Alcohol consumption per capita men women by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
27.3
Romania
Lowest
0
Somalia
Median
8.08
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
930
What the numbers show
Alcohol consumption per capita men women is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 27.3 in Romania; the lowest is 0 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.08, and the mean is 8.77.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 101.1%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 87.5%).
Alcohol consumption per capita men women: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 27.3 | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 17.88 | 2019 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 24.31 | 2019 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | Niue | 15.97 | 2019 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 21.73 | 2019 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 4 | Czechia | 21.09 | 2019 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 19.93 | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 19.51 | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 19.34 | 2019 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 19.22 | 2019 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 9 | Austria | 18.81 | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 10 | Poland | 18.67 | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | Moldova | 18.49 | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Seychelles | 18.41 | 2019 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 13 | Estonia | 18.4 | 2019 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 18.19 | 2019 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 15 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 18.15 | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 18.06 | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 17 | France | 18.04 | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 18 | Russia | 17.95 | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 17.6 | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 20 | Tanzania | 17.55 | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 21 | Slovenia | 17.33 | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 22 | Spain | 17.26 | 2019 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 23 | Hungary | 17.22 | 2019 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 16.95 | 2019 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 25 | Andorra | 16.94 | 2019 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 26 | Portugal | 16.89 | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 27 | Slovak Republic | 16.74 | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 16.59 | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 16.19 | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 30 | Cameroon | 16.18 | 2019 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 31 | Belgium | 16.16 | 2019 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 32 | Barbados | 15.67 | 2019 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 15.62 | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 34 | Canada | 15.59 | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 35 | New Zealand | 15.36 | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 15.26 | 2019 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 37 | South Africa | 15.2 | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 15.15 | 2019 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 39 | United States | 15.03 | 2019 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 40 | Denmark | 14.64 | 2019 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 41 | Ukraine | 14.57 | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 42 | Netherlands | 14.51 | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 43 | Sweden | 14.42 | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 44 | Finland | 14.38 | 2019 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 45 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.02 | 2019 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 46 | Botswana | 13.82 | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 47 | Cambodia | 13.8 | 2019 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 48 | Croatia | 13.79 | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 49 | Eswatini | 13.66 | 2019 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 50 | Benin | 13.52 | 2019 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 51 | Malta | 13.03 | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 13.01 | 2019 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 53 | Grenada | 12.84 | 2019 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 54 | Korea | 12.79 | 2019 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 55 | Italy | 12.72 | 2019 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 56 | Mongolia | 12.71 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 12.7 | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 58 | Argentina | 12.56 | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 59 | Mauritius | 12.45 | 2019 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 60 | Brazil | 12.32 | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 61 | Iceland | 12.28 | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 11.58 | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 63 | Gabon | 11.46 | 2019 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 64 | Greece | 11.34 | 2019 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.26 | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 66 | Suriname | 10.77 | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.75 | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 68 | Japan | 10.74 | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 10.7 | 2019 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 70 | Panama | 10.6 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 10.51 | 2019 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 72 | Norway | 10.49 | 2019 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.42 | 2019 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 74 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.28 | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 75 | Namibia | 10.27 | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 76 | Congo | 10.13 | 2019 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 77 | Cabo Verde | 10.01 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 78 | Philippines | 9.92 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.86 | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 80 | Angola | 9.82 | 2019 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 81 | Cuba | 9.77 | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 82 | Dominica | 9.76 | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 83 | Mexico | 9.38 | 2019 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 84 | China (People’s Republic of) | 9.09 | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 85 | Belize | 9.04 | 2019 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 86 | Paraguay | 8.85 | 2019 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 87 | Guyana | 8.71 | 2019 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 87 | Uruguay | 8.71 | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.7 | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 90 | Armenia | 8.67 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 91 | India | 8.1 | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 92 | Colombia | 8.06 | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 8.06 | 2019 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.95 | 2019 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 95 | Lesotho | 7.79 | 2019 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 7.66 | 2019 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 97 | Mali | 7.42 | 2019 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Ghana | 7.41 | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 99 | Bahamas | 7.2 | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.07 | 2019 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 101 | Nigeria | 7.02 | 2019 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 102 | North Korea | 6.97 | 2019 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 6.84 | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 104 | Burundi | 6.81 | 2019 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | 6.52 | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 106 | Zambia | 6.34 | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 107 | Bolivia | 6.3 | 2019 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 107 | Chad | 6.3 | 2019 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 109 | Liberia | 5.94 | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 110 | Jamaica | 5.83 | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 111 | Fiji | 5.74 | 2019 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 5.71 | 2019 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 5.62 | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 114 | Haiti | 5.57 | 2019 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 115 | El Salvador | 5.56 | 2019 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 116 | Malawi | 5.52 | 2019 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 5.12 | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 118 | Honduras | 5.1 | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 119 | Ecuador | 5.05 | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 120 | Venezuela | 4.95 | 2019 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 4.83 | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 122 | Nauru | 4.82 | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 123 | Israel | 4.78 | 2019 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 123 | Kenya | 4.78 | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 125 | Côte d’Ivoire | 4.61 | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 4.54 | 2019 | up 46.0% | falling |
| 127 | Samoa | 3.93 | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 128 | Tunisia | 3.61 | 2019 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 129 | Micronesia (country) | 3.53 | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 3.51 | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 131 | Myanmar | 3.5 | 2019 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 3.48 | 2019 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 133 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.41 | 2019 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Türkiye | 3.21 | 2019 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 135 | Central African Republic | 3.2 | 2019 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 136 | Rwanda | 3.18 | 2019 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 3.12 | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 3.08 | 2019 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 139 | Singapore | 2.85 | 2019 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 2.75 | 2019 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 141 | Guatemala | 2.67 | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 142 | Lebanon | 2.65 | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 2.65 | 2019 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 144 | Nepal | 2.4 | 2019 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Togo | 2.31 | 2019 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 146 | Bahrain | 2.23 | 2019 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 147 | Maldives | 2.22 | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 148 | Eritrea | 2.15 | 2019 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 149 | Tuvalu | 2.06 | 2019 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 150 | Gambia | 1.91 | 2019 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 151 | Madagascar | 1.69 | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 1.5 | 2019 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 153 | Qatar | 1.4 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Kiribati | 1.31 | 2019 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 155 | Malaysia | 1.29 | 2019 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 156 | Iran | 1.25 | 2019 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Oman | 1.21 | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 158 | Algeria | 1.07 | 2019 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 159 | Morocco | 0.86 | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 160 | Guinea | 0.83 | 2019 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 161 | Senegal | 0.73 | 2019 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 162 | Djibouti | 0.72 | 2019 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 163 | Brunei | 0.66 | 2019 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 0.65 | 2019 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 165 | Tonga | 0.64 | 2019 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Jordan | 0.52 | 2019 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 0.47 | 2019 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.45 | 2019 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 169 | Iraq | 0.43 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Syria | 0.36 | 2019 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Bhutan | 0.32 | 2019 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Egypt | 0.26 | 2019 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 173 | Niger | 0.23 | 2019 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 174 | Indonesia | 0.19 | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 175 | Pakistan | 0.18 | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 176 | Yemen | 0.05 | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 0.03 | 2019 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 0.01 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Libya | 0.01 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Sudan | 0.01 | 2019 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Kuwait | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Mauritania | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 181 | Somalia | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |