Spirits consumption per person by country
Spirit consumption per person, measured in liters of pure alcohol per year. Spirits are distilled alcoholic drinks and include gin, rum, whisky, tequila and vodka.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
6.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Saint Lucia
Lowest
0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Yemen
Median
0.9684 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
10,599
What the numbers show
Spirits consumption per person is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 6.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Saint Lucia; the lowest is 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9684 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, and the mean is 1.45 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 87 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 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 2 | Latvia | 5.95 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 57.8% | falling |
| 3 | Estonia | 5.85 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 4 | Lithuania | 5.35 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 5 | Slovakia | 5.1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 5.07 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 7 | North Korea | 5.06 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 4.76 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 9 | Dominica | 4.72 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.57 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 11 | Belarus | 4.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 12 | Thailand | 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.35 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 14 | Hungary | 4.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 15 | Mauritius | 4.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 4.12 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 17 | United States | 4.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 18 | Seychelles | 3.86 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 3.81 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 20 | Laos | 3.77 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 21 | Grenada | 3.6 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Czechia | 3.58 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 3.49 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Russia | 3.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bahamas | 3.4 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 3.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 145.0% | flat |
| 27 | Montenegro | 3.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.97 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 29 | Nauru | 2.89 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 30 | India | 2.87 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 2.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 2.78 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 33 | Serbia | 2.73 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 2.6 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 35 | Moldova | 2.57 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Suriname | 2.52 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.48 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 38 | Liberia | 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 39 | Guyana | 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Germany | 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 40 | Spain | 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 43 | Andorra | 2.37 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 45 | Haiti | 2.35 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 2.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 47 | Niue | 2.33 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 48 | China | 2.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 48 | France | 2.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 50 | Cuba | 2.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.22 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 52 | Canada | 2.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 2.15 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 2.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Georgia | 2.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Nepal | 2.04 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 166.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 2.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 2.02 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 60 | Jamaica | 2.02 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 1.82 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 62 | Denmark | 1.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 63 | Armenia | 1.79 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 64 | Chile | 1.79 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 43.3% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 1.72 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 32.3% | flat |
| 66 | Austria | 1.64 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 67 | Croatia | 1.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 68 | New Zealand | 1.59 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 69 | Greece | 1.57 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 70 | Switzerland | 1.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Iceland | 1.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 72 | El Salvador | 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands | 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 74 | Cyprus | 1.49 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 75 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.48 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 1.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 77 | Botswana | 1.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 78 | South Africa | 1.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 79 | Slovenia | 1.4 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Portugal | 1.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Venezuela | 1.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 82 | Israel | 1.31 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 83 | Myanmar | 1.23 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Sweden | 1.22 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 85 | Japan | 1.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Norway | 1.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 87 | Albania | 1.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Honduras | 1.11 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 1.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 90 | Fiji | 1.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | 1.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Panama | 1.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 93 | Argentina | 1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 0.99 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 95 | Belize | 0.9768 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0.96 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 0.9536 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Qatar | 0.9187 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 0.8894 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.8815 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Ukraine | 0.8811 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 81.5% | rising |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 0.8682 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 103 | Bahrain | 0.8336 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.7982 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 105 | Maldives | 0.7318 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 106 | Colombia | 0.6534 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 0.6482 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5915 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 0.5792 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 110 | Ecuador | 0.5776 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 39.8% | flat |
| 111 | Mexico | 0.5725 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 340.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Namibia | 0.5719 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Eswatini | 0.5601 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 632.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Turkey | 0.55 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 115 | Nigeria | 0.5449 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.54 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 671.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Micronesia (country) | 0.52 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Bolivia | 0.5066 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Cameroon | 0.4913 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2,012.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Italy | 0.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 121 | Lesotho | 0.449 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Uganda | 0.4457 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4394 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 124 | Congo | 0.414 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 125 | Zambia | 0.3986 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Tanzania | 0.3984 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 127 | Gabon | 0.3891 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 0.3871 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Iraq | 0.3806 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 130 | Singapore | 0.38 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Ghana | 0.3769 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 0.373 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Bhutan | 0.358 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3437 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Costa Rica | 0.3391 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3151 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 137 | South Korea | 0.31 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Kenya | 0.292 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 139 | Oman | 0.2864 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Rwanda | 0.2708 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2616 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 113.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Togo | 0.2363 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 0.22 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Comoros | 0.2187 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 313.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Mozambique | 0.2022 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Vietnam | 0.1904 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Djibouti | 0.1834 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.1718 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Jordan | 0.1673 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Malawi | 0.1665 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 0.1582 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 0.1358 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 496.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Tunisia | 0.1313 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Malaysia | 0.1287 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 155 | Benin | 0.1167 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Tonga | 0.11 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Morocco | 0.105 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Mali | 0.0918 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 537.2% | volatile |
| 159 | East Timor | 0.0759 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.0661 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 47.8% | falling |
| 161 | Kiribati | 0.0606 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Syria | 0.0583 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Guinea | 0.0573 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 312.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Algeria | 0.0555 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.05 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 290.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Niger | 0.0484 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Brunei | 0.0477 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Kuwait | 0.0398 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Madagascar | 0.0395 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Egypt | 0.0386 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.0369 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Senegal | 0.0223 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Indonesia | 0.0187 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 0.011 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 175 | Gambia | 0.0024 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Chad | 0.0022 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Bangladesh | 0.0017 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | flat |
| 178 | Burundi | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Eritrea | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Iran | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Libya | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Mauritania | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Sudan | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Somalia | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Samoa | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
Spirit consumption per person, measured in liters of pure alcohol per year. Spirits are distilled alcoholic drinks and include gin, rum, whisky, tequila and vodka.