Spirits as share total alcohol consumption by country
Countries reporting
185
Highest
96.77
North Korea
Lowest
0
Eritrea
Median
25.74
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
3,678
What the numbers show
Spirits as share total alcohol consumption is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 96.77 in North Korea; the lowest is 0 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.74, and the mean is 31.85.
Over the past decade 79 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 437.6%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 100.0%).
Spirits as share total alcohol consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea | 96.77 | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 2 | India | 92.75 | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 89.81 | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 89.13 | 2019 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 88.84 | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 86.33 | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 7 | Syria | 85.99 | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 84.08 | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Liberia | 83.74 | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 10 | Haiti | 81.65 | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 81.43 | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 12 | Nauru | 74.3 | 2019 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Myanmar | 72.13 | 2019 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 14 | Nepal | 71.07 | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 70.62 | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 16 | Armenia | 70 | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 17 | Jordan | 69.3 | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 68.68 | 2019 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 19 | China | 68.55 | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 68.02 | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 21 | Mauritius | 67.12 | 2019 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 22 | Dominica | 65.68 | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 23 | Qatar | 61.96 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Oman | 61.74 | 2019 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.08 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 58.12 | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 27 | Cuba | 57.22 | 2019 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 28 | Cook Islands | 56.14 | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 55.45 | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 54.22 | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 31 | Djibouti | 53.22 | 2019 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 32 | Niger | 50.64 | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 33 | Mongolia | 49.76 | 2019 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 34 | Laos | 49.7 | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 49.66 | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 36 | Grenada | 49.44 | 2019 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 37 | Bahrain | 48.71 | 2019 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 48.62 | 2019 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 39 | Lebanon | 48.28 | 2019 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 47.92 | 2019 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Barbados | 47.86 | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 42 | Ukraine | 47.59 | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 43 | Jamaica | 47.35 | 2019 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 44 | El Salvador | 47.03 | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 45 | Guyana | 45.75 | 2019 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 46 | Lithuania | 45.22 | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 47 | Israel | 45.14 | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 48 | Belarus | 44.97 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 49 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.17 | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 50 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43.57 | 2019 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 51 | Russia | 43.15 | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 52 | Bahamas | 42.75 | 2019 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 41.74 | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 54 | Cyprus | 41.56 | 2019 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 55 | Guatemala | 41.46 | 2019 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 56 | Slovakia | 41.22 | 2019 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 57 | Honduras | 41.11 | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 58 | Suriname | 40.99 | 2019 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 59 | Latvia | 40.57 | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 39.72 | 2019 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 61 | Venezuela | 39.59 | 2019 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 62 | Comoros | 38.53 | 2019 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 63 | Peru | 38.39 | 2019 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 64 | Estonia | 38.15 | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 65 | Poland | 37.71 | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.6 | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 67 | Sudan | 37.57 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Fiji | 36.99 | 2019 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 36.86 | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 36.63 | 2019 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 71 | Maldives | 36.04 | 2019 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 72 | Kiribati | 35.83 | 2019 | up 437.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Moldova | 35.75 | 2019 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 74 | Tonga | 35.42 | 2019 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 75 | Kenya | 35.09 | 2019 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 76 | Angola | 34.97 | 2019 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 34.15 | 2019 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 78 | Albania | 34.07 | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 79 | Hungary | 33.99 | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 33.8 | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 33.71 | 2019 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 33.59 | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 83 | Micronesia (country) | 32.97 | 2019 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Brazil | 32.71 | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 32.61 | 2019 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 86 | Montenegro | 32.18 | 2019 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 87 | Turkey | 30.83 | 2019 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 88 | Paraguay | 30.37 | 2019 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 89 | Egypt | 28.31 | 2019 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 90 | Niue | 27.4 | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 91 | Iraq | 26.75 | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 92 | Canada | 25.98 | 2019 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 93 | Malta | 25.74 | 2019 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 94 | Czechia | 25.43 | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 95 | Chile | 25.3 | 2019 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 96 | Iran | 24.57 | 2019 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Colombia | 24.33 | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 98 | Tuvalu | 24.18 | 2019 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Solomon Islands | 24.15 | 2019 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 100 | United Kingdom | 23.6 | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 101 | Greece | 22.45 | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 21.87 | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 103 | Madagascar | 21.82 | 2019 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 104 | Spain | 21.62 | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 105 | Belize | 21.53 | 2019 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 106 | Ghana | 21.26 | 2019 | up 234.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 21.08 | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 108 | Andorra | 21.06 | 2019 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 109 | Ireland | 20.58 | 2019 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 110 | France | 20.54 | 2019 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 111 | Togo | 20.14 | 2019 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 20.06 | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 113 | Romania | 19.62 | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 114 | Germany | 19.57 | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 115 | Ecuador | 19.41 | 2019 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 19.34 | 2019 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 19.19 | 2019 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 118 | Malaysia | 18.96 | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 119 | Switzerland | 18.64 | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 120 | Bolivia | 18.59 | 2019 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 121 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.55 | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 122 | Morocco | 17.97 | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 123 | Denmark | 17.87 | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 124 | Indonesia | 17.84 | 2019 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 125 | East Timor | 17.29 | 2019 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 126 | New Zealand | 17.1 | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 127 | Finland | 16.84 | 2019 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 128 | Netherlands | 16.63 | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 129 | Norway | 16.49 | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 130 | Austria | 16.24 | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 131 | Iceland | 16.15 | 2019 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 132 | South Africa | 16.14 | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.82 | 2019 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 134 | Japan | 14.98 | 2019 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 135 | Uruguay | 14.39 | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 136 | Mozambique | 14.39 | 2019 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 137 | Sweden | 14.04 | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 13.85 | 2019 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Singapore | 13.69 | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 140 | Australia | 13.57 | 2019 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 13.44 | 2019 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 142 | Portugal | 13.05 | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 143 | Nigeria | 12.98 | 2019 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 12.31 | 2019 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 145 | Belgium | 11.97 | 2019 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 146 | Namibia | 11.89 | 2019 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.44 | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 148 | Rwanda | 11.28 | 2019 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Botswana | 11.12 | 2019 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 10.88 | 2019 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 151 | Italy | 10.53 | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 152 | Mexico | 10.48 | 2019 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 10.44 | 2019 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Gabon | 10.08 | 2019 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 155 | Tunisia | 9.86 | 2019 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 9.68 | 2019 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 157 | Malawi | 9.46 | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 158 | Uganda | 9.18 | 2019 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 159 | Cambodia | 9.08 | 2019 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 160 | Samoa | 9.07 | 2019 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 161 | Argentina | 9.07 | 2019 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 162 | Lesotho | 8.88 | 2019 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 163 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.6 | 2019 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Zambia | 8.52 | 2019 | up 52.5% | falling |
| 165 | Congo | 8.41 | 2019 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 166 | Tanzania | 7.1 | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 167 | Vietnam | 6.76 | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 168 | Senegal | 6.26 | 2019 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.4 | 2019 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 170 | Guinea | 4.19 | 2019 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Benin | 4.05 | 2019 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.58 | 2019 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 3.18 | 2019 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 174 | South Korea | 2.76 | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 175 | Eswatini | 2.33 | 2019 | up 194.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Yemen | 1.97 | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 177 | Gambia | 1.78 | 2019 | up 430.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 0.9818 | 2019 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 179 | Chad | 0.8711 | 2019 | down 80.1% | falling |
| 180 | Mali | 0.4347 | 2019 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Cameroon | 0.247 | 2019 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 0.1162 | 2019 | up 183.0% | rising |
| 183 | Brunei | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Bhutan | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Eritrea | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |