Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
27.7%
Panama
Lowest
0.5%
Kuwait
Median
12.0%
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927
What the numbers show
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 27.7% in Panama; the lowest is 0.5% in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.0%, and the mean is 13.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.
Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 30.7%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 38.9%).
Alcohol, former drinkers (%), age-standardized: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama | 27.7% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 27.1% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 3 | Mexico | 26.3% | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 4 | Ecuador | 26.3% | 2020 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 5 | Venezuela | 26.2% | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Colombia | 25.7% | 2020 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 7 | Paraguay | 25.0% | 2020 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia | 25.0% | 2020 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 9 | Brazil | 24.9% | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 10 | Peru | 24.8% | 2020 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 11 | El Salvador | 24.0% | 2020 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 12 | Singapore | 23.9% | 2020 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 23.6% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 14 | Georgia | 23.2% | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 15 | Nicaragua | 23.2% | 2020 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 22.9% | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 17 | Honduras | 22.8% | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 18 | Cook Islands | 22.5% | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 21.6% | 2020 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 20 | Niue | 21.5% | 2020 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.4% | 2020 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 22 | Bahamas | 21.4% | 2020 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 23 | Uruguay | 21.2% | 2020 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21.1% | 2020 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 25 | Cuba | 20.6% | 2020 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 26 | Barbados | 20.4% | 2020 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.2% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 19.9% | 2020 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 29 | Guyana | 19.8% | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 19.8% | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.8% | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 32 | Grenada | 19.5% | 2020 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 33 | Fiji | 19.5% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 19.5% | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 19.4% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 36 | Nauru | 19.3% | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 37 | Dominica | 19.1% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 38 | Ukraine | 18.9% | 2020 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 18.9% | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 40 | Qatar | 18.8% | 2020 | down 25.3% | flat |
| 41 | Belarus | 18.7% | 2020 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 42 | Jamaica | 18.5% | 2020 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 43 | Samoa | 18.4% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 44 | Japan | 18.3% | 2020 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Tuvalu | 17.8% | 2020 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 46 | Moldova | 17.7% | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 47 | Belize | 17.7% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 48 | Estonia | 17.6% | 2020 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 49 | Micronesia (country) | 17.6% | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 50 | Brunei | 17.5% | 2020 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 51 | United States | 17.5% | 2020 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 17.4% | 2020 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 53 | Tonga | 17.4% | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 54 | Lithuania | 17.4% | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 55 | Haiti | 17.1% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 17.1% | 2020 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 57 | Latvia | 16.9% | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | 16.9% | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 59 | Canada | 16.6% | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 60 | Kiribati | 16.5% | 2020 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 61 | Albania | 16.5% | 2020 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 62 | South Korea | 16.2% | 2020 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 63 | Thailand | 16.0% | 2020 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 64 | Mauritius | 15.8% | 2020 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 15.7% | 2020 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 66 | Slovenia | 15.1% | 2020 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 67 | Croatia | 15.0% | 2020 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 14.9% | 2020 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 69 | Czechia | 14.5% | 2020 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 14.5% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 71 | Vietnam | 14.4% | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 14.4% | 2020 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 73 | Poland | 14.0% | 2020 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.8% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 75 | Slovakia | 13.8% | 2020 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 76 | Philippines | 13.7% | 2020 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 13.6% | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 13.6% | 2020 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 79 | Cambodia | 13.4% | 2020 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 80 | Laos | 13.3% | 2020 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 13.2% | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 82 | Romania | 13.0% | 2020 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 83 | Myanmar | 13.0% | 2020 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 84 | Gabon | 13.0% | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.0% | 2020 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.8% | 2020 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 87 | Botswana | 12.6% | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 88 | South Africa | 12.5% | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 89 | Uganda | 12.4% | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 90 | Zambia | 12.2% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 91 | East Timor | 12.1% | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 92 | Burundi | 