Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year average by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
77.22
Tanzania
Lowest
0
Somalia
Median
23.42
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927
What the numbers show
Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year average is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 77.22 in Tanzania; the lowest is 0 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.42, and the mean is 24.25.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 2,191.1%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 89.0%).
Alcohol, average daily intake in grams among drinkers, three-year aver: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania | 77.22 | 2020 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 77.16 | 2020 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 3 | Mali | 72.26 | 2020 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran | 71.16 | 2020 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Maldives | 58.64 | 2020 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 58.51 | 2020 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 7 | Georgia | 55.92 | 2020 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 52.23 | 2020 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 9 | Comoros | 51.62 | 2020 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 10 | Eswatini | 51.43 | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 11 | Cook Islands | 51.37 | 2020 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 12 | Botswana | 50.65 | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 13 | Niue | 50.45 | 2020 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 48.06 | 2020 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.79 | 2020 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 45.45 | 2020 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 17 | Tunisia | 43.62 | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Namibia | 42.74 | 2020 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 19 | Benin | 41.77 | 2020 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 20 | Cameroon | 41.51 | 2020 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 21 | Laos | 40.94 | 2020 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 40.03 | 2020 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 23 | Lesotho | 39.92 | 2020 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 24 | Russia | 39.21 | 2020 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 38.37 | 2020 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 26 | Latvia | 37.26 | 2020 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 27 | Seychelles | 36.55 | 2020 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 28 | Belarus | 36.45 | 2020 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 29 | Turkey | 35.62 | 2020 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 35.36 | 2020 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 31 | Czechia | 35.15 | 2020 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 32 | Lithuania | 34.95 | 2020 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 34.86 | 2020 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 34.86 | 2020 | up 26.9% | flat |
| 35 | Moldova | 34.74 | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 34.68 | 2020 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 34.44 | 2020 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritius | 34.3 | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 39 | Thailand | 34.2 | 2020 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 40 | Barbados | 33.25 | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 32.6 | 2020 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 42 | Nigeria | 32.56 | 2020 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 43 | Vietnam | 32.51 | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 44 | Gabon | 32.49 | 2020 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 31.89 | 2020 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 46 | Slovakia | 31.83 | 2020 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 47 | Slovenia | 31.67 | 2020 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 48 | Austria | 31.46 | 2020 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 49 | Estonia | 31.24 | 2020 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 50 | Canada | 31.03 | 2020 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.94 | 2020 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 52 | India | 30.47 | 2020 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 53 | Ukraine | 30.36 | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 54 | Hungary | 30.22 | 2020 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 55 | United States | 30.21 | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 56 | Mongolia | 29.97 | 2020 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 29.96 | 2020 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.94 | 2020 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 59 | United Kingdom | 29.9 | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 60 | Chad | 29.58 | 2020 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 61 | France | 29.49 | 2020 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 62 | Cambodia | 29.41 | 2020 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 63 | Grenada | 29.28 | 2020 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 64 | Brazil | 28.8 | 2020 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 65 | Ireland | 28.11 | 2020 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 66 | Luxembourg | 27.89 | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 67 | Australia | 27.7 | 2020 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 68 | Switzerland | 27.34 | 2020 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 69 | Malawi | 27.26 | 2020 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27.23 | 2020 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 71 | New Zealand | 27.11 | 2020 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 72 | Sweden | 26.8 | 2020 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 73 | Philippines | 26.72 | 2020 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 74 | Belgium | 26.67 | 2020 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 26.39 | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 76 | Denmark | 26.31 | 2020 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 77 | Spain | 25.96 | 2020 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 78 | Fiji | 25.8 | 2020 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.71 | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 80 | Andorra | 25.48 | 2020 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 81 | Portugal | 25.29 | 2020 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 82 | Burundi | 25.26 | 2020 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 83 | Finland | 25.25 | 2020 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 24.74 | 2020 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 85 | Argentina | 24.62 | 2020 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 86 | Netherlands | 24.6 | 2020 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 87 | Croatia | 24.58 | 2020 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 24.53 | 2020 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 89 | Congo | 24.36 | 2020 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.13 | 2020 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 