Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption, projections by country
Countries reporting
182
Highest
17.45
Romania
Lowest
0.007
Bangladesh
Median
5.29
Years covered
10
2021–2030
Data points
1,930
What the numbers show
Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption, projections is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 17.45 in Romania; the lowest is 0.007 in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.29, and the mean is 5.69.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,486.
Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 91.2%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 90.6%).
Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 17.45 | 2030 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 2 | Georgia | 15.33 | 2030 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 14.3 | 2030 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 4 | Czechia | 13.21 | 2030 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 5 | Laos | 13.08 | 2030 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 12.53 | 2030 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 7 | Cook Islands | 12.49 | 2030 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 12.36 | 2030 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 9 | Moldova | 12.25 | 2030 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 10 | Estonia | 12.22 | 2030 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 12.13 | 2030 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 12 | Lithuania | 12.12 | 2030 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Austria | 11.74 | 2030 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Seychelles | 11.67 | 2030 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 11.58 | 2030 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 16 | Slovakia | 11.2 | 2030 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 17 | Slovenia | 11.09 | 2030 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 18 | Spain | 11.03 | 2030 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 19 | Cambodia | 10.98 | 2030 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 10.91 | 2030 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 10.87 | 2030 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 22 | Ireland | 10.84 | 2030 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 23 | France | 10.72 | 2030 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 24 | Andorra | 10.7 | 2030 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 25 | Vietnam | 10.68 | 2030 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 26 | Belarus | 10.66 | 2030 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 10.51 | 2030 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 28 | Barbados | 10.51 | 2030 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 29 | Niue | 10.47 | 2030 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 10.37 | 2030 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 31 | Tanzania | 10.3 | 2030 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 32 | Saint Lucia | 10.21 | 2030 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 33 | Cameroon | 10.11 | 2030 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 34 | Portugal | 10.08 | 2030 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 35 | Switzerland | 10.04 | 2030 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 36 | Canada | 10.04 | 2030 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 37 | Australia | 9.93 | 2030 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 38 | New Zealand | 9.93 | 2030 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 39 | Uganda | 9.9 | 2030 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium | 9.83 | 2030 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 41 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.78 | 2030 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 9.78 | 2030 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 43 | United States | 9.77 | 2030 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Russia | 9.77 | 2030 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 45 | Sweden | 9.41 | 2030 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 46 | South Africa | 8.88 | 2030 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 47 | Finland | 8.87 | 2030 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 48 | Ukraine | 8.84 | 2030 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 49 | Netherlands | 8.74 | 2030 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 50 | Denmark | 8.72 | 2030 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 51 | Botswana | 8.63 | 2030 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 52 | Benin | 8.48 | 2030 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 53 | Iceland | 8.38 | 2030 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 54 | Grenada | 8.36 | 2030 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 55 | Croatia | 8.07 | 2030 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.05 | 2030 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 8.02 | 2030 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 58 | Argentina | 8.01 | 2030 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Mongolia | 8 | 2030 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 60 | Congo | 7.92 | 2030 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 7.86 | 2030 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 62 | Peru | 7.84 | 2030 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 63 | Eswatini | 7.79 | 2030 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 64 | Thailand | 7.75 | 2030 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 65 | Italy | 7.55 | 2030 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 66 | South Korea | 7.43 | 2030 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.43 | 2030 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 68 | Mauritius | 7.38 | 2030 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 69 | Cape Verde | 7.03 | 2030 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 70 | Norway | 6.92 | 2030 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 71 | Panama | 6.82 | 2030 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.8 | 2030 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 73 | India | 6.71 | 2030 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.68 | 2030 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.56 | 2030 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 76 | Greece | 6.52 | 2030 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 6.47 | 2030 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 78 | Gabon | 6.41 | 2030 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 79 | Philippines | 6.32 | 2030 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 80 | Cuba | 6.28 | 2030 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 81 | Japan | 6.26 | 2030 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 82 | Namibia | 6.09 | 2030 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 83 | Belize | 5.94 | 2030 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 84 | Mexico | 5.8 | 2030 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 85 | Armenia | 5.74 | 2030 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 86 | Angola | 5.71 | 2030 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 5.66 | 2030 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 88 | China | 5.54 | 2030 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 89 | Albania | 5.4 | 2030 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 