Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized by country
Countries reporting
184
Highest
84.2%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.8%
Kuwait
Median
42.1%
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927
What the numbers show
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 84.2% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.8% in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.1%, and the mean is 42.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 101.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 16.8%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 35.7%).
Alcohol, consumers past 12 months (%), age-standardized: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 84.2% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Ireland | 83.2% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 3 | Andorra | 82.5% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Australia | 80.7% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 80.3% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 6 | Switzerland | 80.0% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 7 | Austria | 79.4% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Iceland | 79.2% | 2020 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 9 | Germany | 78.8% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Denmark | 78.3% | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Finland | 78.0% | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 77.9% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Norway | 77.8% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Sweden | 77.5% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Malta | 77.3% | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 16 | Netherlands | 76.9% | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 17 | Belgium | 76.8% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 18 | Spain | 76.6% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 19 | Portugal | 76.2% | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 20 | France | 76.0% | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 21 | Romania | 75.9% | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 22 | Lithuania | 75.1% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Latvia | 75.0% | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Estonia | 74.3% | 2020 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 25 | Czechia | 74.1% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Poland | 73.5% | 2020 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 73.2% | 2020 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Slovakia | 72.8% | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 29 | South Korea | 72.5% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 30 | Slovenia | 71.4% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Hungary | 71.3% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 32 | United States | 71.1% | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 33 | Chile | 71.1% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 34 | Argentina | 71.0% | 2020 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 69.3% | 2020 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 36 | Belarus | 69.3% | 2020 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 37 | Moldova | 69.2% | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Canada | 69.2% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 39 | Croatia | 67.5% | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 40 | Japan | 67.5% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 41 | Uruguay | 67.4% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 42 | Ukraine | 66.1% | 2020 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 65.8% | 2020 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 44 | Cyprus | 65.5% | 2020 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 45 | Peru | 65.5% | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 46 | Singapore | 62.9% | 2020 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 47 | Bolivia | 62.2% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 48 | Seychelles | 60.5% | 2020 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 49 | China | 60.3% | 2020 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 50 | Ecuador | 60.2% | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 51 | Israel | 59.8% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 52 | North Korea | 59.1% | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 53 | Russia | 58.3% | 2020 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | 58.1% | 2020 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 55 | Brazil | 58.0% | 2020 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Laos | 57.4% | 2020 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 57 | Saint Lucia | 57.0% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Cape Verde | 56.5% | 2020 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 59 | Georgia | 55.9% | 2020 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 60 | Mongolia | 55.7% | 2020 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 61 | Grenada | 54.4% | 2020 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 62 | Gabon | 54.4% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 63 | Congo | 53.9% | 2020 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 64 | Vietnam | 53.7% | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 65 | Barbados | 53.7% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 53.5% | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 67 | Antigua and Barbuda | 53.1% | 2020 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.3% | 2020 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 69 | Paraguay | 51.8% | 2020 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 51.3% | 2020 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 50.9% | 2020 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 72 | Thailand | 50.7% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.6% | 2020 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 74 | Angola | 50.3% | 2020 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 75 | Cameroon | 50.2% | 2020 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 76 | Dominica | 49.7% | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 77 | Cuba | 49.7% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 78 | Bahamas | 49.5% | 2020 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 79 | Cambodia | 49.2% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 48.9% | 2020 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 81 | Armenia | 48.7% | 2020 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Guyana | 47.7% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 83 | Belize | 46.8% | 2020 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 84 | Jamaica | 46.2% | 2020 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 46.0% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 86 | Benin | 45.9% | 2020 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 87 | Haiti | 44.6% | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 88 | Mauritius | 43.4% | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 89 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 43.2% | 2020 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 90 | Panama | 43.0% | 2020 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.6% | 2020 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 92 | Ghana | 42.1% | 2020 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 93 | Mexico | 42.0% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 94 | Uganda | 41.9% | 2020 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 41.7% | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 96 | Cook Islands | 41.5% | 2020 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 97 | Colombia | 40.9% | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 98 | Liberia | 40.4% | 2020 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 40.3% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 38.7% | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 101 | Niue | 38.6% | 2020 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 102 | Myanmar | 38.2% | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 103 | Honduras | 37.8% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 37.3% | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 36.9% | 2020 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 107 | Zambia | 36.6% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 108 | Venezuela | 36.6% | 2020 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 109 | Togo | 36.5% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 110 | Brunei | 35.8% | 2020 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 111 | Burundi | 35.7% | 2020 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 112 | East Timor | 34.5% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 113 | Guatemala | 34.4% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 114 | Rwanda | 33.5% | 2020 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 115 | Nauru | 32.4% | 2020 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 116 | Qatar | 31.9% | 2020 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 31.7% | 2020 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 118 | Botswana | 31.2% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 119 | Tanzania | 30.8% | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 120 | Bhutan | 30.3% | 2020 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 121 | Fiji | 30.1% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 123 | India | 29.2% | 2020 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 124 | Samoa | 29.1% | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 125 | Kenya | 29.1% | 2020 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 126 | Madagascar | 29.0% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 127 | Cote d'Ivoire | 29.0% | 2020 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 128 | Malawi | 28.8% | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 129 | Eswatini | 28.7% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 28.1% | 2020 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 131 | Micronesia (country) | 27.8% | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 132 | Tuvalu | 27.0% | 2020 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 133 | Papua New Guinea | 27.0% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 134 | Solomon Islands | 26.8% | 2020 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.1% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 136 | Nepal | 25.8% | 2020 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 137 | Namibia | 25.6% | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 138 | Kiribati | 25.2% | 2020 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 139 | Nigeria | 25.2% | 2020 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 24.5% | 2020 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 141 | Tonga | 24.3% | 2020 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 142 | Mozambique | 23.6% | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 143 | Lesotho | 23.4% | 2020 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 144 | Chad | 21.4% | 2020 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 20.7% | 2020 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 146 | Bahrain | 20.0% | 2020 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 147 | Zimbabwe | 19.4% | 2020 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 148 | Ethiopia | 19.0% | 2020 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 17.3% | 2020 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.8% | 2020 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 16.4% | 2020 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 152 | Malaysia | 16.3% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 153 | Mali | 16.0% | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 15.5% | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 155 | Eritrea | 15.2% | 2020 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | 14.3% | 2020 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 157 | Oman | 13.7% | 2020 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 158 | Lebanon | 12.7% | 2020 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 159 | Tajikistan | 11.9% | 2020 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 160 | Guinea | 11.2% | 2020 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 161 | Turkey | 10.3% | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 9.9% | 2020 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 163 | Indonesia | 9.7% | 2020 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 164 | Senegal | 9.7% | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 165 | Niger | 9.0% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 166 | Tunisia | 8.5% | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 167 | Algeria | 7.9% | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 168 | Egypt | 7.6% | 2020 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 169 | Jordan | 7.5% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 170 | Morocco | 7.1% | 2020 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 171 | Sudan | 7.0% | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 172 | Iraq | 6.9% | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 173 | Djibouti | 6.0% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 174 | Maldives | 5.5% | 2020 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 5.4% | 2020 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 2.1% | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 1.9% | 2020 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 178 | Mauritania | 1.7% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 179 | Pakistan | 1.6% | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 180 | Iran | 1.5% | 2020 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 181 | Syria | 1.5% | 2020 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 182 | Libya | 1.3% | 2020 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 183 | Yemen | 1.2% | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 184 | Comoros | 1.0% | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 185 | Somalia | 0.9% | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 186 | Kuwait | 0.8% | 2020 | down 35.7% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central African Republic 37.3%
- South Africa 29.6%