Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year average by country
Countries reporting
179
Highest
13.05
Portugal
Lowest
0
Tuvalu
Median
3.65
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,738
What the numbers show
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year average is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 13.05 in Portugal; the lowest is 0 in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.65, and the mean is 4.65.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 104,756.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in) … three-year: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | 13.05 | 2024 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 2 | Estonia | 12.84 | 2024 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 3 | Czechia | 12.69 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 12.56 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 5 | Latvia | 12.4 | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 12.03 | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 7 | Romania | 11.99 | 2024 | up 25.6% | flat |
| 8 | Spain | 11.29 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 9 | Cook Islands | 11.29 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 11.28 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 11.02 | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 12 | Belarus | 10.83 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 13 | Andorra | 10.82 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 14 | Lithuania | 10.76 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 15 | Croatia | 10.57 | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 16 | Hungary | 10.52 | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 17 | Germany | 10.42 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 18 | France | 10.34 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 19 | Poland | 10.1 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 20 | Moldova | 10.05 | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 10.04 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | Slovenia | 10 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 23 | Ireland | 9.99 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 24 | Serbia | 9.86 | 2024 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 25 | Barbados | 9.44 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 9.44 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 27 | United States | 9.2 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 9.14 | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 9.04 | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 30 | Montenegro | 9.03 | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 31 | Seychelles | 8.7 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 8.67 | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 33 | Bahamas | 8.57 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 34 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.53 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 35 | New Zealand | 8.28 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 36 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.24 | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.23 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 38 | Grenada | 8.19 | 2024 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 39 | Switzerland | 8.07 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 40 | Italy | 7.86 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 41 | Greece | 7.84 | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 42 | Netherlands | 7.81 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 43 | South Korea | 7.8 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 44 | Slovakia | 7.75 | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 45 | Mauritius | 7.65 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 46 | Malta | 7.63 | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 47 | Iceland | 7.58 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 48 | Russia | 7.55 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 49 | Canada | 7.5 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 50 | Sweden | 7.43 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 51 | Finland | 7.42 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 52 | Georgia | 7.39 | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 53 | South Africa | 7.37 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 54 | Namibia | 7.27 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 55 | Dominica | 7.08 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 6.98 | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 57 | Thailand | 6.81 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 58 | Panama | 6.71 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 6.56 | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 60 | Guyana | 6.56 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 61 | Norway | 6.34 | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 62 | Paraguay | 6.23 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 63 | Japan | 6.07 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 64 | Mongolia | 6.07 | 2024 | down 66.4% | rising |
| 65 | Chile | 6.05 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 66 | Cameroon | 5.85 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 67 | Mexico | 5.47 | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 68 | Armenia | 5.4 | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.31 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 70 | Uruguay | 5.3 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 71 | Eswatini | 5.25 | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 5.04 | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 5.01 | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 74 | Philippines | 4.95 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 75 | Belize | 4.48 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.48 | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 4.48 | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 78 | Botswana | 4.46 | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 79 | Cyprus | 4.37 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 80 | Colombia | 4.25 | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.18 | 2024 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 82 | Rwanda | 4.15 | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 4.07 | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 4.04 | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 85 | Laos | 4.03 | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 3.92 | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 87 | Jamaica | 3.89 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 3.83 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 89 | Cambodia | 3.67 | 2024 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Fiji | 3.65 | 2024 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 3.64 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 92 | Peru | 3.63 | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 3.56 | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 94 | Israel | 3.36 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 95 | Vietnam | 3.35 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 96 | Congo | 3.28 | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 97 | India | 3.26 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 3.16 | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.16 | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.1 | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 101 | Lesotho | 3.06 | 2024 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 102 | Guatemala | 3.04 | 2024 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 3.03 | 2024 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 104 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.96 | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 105 | China | 2.95 | 2024 | down 53.5% | rising |
| 106 | Bolivia | 2.95 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 107 | Ecuador | 2.92 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 108 | Honduras | 2.91 | 2024 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 109 | Haiti | 2.86 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Bhutan | 2.78 | 2024 | up 104,756.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Angola | 2.76 | 2024 | down 59.8% | rising |
| 112 | Niue | 2.69 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 113 | Benin | 2.48 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 2.45 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 115 | Burundi | 2.36 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 116 | Uganda | 2.36 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.3 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 118 | Singapore | 2.29 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 119 | North Korea | 2.26 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 120 | Ukraine | 2.22 | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 121 | Venezuela | 2.19 | 2024 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 122 | Samoa | 2.16 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 123 | Vanuatu | 2.14 | 2024 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Uzbekistan | 2.06 | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 125 | Nepal | 1.98 | 2024 | up 212.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Kenya | 1.82 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 127 | Zambia | 1.82 | 2024 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Myanmar | 1.72 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 129 | Turkey | 1.63 | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 130 | Bahrain | 1.61 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 131 | Ghana | 1.5 | 2024 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 1.46 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 133 | Nigeria | 1.44 | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 134 | Maldives | 1.39 | 2024 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 135 | Mozambique | 1.37 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 136 | Togo | 1.32 | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 137 | Tunisia | 1.31 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 1.26 | 2024 | up 120.2% | rising |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 1.24 | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Tanzania | 1.24 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 141 | Central African Republic | 1.21 | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 142 | Qatar | 1.15 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 143 | Lebanon | 1.15 | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 144 | Mali | 1.08 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 145 | Eritrea | 0.9569 | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 0.8917 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0.6782 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 148 | Oman | 0.6624 | 2024 | up 49.1% | flat |
| 149 | Malaysia | 0.6487 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 150 | Micronesia (country) | 0.6323 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 0.6208 | 2024 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.5711 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 153 | Liberia | 0.545 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 0.5436 | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 155 | Malawi | 0.5375 | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 156 | Madagascar | 0.4521 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 157 | Iraq | 0.4304 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 158 | Morocco | 0.4 | 2024 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 159 | Algeria | 0.3904 | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 160 | Chad | 0.3718 | 2024 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 161 | Gambia | 0.3618 | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 162 | Guinea | 0.3494 | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 163 | Senegal | 0.2453 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 164 | Jordan | 0.2436 | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 165 | Kiribati | 0.2396 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 166 | Djibouti | 0.2239 | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 167 | East Timor | 0.2022 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 168 | Tonga | 0.1854 | 2024 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 0.1743 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Comoros | 0.102 | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 171 | Egypt | 0.0982 | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 172 | Niger | 0.095 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 173 | Indonesia | 0.0763 | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 174 | Syria | 0.072 | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | 0.0606 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 176 | Pakistan | 0.0405 | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 177 | Bangladesh | 0.0029 | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 178 | Brunei | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.