90 | Dominica | 5.32 | 2030 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 91 | Lesotho | 5.31 | 2030 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 92 | Guyana | 5.27 | 2030 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 5.05 | 2030 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.03 | 2030 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 95 | Uruguay | 4.95 | 2030 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 4.87 | 2030 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 97 | Colombia | 4.81 | 2030 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.73 | 2030 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 4.58 | 2030 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 100 | Ghana | 4.54 | 2030 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 101 | North Korea | 4.49 | 2030 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 102 | Fiji | 4.31 | 2030 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 103 | Bahamas | 4.28 | 2030 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 104 | Bolivia | 4.26 | 2030 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 4.18 | 2030 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 106 | Chad | 4.18 | 2030 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 107 | Mali | 4.14 | 2030 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.09 | 2030 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 4.08 | 2030 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 110 | Rwanda | 3.95 | 2030 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 3.87 | 2030 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 112 | Zambia | 3.83 | 2030 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 113 | Nigeria | 3.73 | 2030 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 114 | Jamaica | 3.59 | 2030 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 115 | El Salvador | 3.49 | 2030 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 116 | Malawi | 3.45 | 2030 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 117 | Burundi | 3.44 | 2030 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 118 | Myanmar | 3.41 | 2030 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 119 | Honduras | 3.35 | 2030 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 120 | Liberia | 3.35 | 2030 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 3.3 | 2030 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 122 | Kenya | 3.19 | 2030 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 123 | Haiti | 3.11 | 2030 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 124 | Ecuador | 3.1 | 2030 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 125 | Turkmenistan | 3.08 | 2030 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 3.07 | 2030 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 127 | Israel | 3.05 | 2030 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 128 | Uzbekistan | 2.81 | 2030 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 129 | Nauru | 2.79 | 2030 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.75 | 2030 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 2.64 | 2030 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 132 | Mozambique | 2.55 | 2030 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 2.45 | 2030 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 134 | Samoa | 2.18 | 2030 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 135 | Tunisia | 2.15 | 2030 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | 1.99 | 2030 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 1.89 | 2030 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 138 | Micronesia (country) | 1.86 | 2030 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 139 | Singapore | 1.84 | 2030 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 140 | Venezuela | 1.83 | 2030 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 141 | Nepal | 1.65 | 2030 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 142 | Turkey | 1.57 | 2030 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 143 | Eritrea | 1.55 | 2030 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 144 | Tuvalu | 1.53 | 2030 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 145 | Guatemala | 1.46 | 2030 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 146 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.43 | 2030 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 1.43 | 2030 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 148 | Maldives | 1.41 | 2030 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 149 | Togo | 1.37 | 2030 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 150 | Bahrain | 1.34 | 2030 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 151 | Qatar | 1.3 | 2030 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 152 | Lebanon | 1.27 | 2030 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 153 | Oman | 0.9099 | 2030 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 154 | Madagascar | 0.902 | 2030 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 0.8269 | 2030 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 156 | Malaysia | 0.8229 | 2030 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.8057 | 2030 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 158 | Kiribati | 0.6815 | 2030 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 159 | Gambia | 0.6386 | 2030 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 160 | Guinea | 0.6308 | 2030 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 161 | Morocco | 0.5966 | 2030 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 162 | Tonga | 0.4638 | 2030 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 163 | Senegal | 0.419 | 2030 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 164 | Comoros | 0.4014 | 2030 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 165 | Brunei | 0.3572 | 2030 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 0.3284 | 2030 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 167 | Djibouti | 0.2916 | 2030 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 168 | Bhutan | 0.2767 | 2030 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 169 | Iraq | 0.2677 | 2030 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 170 | Jordan | 0.245 | 2030 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 171 | East Timor | 0.243 | 2030 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 172 | Egypt | 0.1527 | 2030 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 173 | Pakistan | 0.1487 | 2030 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 174 | Syria | 0.1462 | 2030 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 175 | Niger | 0.1256 | 2030 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 176 | Indonesia | 0.1216 | 2030 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 177 | Iran | 0.0566 | 2030 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.0196 | 2030 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 179 | Sudan | 0.0195 | 2030 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 0.014 | 2030 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 181 | Libya | 0.0108 | 2030 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 182 | Bangladesh | 0.007 | 2030 | down 90.6% | 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) 8.83
- Sur 8.19
- Americas (WHO region) 8.45
- Mus 7.38
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 5.97
- World 5.73
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 5.1
- Africa (WHO region) 4.58
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 0.2391