- List of countries by alcohol consumption
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This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in litres of pure ethyl alcohol consumed per capita in a given year, according to the most recent data from the World Health Organization. The methodology used by the WHO counted use by persons 15 years of age or older.
Alcohol consumption among adults (age 15+) in litres per capita[1] country recorded unrecorded total beer wine spirits other
Moldova8.22 10.00 18.22 4.57 4.67 4.42 0.00
Uganda10.93 1.00 11.93 6.51 0.00 0.18 10.50
Czech Republic14.97 1.48 16.45 8.51 2.33 3.59 0.39
Hungary12.27 4.00 16.27 4.42 4.94 3.02 0.14
Russia11.03 4.73 15.76 3.65 0.10 6.88 0.34
Ukraine8.10 7.50 15.60 2.69 0.58 5.21 0.02
Estonia13.77 1.80 15.57 5.53 1.09 9.19 0.43
Andorra14.08 1.40 15.48 3.93 5.69 3.14 0.00
Romania11.30 4.00 15.30 4.07 2.33 4.14 0.00
Slovenia12.19 3.00 15.19 4.10 5.10 1.33 0.00
Belarus11.22 3.91 15.13 1.84 0.80 4.08 2.67
Croatia12.61 2.50 15.11 4.66 5.80 1.91 0.14
Lithuania12.03 3.00 15.03 5.60 1.80 4.50 0.60
South Korea11.80 3.00 14.80 2.14 0.06 9.57 0.04
Portugal12.45 2.10 14.55 3.75 6.65 1.27 0.51
Ireland13.39 1.00 14.41 7.04 2.75 2.51 1.09
France13.30 0.36 13.66 2.31 8.14 2.62 0.17
United Kingdom11.67 1.70 13.37 4.93 3.53 2.41 0.67
Denmark11.37 2.00 13.37 5.06 4.43 1.78 0.00
Slovakia10.33 3.00 13.33 3.90 1.70 5.40 0.00
Netherlands9.55 3.70 13.25 5.27 1.23 2.97 0.00
Austria12.60 0.64 13.24 6.70 4.10 1.60 0.40
Luxembourg12.01 1.00 13.01 1.59 8.16 2.00 0.00
Germany11.81 1.00 12.81 6.22 3.15 2.30 0.00
Finland9.72 2.80 12.52 4.59 2.24 2.82 0.31
Latvia9.50 3.00 12.50 3.61 1.10 6.24 0.10
Bulgaria11.24 1.20 12.44 3.53 2.44 4.88 0.10
Nigeria9.78 2.50 12.28 0.54 0.01 0.02 9.17
Saint Lucia11.35 0.50 11.85 3.49 0.71 8.21 0.31
Spain10.22 1.40 11.62 4.52 3.59 1.31 0.61
Armenia10.05 1.30 11.35 1.05 0.39 0.65 9.36
Serbia9.97 1.12 11.09 4.40 2.21 3.42 0.04
Switzerland10.56 0.50 11.06 3.10 5.10 1.80 0.10
Kazakhstan6.06 4.90 10.96 1.69 0.30 4.19 0.01
Belgium9.77 1.00 10.77 5.49 3.55 0.62 0.03
Greece8.95 1.80 10.75 2.20 4.51 2.38 0.13
Italy8.33 2.35 10.68 1.73 6.38 0.42 0.00
Azerbaijan7.30 3.30 10.60 7.00 0.03 0.97 0.00
Seychelles9.59 1.00 10.59 7.15 3.15 1.59 0.00
Grenada9.85 0.50 10.35 3.16 0.42 7.15 0.04
Sweden6.70 3.60 10.30 2.60 2.90 1.10 0.00
Palau9.10 1.00 10.10 8.68 0.52 2.10 0.00
Poland9.55 3.70 13.25 4.72 3.26 1.56 0.00
Australia9.89 0.13 10.02 4.56 3.12 1.16 1.02
Argentina8.00 2.00 10.00 2.49 4.62 0.52 0.20
