Alcohol consumption vs gdp per capita by country
Countries reporting
185
Highest
16.8
Romania
Lowest
0
Somalia
Median
4.28
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,885
What the numbers show
Alcohol consumption vs gdp per capita is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 16.8 in Romania; the lowest is 0 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.28, and the mean is 5.02.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 2,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 90.7%).
Alcohol consumption vs gdp per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 16.8 | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 2 | Georgia | 14.41 | 2020 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 3 | Latvia | 12.87 | 2020 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 4 | Lithuania | 12.1 | 2020 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 5 | Czechia | 11.99 | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 6 | Germany | 11.84 | 2020 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 7 | Poland | 11.66 | 2020 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 8 | Belarus | 11.63 | 2020 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 11.62 | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 11.51 | 2020 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 11.3 | 2020 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 11.27 | 2020 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 13 | Moldova | 11.08 | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 14 | Tanzania | 10.95 | 2020 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 15 | Laos | 10.82 | 2020 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 10.82 | 2020 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 17 | Ireland | 10.77 | 2020 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 10.73 | 2020 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 19 | Estonia | 10.68 | 2020 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 20 | Slovakia | 10.67 | 2020 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 21 | Russia | 10.53 | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 22 | Slovenia | 10.41 | 2020 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 23 | France | 10.32 | 2020 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 24 | Australia | 10.29 | 2020 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 25 | Seychelles | 10.19 | 2020 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 26 | Switzerland | 10.07 | 2020 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 27 | New Zealand | 10.02 | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 28 | Hungary | 9.93 | 2020 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 29 | United States | 9.9 | 2020 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 9.89 | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 31 | Andorra | 9.68 | 2020 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 32 | Cameroon | 9.6 | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 33 | Sweden | 9.57 | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 34 | Denmark | 9.49 | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 35 | Belgium | 9.43 | 2020 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 9.28 | 2020 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 37 | Ukraine | 9.24 | 2020 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 38 | Spain | 9.16 | 2020 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 39 | Finland | 9.08 | 2020 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 40 | Portugal | 8.88 | 2020 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 41 | Benin | 8.83 | 2020 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Netherlands | 8.71 | 2020 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 43 | Barbados | 8.22 | 2020 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 44 | Gabon | 8.14 | 2020 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 45 | Argentina | 8.05 | 2020 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 46 | Vietnam | 8.04 | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 47 | Thailand | 7.99 | 2020 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 48 | Iceland | 7.94 | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 49 | South Korea | 7.79 | 2020 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 50 | Brazil | 7.7 | 2020 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 51 | Mongolia | 7.68 | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Croatia | 7.65 | 2020 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 53 | Chile | 7.56 | 2020 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 54 | Norway | 7.38 | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 55 | Grenada | 7.33 | 2020 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 56 | Botswana | 7.27 | 2020 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 7.13 | 2020 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 58 | Malta | 7.11 | 2020 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 59 | Italy | 6.97 | 2020 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritius | 6.86 | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 61 | Eswatini | 6.79 | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 62 | Cambodia | 6.67 | 2020 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.66 | 2020 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 64 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.56 | 2020 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 6.5 | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 66 | Peru | 6.45 | 2020 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 67 | Japan | 6.38 | 2020 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 68 | Cyprus | 6.36 | 2020 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 69 | Congo | 6.05 | 2020 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.03 | 2020 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 71 | Cape Verde | 6.01 | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 72 | Suriname | 5.93 | 2020 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.87 | 2020 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 74 | Greece | 5.81 | 2020 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 75 | Philippines | 5.66 | 2020 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Paraguay | 5.62 | 2020 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.62 | 2020 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 78 | Uruguay | 5.61 | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 79 | Cuba | 5.38 | 2020 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 80 | Mali | 5.32 | 2020 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Namibia | 5.05 | 2020 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 82 | Guyana | 5.04 | 2020 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 83 | Dominica | 5.02 | 2020 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 84 | Mexico | 4.79 | 2020 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.79 | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 86 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.69 | 2020 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 87 | Panama | 4.66 | 2020 