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Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure alcohol, three-year average by country

Countries reporting
182
Highest
35.57
Tanzania, United Republic of
Lowest
0.1455
Sudan
Median
10.84
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,854

What the numbers show

Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure alcohol, three-year average is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 35.57 in Tanzania, United Republic of; the lowest is 0.1455 in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.84, and the mean is 11.41.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 244.

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 Syrian Arab Republic (down 89.0%).

Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 35.57 2020 down 5.6% flat
2 Burkina Faso 35.54 2020 up 20.9% rising
3 Mali 33.28 2020 up 43.6% volatile
4 Iran, Islamic Republic of 32.78 2020 down 47.7% volatile
5 Maldives 27.01 2020 down 17.7% falling
6 Uganda 26.95 2020 down 14.4% falling
7 Georgia 25.76 2020 down 3.0% rising
8 South Africa 24.06 2020 down 13.9% falling
9 Comoros 23.78 2020 up 9.4% falling
10 Eswatini 23.69 2020 down 8.0% falling
11 Cook Islands 23.66 2020 up 12.5% rising
12 Botswana 23.33 2020 down 5.0% falling
13 Niue 23.24 2020 up 23.9% rising
14 Romania 22.14 2020 down 5.1% falling
15 Kyrgyzstan 21.55 2020 down 32.5% falling
16 United Arab Emirates 20.94 2020 up 1.6% rising
17 Tunisia 20.09 2020 up 1.1% rising
18 Namibia 19.69 2020 down 2.3% rising
19 Benin 19.24 2020 up 25.7% rising
20 Cameroon 19.12 2020 down 18.1% falling
21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.86 2020 down 0.1% rising
22 Kazakhstan 18.44 2020 up 1.9% falling
23 Lesotho 18.39 2020 up 14.1% flat
24 Russian Federation 18.06 2020 down 19.8% falling
25 Bulgaria 17.67 2020 up 6.8% flat
26 Latvia 17.16 2020 up 14.9% rising
27 Seychelles 16.83 2020 up 20.5% rising
28 Belarus 16.79 2020 down 19.6% falling
29 Türkiye 16.41 2020 down 24.7% falling
30 Saint Lucia 16.29 2020 down 3.3% falling
31 Czechia 16.19 2020 down 9.3% falling
32 Lithuania 16.1 2020 down 13.3% flat
33 Ethiopia 16.06 2020 up 61.6% rising
34 Azerbaijan 16.05 2020 up 26.9% flat
35 Republic of Moldova 16 2020 down 3.0% flat
36 Turkmenistan 15.97 2020 down 7.7% rising
37 Poland 15.86 2020 up 1.8% rising
38 Mauritius 15.8 2020 down 8.0% falling
39 Thailand 15.75 2020 up 4.9% falling
40 Barbados 15.31 2020 up 1.5% rising
41 Germany 15.02 2020 down 5.1% falling
42 Nigeria 15 2020 down 14.2% falling
43 Viet Nam 14.97 2020 up 4.4% rising
44 Gabon 14.96 2020 down 7.2% falling
45 Uzbekistan 14.69 2020 up 7.7% falling
46 Slovakia 14.66 2020 up 0.9% falling
47 Slovenia 14.59 2020 down 6.0% falling
48 Austria 14.49 2020 down 6.3% falling
49 Estonia 14.39 2020 down 22.9% flat
50 Canada 14.29 2020 down 2.3% flat
51 Guinea-Bissau 14.25 2020 down 2.8% flat
52 India 14.04 2020 down 8.3% rising
53 Ukraine 13.98 2020 down 17.9% falling
54 Hungary 13.92 2020 down 8.2% falling
55 United States of America 13.91 2020 up 4.6% flat
56 Mongolia 13.8 2020 down 2.2% rising
57 Zimbabwe 13.8 2020 down 14.8% rising
58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.79 2020 up 0.9% rising
59 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.77 2020 down 2.1% falling
60 Chad 13.62 2020 down 18.7% rising
61 France 13.58 2020 down 14.1% falling
62 Cambodia 13.55 2020 up 28.5% rising
63 Grenada 13.49 2020 down 4.4% falling
64 Brazil 13.27 2020 down 10.4% falling
65 Ireland 12.95 2020 down 13.3% falling
66 Luxembourg 12.85 2020 down 11.1% falling
67 Australia 12.76 2020 down 7.1% falling
68 Switzerland 12.59 2020 down 10.9% falling
69 Malawi 12.55 2020 down 0.0% rising
70 Antigua and Barbuda 12.54 2020 up 14.4% rising
71 New Zealand 12.48 2020 down 3.2% flat
72 Sweden 12.34 2020 down 2.7% flat
73 Philippines 12.31 2020 down 7.1% flat
74 Belgium 12.28 2020 down 15.5% falling
75 Dominican Republic 12.15 2020 down 5.7% falling
76 Denmark 12.12 2020 down 8.8% falling
77 Spain 11.96 2020 down 2.2% falling
78 Fiji 11.88 2020 up 17.3% rising
79 Trinidad and Tobago 11.84 2020 up 0.8% rising
80 Andorra 11.73 2020 down 9.4% falling
81 Portugal 11.65 2020 down 19.8% falling
82 Burundi 11.63 2020 down 25.5% falling
83 Finland 11.63 2020 down 14.2% falling
84 Mexico 11.4 2020 down 7.5% falling
85 Argentina 11.34 2020 up 3.6% rising
86 Netherlands 11.33 2020 down 13.4% falling