91 | Panama | 23.54 | 2020 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 92 | Paraguay | 23.54 | 2020 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 93 | Cuba | 23.51 | 2020 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 94 | South Korea | 23.32 | 2020 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 95 | Cape Verde | 23.09 | 2020 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 96 | Chile | 23.09 | 2020 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 97 | Guyana | 22.94 | 2020 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 98 | North Macedonia | 22.67 | 2020 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 99 | Colombia | 22.54 | 2020 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 100 | Ghana | 21.96 | 2020 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 101 | Dominica | 21.93 | 2020 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 102 | Iceland | 21.76 | 2020 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 103 | Lebanon | 21.56 | 2020 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 104 | Zambia | 21.43 | 2020 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 105 | Peru | 21.37 | 2020 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 21.37 | 2020 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 107 | Cyprus | 21.07 | 2020 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 108 | Italy | 20.68 | 2020 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 20.6 | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 110 | Norway | 20.6 | 2020 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 111 | Japan | 20.53 | 2020 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 112 | Malta | 19.99 | 2020 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.88 | 2020 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 114 | Albania | 19.86 | 2020 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 115 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.84 | 2020 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 116 | Armenia | 19.06 | 2020 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 117 | Nauru | 18.74 | 2020 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 118 | Rwanda | 18.6 | 2020 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 119 | El Salvador | 18.54 | 2020 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 120 | Kenya | 18.49 | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 18.33 | 2020 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 122 | Greece | 18.19 | 2020 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 123 | Uruguay | 18.09 | 2020 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 124 | Angola | 17.8 | 2020 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 125 | Honduras | 17.72 | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 126 | Samoa | 17.52 | 2020 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 127 | Mozambique | 17.42 | 2020 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 128 | Belize | 17.04 | 2020 | down 34.4% | flat |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 16.94 | 2020 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 130 | China | 16.5 | 2020 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 131 | Bahamas | 16.02 | 2020 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 132 | Micronesia (country) | 15.81 | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 15.75 | 2020 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 15.35 | 2020 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 135 | Eritrea | 15.33 | 2020 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 136 | Morocco | 15.12 | 2020 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 137 | Haiti | 15.1 | 2020 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 14.83 | 2020 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 139 | Jamaica | 14.56 | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 140 | North Korea | 14.23 | 2020 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 141 | Bahrain | 13.6 | 2020 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 142 | Djibouti | 13.54 | 2020 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 13.5 | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 144 | Syria | 13.4 | 2020 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Bolivia | 12.54 | 2020 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 146 | Venezuela | 11.81 | 2020 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 11.76 | 2020 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 148 | Pakistan | 11.61 | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 149 | Myanmar | 10.97 | 2020 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 150 | Israel | 10.34 | 2020 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 10.21 | 2020 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 10.14 | 2020 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 153 | Guinea | 10.03 | 2020 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 154 | Malaysia | 9.89 | 2020 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 155 | Guatemala | 9.69 | 2020 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 156 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.64 | 2020 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 157 | Ecuador | 9.15 | 2020 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 9.1 | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 159 | Nepal | 8.9 | 2020 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Senegal | 8.59 | 2020 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 161 | Togo | 8.57 | 2020 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 162 | Yemen | 8.2 | 2020 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 163 | Oman | 8.09 | 2020 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 164 | Madagascar | 7.43 | 2020 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 165 | Iraq | 7.43 | 2020 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 166 | Qatar | 7.11 | 2020 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 167 | Jordan | 6.57 | 2020 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 168 | Gambia | 6.45 | 2020 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 169 | Singapore | 6.25 | 2020 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 170 | Kiribati | 6.2 | 2020 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 3.69 | 2020 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 172 | Egypt | 3.68 | 2020 | down 38.2% | flat |
| 173 | Bangladesh | 3.65 | 2020 | up 2,191.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Tonga | 3.22 | 2020 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Brunei | 3.08 | 2020 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 176 | Niger | 3.05 | 2020 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 177 | Libya | 1.99 | 2020 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Indonesia | 1.66 | 2020 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 179 | Bhutan | 1.32 | 2020 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 1.18 | 2020 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 181 | East Timor | 1.05 | 2020 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 182 | Sudan | 0.316 | 2020 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Kuwait | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 183 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 183 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 183 | Somalia | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |