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

Countries reporting
183
Highest
8.17
Equatorial Guinea
Lowest
0
Libya
Median
1.7
Years covered
17
2000–2016
Data points
3,105

What the numbers show

Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 8.17 in Equatorial Guinea; the lowest is 0 in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.7, and the mean is 2.11.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 3,350.0%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 90.9%).

Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Equatorial Guinea 8.17 2015 up 167.0% volatile
2 Seychelles 7.92 2015 up 55.3% rising
3 Gabon 7.28 2015 up 37.1% rising
4 Czechia 6.92 2016 down 1.6% falling
5 Austria 6.1 2015 up 0.5% falling
6 Niue 5.95 2013 up 166.8% rising
7 Lithuania 5.93 2016 down 1.2% rising
8 Poland 5.85 2016 down 0.8% rising
9 Romania 5.78 2015 up 42.0% rising
10 Germany 5.74 2016 down 14.7% falling
11 Ireland 5.39 2016 down 21.2% falling
12 Panama 5.14 2016 up 34.2% rising
13 Estonia 5.02 2016 down 2.7% rising
14 Cook Islands 5 2013 up 97.6% rising
15 Latvia 4.79 2016 up 17.1% rising
16 Namibia 4.71 2015 up 40.2% rising
17 Spain 4.64 2016 down 9.9% rising
18 Belgium 4.6 2015 down 23.7% falling
19 Croatia 4.59 2016 down 7.8% falling
20 Bulgaria 4.45 2016 up 12.4% rising
21 Slovenia 4.35 2016 down 23.7% flat
21 Trinidad and Tobago 4.35 2016 up 35.5% rising
23 Belize 4.29 2015 up 11.1% rising
24 Mexico 4.26 2016 up 7.3% rising
25 Iceland 4.24 2016 up 12.2% rising
26 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.23 2016 up 6.8% rising
27 United States 4.13 2015 down 8.2% falling
28 Finland 4.11 2016 down 10.1% falling
29 Congo 4.1 2015 up 124.0% rising
30 South Africa 3.99 2016 up 0.3% falling
31 Luxembourg 3.97 2016 down 13.1% falling
32 Hungary 3.93 2015 down 8.6% falling
33 Brazil 3.9 2016 up 11.1% rising
34 Australia 3.87 2016 down 16.4% falling
35 Netherlands 3.83 2015 down 19.7% falling
36 Canada 3.7 2016 down 11.9% falling
37 Grenada 3.63 2016 down 12.5% flat
38 Denmark 3.57 2016 down 27.4% falling
39 New Zealand 3.46 2016 down 12.4% falling
40 Barbados 3.44 2015 up 6.8% rising
40 United Kingdom 3.44 2016 down 26.8% falling
42 Andorra 3.43 2016 down 9.3% falling
42 Saint Lucia 3.43 2016 down 10.2% flat
44 Slovakia 3.42 2016 down 10.7% falling
45 Laos 3.41 2015 up 140.1% rising
46 Bahamas 3.39 2015 down 11.3% falling
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.37 2016 down 5.6% rising
48 Argentina 3.36 2015 up 38.8% rising
49 Puerto Rico 3.35 2014 down 7.5% falling
50 Angola 3.3 2016 up 8.6% rising
51 Russia 3.29 2016 down 20.0% rising
52 Colombia 3.18 2016 up 7.8% rising
52 Uruguay 3.18 2015 up 135.6% rising
54 Paraguay 3.15 2016 up 5.0% rising
55 Cambodia 3.08 2016 up 271.1% volatile
56 Peru 3.06 2015 up 43.0% rising
57 Switzerland 3.03 2016 down 5.6% falling
58 Botswana 2.99 2015 up 15.4% flat
59 Malta 2.94 2016 up 36.7% rising
59 Serbia 2.94 2016 down 22.8% falling
61 Dominican Republic 2.87 2016 down 15.1% rising
62 Chile 2.85 2015 up 41.8% rising
63 Cyprus 2.84 2015 down 21.5% falling
64 Cameroon 2.83 2015 up 34.8% rising
64 Vietnam 2.83 2016 up 121.1% rising
66 Antigua and Barbuda 2.79 2015 up 15.3% rising
66 Portugal 2.79 2016 down 26.2% falling
68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.72 2016 up 5.0% rising
69 Venezuela 2.68 2016 down 58.0% falling
70 Norway 2.65 2016 down 12.0% falling
71 Sweden 2.61 2016 up 4.4% flat
72 Bolivia 2.6 2016 up 11.1% rising
73 Guyana 2.57 2016 up 73.6% rising
74 Ecuador 2.53 2016 up 20.5% rising
75 Mongolia 2.47 2015 up 220.8% volatile
76 Ukraine 2.46 2016 down 18.3% rising
77 Costa Rica 2.38 2016 up 1.3% flat
78 Belarus 2.29 2016 down 1.3% rising
79 Cape Verde 2.27 2015 down 0.4% rising
80 Zimbabwe 2.23 2015 up 132.3% rising
81 France 2.21 2016 down 7.9% flat
82 Greece 2.05 2016 down 9.7% falling
83 South Korea 2.01 2015 up 6.3% falling
84 Thailand 1.86 2015 up 10.1% rising
84 Samoa 1.86 2015 down 43.8% falling
86 Eswatini 1.81 2015 up 7.1% rising