Niue8.85 1.00 9.85 4.63 0.11 2.95 0.00
Rwanda6.80 3.00 9.80 0.54 0.00 0.01 6.44
Canada7.77 2.00 9.77 4.10 1.50 2.10 0.00
Sierra Leone6.72 3.00 9.72 0.46 0.01 0.02 6.06
Bosnia and Herzegovina9.63 0.00 9.63 2.22 0.34 7.08 0.00
New Zealand9.12 0.50 9.62 4.09 3.04 1.37 0.81
Namibia5.87 3.75 9.62 4.35 0.48 1.30 0.35
Guyana7.50 2.00 9.50 1.14 0.31 5.70 0.01
Nepal7.20 2.20 9.48 1.15 0.00 0.07 0.00
Burundi6.47 3.00 9.47 1.16 0.01 0.00 5.07
South Africa6.96 2.50 9.46 3.93 1.17 1.15 0.75
United States8.44 1.00 9.44 4.47 1.36 2.65 0.00
Saint Kitts and Nevis8.93 0.50 9.43 3.98 0.18 6.00 0.10
Ecuador4.01 5.37 9.38 2.30 0.07 1.69 0.00
Gabon7.32 2.00 9.32 5.38 0.80 1.69 0.00
Cyprus8.26 1.00 9.26 3.25 2.97 2.95 0.12
Brazil6.16 3.00 9.16 3.36 0.33 2.49 0.03
Bahamas8.16 0.60 8.76 3.99 1.55 5.27 0.23
São Tomé and Príncipe5.82 2.92 8.74 1.12 3.40 0.83 0.00
Chile6.55 2.00 8.55 2.03 2.59 2.16 0.04
Macedonia5.61 2.90 8.51 2.11 1.62 2.08 0.00
Mexico5.02 3.40 8.42 3.96 0.02 1.09 0.03
Venezuela6.83 1.40 8.23 5.19 0.07 1.65 0.00
Uruguay6.14 2.00 8.14 1.33 3.95 1.21 0.06
Japan7.83 0.20 8.03 1.72 0.29 3.37 2.61
Botswana4.96 3.00 7.96 2.56 0.04 0.00 1.88
Paraguay6.38 1.50 7.88 3.48 0.97 1.77 0.19
Dominica7.34 0.50 7.84 0.50 0.80 6.69 0.07
Norway6.21 1.60 7.81 2.98 2.00 1.28 0.11
Cameroon4.97 2.60 7.57 2.05 0.05 0.00 2.60
Antigua and Barbuda6.76 0.46 7.22 2.67 1.70 5.04 0.09
Thailand6.37 0.71 7.08 1.75 0.02 4.69 0.00
Burkina Faso4.48 2.50 6.98 0.41 0.09 0.42 3.77
Barbados6.41 0.50 6.91 2.90 0.73 3.78 0.17
Peru2.90 4.00 6.90 2.16 0.32 0.61 0.00
Panama5.85 1.00 6.85 3.71 0.22 1.91 0.01
Tanzania4.75 2.00 6.75 0.57 0.02 0.15 4.51
Laos5.73 1.00 6.73 1.42 0.03 4.35 0.00
Albania4.58 2.10 6.68 1.61 0.94 2.30 0.02
Haiti5.99 0.62 6.61 0.01 0.01 5.20 0.00
Côte d'Ivoire4.48 2.00 6.48 0.61 0.33 0.05 3.55
Dominican Republic5.76 0.65 6.41 2.69 0.14 2.92 0.01
Georgia3.90 2.50 6.40 0.76 0.83 2.56 0.02
Philippines4.38 2.00 6.38 1.29 0.02 2.91 0.00
Iceland5.91 0.40 6.31 3.67 1.95 1.33 0.10
Trinidad and Tobago5.78 0.50 6.28 3.10 0.11 2.78 0.04
Colombia4.17 2.00 6.17 2.71 0.08 1.44 0.02
Suriname5.19 0.90 6.09 2.00 0.13 3.26 0.05
Equatorial Guinea5.31 0.77 6.08 0.45 4.18 0.00 0.00
Belize5.07 1.00 6.07 3.89 0.13 1.78 0.01
China4.21 1.70 5.91 1.50 0.15 2.51 0.23
Puerto Rico5.47 0.28 5.75 3.68 0.34 1.35 0.05
Swaziland5.70 0.00 5.70 1.64 0.21 0.15 3.05
Costa Rica4.15 1.40 5.55 2.29 0.18 1.71 0.02
Lesotho1.90 3.65 5.55 1.24 0.00 0.01 0.69
Cuba4.41 1.10 5.51 1.48 0.05 2.94 0.01
