Alcohol consumption per person by country

Estimated consumption of alcohol is measured in liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15 or older, per year.

Countries reporting
181
Highest
16.8 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age
Romania
Lowest
0.01 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age
Sudan
Median
4.36 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,885

What the numbers show

Alcohol consumption per person is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 16.8 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age in Romania; the lowest is 0.01 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.36 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age, and the mean is 5.13 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,680.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 2,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 90.7%).

Alcohol consumption per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 16.8 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 4.7% falling
2 Georgia 14.41 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.9% rising
3 Latvia 12.87 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 17.1% rising
4 Lithuania 12.1 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 13.9% flat
5 Czechia 11.99 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 10.1% falling
6 Germany 11.84 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 4.6% falling
7 Poland 11.66 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 3.2% rising
8 Belarus 11.63 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 22.4% falling
9 Bulgaria 11.62 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 9.0% rising
10 Austria 11.51 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 5.9% falling
11 Uganda 11.3 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 19.3% falling
12 Burkina Faso 11.27 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 39.0% rising
13 Moldova 11.08 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 3.1% flat
14 Tanzania 10.95 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 8.1% flat
15 Laos 10.82 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 3.8% rising
15 Luxembourg 10.82 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 10.8% falling
17 Ireland 10.77 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 11.8% falling
18 United Kingdom 10.73 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.0% falling
19 Estonia 10.68 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 24.9% flat
20 Slovakia 10.67 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 1.2% falling
21 Russia 10.53 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 23.5% falling
22 Slovenia 10.41 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 6.6% falling
23 France 10.32 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 15.8% falling
24 Australia 10.29 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 7.3% falling
25 Seychelles 10.19 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 31.1% rising
26 Switzerland 10.07 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 11.0% falling
27 New Zealand 10.02 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.5% flat
28 Hungary 9.93 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 8.4% falling
29 United States 9.9 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 6.0% rising
30 Canada 9.89 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 3.1% flat
31 Andorra 9.68 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 10.2% falling
32 Cameroon 9.6 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 23.5% falling
33 Sweden 9.57 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.2% flat
34 Denmark 9.49 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 8.7% falling
35 Belgium 9.43 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 16.8% falling
36 Saint Lucia 9.28 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 3.3% falling
37 Ukraine 9.24 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 20.8% falling
38 Spain 9.16 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 3.5% falling
39 Finland 9.08 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 15.5% falling
40 Portugal 8.88 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 22.1% falling
41 Benin 8.83 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 33.6% volatile
42 Netherlands 8.71 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 14.6% falling
43 Barbados 8.22 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 0.6% rising
44 Gabon 8.14 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 8.6% falling
45 Argentina 8.05 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 4.7% rising
46 Vietnam 8.04 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 9.1% rising
47 Thailand 7.99 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 5.5% falling
48 Iceland 7.94 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 6.3% rising
49 South Korea 7.79 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 17.0% falling
50 Brazil 7.7 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 10.8% falling
51 Mongolia 7.68 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 1.0% rising
52 Croatia 7.65 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 19.3% falling
53 Chile 7.56 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 3.0% rising
54 Norway 7.38 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 0.7% flat
55 Grenada 7.33 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.9% flat
56 Botswana 7.27 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.7% rising
57 South Africa 7.13 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 17.9% falling
58 Malta 7.11 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 2.9% rising
59 Italy 6.97 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 3.5% falling
60 Mauritius 6.86 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 10.6% falling
61 Eswatini 6.79 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 5.0% falling
62 Cambodia 6.67 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 41.6% rising
63 Antigua and Barbuda 6.66 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 16.0% rising
64 Equatorial Guinea 6.56 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 28.4% falling
65 Dominican Republic 6.5 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 5.0% falling
66 Peru 6.45 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 14.5% rising
67 Japan 6.38 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 5.8% falling
68 Cyprus 6.36 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 30.3% falling
69 Congo 6.05 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 30.1% rising
70 Trinidad and Tobago 6.03 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.0% rising
71 Cape Verde 6.01 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 6.7% rising
72 Suriname 5.93 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 4.0% rising
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.87 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 2.3% rising
74 Greece 5.81 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 33.4% falling
75 Philippines 5.66 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 7.5% rising
76 Paraguay 5.62 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 11.8% flat
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.62 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 15.6% rising
78 Uruguay 5.61 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 11.1% falling
79 Cuba 5.38 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.2% rising
80 Mali 5.32 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 56.5% volatile
81 Namibia 5.05 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 1.8% rising
82 Guyana 5.04 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 12.7% falling
83 Dominica 5.02 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 23.4% falling
84 Mexico 4.79 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 8.4% falling
84 Sao Tome and Principe 4.79 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 19.1% falling
86 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.69 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 27.5% falling
87 Panama 4.66 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 28.4% rising
88 China 4.58 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 22.4% rising
