Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year average by country
Countries reporting
179
Highest
7.34
Vietnam
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.6197
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,738
What the numbers show
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year average is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 7.34 in Vietnam; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6197, and the mean is 0.8332.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 60,949.4%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 7.34 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 2 | Cameroon | 7.08 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Georgia | 6.9 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 4 | Romania | 4.96 | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 5 | Latvia | 2.82 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 6 | Moldova | 2.75 | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 7 | Russia | 2.72 | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 8 | Chad | 2.62 | 2024 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 9 | India | 1.98 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 10 | Laos | 1.9 | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 1.9 | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 12 | Canada | 1.78 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 13 | Uganda | 1.67 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1.61 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 1.61 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 16 | Cuba | 1.51 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Sudan | 1.4 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 1.35 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 19 | Poland | 1.3 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 20 | South Africa | 1.28 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 21 | Namibia | 1.27 | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 22 | Slovakia | 1.25 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 23 | Armenia | 1.24 | 2024 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 24 | Serbia | 1.24 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 25 | Lesotho | 1.23 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 26 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.22 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 27 | Mexico | 1.22 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.22 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.22 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 1.2 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 1.19 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 32 | Sweden | 1.19 | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 33 | Brazil | 1.17 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 34 | Peru | 1.15 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 35 | Montenegro | 1.15 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 36 | Liberia | 1.14 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 37 | Philippines | 1.14 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 38 | Thailand | 1.13 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 39 | Burundi | 1.1 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 40 | Ghana | 1.09 | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.09 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 42 | Mongolia | 1.08 | 2024 | up 120.3% | rising |
| 43 | Maldives | 1.07 | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 1.04 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 45 | Gabon | 1.04 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 46 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.03 | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 1.02 | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Angola | 1.02 | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 49 | Finland | 1.02 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 50 | Hungary | 1.01 | 2024 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 51 | Mauritius | 1 | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 52 | Slovenia | 1 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Seychelles | 0.9948 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 55 | Malta | 0.984 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 56 | Estonia | 0.9623 | 2024 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 57 | United Kingdom | 0.9369 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 58 | Cyprus | 0.9345 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 0.9309 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 60 | Mali | 0.9101 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 61 | Bolivia | 0.8968 | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 62 | Iceland | 0.8897 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 63 | Samoa | 0.8841 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 64 | Spain | 0.8753 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 65 | France | 0.8724 | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 66 | Belgium | 0.8701 | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 67 | Israel | 0.8683 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 0.8601 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 69 | Albania | 0.8505 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 70 | Eswatini | 0.8497 | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0.8419 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 72 | Netherlands | 0.8251 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 73 | Denmark | 0.8245 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 74 | Portugal | 0.8185 | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 75 | Lebanon | 0.8108 | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 76 | Czechia | 0.7919 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 77 | Austria | 0.7762 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 78 | Switzerland | 0.7747 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7742 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 80 | Andorra | 0.7701 | 2024 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 81 | China | 0.7358 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 82 | Norway | 0.7137 | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 83 | New Zealand | 0.705 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 84 | Turkey | 0.6497 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 85 | Belize | 0.6473 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 86 | Paraguay | 0.6311 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 87 | Mozambique | 0.6256 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 88 | Jamaica | 0.6219 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 89 | Grenada | 0.6206 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 0.6197 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 91 | Central African Republic | 0.6175 | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 92 | Colombia | 0.6061 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 93 | Lithuania | 0.603 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 94 | Congo | 0.5979 | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 95 | Nigeria | 0.5975 | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 96 | Haiti | 0.5791 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 97 | Barbados | 0.5734 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5699 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 99 | Honduras | 0.5641 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 100 | Australia | 0.5586 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 101 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5532 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0.5449 | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 103 | Belarus | 0.544 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 104 | Cambodia | 0.5307 | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 105 | Chile | 0.5282 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 106 | Ireland | 0.5252 | 2024 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 107 | Argentina | 0.5239 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 0.519 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 109 | Oman | 0.5189 | 2024 | up 41.4% | flat |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5186 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 111 | Panama | 0.5141 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 112 | Uruguay | 0.5085 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.4955 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 114 | Dominica | 0.4924 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 115 | Tunisia | 0.4757 | 2024 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 116 | Botswana | 0.4722 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 117 | Bahamas | 0.4691 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 118 | Malawi | 0.4645 | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 119 | South Korea | 0.4474 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 120 | Italy | 0.4458 | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.435 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 122 | Kenya | 0.4308 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 123 | Eritrea | 0.4251 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 124 | Venezuela | 0.4145 | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 125 | Germany | 0.4116 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 0.4003 | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0.3937 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 128 | Cook Islands | 0.3917 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 129 | Kiribati | 0.3914 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 130 | United States | 0.3755 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 131 | North Korea | 0.3502 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3385 | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 133 | Zambia | 0.3168 | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 134 | Bhutan | 0.2993 | 2024 | up 60,949.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Ecuador | 0.2775 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 136 | Madagascar | 0.2756 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 0.265 | 2024 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 138 | Tanzania | 0.264 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2316 | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 140 | Singapore | 0.2209 | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 141 | Togo | 0.1954 | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 142 | Japan | 0.1856 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 143 | Qatar | 0.1829 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 144 | Iraq | 0.1804 | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 145 | Myanmar | 0.1729 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 146 | Malaysia | 0.1606 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 147 | Micronesia (country) | 0.1496 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 148 | Guyana | 0.1489 | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 149 | Guinea | 0.1251 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 150 | Gambia | 0.12 | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 151 | Djibouti | 0.1032 | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 152 | Senegal | 0.0808 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0756 | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 0.0722 | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 0.0696 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Kuwait | 0.0552 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 157 | Morocco | 0.0549 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 158 | Uzbekistan | 0.0502 | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0467 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 160 | Pakistan | 0.0462 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 0.0457 | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 0.0389 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 163 | Jordan | 0.0375 | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 164 | Syria | 0.0374 | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Comoros | 0.0355 | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 166 | Niger | 0.0345 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 167 | Algeria | 0.0313 | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 0.0302 | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Indonesia | 0.0249 | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 170 | Iran | 0.0207 | 2024 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 171 | Guatemala | 0.017 | 2024 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 172 | Tonga | 0.0118 | 2024 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Egypt | 0.0049 | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 0.0044 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 175 | Libya | 0.0023 | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Brunei | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 176 | 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.