Alcohol Consumption per Capita

Total recorded + unrecorded alcohol consumption per person aged 15+, in litres of pure alcohol. WHO Global Health Observatory.

Source: WHO Global Health Observatory Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Unit: litres Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

Method: WHO Global Health Observatory; latest available year per country (varies); both sexes, modelled estimates.

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5.5

single period

Improving

0

of 207 tracked

Declining

0

period over period

Stable

207

±0.5% band

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207 entities, 2022. Highest first.
#	Entity	Litres of pure alcohol per person (15+)
1	🇻🇮 Virgin Islands (U.S.)	19.9
2	🇷🇴 Romania	17.1
3	🇱🇻 Latvia	14.5
4	🇬🇪 Georgia	14.4
5	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	13.7
6	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	13.6
7	🇵🇹 Portugal	13.6
8	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	13.2
9	🇲🇩 Moldova	13.1
10	🇨🇲 Cameroon	12.8
11	🇨🇼 Curaçao	12.4
12	🇦🇼 Aruba	12
13	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	11.9
14	🇱🇹 Lithuania	11.9
15	🇪🇸 Spain	11.9
16	🇵🇱 Poland	11.9
17	🇦🇹 Austria	11.8
18	🇦🇩 Andorra	11.6
19	🇧🇾 Belarus	11.6
20	🇭🇺 Hungary	11.6
21	🇱🇨 St. Lucia	11.5
22	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	11.5
23	🇫🇷 France	11.4
24	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	11.1
25	🇧🇲 Bermuda	11.1
26	🇷🇸 Serbia	11.1
27	🇩🇪 Germany	11
28	🇦🇺 Australia	10.9
29	🇸🇮 Slovenia	10.9
30	🇬🇧 UK	10.9
31	🇪🇪 Estonia	10.8
32	🇻🇳 Vietnam	10.7
33	🇨🇰 Cook Is	10.7
34	🇭🇷 Croatia	10.6
35	🇲🇶 Martinique	10.6
36	🇷🇪 Reunion	10.6
37	🇮🇪 Ireland	10.4
38	🇷🇺 Russia	10.2
39	🇲🇪 Montenegro	10.2
40	🇧🇷 Brazil	10.1
41	🇩🇰 Denmark	10
42	🇺🇸 USA	9.8
43	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	9.6
44	🇨🇦 Canada	9.6
45	🇫🇮 Finland	9.6
46	🇧🇧 Barbados	9.5
47	🇧🇪 Belgium	9.5
48	🇸🇰 Slovak Republic	9.3
49	🇳🇿 New Zealand	9.2
50	🇨🇭 Switzerland	9.1
51	🇳🇱 Netherlands	8.9
52	🇸🇪 Sweden	8.7
53	🇳🇦 Namibia	8.6
54	🇸🇨 Seychelles	8.6
55	🇮🇹 Italy	8.6
56	🇿🇦 South Africa	8.5
57	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	8.5
58	🇬🇷 Greece	8.4
59	🇲🇺 Mauritius	8.4
60	🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines	8.3
61	🇰🇷 South Korea	8.3
62	🇬🇩 Grenada	8.3
63	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	8.2
64	🇮🇸 Iceland	8.2
65	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	8
66	🇬🇦 Gabon	8
67	🇧🇸 Bahamas	7.9
68	🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis	7.7
69	🇲🇹 Malta	7.7
70	🇹🇭 Thailand	7.7
71	🇦🇷 Argentina	7.6
72	🇳🇴 Norway	7.5
73	🇩🇲 Dominica	7.4
74	🇲🇳 Mongolia	7.2
75	🇵🇦 Panama	7
76	🇨🇱 Chile	7
77	🇬🇫 French Guiana	6.8
78	🇵🇾 Paraguay	6.8
79	🇦🇲 Armenia	6.6
80	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.5
81	🇲🇽 Mexico	6.5
82	🇯🇵 Japan	6.3
83	🇺🇾 Uruguay	6.1
84	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	6.1
85	🇬🇾 Guyana	6
86	🇸🇷 Suriname	6
87	🇵🇭 Philippines	5.9
88	🇸🇿 Eswatini	5.8
89	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	5.7
90	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	5.7
91	🇱🇦 Lao	5.6
92	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	5.6
93	🇨🇺 Cuba	5.5
94	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	5.2
95	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	5.2
96	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	5.1
97	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	5.1
