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Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population (15+) by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
36.48
Romania
Lowest
0.022
Sudan
Median
9.76
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,863

What the numbers show

Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population (15+) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 36.48 in Romania; the lowest is 0.022 in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.76, and the mean is 11.32.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,658.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 130 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 2,311.2%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 90.7%).

Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 36.48 2020 down 4.6% falling
2 Georgia 31.29 2020 down 2.9% rising
3 Latvia 27.94 2020 up 17.1% rising
4 Lithuania 26.26 2020 down 13.9% flat
5 Czechia 26.03 2020 down 10.0% falling
6 Germany 25.7 2020 down 4.6% falling
7 Poland 25.31 2020 up 3.1% rising
8 Belarus 25.26 2020 down 22.4% falling
9 Bulgaria 25.23 2020 up 9.0% rising
10 Austria 24.98 2020 down 5.9% falling
11 Uganda 24.53 2020 down 19.3% falling
12 Burkina Faso 24.47 2020 up 39.0% rising
13 Republic of Moldova 24.05 2020 down 3.0% flat
14 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.77 2020 down 8.2% flat
15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.5 2020 up 3.9% rising
16 Luxembourg 23.48 2020 down 10.9% falling
17 Ireland 23.39 2020 down 11.8% falling
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23.3 2020 down 2.0% falling
19 Estonia 23.19 2020 down 24.9% flat
20 Slovakia 23.16 2020 up 1.2% falling
21 Russian Federation 22.86 2020 down 23.4% falling
22 Slovenia 22.6 2020 down 6.6% falling
23 France 22.4 2020 down 15.8% falling
24 Australia 22.34 2020 down 7.3% falling
25 Seychelles 22.12 2020 up 31.2% rising
26 Switzerland 21.86 2020 down 11.0% falling
27 New Zealand 21.76 2020 down 2.5% flat
28 Hungary 21.55 2020 down 8.4% falling
29 United States of America 21.49 2020 up 5.9% rising
30 Canada 21.46 2020 down 3.2% flat
31 Cook Islands 21.31 2020 up 15.6% rising
32 Montenegro 21.07 2020 down 6.7% falling
33 Andorra 21.02 2020 down 10.2% falling
34 Cameroon 20.84 2020 down 23.5% falling
35 Sweden 20.78 2020 down 2.2% flat
36 Denmark 20.6 2020 down 8.7% falling
37 Belgium 20.48 2020 down 16.8% falling
38 Saint Lucia 20.16 2020 down 3.3% falling
39 Ukraine 20.07 2020 down 20.7% falling
40 Spain 19.89 2020 down 3.5% falling
41 Finland 19.71 2020 down 15.5% falling
42 Niue 19.46 2020 up 33.2% rising
43 Portugal 19.27 2020 down 22.1% falling
44 Benin 19.17 2020 up 33.5% volatile
45 Netherlands 18.91 2020 down 14.6% falling
46 Barbados 17.84 2020 down 0.7% rising
47 Gabon 17.66 2020 down 8.7% falling
48 Argentina 17.48 2020 up 4.7% rising
49 Viet Nam 17.46 2020 up 9.2% rising
50 Thailand 17.35 2020 up 5.6% falling
51 Iceland 17.23 2020 up 6.2% rising
52 Republic of Korea 16.9 2020 down 17.0% falling
53 Brazil 16.72 2020 down 10.8% falling
54 Mongolia 16.68 2020 down 0.9% rising
55 Serbia 16.68 2020 down 22.7% falling
56 Croatia 16.6 2020 down 19.3% falling
57 Chile 16.41 2020 down 3.0% rising
58 Norway 16.03 2020 down 0.6% flat
59 Grenada 15.92 2020 down 2.9% flat
60 Botswana 15.79 2020 down 2.6% rising
61 South Africa 15.47 2020 down 17.9% falling
62 Malta 15.45 2020 up 3.0% rising
63 Italy 15.14 2020 down 3.4% falling
64 Mauritius 14.9 2020 down 10.6% falling
65 Eswatini 14.75 2020 down 5.0% falling
66 Cambodia 14.48 2020 up 41.7% rising
67 Antigua and Barbuda 14.47 2020 up 16.1% rising
68 Equatorial Guinea 14.24 2020 down 28.4% falling
69 Dominican Republic 14.11 2020 down 4.9% falling
70 Peru 14 2020 down 14.5% rising
71 Japan 13.86 2020 down 5.7% falling
72 Cyprus 13.8 2020 down 30.3% falling
73 Congo 13.13 2020 up 30.1% rising
74 Trinidad and Tobago 13.08 2020 down 2.1% rising
75 Cape Verde 13.05 2020 up 6.7% rising
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.76 2020 up 2.4% rising
77 Greece 12.61 2020 down 33.4% falling
78 Philippines 12.29 2020 down 7.5% rising
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.21 2020 down 15.5% rising
80 Paraguay 12.19 2020 down 11.9% flat
81 Uruguay 12.19 2020 down 11.0% falling
82 Cuba 11.69 2020 down 2.1% rising
83 Mali 11.56 2020 up 56.4% volatile
84 Namibia 10.96 2020 up 1.8% rising
85 Guyana 10.95 2020 down 12.6% falling
86 Dominica 10.91 2020 down 23.3% falling
87 Mexico 10.4 2020 down 8.5% falling
