Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), by beverage type by country

Countries reporting
185
Highest
6.53
Czechia
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
1.59
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
11,077

What the numbers show

Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), by beverage type is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 6.53 in Czechia; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.59, and the mean is 1.89.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 608.2%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 93.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 6.53 2024 down 5.7% flat
2 Gabon 6.27 2024 up 2.5% rising
3 Austria 6.06 2024 down 2.0% flat
4 Panama 5.71 2024 up 15.9% rising
5 Croatia 5.7 2024 up 32.1% rising
6 Brazil 5.21 2024 up 12.2% volatile
7 Poland 5.04 2024 down 13.3% rising
8 Romania 4.89 2024 up 0.5% rising
9 Mexico 4.87 2024 up 41.4% rising
10 Namibia 4.85 2024 down 1.9% volatile
11 Germany 4.68 2024 down 17.6% falling
12 Bulgaria 4.65 2024 up 12.8% rising
13 Spain 4.64 2024 up 14.3% rising
14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.44 2024 up 24.6% volatile
15 Slovenia 4.3 2024 down 20.4% rising
16 Barbados 4.3 2024 up 34.8% rising
17 Estonia 4.24 2024 down 30.9% rising
18 Latvia 4.2 2024 down 12.5% rising
19 Ireland 4.19 2024 down 18.5% falling
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.15 2024 up 21.9% rising
21 Botswana 4.14 2024 up 38.0% flat
22 Serbia 4.03 2024 up 17.2% falling
23 Guyana 3.99 2024 up 55.3% rising
24 Iceland 3.96 2024 up 2.6% volatile
25 Saint Lucia 3.96 2024 up 17.8% rising
26 South Africa 3.96 2024 up 0.7% rising
27 Lithuania 3.94 2024 up 608.2% rising
28 Luxembourg 3.92 2024 up 54.2% falling
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.92 2024 up 39.3% volatile
30 Belgium 3.88 2024 down 37.1% falling
31 Grenada 3.76 2024 up 19.3% rising
32 Seychelles 3.71 2024 up 10.6% rising
33 Hungary 3.66 2024 down 6.6% rising
34 United States of America 3.61 2024 down 13.3% flat
35 Andorra 3.6 2024 up 14.0% rising
36 Paraguay 3.46 2024 up 8.4% volatile
37 Antigua and Barbuda 3.44 2024 up 77.2% rising
38 Netherlands 3.44 2024 down 16.5% rising
39 Russian Federation 3.37 2024 down 11.6% volatile
40 Finland 3.34 2024 down 19.9% rising
41 Cambodia 3.33 2024 up 99.6% volatile
42 Denmark 3.32 2024 down 7.6% falling
43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.25 2024 down 4.8% falling
44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.15 2024 up 43.0% volatile
45 Belize 3.13 2024 down 24.6% rising
46 Portugal 3.11 2024 up 25.7% rising
47 Montenegro 3.09 2024 down 12.9% falling
48 New Zealand 3.09 2024 down 8.1% falling
49 Colombia 3.07 2024 up 31.3% falling
50 Australia 3.07 2024 down 19.2% falling
51 Chile 3.03 2024 up 11.5% rising
52 Viet Nam 2.95 2024 up 14.8% volatile
53 Mongolia 2.91 2024 up 34.7% volatile
54 Canada 2.87 2024 down 21.6% falling
55 Peru 2.86 2024 down 7.2% rising
56 Switzerland 2.83 2024 down 8.7% falling
57 Bahamas 2.82 2024 down 0.8% falling
58 Cameroon 2.75 2024 down 11.8% rising
59 Sweden 2.73 2024 up 3.5% falling
60 Equatorial Guinea 2.69 2024 down 44.3% volatile
61 Bhutan 2.58 2024 volatile
62 France 2.56 2024 up 13.4% falling
63 Dominican Republic 2.56 2024 up 16.4% rising
64 Congo 2.56 2024 down 28.1% rising
65 Norway 2.53 2024 down 2.4% rising
66 Belarus 2.46 2024 up 14.3% rising
67 North Macedonia 2.45 2024 up 29.2% rising
68 Mauritius 2.42 2024 up 48.9% rising
69 Greece 2.41 2024 up 14.2% flat
70 Malta 2.39 2024 down 24.0% rising
71 Argentina 2.33 2024 down 28.3% volatile
72 Costa Rica 2.26 2024 up 2.1% volatile
73 Slovakia 2.26 2024 down 31.8% falling
74 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.23 2024 down 5.9% rising
75 Guatemala 2.23 2024 up 133.7% rising
76 Trinidad and Tobago 2.23 2024 up 17.8% rising
77 Georgia 2.2 2024 up 52.3% volatile
78 Lesotho 2.19 2024 up 49.6% rising
79 Samoa 2.16 2024 down 3.5% rising
80 Thailand 2.13 2024 up 1.5% volatile
81 Ecuador 2.1 2024 down 29.5% rising
82 Cyprus 2.09 2024 up 7.3% rising
83 Kazakhstan 2.09 2024 up 10.5% rising
84 Italy 2.07 2024 up 21.9% rising
85 Albania 1.96 2024 up 63.9% volatile
86 Republic of Moldova 1.91 2024 down 5.1% volatile
87 Eswatini 1.85 2024 up 11.1% volatile
88 Cuba 1.8 2024 up 2.4% rising
89 Uruguay 1.78 2024 down 9.8% flat
90 Dominica 1.72 2024 down 17.9% rising
91 Angola 1.71 2024 down 60.2% volatile
92 Republic of Korea 1.62 2024 down 20.1% volatile
