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) … beverage: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Laos | 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 | 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 | Russia | 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 | 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 | Vietnam | 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 | 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 | 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 | South 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 | Turkey | 0.917 | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Venezuela | 0.8833 | 2024 | down 82.4% | flat |
| 114 | Cote 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 | 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 (country) | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | East Timor | 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 | North Korea | 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 | Syria | 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 | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Iran | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Libya | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Nauru | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Sudan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Somalia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Yemen | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.