12.1% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 93 | Rwanda | 12.0% | 2020 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 94 | Angola | 12.0% | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 95 | Congo | 11.9% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 11.7% | 2020 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 97 | Tanzania | 11.6% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 98 | Kenya | 11.6% | 2020 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 99 | Eswatini | 11.5% | 2020 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 100 | Bahrain | 11.5% | 2020 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 101 | Madagascar | 11.4% | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 102 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.3% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 103 | Malawi | 11.3% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 11.3% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 105 | Namibia | 11.2% | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 106 | Central African Republic | 10.8% | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 107 | Netherlands | 10.6% | 2020 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 108 | Switzerland | 10.6% | 2020 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 109 | Australia | 10.6% | 2020 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 110 | Ireland | 10.6% | 2020 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 111 | Norway | 10.5% | 2020 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | Russia | 10.4% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 113 | Denmark | 10.4% | 2020 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 114 | Mozambique | 10.4% | 2020 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 115 | Italy | 10.3% | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 116 | Israel | 10.3% | 2020 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 117 | Sweden | 10.2% | 2020 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 118 | Belgium | 10.2% | 2020 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 119 | New Zealand | 10.2% | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 10.2% | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 121 | Cyprus | 10.2% | 2020 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 122 | Lesotho | 10.2% | 2020 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 123 | Malaysia | 10.1% | 2020 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 124 | France | 10.1% | 2020 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 125 | Germany | 10.0% | 2020 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 126 | Finland | 10.0% | 2020 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 127 | Cape Verde | 9.9% | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 128 | Austria | 9.8% | 2020 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 129 | Greece | 9.7% | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.7% | 2020 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 131 | United Kingdom | 9.6% | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 132 | Ghana | 9.5% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 133 | Cameroon | 9.5% | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 9.5% | 2020 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 135 | Iceland | 9.4% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 136 | Benin | 9.4% | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 137 | Malta | 9.4% | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 138 | Spain | 9.3% | 2020 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 139 | Portugal | 9.3% | 2020 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 9.3% | 2020 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 141 | Gambia | 9.2% | 2020 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 142 | Liberia | 9.1% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 143 | Togo | 8.8% | 2020 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 144 | Maldives | 8.8% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 145 | Bhutan | 8.7% | 2020 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 146 | India | 8.6% | 2020 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 147 | Eritrea | 8.6% | 2020 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 148 | Lebanon | 8.1% | 2020 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 149 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.1% | 2020 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 150 | Oman | 7.9% | 2020 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 151 | Nepal | 7.9% | 2020 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 7.8% | 2020 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 7.7% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 154 | Nigeria | 7.5% | 2020 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.5% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 7.3% | 2020 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 157 | Turkey | 6.9% | 2020 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 158 | Chad | 6.6% | 2020 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 159 | Andorra | 6.5% | 2020 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 160 | Indonesia | 6.3% | 2020 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 161 | Tunisia | 5.5% | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 162 | Algeria | 5.2% | 2020 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 163 | Egypt | 5.1% | 2020 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 164 | Mali | 5.0% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 165 | Jordan | 4.8% | 2020 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 166 | Morocco | 4.8% | 2020 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 167 | Sudan | 4.5% | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 168 | Iraq | 4.5% | 2020 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 169 | Djibouti | 4.4% | 2020 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 170 | Guinea | 4.4% | 2020 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 171 | Senegal | 3.8% | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 172 | Pakistan | 3.6% | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 173 | Niger | 3.5% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 3.0% | 2020 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 175 | China | 2.4% | 2020 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 176 | North Korea | 2.4% | 2020 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 1.6% | 2020 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 1.4% | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 179 | Iran | 1.4% | 2020 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 180 | Syria | 1.4% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 181 | Libya | 1.1% | 2020 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 182 | Yemen | 1.0% | 2020 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 183 | Mauritania | 1.0% | 2020 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 184 | Comoros | 1.0% | 2020 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 185 | Somalia | 0.9% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 186 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 2020 | down 38.9% | falling |