88 Sao Tome and Principe 10.4 2020 down 19.1% falling
89 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.17 2020 down 27.5% falling
90 Panama 10.12 2020 down 28.4% rising
91 China 9.95 2020 down 22.4% rising
92 Kazakhstan 9.81 2020 up 7.6% falling
93 Albania 9.7 2020 down 24.3% flat
94 North Macedonia 9.46 2020 up 0.8% falling
95 Lesotho 9.34 2020 up 26.9% rising
96 Armenia 9.28 2020 down 15.4% rising
97 Ghana 9.26 2020 down 21.8% falling
98 Colombia 9.21 2020 down 16.3% falling
99 Burundi 9.03 2020 down 32.7% falling
100 Angola 8.96 2020 down 50.4% rising
101 India 8.9 2020 down 11.2% rising
102 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 8.4 2020 down 12.6% rising
103 Nigeria 8.2 2020 down 25.4% falling
104 Guinea-Bissau 8.09 2020 down 4.0% flat
105 Nicaragua 7.98 2020 down 2.0% flat
106 Belize 7.97 2020 down 40.1% flat
107 Bahamas 7.93 2020 down 15.6% falling
108 Kyrgyzstan 7.87 2020 down 43.2% falling
109 Zambia 7.85 2020 up 9.3% rising
110 Malawi 7.84 2020 up 1.1% rising
111 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.8 2020 down 22.9% rising
112 Fiji 7.77 2020 up 25.6% rising
113 Costa Rica 7.38 2020 down 15.0% falling
114 El Salvador 6.83 2020 up 16.2% flat
115 Haiti 6.74 2020 down 1.0% falling
116 Jamaica 6.72 2020 up 1.7% rising
117 Honduras 6.7 2020 down 1.4% falling
118 Ethiopia 6.64 2020 up 83.3% rising
119 Chad 6.32 2020 down 24.5% rising
120 Sri Lanka 6.32 2020 up 11.7% rising
121 Rwanda 6.22 2020 up 129.6% rising
122 Liberia 6.2 2020 down 26.8% falling
123 Côte d'Ivoire 6.2 2020 up 1.2% falling
124 Israel 6.18 2020 down 10.0% flat
125 Naoero 6.06 2020 down 32.9% falling
126 Zimbabwe 5.8 2020 down 19.4% rising
127 Turkmenistan 5.69 2020 down 1.5% rising
128 Ecuador 5.51 2020 down 38.4% falling
129 Azerbaijan 5.4 2020 up 37.3% rising
130 Kenya 5.37 2020 down 1.5% rising
131 Samoa 5.1 2020 down 9.5% falling
132 Uzbekistan 4.55 2020 up 17.3% falling
133 United Arab Emirates 4.52 2020 up 6.3% rising
134 Vanuatu 4.42 2020 up 22.3% rising
135 Micronesia (Federated States of) 4.39 2020 down 19.1% falling
136 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.32 2020 down 74.3% falling
137 Myanmar 4.19 2020 up 76.4% rising
138 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.17 2020 down 37.3% volatile
139 Mozambique 4.11 2020 up 53.9% rising
140 Singapore 3.94 2020 down 5.7% falling
141 Central African Republic 3.81 2020 down 28.4% falling
142 Tunisia 3.71 2020 up 2.9% rising
143 Türkiye 3.68 2020 down 20.2% falling
144 Guatemala 3.34 2020 down 24.8% falling
145 Maldives 3.23 2020 down 4.5% falling
146 Solomon Islands 3.15 2020 up 30.2% rising
147 Togo 3.13 2020 down 19.7% flat
148 Lebanon 2.74 2020 down 30.4% falling
149 Tuvalu 2.74 2020 down 20.7% falling
150 Bahrain 2.72 2020 down 46.7% falling
151 Papua New Guinea 2.46 2020 down 19.1% falling
152 Eritrea 2.32 2020 down 26.0% rising
153 Nepal 2.3 2020 up 11.0% volatile
154 Qatar 2.27 2020 down 10.7% flat
155 Madagascar 2.16 2020 down 6.7% falling
156 Malaysia 1.61 2020 up 23.2% rising
157 Tajikistan 1.6 2020 up 6.6% flat
158 Kiribati 1.57 2020 up 10.3% falling
159 Gambia 1.33 2020 down 80.6% falling
160 Algeria 1.17 2020 up 23.0% rising
161 Guinea 1.12 2020 up 68.0% rising
162 Oman 1.11 2020 down 41.9% falling
163 Brunei Darussalam 1.1 2020 up 80.1% rising
164 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.1 2020 down 54.9% volatile
165 Morocco 1.08 2020 down 1.2% flat
166 Senegal 0.835 2020 down 6.7% falling
167 Djibouti 0.8162 2020 down 45.7% falling
168 Tonga 0.7824 2020 down 69.5% volatile
169 Sierra Leone 0.6401 2020 down 5.5% rising
170 Iraq 0.5119 2020 down 1.7% rising
171 Jordan 0.4954 2020 down 52.5% falling
172 Comoros 0.4918 2020 up 16.1% falling
173 Bhutan 0.4015 2020 down 72.8% volatile
174 Timor-Leste 0.3639 2020 down 43.3% falling
175 Egypt 0.2806 2020 down 35.9% rising
176 Niger 0.2754 2020 down 23.4% rising
177 Syrian Arab Republic 0.2005 2020 down 90.7% volatile
178 Bangladesh 0.1988 2020 up 2,311.2% volatile
179 Pakistan 0.1828 2020 up 6.3% rising
180 Indonesia 0.1613 2020 down 28.5% rising
181 Yemen 0.0946 2020 down 25.5% falling
182 Libya 0.025 2020 up 66.9% volatile
183 Afghanistan 0.0244 2020 down 9.5% volatile
184 Sudan 0.022 2020 down 77.5% volatile

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Indicator
Average daily intake in grams of alcohol, population (15+)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
185 places, 3,863 data points, 2000–2020
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