Spirits consumption per person by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
6.14
Saint Lucia
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.995
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
10,599
What the numbers show
Spirits consumption per person is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 6.14 in Saint Lucia; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.995, and the mean is 1.47.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Cameroon (up 2,012.8%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).
Spirits consumption per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 6.14 | 2022 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 2 | Latvia | 5.95 | 2022 | up 57.8% | falling |
| 3 | Estonia | 5.85 | 2022 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 4 | Lithuania | 5.35 | 2022 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 5 | Slovakia | 5.1 | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 5.07 | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 7 | North Korea | 5.06 | 2022 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 4.76 | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 9 | Dominica | 4.72 | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.57 | 2022 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 4.51 | 2022 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 12 | Thailand | 4.5 | 2022 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.35 | 2022 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 14 | Hungary | 4.21 | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritius | 4.18 | 2022 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 4.12 | 2022 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 17 | United States | 4.01 | 2022 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 18 | Seychelles | 3.86 | 2022 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 3.81 | 2022 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 20 | Laos | 3.77 | 2022 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 21 | Grenada | 3.6 | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Czechia | 3.58 | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 3.49 | 2022 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Russia | 3.42 | 2022 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bahamas | 3.4 | 2022 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 3.21 | 2022 | up 145.0% | flat |
| 27 | Montenegro | 3.21 | 2022 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.97 | 2022 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 29 | Nauru | 2.89 | 2022 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 30 | India | 2.87 | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 2.8 | 2022 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 2.78 | 2022 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 33 | Serbia | 2.73 | 2022 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 2.6 | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 35 | Moldova | 2.57 | 2022 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Suriname | 2.52 | 2022 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.48 | 2022 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 38 | Liberia | 2.46 | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Guyana | 2.46 | 2022 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Germany | 2.46 | 2022 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 40 | Spain | 2.46 | 2022 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 42 | Ireland | 2.43 | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 43 | Andorra | 2.37 | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 2.37 | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 45 | Haiti | 2.35 | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 2.34 | 2022 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 47 | Niue | 2.33 | 2022 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 48 | China | 2.28 | 2022 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 48 | France | 2.28 | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 50 | Cuba | 2.24 | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.22 | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 52 | Canada | 2.21 | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 2.15 | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 54 | Malta | 2.1 | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 2.09 | 2022 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Georgia | 2.09 | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Nepal | 2.04 | 2022 | up 166.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 2.03 | 2022 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 2.02 | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 60 | Jamaica | 2.02 | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 1.82 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 62 | Denmark | 1.8 | 2022 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 63 | Armenia | 1.79 | 2022 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 64 | Chile | 1.79 | 2022 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 1.72 | 2022 | up 32.3% | flat |
| 66 | Austria | 1.64 | 2022 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 67 | Croatia | 1.61 | 2022 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 68 | New Zealand | 1.59 | 2022 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 69 | Greece | 1.57 | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 70 | Switzerland | 1.51 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Iceland | 1.51 | 2022 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 72 | El Salvador | 1.5 | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands | 1.5 | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 74 | Cyprus | 1.49 | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 75 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.48 | 2022 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 1.46 | 2022 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 77 | Botswana | 1.42 | 2022 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 78 | South Africa | 1.41 | 2022 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 79 | Slovenia | 1.4 | 2022 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Portugal | 1.34 | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Venezuela | 1.32 | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 1.31 | 2022 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 83 | Myanmar | 1.23 | 2022 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Sweden | 1.22 | 2022 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 85 | Japan | 1.2 | 2022 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Norway | 1.14 | 2022 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 87 | Albania | 1.13 | 2022 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Honduras | 1.11 | 2022 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 1.03 | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 90 | Fiji | 1.01 | 2022 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | 1.01 | 2022 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Panama | 1.01 | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 93 | Argentina | 1 | 2022 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 0.99 | 2022 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 95 | Belize | 0.9768 | 2022 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0.96 | 2022 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 0.9536 | 2022 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Qatar | 0.9187 | 2022 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 0.8894 | 2022 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.8815 | 2022 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Ukraine | 0.8811 | 2022 | down 81.5% | rising |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 0.8682 | 2022 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 103 | Bahrain | 0.8336 | 2022 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.7982 | 2022 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 105 | Maldives | 0.7318 | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 106 | Colombia | 0.6534 | 2022 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 0.6482 | 2022 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5915 | 2022 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 0.5792 | 2022 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 110 | Ecuador | 0.5776 | 2022 | down 39.8% | flat |
| 111 | Mexico | 0.5725 | 2022 | up 340.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Namibia | 0.5719 | 2022 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Eswatini | 0.5601 | 2022 | up 632.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Turkey | 0.55 | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 115 | Nigeria | 0.5449 | 2022 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.54 | 2022 | up 671.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Micronesia (country) | 0.52 | 2022 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Bolivia | 0.5066 | 2022 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Cameroon | 0.4913 | 2022 | up 2,012.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Italy | 0.46 | 2022 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 121 | Lesotho | 0.449 | 2022 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Uganda | 0.4457 | 2022 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4394 | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 124 | Congo | 0.414 | 2022 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 125 | Zambia | 0.3986 | 2022 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Tanzania | 0.3984 | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 127 | Gabon | 0.3891 | 2022 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0.3871 | 2022 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Iraq | 0.3806 | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 130 | Singapore | 0.38 | 2022 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Ghana | 0.3769 | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 0.373 | 2022 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Bhutan | 0.358 | 2022 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3437 | 2022 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Costa Rica | 0.3391 | 2022 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3151 | 2022 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 137 | South Korea | 0.31 | 2022 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Kenya | 0.292 | 2022 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 139 | Oman | 0.2864 | 2022 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Rwanda | 0.2708 | 2022 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2616 | 2022 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Togo | 0.2363 | 2022 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 0.22 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Comoros | 0.2187 | 2022 | up 313.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Mozambique | 0.2022 | 2022 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Vietnam | 0.1904 | 2022 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Djibouti | 0.1834 | 2022 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.1718 | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Jordan | 0.1673 | 2022 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Malawi | 0.1665 | 2022 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 0.1582 | 2022 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 0.1358 | 2022 | up 496.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Tunisia | 0.1313 | 2022 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Malaysia | 0.1287 | 2022 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 155 | Benin | 0.1167 | 2022 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Tonga | 0.11 | 2022 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Morocco | 0.105 | 2022 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Mali | 0.0918 | 2022 | up 537.2% | volatile |
| 159 | East Timor | 0.0759 | 2022 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.0661 | 2022 | up 47.8% | falling |
| 161 | Kiribati | 0.0606 | 2022 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Syria | 0.0583 | 2022 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Guinea | 0.0573 | 2022 | up 312.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Algeria | 0.0555 | 2022 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.05 | 2022 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Niger | 0.0484 | 2022 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Brunei | 0.0477 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Kuwait | 0.0398 | 2022 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Madagascar | 0.0395 | 2022 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Egypt | 0.0386 | 2022 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.0369 | 2022 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Senegal | 0.0223 | 2022 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Indonesia | 0.0187 | 2022 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 0.011 | 2022 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 175 | Gambia | 0.0024 | 2022 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Chad | 0.0022 | 2022 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Bangladesh | 0.0017 | 2022 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Burundi | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Eritrea | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Iran | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Libya | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Mauritania | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Sudan | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Somalia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Samoa | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |