Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) in Uruguay
Uruguay: Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) was 0.5085 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) in Uruguay, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) in Uruguay is 0.5085, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) in Uruguay peaked at 0.63 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.5085, in 2023.
Uruguay ranks 112th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6219 | — |
| 2001 | 0.6219 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.6274 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.63 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6255 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6194 | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6119 | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6048 | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.599 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5942 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.5895 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5854 | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5807 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.576 | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5714 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.568 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5656 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5622 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5574 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5539 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5462 | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.5352 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5208 | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.5085 | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5085 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6156 | 0.5942 | 0.63 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.571 | 0.5539 | 0.5895 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5238 | 0.5085 | 0.5462 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More social development data for Uruguay
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,195 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 126 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 126 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0009 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) in Uruguay?
- Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) in Uruguay was 0.5085 in 2024, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.63 in 2003.
- What is the lowest alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5085 in 2023.
- How does Uruguay rank for alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure)?
- Uruguay ranks 112th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year average. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).