Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage (%) by country
Countries reporting
176
Highest
100.0%
Kiribati
Lowest
1.1%
Maldives
Median
40.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,476
What the numbers show
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage (%) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Kiribati; the lowest is 1.1% in Maldives.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.5%, and the mean is 44.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 90.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 259.8%), and the largest decrease in Tonga (down 91.2%).
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 98.2% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Samoa | 95.8% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 4 | Timor-Leste | 95.7% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 95.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 6 | Micronesia (country) | 94.8% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 93.6% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 8 | Cambodia | 89.5% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 9 | Gabon | 87.7% | 2024 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 10 | Mexico | 86.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 11 | Botswana | 86.0% | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 85.5% | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 13 | Madagascar | 84.8% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 82.6% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 82.3% | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 16 | Panama | 82.1% | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 17 | Chad | 81.1% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Guinea | 80.6% | 2024 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 19 | Congo | 80.0% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 20 | Bhutan | 79.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Peru | 78.5% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.1% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Malaysia | 74.6% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 74.4% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 25 | Lesotho | 72.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 72.5% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 27 | Guatemala | 71.6% | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 71.2% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 71.1% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 30 | Burundi | 71.1% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 31 | Belize | 70.4% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 69.4% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | 68.8% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 67.8% | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Zambia | 64.9% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 64.7% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 37 | Togo | 64.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 64.1% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 39 | Indonesia | 63.9% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 40 | Angola | 63.0% | 2024 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 62.0% | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 42 | Papua New Guinea | 60.5% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 43 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 58.9% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 44 | Singapore | 56.9% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 45 | Brazil | 55.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 55.6% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 47 | Paraguay | 55.5% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 48 | Austria | 54.1% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 49 | Niger | 53.9% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 50 | Iceland | 53.5% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 51 | Croatia | 53.3% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 53.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 53 | Guyana | 52.9% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 54 | Turkey | 52.7% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 55 | Honduras | 52.6% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 56 | Czechia | 52.3% | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 52.0% | 2024 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 58 | Poland | 51.7% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 51.6% | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 60 | El Salvador | 49.0% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 61 | Albania | 49.0% | 2024 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 48.5% | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 48.5% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 64 | Egypt | 47.9% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.7% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 66 | Eritrea | 46.7% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 67 | Netherlands | 46.7% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 68 | Kenya | 46.6% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 46.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 70 | Germany | 46.3% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 71 | Finland | 45.9% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 72 | Cyprus | 45.2% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 73 | Belgium | 45.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 44.7% | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 44.7% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 76 | Mongolia | 44.5% | 2024 | up 259.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Cameroon | 44.1% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 78 | Ireland | 43.6% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 43.4% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 80 | Grenada | 43.2% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 81 | Argentina | 43.1% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 43.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 83 | Russia | 42.1% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 84 | Spain | 41.5% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 85 | Norway | 41.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 86 | Barbados | 41.0% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 87 | Romania | 40.7% | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 88 | China | 40.5% | 2024 | up 50.2% | falling |
| 89 | United States | 40.5% | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 90 | Seychelles | 40.2% | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 91 | Venezuela | 39.9% | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 92 | Serbia | 39.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 93 | Canada | 39.4% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 39.3% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Lebanon | 38.3% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 96 | Lithuania | 38.1% | 2024 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 97 | Israel | 37.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 98 | Denmark | 37.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 99 | Nigeria | 37.2% | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 100 | New Zealand | 37.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 37.1% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 102 | Rwanda | 37.0% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 103 | Morocco | 36.8% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 104 | Sweden | 36.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 36.7% | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 106 | Hungary | 36.6% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 107 | Eswatini | 36.6% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 108 | Switzerland | 36.2% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 36.0% | 2024 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 110 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 35.8% | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 35.8% | 2024 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 35.5% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 113 | Bahrain | 35.4% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 114 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.3% | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 115 | Montenegro | 34.8% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 116 | Ukraine | 34.6% | 2024 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 34.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 118 | Latvia | 34.0% | 2024 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 119 | Uruguay | 34.0% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 120 | Fiji | 33.9% | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 121 | Estonia | 33.9% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 122 | Andorra | 33.7% | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 123 | Comoros | 33.2% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 124 | Bahamas | 32.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 125 | Slovakia | 31.7% | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 126 | Australia | 31.7% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 127 | Malta | 31.5% | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 128 | Jamaica | 31.2% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 129 | Mauritius | 31.2% | 2024 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Thailand | 30.2% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30.0% | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 132 | Georgia | 29.6% | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 133 | Greece | 28.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 28.5% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 28.1% | 2024 | up 225.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Myanmar | 27.5% | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 27.5% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 138 | Qatar | 27.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 139 | Italy | 27.0% | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 140 | France | 25.3% | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 141 | Portugal | 25.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 142 | Dominica | 23.8% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 143 | Oman | 23.7% | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 144 | Jordan | 23.7% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 145 | Djibouti | 23.2% | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Belarus | 22.3% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 22.2% | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 148 | Japan | 21.2% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 149 | South Korea | 21.2% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 150 | Philippines | 20.6% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 151 | Syria | 20.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Benin | 20.0% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 153 | Moldova | 19.4% | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 19.0% | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.3% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 156 | Uganda | 17.6% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 157 | Iraq | 17.3% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.8% | 2024 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 159 | Nepal | 16.6% | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Liberia | 16.5% | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 16.2% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.8% | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 163 | Niue | 13.3% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | 13.1% | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 165 | Haiti | 12.6% | 2024 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Malawi | 11.4% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 167 | Armenia | 11.3% | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 168 | Pakistan | 10.1% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 169 | Sri Lanka | 9.5% | 2024 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 170 | India | 7.0% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 171 | Cook Islands | 4.4% | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | 4.0% | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Mali | 4.0% | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 174 | North Korea | 3.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 175 | Gambia | 1.8% | 2024 | down 90.1% | falling |
| 176 | Maldives | 1.1% | 2024 | down 49.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.