Federated States of Micronesia4.50 1.00 5.50 1.43 1.31 0.60 0.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4.94 0.50 5.44 2.55 0.12 3.16 0.05
Angola3.80 1.60 5.40 1.81 1.37 1.12 0.41
Nicaragua3.77 1.60 5.37 1.13 0.03 2.55 0.00
Bolivia2.62 2.50 5.12 2.17 0.06 0.61 0.00
Kyrgyzstan3.19 1.90 5.09 0.45 0.10 2.26 0.01
Zimbabwe4.08 1.00 5.08 0.96 0.19 0.06 2.61
Liberia3.47 1.59 5.06 0.30 0.01 3.16 0.01
Jamaica3.50 1.50 5.00 1.49 0.11 1.80 0.10
Cape Verde2.06 2.90 4.96 0.36 1.99 0.14 0.00
Nauru2.33 2.50 4.83 2.24 0.08 0.00 0.00
Samoa3.80 1.00 4.80 3.31 0.08 0.24 0.00
Cambodia1.77 3.00 4.77 0.74 0.02 1.21 0.00
Turkmenistan2.33 2.30 4.63 0.21 0.90 1.22 0.00
Honduras3.08 1.40 4.48 1.29 0.04 1.87 0.00
Chad0.38 4.00 4.38 0.23 0.01 0.02 0.15
Malta3.85 0.42 4.27 1.79 1.45 1.86 0.15
Republic of the Congo2.04 2.23 4.20 1.76 0.00 0.11 0.12
Kenya1.64 2.50 4.14 0.84 0.02 0.51 0.55
Guatemala2.43 1.60 4.03 1.12 3.92 1.20 0.05
Ethiopia0.52 3.50 4.02 0.19 0.01 0.13 0.25
Zambia2.35 1.50 3.85 0.42 0.01 0.27 1.62
Tonga3.28 0.50 3.78 0.89 2.29 0.64 0.18
Vietnam1.07 2.70 3.77 1.13 0.01 0.02 0.00
Mauritius2.72 1.00 3.72 1.92 0.32 0.39 0.00
Kiribati1.71 2.00 3.71 1.56 0.02 0.02 0.00
Cook Islands3.20 0.50 3.70 0.54 1.39 3.45 0.00
Guinea-Bissau2.58 1.10 3.68 0.24 0.66 0.53 1.75
Bahrain3.56 0.10 3.66 1.91 0.52 1.24 0.00
El Salvador2.61 1.00 3.61 0.88 0.04 1.57 0.00
Uzbekistan1.64 1.90 3.54 0.28 0.19 1.30 0.00
Papua New Guinea1.49 2.00 3.49 0.57 0.02 0.90 0.00
Gambia2.40 0.99 3.39 0.19 0.06 0.04 2.07
Tajikistan0.39 3.00 3.39 0.08 0.02 0.29 0.00
Central African Republic1.65 1.70 3.35 0.21 0.02 0.03 1.37
Democratic Republic of the Congo1.97 1.26 3.30 0.32 0.01 0.02 1.67
Malawi1.24 2.00 3.24 0.39 0.11 0.67 0.21
Ghana1.47 1.50 2.97 0.40 0.07 0.03 0.97
Israel2.39 0.50 2.89 0.97 0.18 1.30 0.04
Djibouti1.37 1.50 2.87 0.78 0.07 0.46 0.00
Mozambique1.56 1.00 2.56 0.00 0.00 0.27 1.08
Tuvalu1.94 0.50 2.44 0.71 0.02 0.58 0.00
Fiji1.43 1.00 2.43 1.46 0.02 0.58 0.00
Iraq0.20 2.21 2.41 0.07 0.00 0.13 0.00
Sudan1.56 0.82 2.38 0.52 0.09 0.79 0.05
Lebanon1.73 0.50 2.23 0.36 0.56 0.78 0.01
Benin1.15 1.00 2.15 0.49 0.14 0.15 0.30
Brunei1.76 0.25 2.01 1.67 0.02 0.05 0.00
Togo0.99 1.00 1.99 0.43 0.32 0.06 0.22
Turkey1.37 0.50 1.87 0.24 0.08 1.35 0.00
Mongolia1.24 0.50 1.74 0.14 0.00 0.22 0.74
Solomon Islands1.16 0.50 1.66 0.66 0.03 0.40 0.00
Singapore0.55 1.00 1.55 1.45 0.25 0.40 0.00
Eritrea0.94 0.60 1.54 0.56 0.00 0.25 0.00
Morocco0.46 1.00 1.46 0.23 0.17 0.06 0.00
Syria1.13 0.30 1.43 0.04 0.32 0.69 0.00
Madagascar0.78 0.55 1.33 0.34 0.11 0.32 0.00
