Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year (litres of pure alcohol) by country
Countries reporting
223
Highest
66.11
Saint Martin (French part)
Lowest
0
Brunei Darussalam
Median
4.92
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,600
What the numbers show
Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year (litres of pure alcohol) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 66.11 in Saint Martin (French part); the lowest is 0 in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.92, and the mean is 5.93.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 97,922.8%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 100.0%).
Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Martin (French part) | 66.11 | 2024 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 2 | United States Virgin Islands | 20.1 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 3 | Saint Barthélemy | 17.69 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Romania | 17.07 | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 14.66 | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Georgia | 14.39 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 14.18 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 8 | Portugal | 13.75 | 2024 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 9 | Czechia | 13.52 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 13.25 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 11 | Curacao | 13.23 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 11 | Curaçao | 13.23 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 13 | Moldova | 12.99 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 12.99 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 12.94 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 12.07 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 17 | Aruba | 11.96 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 11.83 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 19 | Cayman Islands | 11.7 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 20 | Austria | 11.6 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 21 | Andorra | 11.59 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 22 | Poland | 11.51 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 11.42 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 11.36 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 25 | Belarus | 11.29 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 26 | Lithuania | 11.23 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 11.21 | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 28 | France | 11.19 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 29 | Bermuda | 11 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 30 | Croatia | 10.94 | 2024 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 31 | Martinique | 10.93 | 2024 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 32 | Germany | 10.93 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 33 | Slovenia | 10.74 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 34 | Vietnam | 10.71 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 34 | Viet Nam | 10.71 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 36 | British Virgin Islands | 10.69 | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 37 | Reunion | 10.55 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 37 | Réunion | 10.55 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 10.51 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 10.44 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.44 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 42 | Russia | 10.41 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 10.41 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 44 | Estonia | 10.38 | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 45 | Brazil | 10.37 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 46 | Ireland | 10.27 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 47 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.24 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 48 | Cook Islands | 10.22 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 49 | Montenegro | 10.17 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 50 | Barbados | 10.07 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 51 | Guadeloupe | 9.95 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 52 | United States | 9.56 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 53 | Belgium | 9.54 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 54 | Denmark | 9.53 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 55 | Finland | 9.39 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 9.24 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 57 | Slovakia | 9.07 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 58 | Seychelles | 9 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | New Zealand | 8.85 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 60 | Switzerland | 8.76 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 61 | Sweden | 8.68 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 62 | South Africa | 8.63 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 63 | Grenada | 8.58 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 64 | Greece | 8.58 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 65 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.56 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 66 | Namibia | 8.49 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 67 | Mauritius | 8.46 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 68 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.44 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 69 | Italy | 8.44 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.28 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 71 | South Korea | 8.26 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 71 | Republic of Korea | 8.26 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 73 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.22 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 8.19 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 75 | Bahamas | 8.09 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 76 | Gabon | 8 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 77 | Thailand | 7.9 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 78 | Iceland | 7.71 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 79 | Malta | 7.65 | 2024 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 80 | French Polynesia | 7.41 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 81 | Dominica | 7.34 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 82 | Panama | 7.2 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 83 | Mongolia | 7.14 | 2024 | down 61.5% | rising |
| 84 | Argentina | 7.1 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 85 | Norway | 6.95 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 86 | French Guiana | 6.92 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 87 | Paraguay | 6.9 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 88 | Mexico | 6.69 | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 89 | Armenia | 6.6 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 90 | Chile | 6.58 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.57 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 92 | Guyana | 6.5 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 93 | Japan | 6.26 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 6.23 | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 95 | Philippines | 6.1 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 96 | Eswatini | 6.09 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 97 | Suriname | 6.03 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 5.96 | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 99 | Laos | 5.92 | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 99 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.92 | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 101 | Puerto Rico | 5.86 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 102 | Uruguay | 5.84 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 103 | Cuba | 5.53 | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 5.42 | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 105 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.28 | 2024 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 106 | India | 5.24 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 107 | Caribbean | 5.24 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 5.18 | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 109 | Belize | 4.99 | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.98 | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 111 | Burkina Faso | 4.94 | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 112 | Polynesia | 4.92 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 113 | Colombia | 4.87 | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 114 | Botswana | 4.87 | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 115 | Cyprus | 4.86 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 4.78 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 117 | Jamaica | 4.36 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.34 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 119 | Albania | 4.27 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 4.26 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 121 | Lesotho | 4.24 | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 122 | Israel | 4.19 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.18 | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 123 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.18 | 2024 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 125 | Cambodia | 4.16 | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Rwanda | 4.14 | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 4.09 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 128 | Cabo Verde | 4.07 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 129 | Uganda | 4.03 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 3.95 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 131 | Ukraine | 3.88 | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 132 | Congo | 3.88 | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 133 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.82 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 134 | Angola | 3.78 | 2024 | down 53.6% | rising |
