Spirits as a share of total alcohol consumption by country
Spirits as a share of total alcohol consumption by adults aged over 15, as measured in terms of litres of pure alcohol.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
96.8%
North Korea
Lowest
0.0%
Eritrea
Median
26.4%
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
3,678
What the numbers show
Spirits as a share of total alcohol consumption is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 96.8% in North Korea; the lowest is 0.0% in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.4%, and the mean is 32.0%.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 437.6%), and the largest decrease in Brunei (down 100.0%).
Spirits as a share of total alcohol consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea | 96.8% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 2 | India | 92.8% | 2019 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 89.8% | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 89.1% | 2019 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 88.8% | 2019 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 86.3% | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 7 | Syria | 86.0% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 84.1% | 2019 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Liberia | 83.7% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 10 | Haiti | 81.7% | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 81.4% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 12 | Nauru | 74.3% | 2019 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Myanmar | 72.1% | 2019 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 14 | Nepal | 71.1% | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Philippines | 70.6% | 2019 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 16 | Armenia | 70.0% | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 17 | Jordan | 69.3% | 2019 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 18 | Pakistan | 68.7% | 2019 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 19 | China | 68.5% | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 68.0% | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 21 | Mauritius | 67.1% | 2019 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 22 | Dominica | 65.7% | 2019 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 23 | Qatar | 62.0% | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 24 | Oman | 61.7% | 2019 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 25 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59.1% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 58.1% | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 27 | Cuba | 57.2% | 2019 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 28 | Cook Islands | 56.1% | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 55.5% | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 54.2% | 2019 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 31 | Djibouti | 53.2% | 2019 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 32 | Niger | 50.6% | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 33 | Mongolia | 49.8% | 2019 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 34 | Laos | 49.7% | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 49.7% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 36 | Grenada | 49.4% | 2019 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 37 | Bahrain | 48.7% | 2019 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 48.6% | 2019 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 39 | Lebanon | 48.3% | 2019 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 47.9% | 2019 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Barbados | 47.9% | 2019 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 42 | Ukraine | 47.6% | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 43 | Jamaica | 47.3% | 2019 | down 10.6% | flat |
| 44 | El Salvador | 47.0% | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 45 | Guyana | 45.7% | 2019 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 46 | Lithuania | 45.2% | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 47 | Israel | 45.1% | 2019 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 48 | Belarus | 45.0% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 49 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.2% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 50 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 43.6% | 2019 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 51 | Russia | 43.1% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 52 | Bahamas | 42.8% | 2019 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 41.7% | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 54 | Cyprus | 41.6% | 2019 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 55 | Guatemala | 41.5% | 2019 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 56 | Slovakia | 41.2% | 2019 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 57 | Honduras | 41.1% | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 58 | Suriname | 41.0% | 2019 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 59 | Latvia | 40.6% | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 39.7% | 2019 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 61 | Venezuela | 39.6% | 2019 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 62 | Comoros | 38.5% | 2019 | down 26.9% | flat |
| 63 | Peru | 38.4% | 2019 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 64 | Estonia | 38.2% | 2019 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 65 | Poland | 37.7% | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.6% | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 67 | Sudan | 37.6% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Fiji | 37.0% | 2019 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 36.9% | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 36.6% | 2019 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 71 | Maldives | 36.0% | 2019 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 72 | Kiribati | 35.8% | 2019 | up 437.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Moldova | 35.8% | 2019 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 74 | Tonga | 35.4% | 2019 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 75 | Kenya | 35.1% | 2019 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 76 | Angola | 35.0% | 2019 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 34.1% | 2019 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 78 | Albania | 34.1% | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 79 | Hungary | 34.0% | 2019 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 33.8% | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 33.7% | 2019 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 82 | Georgia | 33.6% | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 83 | Micronesia (country) | 33.0% | 2019 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Brazil | 32.7% | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 32.6% | 2019 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 86 | Montenegro | 32.2% | 2019 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 87 | Turkey | 30.8% | 2019 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 