87 Italy 1.8 2016 up 19.2% rising
88 Kazakhstan 1.77 2016 down 18.1% rising
89 Albania 1.74 2016 down 2.8% rising
90 Cuba 1.71 2016 up 8.9% rising
91 China 1.7 2016 up 30.8% rising
91 North Macedonia 1.7 2016 down 15.0% falling
93 Lesotho 1.65 2015 up 31.0% flat
94 Burundi 1.63 2011 up 66.3% rising
95 Fiji 1.54 2015 up 8.5% flat
96 Nicaragua 1.53 2016 up 30.8% rising
97 Moldova 1.5 2016 down 10.7% rising
98 Israel 1.44 2016 up 84.6% rising
99 Mauritius 1.39 2015 down 29.1% falling
100 Georgia 1.37 2016 up 57.5% rising
101 Honduras 1.33 2016 up 3.9% falling
102 El Salvador 1.28 2016 up 32.0% rising
103 Singapore 1.27 2016 up 11.4% flat
104 Jamaica 1.25 2016 up 11.6% falling
104 Japan 1.25 2015 down 27.3% falling
106 Philippines 1.24 2016 up 8.8% flat
107 Cote d'Ivoire 1.05 2015 up 59.1% rising
107 Zambia 1.05 2015 up 156.1% rising
109 Rwanda 1.02 2015 up 88.9% rising
110 Mozambique 1.01 2016 up 98.0% rising
110 Tunisia 1.01 2016 up 14.8% rising
112 Benin 0.99 2015 up 94.1% rising
113 Sao Tome and Principe 0.96 2015 down 16.5% falling
114 Solomon Islands 0.94 2015 up 40.3% rising
115 Dominica 0.93 2013 up 210.0% falling
116 Micronesia (country) 0.92 2015 down 38.3% volatile
116 Turkmenistan 0.92 2016 up 240.7% volatile
118 Guatemala 0.91 2016 down 13.3% falling
119 Burkina Faso 0.88 2015 up 100.0% rising
120 Uganda 0.84 2015 up 64.7% rising
121 Ethiopia 0.78 2015 up 212.0% volatile
122 Nigeria 0.76 2015 up 40.7% rising
123 Tanzania 0.75 2015 up 33.9% rising
124 Kenya 0.74 2015 down 12.9% rising
124 Turkey 0.74 2016 down 2.6% rising
126 Montenegro 0.69 2015 up 3,350.0% rising
127 Papua New Guinea 0.68 2015 down 16.0% rising
128 Brunei 0.64 2015 up 611.1% volatile
129 Togo 0.61 2015 up 27.1% rising
130 Nauru 0.56 2013 down 60.6% falling
131 Uzbekistan 0.55 2016 down 11.3% rising
132 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.54 2015 up 63.6% rising
133 Madagascar 0.48 2016 up 41.2% rising
133 Chad 0.48 2015 up 100.0% rising
135 Kyrgyzstan 0.45 2016 down 30.8% rising
136 Ghana 0.44 2015 up 2.3% rising
137 Central African Republic 0.43 2015 up 95.5% flat
138 Lebanon 0.41 2016 up 5.1% falling
138 Maldives 0.41 2015 up 2.5% falling
140 Armenia 0.4 2016 up 11.1% rising
141 Bahrain 0.39 2016 down 25.0% falling
141 Guinea-Bissau 0.39 2015 up 8.3% rising
143 Eritrea 0.38 2011 down 24.0% falling
143 Malaysia 0.38 2016 up 11.8% falling
143 East Timor 0.38 2015 up 11.8% volatile
146 Kiribati 0.36 2015 down 35.7% falling
146 Sri Lanka 0.36 2015 up 20.0% rising
146 Myanmar 0.36 2015 up 176.9% volatile
149 Tajikistan 0.35 2016 up 105.9% rising
150 Qatar 0.34 2016 down 12.8% rising
151 Liberia 0.33 2015 up 13.8% rising
151 Vanuatu 0.33 2015 down 29.8% falling
153 Algeria 0.32 2016 up 77.8% rising
154 Guinea 0.31 2015 up 93.8% rising
155 Gambia 0.25 2015 up 8.7% rising
156 Azerbaijan 0.24 2016 down 20.0% volatile
157 India 0.23 2016 up 109.1% rising
158 Tonga 0.22 2013 down 75.3% falling
159 United Arab Emirates 0.21 2016 down 32.3% falling
160 Malawi 0.18 2015 up 28.6% rising
160 Nepal 0.18 2015 up 125.0% rising
162 Morocco 0.16 2015 down 30.4% falling
162 Oman 0.16 2016 down 23.8% falling
164 Senegal 0.14 2015 down 12.5% falling
164 Sierra Leone 0.14 2015 unchanged rising
166 Haiti 0.13 2015 up 30.0% volatile
167 Iraq 0.12 2015 down 20.0% falling
168 Egypt 0.11 2016 up 10.0% rising
169 Djibouti 0.1 2016 down 50.0% falling
170 Bhutan 0.09 2013 down 81.6% volatile
170 Mali 0.09 2015 up 50.0% rising
170 North Korea 0.09 2015 down 52.6% falling
173 Jordan 0.07 2016 down 58.8% falling
174 Comoros 0.06 2013 down 60.0% volatile
175 Indonesia 0.05 2016 down 16.7% rising
175 Niger 0.05 2015 unchanged falling
177 Sudan 0.04 2013 — volatile
178 Syria 0.03 2015 down 25.0% volatile
178 Yemen 0.03 2015 unchanged falling
180 Afghanistan 0.01 2015 unchanged volatile
180 Tuvalu 0.01 2013 down 90.9% volatile
182 Kuwait 0 2015 — volatile
182 Libya 0 2013 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
191 places, 3,105 data points, 2000–2016
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