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 88 | China | 4.58 | 2020 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 4.52 | 2020 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 90 | Albania | 4.47 | 2020 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 4.36 | 2020 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 92 | Lesotho | 4.3 | 2020 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 93 | Armenia | 4.28 | 2020 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 94 | Ghana | 4.26 | 2020 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 95 | Colombia | 4.24 | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 96 | Burundi | 4.16 | 2020 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 97 | Angola | 4.13 | 2020 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 98 | India | 4.1 | 2020 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 99 | North Korea | 3.87 | 2020 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 100 | Nigeria | 3.78 | 2020 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.73 | 2020 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 102 | Belize | 3.67 | 2020 | down 40.1% | flat |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 3.67 | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 104 | Bahamas | 3.65 | 2020 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.63 | 2020 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 106 | Zambia | 3.62 | 2020 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 107 | Malawi | 3.61 | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 108 | Bolivia | 3.59 | 2020 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 109 | Fiji | 3.58 | 2020 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 3.4 | 2020 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 111 | El Salvador | 3.15 | 2020 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 112 | Haiti | 3.11 | 2020 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 113 | Jamaica | 3.1 | 2020 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 114 | Honduras | 3.08 | 2020 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 3.06 | 2020 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 2.91 | 2020 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 116 | Chad | 2.91 | 2020 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 118 | Rwanda | 2.87 | 2020 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 119 | Liberia | 2.86 | 2020 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 120 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.85 | 2020 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 2.84 | 2020 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 122 | Nauru | 2.79 | 2020 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 2.67 | 2020 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 2.62 | 2020 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 125 | Ecuador | 2.54 | 2020 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 2.49 | 2020 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 127 | Kenya | 2.47 | 2020 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 128 | Samoa | 2.35 | 2020 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 2.1 | 2020 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 2.08 | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 2.04 | 2020 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 132 | Micronesia (country) | 2.02 | 2020 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 133 | Venezuela | 1.99 | 2020 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 134 | Myanmar | 1.93 | 2020 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.92 | 2020 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Mozambique | 1.89 | 2020 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 137 | Singapore | 1.81 | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 1.75 | 2020 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 139 | Tunisia | 1.71 | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 140 | Turkey | 1.69 | 2020 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 141 | Guatemala | 1.54 | 2020 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 142 | Maldives | 1.49 | 2020 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 1.45 | 2020 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 144 | Togo | 1.44 | 2020 | down 19.6% | flat |
| 145 | Lebanon | 1.26 | 2020 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 145 | Tuvalu | 1.26 | 2020 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 147 | Bahrain | 1.25 | 2020 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 1.13 | 2020 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 149 | Eritrea | 1.07 | 2020 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 150 | Nepal | 1.06 | 2020 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Qatar | 1.05 | 2020 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.99 | 2020 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 153 | Malaysia | 0.74 | 2020 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 0.74 | 2020 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0.72 | 2020 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 156 | Gambia | 0.61 | 2020 | down 80.8% | falling |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.54 | 2020 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 158 | Guinea | 0.52 | 2020 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 159 | Brunei | 0.51 | 2020 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 159 | Iran | 0.51 | 2020 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Oman | 0.51 | 2020 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 162 | Morocco | 0.5 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Djibouti | 0.38 | 2020 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 163 | Senegal | 0.38 | 2020 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 165 | Tonga | 0.36 | 2020 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 0.29 | 2020 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 167 | Iraq | 0.24 | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.23 | 2020 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 168 | Jordan | 0.23 | 2020 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 170 | Bhutan | 0.18 | 2020 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 171 | East Timor | 0.17 | 2020 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 172 | Egypt | 0.13 | 2020 | down 35.0% | flat |
| 172 | Niger | 0.13 | 2020 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 0.092 | 2020 | up 2,200.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Syria | 0.092 | 2020 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Pakistan | 0.084 | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 177 | Indonesia | 0.074 | 2020 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.044 | 2020 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 179 | Libya | 0.012 | 2020 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 0.011 | 2020 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Sudan | 0.01 | 2020 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Kuwait | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 182 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 182 | Somalia | 0 | 2020 | — | flat |