Spirits consumption per person in Thailand
Thailand: Spirits consumption per person was 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
12th
of 187 countries
All-time high
6.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 2005
All-time low
0.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 1961
Years of data
62
1961–2022
Spirits consumption per person in Thailand, 1961–2022
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year for spirits consumption per person in 2022.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spirits consumption per person in Thailand peaked at 6.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 12th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Spirits consumption per person in Thailand, year by year
| Year | Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | — |
| 1962 | 0.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +83.3% |
| 1963 | 0.79 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +79.5% |
| 1964 | 0.9 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +13.9% |
| 1965 | 1.17 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +30.0% |
| 1966 | 1.53 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +30.8% |
| 1967 | 1.57 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 1.62 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 1.75 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 1.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 1.96 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 1.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 1.7 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 2.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +28.2% |
| 1975 | 2.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2.77 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +27.1% |
| 1977 | 4.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +44.8% |
| 1978 | 4.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 4.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 5.31 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +17.7% |
| 1981 | 5.3 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 5.07 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 5.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +15.0% |
| 1984 | 5.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 2.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -60.0% |
| 1986 | 2.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2.45 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 3.3 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +34.7% |
| 1989 | 3.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 4.69 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +26.4% |
| 1991 | 4.79 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 4.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 4.57 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 4.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 5.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 5.26 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 4.93 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 4.65 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 4.12 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 5.62 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +36.4% |
| 2001 | 6.08 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 6.11 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 6.26 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 6.25 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 6.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 6.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 6.16 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 3.82 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -38.0% |
| 2009 | 4.15 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 4.22 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 4.54 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 4.84 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 4.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 4.59 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 4.6 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 4.86 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 4 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -17.7% |
| 2019 | 4.78 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +19.5% |
| 2020 | 4.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 4.39 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | +2.5% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, 4.5× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.45 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, 10.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spirits consumption per person in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +83.3% | 0.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year |
| 1963 | +79.5% | 0.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.79 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year |
| 1985 | -60.0% | 5.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.75 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.7 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 4.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 5.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 4.12 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 5.26 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.76 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 3.82 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 6.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.56 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 4 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 4.86 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.56 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 4.39 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 4.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 3 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 9 Dominica 4.72 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year compare
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 4.57 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year compare
- 11 Belarus 4.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year compare
- 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.35 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year compare
- 14 Hungary 4.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year compare
- 15 Mauritius 4.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year compare
More economy & growth data for Thailand
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.97 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.98 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 9.33 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0162 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 130.33 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 18.84 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 31.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0327 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 263.07 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 19.13 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spirits consumption per person in Thailand?
- Spirits consumption per person in Thailand was 4.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in 2022, according to World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spirits consumption per person recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 6.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in 2005.
- What is the lowest spirits consumption per person recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for spirits consumption per person?
- Thailand ranks 12th out of 187 countries with data for 2022.
- Is spirits consumption per person rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Spirits consumption per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.