93 Rwanda 1.59 2024 up 71.5% volatile
94 El Salvador 1.58 2024 up 43.9% rising
95 Honduras 1.53 2024 up 34.1% rising
96 Nicaragua 1.45 2024 up 4.2% rising
97 Burundi 1.36 2024 down 13.5% falling
98 Cape Verde 1.33 2024 up 27.0% volatile
99 Japan 1.32 2024 down 12.5% flat
100 Fiji 1.29 2024 down 7.2% flat
101 Singapore 1.29 2024 up 3.6% flat
102 Israel 1.27 2024 up 7.7% rising
103 Zimbabwe 1.25 2024 up 17.4% volatile
104 Zambia 1.2 2024 up 12.7% falling
105 China 1.18 2024 down 31.8% volatile
106 Jamaica 1.14 2024 up 5.4% falling
107 Mozambique 1.13 2024 up 31.5% volatile
108 Ethiopia 1.07 2024 up 118.8% falling
109 Philippines 1.01 2024 down 3.6% rising
110 Togo 0.941 2024 up 63.8% volatile
111 Tunisia 0.927 2024 down 3.2% rising
112 Türkiye 0.917 2024 up 9.9% volatile
113 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.8833 2024 down 82.4% flat
114 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8717 2024 up 5.4% falling
115 Kenya 0.8388 2024 up 12.9% falling
116 Ukraine 0.8255 2024 down 9.7% falling
117 Burkina Faso 0.7698 2024 up 42.3% volatile
118 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.7565 2024 up 7.0% rising
119 Bahrain 0.6721 2024 up 11.1% falling
120 Central African Republic 0.5996 2024 up 37.4% falling
121 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.5965 2024 down 8.7% volatile
122 Armenia 0.5817 2024 up 14.8% volatile
123 Solomon Islands 0.5616 2024 up 1.1% rising
124 United Arab Emirates 0.5354 2024 up 42.7% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.5222 2024 down 17.7% falling
126 Ghana 0.5175 2024 down 22.3% rising
127 Turkmenistan 0.5125 2024 down 9.8% volatile
128 Nigeria 0.512 2024 down 15.4% volatile
129 Cook Islands 0.5117 2024 down 13.4% falling
130 Malaysia 0.4989 2024 up 28.0% rising
131 Myanmar 0.4952 2024 up 53.1% volatile
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.4771 2024 down 31.1% volatile
133 Benin 0.4759 2024 down 25.4% falling
134 Vanuatu 0.4698 2024 up 25.6% volatile
135 Eritrea 0.4481 2024 down 19.6% falling
136 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4331 2024 down 14.8% volatile
137 Uganda 0.413 2024 down 15.6% volatile
138 Lebanon 0.4097 2024 up 13.2% rising
139 Papua New Guinea 0.3985 2024 down 30.5% falling
140 Guinea-Bissau 0.3947 2024 down 1.8% rising
141 Madagascar 0.3639 2024 down 13.2% rising
142 Niue 0.3566 2024 down 6.8% volatile
143 Azerbaijan 0.3559 2024 up 74.7% volatile
144 Nepal 0.3329 2024 up 89.5% volatile
145 Qatar 0.3087 2024 down 3.1% volatile
146 Haiti 0.3031 2024 up 83.2% volatile
147 Uzbekistan 0.3027 2024 up 44.3% falling
148 Chad 0.2991 2024 down 33.9% rising
149 Algeria 0.2875 2024 up 3.2% falling
150 Guinea 0.2792 2024 down 0.1% volatile
151 Tajikistan 0.2652 2024 down 27.5% rising
152 India 0.2519 2024 up 23.6% volatile
153 Kiribati 0.239 2024 down 11.0% volatile
154 Sri Lanka 0.2376 2024 down 33.1% volatile
155 Timor-Leste 0.1806 2024 down 28.9% volatile
156 Oman 0.1541 2024 down 10.2% volatile
157 Senegal 0.1519 2024 up 6.9% falling
158 Morocco 0.1469 2024 down 1.4% falling
159 Sierra Leone 0.1224 2024 down 36.4% falling
160 Liberia 0.0883 2024 down 9.4% volatile
161 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.0718 2024 down 4.1% volatile
162 Iraq 0.0694 2024 down 6.1% volatile
163 Niger 0.0561 2024 up 17.5% volatile
164 Malawi 0.0526 2024 down 39.8% volatile
165 Egypt 0.0514 2024 down 20.9% flat
166 Djibouti 0.0513 2024 down 5.1% volatile
167 Jordan 0.0512 2024 down 36.5% falling
168 Indonesia 0.0488 2024 down 29.9% volatile
169 Mali 0.0417 2024 down 14.5% volatile
170 Comoros 0.0339 2024 up 0.0% volatile
171 Maldives 0.0153 2024 down 19.3% rising
172 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0141 2024 volatile
173 Gambia 0.008 2024 down 93.7% volatile
174 Tonga 0.0074 2024 down 91.7% volatile
175 Pakistan 0.004 2024 up 42.1% volatile
176 Bangladesh 0.0004 2024 up 6.3% volatile
177 Brunei Darussalam 0 2024 volatile
177 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0 2024 volatile
177 Libya 0 2024 volatile
177 Mauritania 0 2024 volatile
177 Naoero 0 2024 volatile
177 Sudan 0 2024 volatile
177 Somalia 0 2024 volatile
177 Tuvalu 0 2024 volatile
177 Yemen 0 2024 volatile

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

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Indicator
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), by beverage type
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
190 places, 11,077 data points, 1960–2024
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