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Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women by country

Share of men vs women (15 years and older) who have not consumed any alcohol during their lifetime. This data is age-standardized.

Countries reporting
187
Highest
98.2%
Kuwait
Lowest
2.4%
Luxembourg
Median
29.5%
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927

What the numbers show

Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 98.2% in Kuwait; the lowest is 2.4% in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 29.5%, and the mean is 37.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 39.8%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 39.6%).

Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 98.2% 2020 up 1.1% flat
2 Somalia 97.5% 2020 up 0.0% flat
3 Comoros 97.4% 2020 down 0.1% flat
4 Yemen 97.1% 2020 down 0.1% flat
5 Libya 96.7% 2020 up 0.7% flat
6 Syria 96.5% 2020 up 0.4% flat
7 Mauritania 96.2% 2020 down 0.1% flat
8 Iran, Islamic Republic of 95.9% 2020 up 0.3% flat
9 Saudi Arabia 95.6% 2020 up 0.2% flat
10 Afghanistan 95.3% 2020 down 0.0% flat
11 Pakistan 93.3% 2020 down 0.1% flat
12 Bangladesh 88.4% 2020 down 0.8% flat
13 Djibouti 85.9% 2020 down 0.2% flat
14 Iraq 84.7% 2020 up 0.4% flat
15 Sudan 84.6% 2020 down 0.4% flat
16 Morocco 83.8% 2020 down 0.8% flat
17 Jordan 83.6% 2020 down 0.2% flat
18 Niger 83.1% 2020 up 0.3% flat
19 Egypt 82.9% 2020 down 0.9% flat
20 Algeria 82.3% 2020 down 0.8% flat
21 Senegal 81.5% 2020 down 0.4% flat
22 Maldives 80.8% 2020 down 0.6% flat
23 Tunisia 80.7% 2020 down 1.0% flat
24 United Arab Emirates 79.2% 2020 down 3.1% rising
25 Guinea 79.0% 2020 down 1.4% flat
26 Indonesia 78.3% 2020 down 1.4% flat
27 Turkey 76.8% 2020 down 2.5% falling
28 Oman 73.7% 2020 up 6.3% flat
29 Mali 72.3% 2020 down 1.4% falling
30 Lebanon 71.9% 2020 up 4.0% flat
31 Tajikistan 71.6% 2020 down 2.1% flat
32 Eritrea 69.2% 2020 up 1.5% flat
33 Uzbekistan 66.4% 2020 down 4.1% flat
34 Sierra Leone 66.0% 2020 down 0.2% flat
35 Malaysia 65.7% 2020 down 3.9% flat
36 Chad 63.9% 2020 up 3.3% falling
37 Ethiopia 63.6% 2020 down 5.4% falling
38 Zimbabwe 62.8% 2020 up 2.9% falling
39 Azerbaijan 62.7% 2020 down 3.3% falling
40 Bahrain 62.2% 2020 up 5.5% falling
41 Kyrgyzstan 61.9% 2020 up 7.7% rising
42 Turkmenistan 61.6% 2020 down 4.0% falling
43 Gambia 60.9% 2020 up 9.6% rising
44 Nigeria 58.3% 2020 up 0.6% rising
45 Mozambique 57.1% 2020 down 4.2% flat
46 Lesotho 57.1% 2020 down 6.7% falling
47 Guinea-Bissau 57.0% 2020 down 0.1% flat
48 Nepal 56.2% 2020 up 0.3% falling
49 Cote d'Ivoire 53.6% 2020 down 4.4% rising
50 Namibia 53.2% 2020 down 4.3% falling
51 India 52.1% 2020 up 1.2% falling
52 Bhutan 51.1% 2020 down 3.2% flat
53 Burkina Faso 50.8% 2020 down 8.9% falling
54 Malawi 50.4% 2020 up 0.8% flat
55 Madagascar 50.1% 2020 down 0.4% flat
56 Eswatini 49.9% 2020 down 4.9% flat
57 Kenya 49.7% 2020 down 0.4% falling
58 Tonga 48.9% 2020 up 4.2% rising
59 Kiribati 48.5% 2020 down 4.6% flat
60 Tanzania, United Republic of 48.0% 2020 up 3.1% flat
61 Solomon Islands 47.4% 2020 down 2.5% falling
62 Papua New Guinea 47.1% 2020 down 2.0% flat
63 South Africa 46.9% 2020 up 1.2% falling
64 Botswana 45.9% 2020 down 3.8% falling
65 Tuvalu 45.5% 2020 down 2.9% flat
66 Vanuatu 45.2% 2020 down 3.1% falling
67 Micronesia (country) 45.1% 2020 down 0.4% flat
68 Kazakhstan 44.8% 2020 down 5.8% flat
69 Rwanda 44.5% 2020 down 9.4% falling
70 Togo 44.5% 2020 up 1.1% flat
71 Qatar 44.2% 2020 up 37.8% falling
72 Timor-Leste 43.7% 2020 down 0.7% flat
73 Samoa 43.0% 2020 up 0.3% rising
74 Central African Republic 42.6% 2020 up 8.6% rising
75 Burundi 42.4% 2020 up 10.5% rising
76 Zambia 41.5% 2020 down 3.1% falling
77 Fiji 40.4% 2020 down 10.3% falling
78 Liberia 40.3% 2020 up 7.1% flat
79 Naoero 39.0% 2020 up 5.1% falling
80 Ghana 37.9% 2020 up 7.0% flat
81 Myanmar 37.7% 2020 down 8.3% falling
82 Uganda 36.6% 2020 up 7.0% rising
83 Sri Lanka 36.6% 2020 down 4.8% falling
84 Brunei Darussalam 36.5% 2020 up 7.2% flat
85 Democratic Republic of Congo 35.7% 2020 up 1.6% rising
86 Benin 34.8% 2020 down 2.8% falling
87 Guatemala 33.8% 2020 down 1.8% flat
88 North Macedonia 32.6% 2020 down 0.5% rising
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.0% 2020 down 6.2% falling
90 Honduras 30.8% 2020 down 4.4% falling
91 Cameroon 30.8% 2020 up 10.8% flat
92 Philippines 30.4% 2020 down 0.5% falling
93 El Salvador 29.8% 2020 down 8.7% flat
94 Mauritius 29.5% 2020 down 1.3% falling
95 Nicaragua 29.1% 2020 down 5.4% falling
96 Haiti 28.9% 2020 down 6.5% flat
97 Angola 28.6% 2020 up 30.0% falling
98 Sao Tome and Principe 28.4% 2020 up 2.4% flat
99 Venezuela 28.1% 2020 up 39.8% rising
100 Niue 27.7% 2020 down 22.7% falling
101 Cambodia 27.1% 2020 down 15.9% falling
102 Belize 26.6% 2020 up 15.7% falling
103 Suriname 26.1% 2020 down 5.7% falling
104 North Korea 26.0% 2020 down 4.1% falling
105 Jamaica 25.6% 2020 down 7.2% falling
106 Cook Islands 25.6% 2020 down 5.9% falling
107 Congo 25.4% 2020 down 6.5% falling
108 Albania 25.4% 2020 up 3.8% falling
109 China 25.1% 2020 up 0.8% falling
110 Colombia 24.5% 2020 down 2.7% falling
111 Gabon 23.8% 2020 up 2.3% rising
112 Cape Verde 23.7% 2020 down 9.3% falling
113 Guyana 23.6% 2020 down 8.0% falling
114 Costa Rica 23.6% 2020 down 8.3% falling
115 Mexico 23.1% 2020 down 4.2% falling
116 Thailand 22.5% 2020 down 8.3% falling
117 Viet Nam 21.9% 2020 down 13.0% falling
118 Dominica 21.9% 2020 up 5.6% rising
119 Panama 21.2% 2020 down 1.9% falling
120 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21.1% 2020 down 10.2% falling
121 Equatorial Guinea 20.9% 2020 up 29.7% falling
122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.7% 2020 down 0.2% falling
123 Bahamas 20.2% 2020 up 5.3% flat
124 Israel 20.2% 2020 down 4.0% falling
125 Cuba 19.9% 2020 down 2.7% falling
126 Russia 19.3% 2020 up 3.9% falling
127 Dominican Republic 19.1% 2020 down 7.8% falling
