Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol) (SDG Indicator 3.5.2), three-year average by country
Countries reporting
204
Highest
20.1
United States Virgin Islands
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
4.57
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,375
What the numbers show
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol) (SDG Indicator 3.5.2), three-year average is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 20.1 in United States Virgin Islands; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.57, and the mean is 5.53.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 97,922.8%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Virgin Islands | 20.1 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 2 | Romania | 17.07 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 3 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14.66 | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Georgia | 14.39 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 5 | Latvia | 14.18 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 6 | Portugal | 13.75 | 2024 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 7 | Czechia | 13.52 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 13.25 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 9 | Curaçao | 13.23 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 12.99 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 11 | Cameroon | 12.94 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 12.07 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 13 | Aruba | 11.96 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 14 | Saint Lucia | 11.83 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 15 | Cayman Islands | 11.7 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 16 | Austria | 11.6 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 17 | Andorra | 11.59 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 18 | Poland | 11.51 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 11.42 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 20 | Hungary | 11.36 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Belarus | 11.29 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 22 | Lithuania | 11.23 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 23 | Serbia | 11.21 | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 24 | France | 11.19 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 25 | Bermuda | 11 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 26 | Croatia | 10.94 | 2024 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 27 | Martinique | 10.93 | 2024 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 28 | Germany | 10.93 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 29 | Slovenia | 10.74 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 30 | Viet Nam | 10.71 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 31 | British Virgin Islands | 10.69 | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 32 | Reunion | 10.55 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 10.51 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.44 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 10.41 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 36 | Estonia | 10.38 | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 10.37 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 10.27 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 39 | Cook Islands | 10.22 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | Montenegro | 10.17 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Barbados | 10.07 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 42 | Guadeloupe | 9.95 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 43 | United States of America | 9.56 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 9.54 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 45 | Denmark | 9.53 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 46 | Finland | 9.39 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 47 | Canada | 9.24 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 48 | Slovakia | 9.07 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 49 | Seychelles | 9 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 50 | New Zealand | 8.85 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 51 | Switzerland | 8.76 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 8.68 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 53 | South Africa | 8.63 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 54 | Grenada | 8.58 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 55 | Greece | 8.58 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 56 | Netherlands | 8.56 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 57 | Namibia | 8.49 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritius | 8.46 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.44 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 60 | Italy | 8.44 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.28 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 62 | Republic of Korea | 8.26 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.22 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 8.19 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 65 | Bahamas | 8.09 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 66 | Gabon | 8 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 67 | Thailand | 7.9 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 7.71 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 69 | Malta | 7.65 | 2024 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 70 | French Polynesia | 7.41 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 71 | Dominica | 7.34 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 72 | Panama | 7.2 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 73 | Mongolia | 7.14 | 2024 | down 61.5% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 7.1 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Norway | 6.95 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 76 | French Guiana | 6.92 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 77 | Paraguay | 6.9 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 78 | Mexico | 6.69 | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 79 | Armenia | 6.6 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 6.58 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.57 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Guyana | 6.5 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 83 | Japan | 6.26 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 6.23 | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 6.1 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 86 | Eswatini | 6.09 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 5.96 | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 88 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.92 | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 89 | Puerto Rico | 5.86 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 90 | Uruguay | 5.84 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 5.53 | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 5.42 | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.28 | 2024 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 94 | India | 5.24 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 5.18 | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 96 | Belize | 4.99 | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.98 | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 4.94 | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 99 | Colombia | 4.87 | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 100 | Botswana | 4.87 | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 101 | Cyprus | 4.86 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 102 | Peru | 4.78 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 103 | Jamaica | 4.36 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.34 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 105 | Albania | 4.27 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 4.26 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 107 | Lesotho | 4.24 | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 108 | Israel | 4.19 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 109 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.18 | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 4.16 | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Rwanda | 4.14 | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Benin | 4.09 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 113 | Cape Verde | 4.07 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 114 | Uganda | 4.03 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 3.95 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 116 | Ukraine | 3.88 | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 117 | Congo | 3.88 | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 118 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.82 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 119 | Angola | 3.78 | 2024 | down 53.6% | rising |
| 120 | China | 3.69 | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 121 | El Salvador | 3.63 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 122 | Fiji | 3.51 | 2024 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 123 | Honduras | 3.47 | 2024 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 124 | Burundi | 3.46 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 125 | Haiti | 3.46 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 126 | Macau, China | 3.36 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.29 | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 128 | Saint Helena | 3.29 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 129 | Ecuador | 3.21 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 130 | Bhutan | 3.08 | 2024 | up 97,922.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.08 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 132 | Guatemala | 3.05 | 2024 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 133 | Chad | 3 | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 134 | Samoa | 2.94 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 135 | Hong Kong, China | 2.88 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 136 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 2.63 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 137 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.61 | 2024 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 138 | Ghana | 2.59 | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 139 | Sri Lanka | 2.49 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 140 | Maldives | 2.46 | 2024 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 141 | Ethiopia | 2.27 | 2024 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 2.25 | 2024 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 143 | Kenya | 2.25 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 144 | Türkiye | 2.22 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 145 | Singapore | 2.18 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 146 | Zambia | 2.13 | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Uzbekistan | 2.09 | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 2.09 | 2024 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Niue | 2.09 | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 150 | Nigeria | 2.04 | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 151 | Bahrain | 2.01 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 152 | Lebanon | 1.99 | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 153 | Mali | 1.99 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 154 | Mozambique | 1.99 | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 155 | Nepal | 1.97 | 2024 | up 216.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Myanmar | 1.9 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 1.83 | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 158 | Tunisia | 1.7 | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 159 | Liberia | 1.69 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 160 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.6 | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 1.52 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 162 | Togo | 1.5 | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 163 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.49 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 164 | Sudan | 1.4 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 165 | Eritrea | 1.38 | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 166 | Qatar | 1.3 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 167 | Oman | 1.18 | 2024 | up 45.6% | flat |
| 168 | Malawi | 0.9999 | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9564 | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 170 | Malaysia | 0.8093 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 171 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.7819 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 172 | Madagascar | 0.7277 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 173 | Marshall Islands | 0.7036 | 2024 | down 30.1% | flat |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 0.6826 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6429 | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 176 | Kiribati | 0.631 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 177 | Iraq | 0.6107 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 0.5893 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 179 | Gambia | 0.4818 | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 180 | Guinea | 0.4746 | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 181 | Morocco | 0.4549 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 182 | Algeria | 0.4216 | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 183 | South Sudan | 0.4116 | 2024 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 184 | Djibouti | 0.3272 | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 185 | Senegal | 0.3261 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 186 | Jordan | 0.281 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 0.2439 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Timor-Leste | 0.2022 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 189 | Tonga | 0.1972 | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Comoros | 0.1375 | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 191 | Niger | 0.1295 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 192 | Kuwait | 0.1158 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 193 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1094 | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Egypt | 0.1031 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 195 | Indonesia | 0.1011 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 196 | Pakistan | 0.0867 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 197 | Afghanistan | 0.0302 | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0207 | 2024 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 199 | Bangladesh | 0.0029 | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 200 | Libya | 0.0023 | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 201 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Yemen | 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.
- Europe (WHO region) 8.94
- Mus 8.46
- Americas (WHO region) 8.02
- Sur 6.03
- World 4.86
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 4.52
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 4.04
- Africa (WHO region) 2.86
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 0.2653