Tunisia1.09 0.20 1.29 0.67 0.34 0.04 0.00
Qatar0.85 0.40 1.25 0.04 0.11 0.73 0.01
Mali0.54 0.50 1.04 0.07 0.00 0.01 0.46
Iran0.02 1.00 1.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
Algeria0.66 0.30 0.96 0.09 0.07 0.00 0.50
Oman0.64 0.30 0.94 0.27 0.00 0.39 0.00
Vanuatu0.43 0.50 0.93 0.46 0.19 0.19 0.00
Timor-Leste0.36 0.50 0.86 0.30 0.01 0.00 0.00
Malaysia0.50 0.32 0.82 0.38 0.02 0.08 0.00
Sri Lanka0.35 0.44 0.79 0.02 0.00 0.33 0.00
Comoros0.26 0.50 0.76 0.17 0.02 0.03 0.00
India0.55 .20 0.75 0.06 0.02 0.05 0.00
Jordan0.41 0.30 0.71 0.04 0.01 0.34 0.01
Senegal0.30 0.30 0.60 0.15 0.12 0.01 0.00
Indonesia0.06 0.50 0.59 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
Myanmar0.11 0.46 0.57 0.10 0.00 0.01 0.01
Bhutan0.22 0.33 0.55 0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00
United Arab Emirates0.34 0.20 0.54 0.30 0.01 0.00 0.02
Afghanistan0.00 0.50 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Egypt0.27 0.10 0.37 0.10 0.02 0.06 0.00
Guinea0.26 0.10 0.36 0.14 0.02 0.06 0.00
Niger0.09 0.25 0.34 0.05 0.01 0.03 0.00
Saudi Arabia0.05 0.20 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00
Bangladesh0.00 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Kuwait0.00 0.17 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Libya0.01 0.10 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Mauritania0.01 0.10 0.11 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
Somalia0.00 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pakistan0.01 0.05 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
Yemen0.00 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 The headings in this table are explained as follows. All columns refer to 2005 only, except Recorded and Total. Recorded refers to an average of recorded consumption for 2003-2005. Unrecorded consumption was calculated using empirical investigations and expert judgments. Total is the sum of the first two columns. The last four columns are a breakdown of the (2005) recorded alcohol consumption by type. Beer refers to malt beer, wine refers to grape wine, spirits refers to all distilled beverages, and other refers to all other alcoholic beverages. Values were corrected for tourism only in countries where the number of tourists per year was at least equivalent to the number of inhabitants.
No data was available for
North Korea,
Maldives,
Marshall Islands,
Monaco,
Montenegro,
San Marino, or
Tokelau.See also
References
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