89 Kazakhstan 4.52 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 7.6% falling
90 Albania 4.47 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 24.2% flat
91 North Macedonia 4.36 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 0.9% falling
92 Lesotho 4.3 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 26.8% rising
93 Armenia 4.28 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 15.4% rising
94 Ghana 4.26 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 21.8% falling
95 Colombia 4.24 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 16.4% falling
96 Burundi 4.16 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 32.6% falling
97 Angola 4.13 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 50.4% rising
98 India 4.1 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 11.3% rising
99 North Korea 3.87 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 12.6% rising
100 Nigeria 3.78 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 25.3% falling
101 Guinea-Bissau 3.73 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 3.9% flat
102 Belize 3.67 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 40.1% flat
102 Nicaragua 3.67 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 2.1% flat
104 Bahamas 3.65 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 15.7% falling
105 Kyrgyzstan 3.63 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 43.2% falling
106 Zambia 3.62 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 9.4% rising
107 Malawi 3.61 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 1.1% rising
108 Bolivia 3.59 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 23.0% rising
109 Fiji 3.58 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 25.6% rising
110 Costa Rica 3.4 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 15.0% falling
111 El Salvador 3.15 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 16.2% flat
112 Haiti 3.11 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 1.0% falling
113 Jamaica 3.1 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 2.0% rising
114 Honduras 3.08 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 1.6% falling
115 Ethiopia 3.06 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 83.2% rising
116 Sri Lanka 2.91 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 11.9% rising
116 Chad 2.91 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 24.6% rising
118 Rwanda 2.87 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 129.6% rising
119 Liberia 2.86 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 26.7% falling
120 Cote d'Ivoire 2.85 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 1.1% falling
121 Israel 2.84 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 10.1% flat
122 Nauru 2.79 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 32.9% falling
123 Zimbabwe 2.67 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 19.3% rising
124 Turkmenistan 2.62 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 1.5% rising
125 Ecuador 2.54 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 38.3% falling
126 Azerbaijan 2.49 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 37.6% rising
127 Kenya 2.47 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 1.6% rising
128 Samoa 2.35 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 9.3% falling
129 Uzbekistan 2.1 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 17.3% falling
130 United Arab Emirates 2.08 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 6.1% rising
131 Vanuatu 2.04 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 22.2% rising
132 Micronesia (country) 2.02 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 19.2% falling
133 Venezuela 1.99 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 74.3% falling
134 Myanmar 1.93 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 75.5% rising
135 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.92 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 37.3% volatile
136 Mozambique 1.89 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 53.7% rising
137 Singapore 1.81 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 5.7% falling
138 Central African Republic 1.75 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 28.6% falling
139 Tunisia 1.71 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 3.0% rising
140 Turkey 1.69 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 20.3% falling
141 Guatemala 1.54 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 24.5% falling
142 Maldives 1.49 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 4.5% falling
143 Solomon Islands 1.45 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 29.5% rising
144 Togo 1.44 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 19.6% flat
145 Lebanon 1.26 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 30.8% falling
145 Tuvalu 1.26 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 20.8% falling
147 Bahrain 1.25 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 46.8% falling
148 Papua New Guinea 1.13 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 19.3% falling
149 Eritrea 1.07 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 26.2% rising
150 Nepal 1.06 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 11.6% volatile
151 Qatar 1.05 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 10.3% flat
152 Madagascar 0.99 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 6.6% falling
153 Malaysia 0.74 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 23.3% rising
153 Tajikistan 0.74 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 7.2% flat
155 Kiribati 0.72 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 10.8% falling
156 Gambia 0.61 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 80.8% falling
157 Algeria 0.54 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 22.7% rising
158 Guinea 0.52 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 67.7% rising
159 Brunei 0.51 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 82.1% rising
159 Iran 0.51 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 54.5% volatile
159 Oman 0.51 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 42.0% falling
162 Morocco 0.5 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 unchanged flat
163 Djibouti 0.38 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 44.9% falling
163 Senegal 0.38 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 7.3% falling
165 Tonga 0.36 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 69.5% volatile
166 Sierra Leone 0.29 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 6.5% rising
167 Iraq 0.24 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 unchanged rising
168 Comoros 0.23 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 15.0% falling
168 Jordan 0.23 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 52.1% falling
170 Bhutan 0.18 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 73.5% volatile
171 East Timor 0.17 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 43.3% falling
172 Egypt 0.13 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 35.0% flat
172 Niger 0.13 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 23.5% rising
174 Bangladesh 0.092 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 2,200.0% volatile
174 Syria 0.092 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 90.7% volatile
176 Pakistan 0.084 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 6.3% rising
177 Indonesia 0.074 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 26.0% rising
178 Yemen 0.044 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 24.1% falling
179 Libya 0.012 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 up 71.4% volatile
180 Afghanistan 0.011 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 8.3% volatile
181 Sudan 0.01 liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age 2020 down 77.8% volatile

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Indicator
Alcohol consumption per person
Unit
liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age
Source
Global Health Observatory Data Repository - World Health Organization (WHO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 3,885 data points, 2000–2020
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Estimated consumption of alcohol is measured in liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15 or older, per year.