88 | Paraguay | 30.4% | 2019 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 89 | Egypt | 28.3% | 2019 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 90 | Niue | 27.4% | 2019 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 91 | Iraq | 26.8% | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 92 | Canada | 26.0% | 2019 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 94 | Czechia | 25.4% | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 95 | Chile | 25.3% | 2019 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 96 | Iran | 24.6% | 2019 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Colombia | 24.3% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 98 | Tuvalu | 24.2% | 2019 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Solomon Islands | 24.2% | 2019 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 100 | United Kingdom | 23.6% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 101 | Greece | 22.5% | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 21.9% | 2019 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 103 | Madagascar | 21.8% | 2019 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 104 | Spain | 21.6% | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 105 | Belize | 21.5% | 2019 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 106 | Ghana | 21.3% | 2019 | up 234.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 21.1% | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 108 | Andorra | 21.1% | 2019 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 110 | France | 20.5% | 2019 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 111 | Togo | 20.1% | 2019 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 113 | Romania | 19.6% | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 114 | Germany | 19.6% | 2019 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 115 | Ecuador | 19.4% | 2019 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 19.3% | 2019 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 19.2% | 2019 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 118 | Malaysia | 19.0% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 119 | Switzerland | 18.6% | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 120 | Bolivia | 18.6% | 2019 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 121 | Equatorial Guinea | 18.6% | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 122 | Morocco | 18.0% | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 123 | Denmark | 17.9% | 2019 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 124 | Indonesia | 17.8% | 2019 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 125 | East Timor | 17.3% | 2019 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 126 | New Zealand | 17.1% | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 127 | Finland | 16.8% | 2019 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 128 | Netherlands | 16.6% | 2019 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 129 | Norway | 16.5% | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 130 | Austria | 16.2% | 2019 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 131 | Iceland | 16.2% | 2019 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 132 | South Africa | 16.1% | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.8% | 2019 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 134 | Japan | 15.0% | 2019 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 135 | Uruguay | 14.4% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 136 | Mozambique | 14.4% | 2019 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 137 | Sweden | 14.0% | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 138 | Algeria | 13.8% | 2019 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Singapore | 13.7% | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 140 | Australia | 13.6% | 2019 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 13.4% | 2019 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 142 | Portugal | 13.0% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 143 | Nigeria | 13.0% | 2019 | up 109.8% | rising |
| 144 | Zimbabwe | 12.3% | 2019 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 145 | Belgium | 12.0% | 2019 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 146 | Namibia | 11.9% | 2019 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.4% | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 148 | Rwanda | 11.3% | 2019 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Botswana | 11.1% | 2019 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 150 | Slovenia | 10.9% | 2019 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 151 | Italy | 10.5% | 2019 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 152 | Mexico | 10.5% | 2019 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 10.4% | 2019 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Gabon | 10.1% | 2019 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 155 | Tunisia | 9.9% | 2019 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 9.7% | 2019 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 157 | Malawi | 9.5% | 2019 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 158 | Uganda | 9.2% | 2019 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 159 | Cambodia | 9.1% | 2019 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 160 | Samoa | 9.1% | 2019 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 161 | Argentina | 9.1% | 2019 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 162 | Lesotho | 8.9% | 2019 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 163 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.6% | 2019 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Zambia | 8.5% | 2019 | up 52.5% | falling |
| 165 | Congo | 8.4% | 2019 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 166 | Tanzania | 7.1% | 2019 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 167 | Vietnam | 6.8% | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 168 | Senegal | 6.3% | 2019 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.4% | 2019 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 170 | Guinea | 4.2% | 2019 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Benin | 4.0% | 2019 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.6% | 2019 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 3.2% | 2019 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 174 | South Korea | 2.8% | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 175 | Eswatini | 2.3% | 2019 | up 194.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Yemen | 2.0% | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 177 | Gambia | 1.8% | 2019 | up 430.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 1.0% | 2019 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 179 | Chad | 0.9% | 2019 | down 80.1% | falling |
| 180 | Mali | 0.4% | 2019 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Cameroon | 0.2% | 2019 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 0.1% | 2019 | up 183.0% | rising |
| 183 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Bhutan | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
About this data
Spirits as a share of total alcohol consumption by adults aged over 15, as measured in terms of litres of pure alcohol.