128 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.7% 2020 up 3.5% falling
129 Trinidad and Tobago 18.7% 2020 up 2.5% falling
130 Armenia 18.0% 2020 down 6.9% falling
131 Antigua and Barbuda 17.9% 2020 down 6.9% falling
132 Grenada 17.7% 2020 down 10.0% falling
133 Barbados 16.9% 2020 up 2.6% falling
134 Paraguay 16.5% 2020 down 3.2% falling
135 Saint Lucia 16.1% 2020 down 5.0% flat
136 Seychelles 15.9% 2020 down 26.8% falling
137 Mongolia 15.5% 2020 down 7.7% falling
138 Cyprus 15.1% 2020 up 5.1% rising
139 Georgia 12.9% 2020 down 9.7% falling
140 Greece 12.2% 2020 up 31.7% rising
141 Brazil 11.2% 2020 down 6.4% falling
142 Bulgaria 11.0% 2020 down 15.7% falling
143 Croatia 9.9% 2020 up 0.6% falling
144 Italy 9.1% 2020 down 0.3% flat
145 Ecuador 9.0% 2020 up 7.7% falling
146 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 8.8% 2020 up 0.5% falling
147 Ukraine 8.3% 2020 up 0.7% falling
148 Canada 8.3% 2020 down 5.3% falling
149 Singapore 8.1% 2020 down 26.4% falling
150 Andorra 7.9% 2020 up 2.9% rising
151 Portugal 7.8% 2020 up 9.3% flat
152 Hungary 7.8% 2020 down 12.4% falling
153 France 7.8% 2020 up 0.5% flat
154 Spain 7.8% 2020 down 1.1% falling
155 Japan 7.7% 2020 down 3.9% falling
156 Slovenia 7.5% 2020 down 10.1% falling
157 Slovakia 7.5% 2020 down 12.8% falling
158 Moldova 7.5% 2020 down 13.7% falling
159 Malta 7.5% 2020 down 24.1% falling
160 Belgium 7.2% 2020 down 0.1% falling
161 Netherlands 7.0% 2020 down 3.5% falling
162 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.0% 2020 down 7.8% falling
163 Poland 6.9% 2020 down 20.2% falling
164 Sweden 6.9% 2020 down 10.7% falling
165 Uruguay 6.8% 2020 down 5.8% falling
166 United States 6.7% 2020 down 19.1% falling
167 Norway 6.6% 2020 down 8.3% falling
168 Iceland 6.6% 2020 down 22.8% falling
169 Belarus 6.6% 2020 up 4.5% falling
170 Finland 6.5% 2020 down 3.1% falling
171 South Korea 6.4% 2020 down 11.1% falling
172 Denmark 6.3% 2020 down 11.8% falling
173 Peru 6.3% 2020 up 3.5% falling
174 Czechia 6.2% 2020 down 12.9% falling
175 Romania 6.0% 2020 down 16.6% falling
176 Germany 5.9% 2020 down 13.6% falling
177 Argentina 5.9% 2020 down 9.4% falling
178 Austria 5.8% 2020 down 11.6% falling
179 Chile 5.4% 2020 down 11.8% falling
180 New Zealand 5.4% 2020 down 14.5% falling
181 Switzerland 5.1% 2020 down 12.9% falling
182 Australia 4.9% 2020 down 11.6% falling
183 Estonia 4.2% 2020 down 8.2% falling
184 Latvia 4.1% 2020 down 27.0% falling
185 Lithuania 3.8% 2020 down 25.0% falling
186 Ireland 3.5% 2020 down 39.6% falling
187 Luxembourg 2.4% 2020 down 26.5% falling

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Indicator
Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women
Unit
%
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 3,927 data points, 2000–2020
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Share of men vs women (15 years and older) who have not consumed any alcohol during their lifetime. This data is age-standardized.