Alcohol consumption per capita in men and women by country
Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year (litres of pure alcohol).
Countries reporting
182
Highest
27.3 litres pure alcohol
Romania
Lowest
0.01 litres pure alcohol
Sudan
Median
8.68 litres pure alcohol
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
930
What the numbers show
Alcohol consumption per capita in men and women is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 27.3 litres pure alcohol in Romania; the lowest is 0.01 litres pure alcohol in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.68 litres pure alcohol, and the mean is 8.96 litres pure alcohol.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,730.
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 in men and women: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 27.3 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 2 | Georgia | 24.31 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 21.73 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 4 | Czechia | 21.09 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 19.93 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 19.51 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 7 | Lithuania | 19.34 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 16.3% | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 19.22 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 9 | Austria | 18.81 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 10 | Poland | 18.67 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 11 | Moldova | 18.49 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Seychelles | 18.41 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 13 | Estonia | 18.4 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 14 | Belarus | 18.19 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 15 | Laos | 18.15 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 18.06 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 17 | France | 18.04 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 18 | Russia | 17.95 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 19 | Cook Islands | 17.88 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 17.6 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 21 | Tanzania | 17.55 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 22 | Slovenia | 17.33 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 23 | Spain | 17.26 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 24 | Hungary | 17.22 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 16.95 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 26 | Andorra | 16.94 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 27 | Portugal | 16.89 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 28 | Slovak Republic | 16.74 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 16.59 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 16.19 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 31 | Cameroon | 16.18 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 32 | Belgium | 16.16 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 33 | Niue | 15.97 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 34 | Barbados | 15.67 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 35 | Australia | 15.62 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 36 | Canada | 15.59 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 37 | New Zealand | 15.36 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 38 | Vietnam | 15.26 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 39 | South Africa | 15.2 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 40 | Saint Lucia | 15.15 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 41 | United States | 15.03 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 42 | Denmark | 14.64 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 43 | Ukraine | 14.57 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 44 | Netherlands | 14.51 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 14.42 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 46 | Finland | 14.38 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.02 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 48 | Botswana | 13.82 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 49 | Cambodia | 13.8 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 50 | Croatia | 13.79 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 51 | Eswatini | 13.66 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 52 | Benin | 13.52 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 53 | Malta | 13.03 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 54 | Thailand | 13.01 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 55 | Grenada | 12.84 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 56 | Korea | 12.79 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 57 | Italy | 12.72 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 58 | Mongolia | 12.71 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 59 | Cyprus | 12.7 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 60 | Argentina | 12.56 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 61 | Mauritius | 12.45 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 62 | Brazil | 12.32 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 63 | Iceland | 12.28 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 64 | Peru | 11.58 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 65 | Gabon | 11.46 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 66 | Greece | 11.34 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 67 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.26 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 68 | Suriname | 10.77 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.75 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 70 | Japan | 10.74 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 10.7 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 72 | Panama | 10.6 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 10.51 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 74 | Norway | 10.49 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 75 | Equatorial Guinea | 10.42 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.28 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 77 | Namibia | 10.27 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 78 | Congo | 10.13 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 79 | Cape Verde | 10.01 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 80 | Philippines | 9.92 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.86 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 82 | Angola | 9.82 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 83 | Cuba | 9.77 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 84 | Dominica | 9.76 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 85 | Mexico | 9.38 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 86 | China | 9.09 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 9.04 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 8.85 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 89 | Guyana | 8.71 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 89 | Uruguay | 8.71 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.7 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 92 | Armenia | 8.67 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 93 | India | 8.1 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 94 | Colombia | 8.06 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 8.06 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 96 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.95 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 97 | Lesotho | 7.79 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 7.66 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 99 | Mali | 7.42 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Ghana | 7.41 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 101 | Bahamas | 7.2 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.07 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 103 | Nigeria | 7.02 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 104 | North Korea | 6.97 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 6.84 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 106 | Burundi | 6.81 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 6.52 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 108 | Zambia | 6.34 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 109 | Bolivia | 6.3 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 109 | Chad | 6.3 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 111 | Liberia | 5.94 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 112 | Jamaica | 5.83 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 113 | Fiji | 5.74 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 5.71 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 101.1% | rising |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 5.62 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 116 | Haiti | 5.57 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 117 | El Salvador | 5.56 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 118 | Malawi | 5.52 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 5.12 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 5.1 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 121 | Ecuador | 5.05 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 122 | Venezuela | 4.95 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 4.83 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 124 | Nauru | 4.82 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 125 | Israel | 4.78 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 125 | Kenya | 4.78 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 127 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.61 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 4.54 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 46.0% | falling |
| 129 | Samoa | 3.93 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 130 | Tunisia | 3.61 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 131 | Micronesia (country) | 3.53 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 3.51 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 133 | Myanmar | 3.5 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Mozambique | 3.48 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.41 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Türkiye | 3.21 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 3.2 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 138 | Rwanda | 3.18 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 3.12 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 3.08 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 141 | Singapore | 2.85 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 2.75 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 143 | Guatemala | 2.67 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 144 | Lebanon | 2.65 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 2.65 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 146 | Nepal | 2.4 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Togo | 2.31 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 148 | Bahrain | 2.23 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 149 | Maldives | 2.22 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 150 | Eritrea | 2.15 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 151 | Tuvalu | 2.06 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 152 | Gambia | 1.91 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 153 | Madagascar | 1.69 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 1.5 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 155 | Qatar | 1.4 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Kiribati | 1.31 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 157 | Malaysia | 1.29 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 158 | Iran | 1.25 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Oman | 1.21 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 1.07 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 161 | Morocco | 0.86 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 162 | Guinea | 0.83 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 163 | Senegal | 0.73 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 164 | Djibouti | 0.72 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 165 | Brunei | 0.66 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 166 | East Timor | 0.65 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 167 | Tonga | 0.64 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Jordan | 0.52 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 0.47 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 170 | Comoros | 0.45 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 171 | Iraq | 0.43 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Syria | 0.36 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Bhutan | 0.32 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Egypt | 0.26 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 175 | Niger | 0.23 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 176 | Indonesia | 0.19 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 177 | Pakistan | 0.18 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.05 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0.03 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Bangladesh | 0.01 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 180 | Libya | 0.01 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 180 | Sudan | 0.01 litres pure alcohol | 2019 | down 87.5% | volatile |
About this data
Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year (litres of pure alcohol).