| 135 | China | 3.69 | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 136 | El Salvador | 3.63 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 137 | Fiji | 3.51 | 2024 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 138 | Honduras | 3.47 | 2024 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 139 | Burundi | 3.46 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 140 | Haiti | 3.46 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.29 | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Helena | 3.29 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 143 | Ecuador | 3.21 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 144 | Bhutan | 3.08 | 2024 | up 97,922.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.08 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 146 | Guatemala | 3.05 | 2024 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 147 | Chad | 3 | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 148 | Samoa | 2.94 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 149 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.63 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 150 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.61 | 2024 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 151 | Ghana | 2.59 | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | 2.49 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 153 | Maldives | 2.46 | 2024 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 154 | Ethiopia | 2.27 | 2024 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Azerbaijan | 2.25 | 2024 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 156 | Kenya | 2.25 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 157 | Turkey | 2.22 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 157 | Türkiye | 2.22 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 159 | Singapore | 2.18 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 160 | Zambia | 2.13 | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Uzbekistan | 2.09 | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 2.09 | 2024 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Niue | 2.09 | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 164 | Nigeria | 2.04 | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 165 | Bahrain | 2.01 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 166 | Lebanon | 1.99 | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 167 | Mali | 1.99 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 168 | Mozambique | 1.99 | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 169 | Nepal | 1.97 | 2024 | up 216.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Myanmar | 1.9 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 171 | Central African Republic | 1.83 | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 172 | Tunisia | 1.7 | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 173 | Liberia | 1.69 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 174 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.6 | 2024 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 175 | Turkmenistan | 1.52 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 176 | Togo | 1.5 | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 177 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.49 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 178 | Sudan | 1.4 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 179 | Eritrea | 1.38 | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 180 | Melanesia | 1.36 | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 181 | Qatar | 1.3 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 182 | Oman | 1.18 | 2024 | up 45.6% | flat |
| 183 | Malawi | 0.9999 | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9564 | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 185 | Malaysia | 0.8093 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 186 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.7819 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 187 | Madagascar | 0.7277 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 0.7036 | 2024 | down 30.1% | flat |
| 189 | Tajikistan | 0.6826 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 190 | Micronesia | 0.6757 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 191 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6429 | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 192 | Kiribati | 0.631 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 193 | Iraq | 0.6107 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 0.5893 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 195 | Gambia | 0.4818 | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 196 | Guinea | 0.4746 | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 197 | Morocco | 0.4549 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 198 | Algeria | 0.4216 | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 199 | South Sudan | 0.4116 | 2024 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 200 | Djibouti | 0.3272 | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 201 | Senegal | 0.3261 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 202 | Jordan | 0.281 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 203 | Sierra Leone | 0.2439 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 204 | East Timor | 0.2022 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 204 | Timor-Leste | 0.2022 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 206 | Tonga | 0.1972 | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 207 | Comoros | 0.1375 | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 208 | Niger | 0.1295 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 209 | Kuwait | 0.1158 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 210 | Syria | 0.1094 | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 210 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1094 | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 212 | Egypt | 0.1031 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 213 | Indonesia | 0.1011 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 214 | Pakistan | 0.0867 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 215 | Afghanistan | 0.0302 | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 216 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.0207 | 2024 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 217 | Bangladesh | 0.0029 | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 218 | Libya | 0.0023 | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 219 | Brunei | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 219 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 219 | Yemen | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 219 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 10.65
- Eastern Europe 10.34
- Europe 10.33
- Southern Europe 10.06
- Europe and Northern America 10.06
- Northern Europe 10.05
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 9.64
- United States of America 9.56
- Northern America 9.52
- Southern Africa 8.34
- Americas 8.02
- Oceania 7.97
- South America 7.73
- Latin America and the Caribbean 7.08
- Central America 5.91
- World 4.86
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 4.09
- Eastern Asia 4.03
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 3.98
- Middle Africa 3.98
- Southern Asia 3.86
- South-eastern Asia 3.86
- Central and Southern Asia 3.83
- Developing regions 3.81
- Asia 3.77
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 3.36
- Central Asia 2.98
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.93
- China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2.88
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 2.78
- Africa 2.44
- Eastern Africa 2.25
- Western Africa 2.14
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.6
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.52
- Western Asia 1.44
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 1.01
- Northern Africa 0.5034