Alcohol expenditure as a per cent of total household expenditure by country

Countries reporting
36
Highest
4.1%
Finland
Lowest
0.1%
Tajikistan
Median
1.6%
Years covered
28
1990–2017
Data points
471

What the numbers show

Alcohol expenditure as a per cent of total household expenditure is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 4.1% in Finland; the lowest is 0.1% in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.6%, and the mean is 1.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 163.6%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 72.4%).

Alcohol expenditure as a per cent of total household expenditure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 4.1% 2015 down 10.9% falling
2 Turkmenistan 4.0% 1994 rising
2 Romania 4.0% 2013 up 5.3% falling
4 Hungary 2.9% 2015 up 163.6% rising
4 Iceland 2.9% 2007 down 9.4% falling
6 Belarus 2.5% 2014 unchanged falling
6 Kazakhstan 2.5% 1995 down 50.0% falling
8 Lithuania 2.4% 2012 down 29.4% falling
9 Australia 2.3% 2015 down 11.5% falling
10 Norway 2.2% 2014 down 31.2% falling
11 Estonia 2.1% 2016 up 10.5% rising
12 Kyrgyzstan 1.9% 1995 down 51.3% falling
12 Sweden 1.9% 2014 down 32.1% falling
12 Mexico 1.9% 2012 down 5.0% rising
12 Moldova 1.9% 1995 down 26.9% falling
16 Denmark 1.7% 2015 down 10.5% falling
16 Russia 1.7% 2016 down 10.5% falling
18 United Kingdom 1.6% 2012 down 72.4% falling
18 Italy 1.6% 2016 up 100.0% rising
20 Czechia 1.5% 2016 up 36.4% rising
21 Austria 1.3% 2016 unchanged falling
21 Croatia 1.3% 2014 down 18.8% falling
21 Ukraine 1.3% 2015 down 23.5% falling
24 Armenia 1.2% 2016 down 29.4% falling
24 Canada 1.2% 2016 down 40.0% falling
26 North Macedonia 1.1% 2016 down 15.4% falling
27 Japan 1.0% 2013 down 9.1% flat
27 Thailand 1.0% 2014 down 37.5% falling
27 Slovenia 1.0% 2015 up 11.1% flat
30 United States 0.9% 2009 unchanged flat
30 Greece 0.9% 2009 unchanged flat
32 Poland 0.8% 2012 falling
32 Netherlands 0.8% 2014 rising
34 Azerbaijan 0.5% 2017 down 16.7% falling
34 Uzbekistan 0.5% 2016 falling
36 Tajikistan 0.1% 2014 down 50.0% volatile

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Indicator
Alcohol expenditure as a per cent of total household expenditure
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
36 places, 471 data points, 1990–2017
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