Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year (litres of pure alcohol) by country
Countries reporting
191
Highest
66.11
Saint Martin (French part)
Lowest
0
Brunei Darussalam
Median
4.99
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
6,225
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 191 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 4.99, and the mean is 6.08.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 109 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 a: 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 | Curaçao | 13.23 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 12 | Cameroon | 12.94 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 12.07 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 14 | Aruba | 11.96 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 14 | Türkiye | 2.22 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 15 | Saint Lucia | 11.83 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 16 | Cayman Islands | 11.7 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 11.6 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 18 | Andorra | 11.59 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 19 | Poland | 11.51 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 11.42 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 11.36 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 22 | Belarus | 11.29 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 23 | Lithuania | 11.23 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 24 | Serbia | 11.21 | 2024 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 25 | France | 11.19 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 26 | Bermuda | 11 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 27 | Croatia | 10.94 | 2024 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 28 | Martinique | 10.93 | 2024 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 29 | Germany | 10.93 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 30 | Slovenia | 10.74 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 31 | British Virgin Islands | 10.69 | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 32 | Réunion | 10.55 | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 10.51 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.44 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 35 | Russian Federation | 10.41 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 36 | Estonia | 10.38 | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 37 | Brazil | 10.37 | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 10.27 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 39 | Australia and New Zealand | 10.24 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 40 | Cook Islands | 10.22 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 41 | Montenegro | 10.17 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 42 | Barbados | 10.07 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 43 | Guadeloupe | 9.95 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 44 | Belgium | 9.54 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 45 | Denmark | 9.53 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 46 | Finland | 9.39 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 47 | Canada | 9.24 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 48 | Slovakia | 9.07 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 49 | Seychelles | 9 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 50 | New Zealand | 8.85 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 51 | Switzerland | 8.76 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 8.68 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 53 | South Africa | 8.63 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 54 | Grenada | 8.58 | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 55 | Greece | 8.58 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 56 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 8.56 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 57 | Namibia | 8.49 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 58 | Mauritius | 8.46 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.44 | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 60 | Italy | 8.44 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.28 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 62 | Republic of Korea | 8.26 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.22 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 8.19 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 65 | Bahamas | 8.09 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 66 | Gabon | 8 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 67 | Thailand | 7.9 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 7.71 | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 69 | Malta | 7.65 | 2024 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 70 | French Polynesia | 7.41 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 71 | Dominica | 7.34 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 72 | Panama | 7.2 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 73 | Mongolia | 7.14 | 2024 | down 61.5% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 7.1 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Norway | 6.95 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 76 | French Guiana | 6.92 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 77 | Paraguay | 6.9 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 78 | Mexico | 6.69 | 2024 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 79 | Armenia | 6.6 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 80 | Chile | 6.58 | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.57 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 82 | Guyana | 6.5 | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 83 | Japan | 6.26 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 6.23 | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 85 | Philippines | 6.1 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 86 | Eswatini | 6.09 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 87 | Suriname | 6.03 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 5.96 | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 89 | Puerto Rico | 5.86 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 90 | Uruguay | 5.84 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 5.53 | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 5.42 | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 93 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.28 | 2024 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 94 | India | 5.24 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 5.18 | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 96 | Belize | 4.99 | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.98 | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 4.94 | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 99 | Colombia | 4.87 | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 100 | Botswana | 4.87 | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 101 | Cyprus | 4.86 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 102 | Peru | 4.78 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 103 | Jamaica | 4.36 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.34 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 105 | Albania | 4.27 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 4.26 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 107 | Lesotho | 4.24 | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 108 | Israel | 4.19 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 109 | Cambodia | 4.16 | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Rwanda | 4.14 | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Benin | 4.09 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 112 | Uganda | 4.03 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 3.95 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 114 | Ukraine | 3.88 | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 115 | Congo | 3.88 | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 116 | Angola | 3.78 | 2024 | down 53.6% | rising |
| 117 | China | 3.69 | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 118 | El Salvador | 3.63 | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 119 | Fiji | 3.51 | 2024 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 3.47 | 2024 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 121 | Burundi | 3.46 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 122 | Haiti | 3.46 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.29 | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Helena | 3.29 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 125 | Ecuador | 3.21 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 126 | Bhutan | 3.08 | 2024 | up 97,922.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.08 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 128 | Guatemala | 3.05 | 2024 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 129 | Chad | 3 | 2024 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 130 | Samoa | 2.94 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 131 | Ghana | 2.59 | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 2.49 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 133 | Maldives | 2.46 | 2024 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 2.27 | 2024 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 2.25 | 2024 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 136 | Kenya | 2.25 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 137 | Singapore | 2.18 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 138 | Zambia | 2.13 | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 2.09 | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 2.09 | 2024 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Niue | 2.09 | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 142 | Nigeria | 2.04 | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 143 | Bahrain | 2.01 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 144 | Lebanon | 1.99 | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 145 | Mali | 1.99 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 146 | Mozambique | 1.99 | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 147 | Nepal | 1.97 | 2024 | up 216.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Myanmar | 1.9 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 1.83 | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 150 | Tunisia | 1.7 | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 1.69 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 1.52 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 153 | Togo | 1.5 | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 154 | Sudan | 1.4 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 155 | Eritrea | 1.38 | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 156 | Qatar | 1.3 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 157 | Oman | 1.18 | 2024 | up 45.6% | flat |
| 158 | Malawi | 0.9999 | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9564 | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 160 | Malaysia | 0.8093 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 161 | Madagascar | 0.7277 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 162 | Marshall Islands | 0.7036 | 2024 | down 30.1% | flat |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 0.6826 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6429 | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 165 | Kiribati | 0.631 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 166 | Iraq | 0.6107 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0.5893 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 168 | Gambia | 0.4818 | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 169 | Guinea | 0.4746 | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 170 | Morocco | 0.4549 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 171 | Algeria | 0.4216 | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 172 | South Sudan | 0.4116 | 2024 | down 47.2% | rising |
| 173 | Djibouti | 0.3272 | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 174 | Senegal | 0.3261 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 175 | Jordan | 0.281 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 176 | Sierra Leone | 0.2439 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Tonga | 0.1972 | 2024 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Comoros | 0.1375 | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 179 | Niger | 0.1295 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 180 | Kuwait | 0.1158 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 181 | Egypt | 0.1031 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 182 | Indonesia | 0.1011 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 183 | Pakistan | 0.0867 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.0302 | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Bangladesh | 0.0029 | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 186 | Libya | 0.0023 | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Mauritania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Yemen | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | 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.
- Republic of Moldova 12.99
- Western Europe 10.65
- Viet Nam 10.71
- Eastern Europe 10.34
- Europe 10.33
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 9.64
- Southern Europe 10.06
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.92
- Europe and Northern America 10.06
- Polynesia 4.92
- Northern Europe 10.05
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 4.09
- United States of America 9.56
- Middle Africa 3.98
- Northern America 9.52
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.82
- Southern Africa 8.34
- Developing regions 3.81
- Americas 8.02
- Asia 3.77
- Oceania 7.97
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 2.78
- South America 7.73
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.63
- Latin America and the Caribbean 7.08
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.61
- Central America 5.91
- Caribbean 5.24
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.6
- World 4.86
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.6
- Côte d'Ivoire 4.18
- United Republic of Tanzania 1.49
- Cabo Verde 4.07
- Melanesia 1.36
- Eastern Asia 4.03
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.7819
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 3.98
- Micronesia 0.6757
- Southern Asia 3.86