Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
98.6%
Kuwait
Lowest
4.5%
Luxembourg
Median
39.7%
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927
What the numbers show
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 98.6% in Kuwait; the lowest is 4.5% in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.7%, and the mean is 44.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 36.3%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 37.9%).
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 98.6% | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 2 | Somalia | 98.2% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 3 | Comoros | 98.1% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Yemen | 97.8% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Libya | 97.6% | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Mauritania | 97.3% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Syria | 97.1% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Iran | 97.0% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 96.5% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 96.5% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Pakistan | 94.8% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 91.6% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | Djibouti | 89.6% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Iraq | 88.6% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Sudan | 88.5% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | Morocco | 88.1% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Jordan | 87.6% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Niger | 87.4% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Egypt | 87.3% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 20 | Algeria | 86.9% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 21 | Senegal | 86.5% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | Tunisia | 86.0% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 23 | Maldives | 85.7% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 24 | Guinea | 84.4% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 25 | Indonesia | 83.9% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Turkey | 82.8% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 82.8% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 28 | Lebanon | 79.1% | 2020 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 29 | Mali | 79.1% | 2020 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 30 | Oman | 78.3% | 2020 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 78.0% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Eritrea | 76.3% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 74.9% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 74.0% | 2020 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 35 | Malaysia | 73.6% | 2020 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 36 | Chad | 72.0% | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 37 | Ethiopia | 71.5% | 2020 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 71.4% | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 71.3% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 70.3% | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 41 | Gambia | 70.1% | 2020 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 70.0% | 2020 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 43 | Bahrain | 68.5% | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 44 | Nigeria | 67.3% | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 45 | Lesotho | 66.5% | 2020 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.4% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 47 | Nepal | 66.2% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 48 | Mozambique | 66.0% | 2020 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 49 | Namibia | 63.2% | 2020 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 62.9% | 2020 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 51 | India | 62.2% | 2020 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 52 | Bhutan | 61.0% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 60.6% | 2020 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 54 | Malawi | 59.9% | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 55 | Eswatini | 59.8% | 2020 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 56 | Madagascar | 59.6% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 57 | Kenya | 59.3% | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Tonga | 58.4% | 2020 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 59 | Kiribati | 58.2% | 2020 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 60 | South Africa | 57.9% | 2020 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 61 | Tanzania | 57.6% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 56.3% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 63 | Botswana | 56.3% | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 64 | Papua New Guinea | 55.9% | 2020 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 55.6% | 2020 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 55.2% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 67 | Togo | 54.7% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 68 | Micronesia (country) | 54.6% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 69 | Rwanda | 54.5% | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 54.5% | 2020 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 71 | East Timor | 53.4% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 72 | Samoa | 52.5% | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 73 | Burundi | 52.2% | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 51.8% | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 75 | Zambia | 51.2% | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 76 | Liberia | 50.5% | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 77 | Fiji | 50.4% | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 78 | Qatar | 49.2% | 2020 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 79 | Myanmar | 48.8% | 2020 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 80 | Nauru | 48.4% | 2020 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 81 | Ghana | 48.4% | 2020 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 48.3% | 2020 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 83 | Brunei | 46.7% | 2020 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 84 | Uganda | 45.7% | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 85 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.4% | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 86 | Benin | 44.7% | 2020 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 44.7% | 2020 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.5% | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 89 | Guatemala | 42.6% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 90 | Mauritius | 40.8% | 2020 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 91 | Philippines | 40.3% | 2020 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 92 | Cameroon | 40.3% | 2020 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 93 | Niue | 39.9% | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 94 | Honduras | 39.4% | 2020 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 95 | El Salvador | 39.1% | 2020 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 96 | North Korea | 38.5% | 2020 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 97 | Haiti | 38.2% | 2020 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 38.1% | 2020 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.0% | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 100 | Angola | 37.6% | 2020 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 101 | Cambodia | 37.3% | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 102 | China | 37.3% | 2020 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 103 | Venezuela | 37.3% | 2020 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 104 | Cook Islands | 36.0% | 2020 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 105 | Belize | 35.6% | 2020 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 106 | Jamaica | 35.4% | 2020 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 107 | Albania | 34.7% | 2020 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 108 | Congo | 34.2% | 2020 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 33.5% | 2020 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 110 | Colombia | 33.5% | 2020 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 111 | Thailand | 33.3% | 2020 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 112 | Gabon | 32.6% | 2020 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 32.6% | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 114 | Guyana | 32.5% | 2020 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 115 | Vietnam | 31.9% | 2020 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 116 | Mexico | 31.7% | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 117 | Russia | 31.3% | 2020 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 118 | Dominica | 31.2% | 2020 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 119 | Israel | 30.0% | 2020 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 120 | Cuba | 29.7% | 2020 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29.6% | 2020 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 122 | Panama | 29.3% | 2020 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 123 | Laos | 29.3% | 2020 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 124 | Bahamas | 29.1% | 2020 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.0% | 2020 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.7% | 2020 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 127 | Armenia | 27.7% | 2020 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 128 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.6% | 2020 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 27.0% | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26.7% | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 26.1% | 2020 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 26.0% | 2020 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 133 | Cyprus | 24.3% | 2020 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 24.1% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 135 | Seychelles | 23.8% | 2020 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 136 | Paraguay | 23.2% | 2020 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 137 | Mongolia | 22.7% | 2020 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 138 | Greece | 20.9% | 2020 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 139 | Georgia | 20.8% | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 140 | Bulgaria | 19.3% | 2020 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 17.5% | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 142 | Brazil | 17.1% | 2020 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 143 | Italy | 16.5% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 144 | Ukraine | 15.0% | 2020 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 145 | Portugal | 14.5% | 2020 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 146 | Japan | 14.2% | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 147 | Canada | 14.2% | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 148 | Hungary | 14.2% | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 149 | Spain | 14.1% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 150 | France | 13.9% | 2020 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 151 | Slovenia | 13.5% | 2020 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 152 | Ecuador | 13.5% | 2020 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 153 | Slovakia | 13.5% | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 154 | Malta | 13.4% | 2020 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 155 | Singapore | 13.2% | 2020 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 156 | Moldova | 13.0% | 2020 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 157 | Belgium | 13.0% | 2020 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 158 | Bolivia | 12.8% | 2020 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 159 | Poland | 12.6% | 2020 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 160 | United Kingdom | 12.5% | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 161 | Netherlands | 12.5% | 2020 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 162 | Sweden | 12.2% | 2020 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 163 | Belarus | 12.0% | 2020 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 164 | Finland | 11.9% | 2020 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 165 | Norway | 11.7% | 2020 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 166 | Uruguay | 11.4% | 2020 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 167 | Czechia | 11.4% | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 168 | United States | 11.4% | 2020 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 169 | Iceland | 11.4% | 2020 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 170 | South Korea | 11.3% | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 171 | Denmark | 11.3% | 2020 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 172 | Germany | 11.1% | 2020 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 173 | Romania | 11.1% | 2020 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 174 | Andorra | 11.0% | 2020 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 175 | Austria | 10.8% | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 176 | Peru | 9.7% | 2020 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 177 | Argentina | 9.6% | 2020 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 178 | New Zealand | 9.5% | 2020 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 179 | Switzerland | 9.4% | 2020 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 180 | Chile | 9.1% | 2020 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 181 | Australia | 8.7% | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 182 | Estonia | 8.1% | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 183 | Latvia | 8.1% | 2020 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 184 | Lithuania | 7.5% | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 185 | Ireland | 6.2% | 2020 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 186 | Luxembourg | 4.5% | 2020 | down 25.8% | falling |