1,187
76 Malawi 1,181
77 Uganda 1,180
78 Togo 1,168
79 Slovenia 1,162
80 Nigeria 1,150
81 Bolivia 1,146
82 Paraguay 1,130
83 Ireland 1,118
84 Croatia 1,113
85 Austria 1,110
86 India 1,083
87 Tanzania 1,071
88 North Korea 1,054
89 Benin 1,039
90 Mozambique 1,032
91 Antigua and Barbuda 1,030
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,028
93 Georgia 1,026
94 Zambia 1,020
95 Angola 1,010
96 Luxembourg 934
97 Comoros 900
97 South Sudan 900
99 France 867
100 Portugal 854
101 Ethiopia 848
102 Belgium 847
103 Gambia 836
104 Italy 832
105 Slovakia 824
106 Eswatini 788
106 Lesotho 788
108 The Netherlands 778
109 Mexico 758
110 Burkina Faso 748
111 United States 715
112 Denmark 703
113 Germany 700
114 Tajikistan 691
115 Senegal 686
116 Czechia 677
117 Latvia 667
118 Lebanon 661
119 Zimbabwe 657
120 Lithuania 656
121 Greece 652
122 China 645
123 Romania 637
124 Spain 636
125 Kenya 630
126 Estonia 626
127 Sweden 624
128 North Macedonia 619
129 Belarus 618
130 Bulgaria 608
131 Poland 600
132 Türkiye 593
133 Argentina 591
134 Hungary 589
135 Ukraine 565
136 Armenia 562
137 Malta 560
138 Canada 537
139 Finland 536
140 Australia 534
141 Kyrgyzstan 533
142 Cyprus 498
143 South Africa 495
144 Pakistan 494
145 Russia 460
146 Moldova 450
147 Azerbaijan 447
148 Botswana 416
149 Eritrea 384
150 Morocco 346
151 Afghanistan 327
152 Chad 322
153 Namibia 285
154 Mali 282
154 Somalia 282
156 Syria 252
157 Kazakhstan 250
157 Sudan 250
159 Mongolia 241
160 Cabo Verde 228
160 Iran 228
162 Djibouti 220
163 Iraq 216
164 Tunisia 207
165 Uzbekistan 206
166 Yemen 167
167 Turkmenistan 161
168 Niger 151
169 Oman 125
170 Kuwait 121
171 Jordan 111
172 Mauritania 92
173 Algeria 89
174 Bahrain 83
175 United Arab Emirates 78
176 Qatar 74
177 Saudi Arabia 59
178 Libya 56
179 Egypt 18

Key facts

Runners-up

Sao Tome and Principe is 2nd and Papua New Guinea 3rd.

Lead

Colombia has 1.0× the figure of Sao Tome and Principe.

Questions

What country has the most rainfall?

Colombia has the most rainfall in the world, with an average of 3,240 mm of precipitation per year.

What country has the second most rainfall?

Sao Tome and Principe ranks second, with 3,200 mm/year.

How many countries are in this ranking?

179 countries with data from World Bank (2022). Territories are not ranked.

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