98	🇮🇳 India	5
99	🇧🇿 Belize	4.9
100	🇨🇴 Colombia	4.8
101	🇵🇪 Peru	4.8
102	🇨🇾 Cyprus	4.7
103	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	4.4
104	🇯🇲 Jamaica	4.4
105	🇧🇼 Botswana	4.3
106	🇮🇱 Israel	4.3
107	🇦🇱 Albania	4.3
108	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	4.2
109	🇱🇸 Lesotho	4.2
110	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	4.2
111	🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire	4.2
112	🇧🇯 Benin	4.2
113	🇨🇳 China	4.1
114	🇺🇬 Uganda	4.1
115	🇷🇼 Rwanda	4.1
116	🇦🇴 Angola	4
117	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	4
118	🇺🇦 Ukraine	3.9
119	🇰🇭 Cambodia	3.9
120	🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.	3.9
121	🇧🇴 Bolivia	3.8
122	🇲🇴 Macao, China	3.8
123	🇧🇮 Burundi	3.7
124	🇸🇻 El Salvador	3.6
125	🇭🇹 Haiti	3.6
126	🇭🇳 Honduras	3.5
127	🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic	3.5
128	🇸🇭 St. Helena	3.3
129	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	3.1
130	🇪🇨 Ecuador	3.1
131	🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China	3
132	🇫🇯 Fiji	2.9
133	🇹🇩 Chad	2.9
134	🇼🇸 Samoa	2.9
135	🇧🇹 Bhutan	2.9
136	🇬🇹 Guatemala	2.9
137	🇬🇭 Ghana	2.7
138	🇰🇵 North Korea	2.6
139	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2.6
140	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	2.5
141	🇸🇬 Singapore	2.4
142	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	2.3
143	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	2.3
144	🇰🇪 Kenya	2.3
145	🇳🇺 Niue	2.2
146	🇿🇲 Zambia	2.1
147	🇹🇷 Turkey	2.1
148	🇲🇻 Maldives	2.1
149	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	2.1
150	🇱🇧 Lebanon	2
151	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2
152	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2
153	🇲🇱 Mali	1.9
154	🇳🇵 Nepal	1.9
155	🇧🇭 Bahrain	1.9
156	🇲🇲 Myanmar	1.9
157	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	1.8
158	🇱🇷 Liberia	1.7
159	🇹🇳 Tunisia	1.7
160	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	1.6
161	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	1.6
162	🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.	1.5
163	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1.5
164	🇹🇬 Togo	1.4
165	🇸🇩 Sudan	1.4
166	🇪🇷 Eritrea	1.4
167	🇶🇦 Qatar	1.3
168	🇴🇲 Oman	1
169	🇲🇼 Malawi	1
170	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	0.9
171	🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.8
172	🇲🇬 Madagascar	0.8
173	🇲🇾 Malaysia	0.8
174	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	0.7
175	🇦🇪 UAE	0.7
176	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	0.7
177	🇮🇶 Iraq	0.7
178	🇸🇸 South Sudan	0.7
179	🇰🇮 Kiribati	0.6
180	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	0.6
181	🇬🇳 Guinea	0.5
182	🇲🇦 Morocco	0.5
183	🇬🇲 Gambia	0.4
184	🇩🇿 Algeria	0.4
185	🇸🇳 Senegal	0.4
186	🇩🇯 Djibouti	0.3
187	🇯🇴 Jordan	0.3
188	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	0.3
189	🇹🇴 Tonga	0.2
190	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	0.2
191	🇰🇲 Comoros	0.1
192	🇳🇪 Niger	0.1
193	🇸🇾 Syria	0.1
194	🇪🇬 Egypt	0.1
195	🇮🇩 Indonesia	0.1
196	🇵🇰 Pakistan	0.1
197	🇰🇼 Kuwait	0.1
198	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	0
199	🇮🇷 Iran	0
200	🇧🇳 Brunei	0
201	🇱🇾 Libya	0
202	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	0
203	🇸🇴 Somalia	0
204	🇲🇷 Mauritania	0
205	🇳🇷 Nauru	0
206	🇾🇪 Yemen	0
207	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	0

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