87 Croatia 11.32 2020 down 17.1% falling
88 Equatorial Guinea 11.3 2020 down 22.0% falling
89 Congo 11.22 2020 up 24.7% rising
90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.11 2020 down 13.2% rising
91 Panama 10.84 2020 down 24.9% rising
92 Paraguay 10.84 2020 down 11.2% flat
93 Cuba 10.83 2020 down 0.7% rising
94 Republic of Korea 10.74 2020 down 15.5% falling
95 Cape Verde 10.64 2020 up 1.9% rising
96 Chile 10.63 2020 down 2.9% flat
97 Guyana 10.56 2020 down 13.3% falling
98 North Macedonia 10.44 2020 up 3.1% flat
99 Colombia 10.38 2020 down 14.2% falling
100 Ghana 10.12 2020 down 16.9% falling
101 Dominica 10.1 2020 down 20.6% falling
102 Iceland 10.02 2020 up 3.7% rising
103 Lebanon 9.93 2020 down 20.1% falling
104 Zambia 9.87 2020 up 5.9% rising
105 Peru 9.84 2020 down 12.8% rising
106 Côte d'Ivoire 9.84 2020 up 1.6% falling
107 Cyprus 9.7 2020 down 27.2% falling
108 Italy 9.52 2020 down 2.6% falling
109 Nicaragua 9.49 2020 down 3.6% flat
110 Norway 9.49 2020 down 1.1% flat
111 Japan 9.46 2020 down 4.2% falling
112 Malta 9.21 2020 down 0.7% rising
113 Sao Tome and Principe 9.16 2020 down 15.7% falling
114 Albania 9.15 2020 down 20.3% flat
115 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.14 2020 down 23.4% falling
116 Armenia 8.78 2020 down 14.4% rising
117 Naoero 8.63 2020 down 29.0% falling
118 Rwanda 8.57 2020 up 102.6% rising
119 El Salvador 8.54 2020 up 10.6% flat
120 Kenya 8.52 2020 down 1.0% rising
121 Costa Rica 8.44 2020 down 14.8% falling
122 Greece 8.38 2020 down 28.4% falling
123 Uruguay 8.33 2020 down 10.4% falling
124 Angola 8.2 2020 down 42.8% rising
125 Honduras 8.16 2020 down 2.8% falling
126 Samoa 8.07 2020 down 8.8% falling
127 Mozambique 8.03 2020 up 42.1% rising
128 Belize 7.85 2020 down 34.4% flat
129 Sri Lanka 7.8 2020 up 10.5% rising
130 China 7.6 2020 down 20.6% rising
131 Bahamas 7.38 2020 down 12.1% falling
132 Micronesia, Federated States of 7.28 2020 down 16.4% falling
133 Vanuatu 7.25 2020 up 18.1% rising
134 Liberia 7.07 2020 down 22.4% falling
135 Eritrea 7.06 2020 down 22.6% rising
136 Morocco 6.96 2020 down 3.3% falling
137 Haiti 6.96 2020 down 1.7% falling
138 Algeria 6.83 2020 up 20.9% rising
139 Jamaica 6.7 2020 down 0.6% flat
140 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 6.55 2020 down 14.1% flat
141 Bahrain 6.27 2020 down 40.7% falling
142 Djibouti 6.24 2020 down 45.5% falling
143 Tajikistan 6.22 2020 up 1.3% flat
144 Syrian Arab Republic 6.17 2020 down 89.0% volatile
145 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.77 2020 down 21.6% rising
146 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 5.44 2020 down 67.0% falling
147 Solomon Islands 5.42 2020 up 26.7% rising
148 Pakistan 5.35 2020 up 4.6% rising
149 Myanmar 5.05 2020 up 65.7% rising
150 Israel 4.76 2020 down 10.3% flat
151 Central African Republic 4.7 2020 down 22.6% falling
152 Tuvalu 4.67 2020 down 20.8% falling
153 Guinea 4.62 2020 up 57.9% rising
154 Malaysia 4.56 2020 up 16.3% rising
155 Guatemala 4.46 2020 down 24.4% falling
156 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.44 2020 down 32.9% falling
157 Ecuador 4.22 2020 down 35.9% falling
158 Papua New Guinea 4.19 2020 down 17.9% falling
159 Nepal 4.1 2020 up 11.6% volatile
160 Senegal 3.96 2020 down 8.1% falling
161 Togo 3.95 2020 down 18.4% flat
162 Yemen 3.78 2020 down 29.0% falling
163 Oman 3.73 2020 down 33.9% falling
164 Madagascar 3.42 2020 down 6.4% falling
165 Iraq 3.42 2020 up 0.4% rising
166 Qatar 3.27 2020 up 7.1% falling
167 Jordan 3.02 2020 down 53.0% falling
168 Gambia 2.97 2020 down 75.5% falling
169 Singapore 2.88 2020 down 6.2% falling
170 Kiribati 2.86 2020 up 7.6% falling
171 Sierra Leone 1.7 2020 down 5.6% rising
172 Egypt 1.69 2020 down 38.2% flat
173 Bangladesh 1.68 2020 up 2,191.1% volatile
174 Tonga 1.48 2020 down 67.4% volatile
175 Brunei Darussalam 1.42 2020 up 95.0% rising
176 Niger 1.4 2020 down 22.3% rising
177 Libya 0.9168 2020 up 91.3% volatile
178 Indonesia 0.7641 2020 down 31.1% rising
179 Bhutan 0.6098 2020 down 73.3% volatile
180 Afghanistan 0.5456 2020 down 11.3% volatile
181 Timor-Leste 0.4858 2020 down 42.9% falling
182 Sudan 0.1455 2020 down 77.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Alcohol, drinkers only per capita (15+) consumption in litres of pure alcohol, three-year average
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
184 places, 3,854 data points, 2000–2020
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