This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in equivalent litres of pure alcohol (ethanol) consumed per capita per year.
A standard drink is about 17 milliliters of ethanol, putting one liter at about 59 drinks.
The World Health Organization periodically publishes The Global Status Report on Alcohol :
The report was first published by WHO in 1999 with data from 1996.[ 1]
The second report was released in 2004, published with data from 2003.[ 2]
The third report was published in 2011, with data from 2010.[ 3]
The fourth global report was published in 2014, using data from 2010.[ 4]
The fifth global report was published in 2018, with data from 2016.[ 5]
The sixth global report was published in 2024, with data from 2019.[ 6]
Worldwide
Percentage of current drinkers among the total population (15+ years) [ 7]
Countries
Worldwide consumption in 2019 was equal to 5.5 litres of pure alcohol consumed per person aged 15 years or older.[ 6] Distilled alcoholic beverages are the most consumed, followed by beer and wines . The regions with the highest consumption are the WHO European Region (9.2 litres) and the Region of the Americas (7.5 litres).
^ Three year average of 2017, 2018, and 2019
^ 1996 Estimates for Estonia are from 1995.
^ Officially named Swaziland until April 2018
The table below for 189 countries uses 2019 data (three-year average of 2017, 2018, and 2019) from the WHO report published in 2024.[ 6] FAOSTAT data and estimates the amount of alcohol consumption (in litres of pure alcohol) by persons 15 years of age or older. Unrecorded consumption (homebrew , moonshine , smuggled alcohol, surrogate alcohol etc.) was estimated using expert judgements and surveys. The total consumption (sum of recorded and unrecorded) is then broken down by type of alcoholic beverage. Beer refers to malt beer, wine refers to grape wine, spirits refers to all distilled beverages such as vodka and similar products, and the column "other" refers to all other alcoholic beverages, such as rice wine , soju , sake , mead , kumis , cider , kvass , and African beers (kumi kumi , kwete , banana beer , millet beer , umqombothi etc.). The last two columns represent projections for total consumption (sum of recorded and unrecorded) for the years 2025 and 2030, which are estimated using an ARIMA regression analyses .
Recorded consumption of pure alcohol (litres) per person 15 years of age and over in the year 2019[ 6]
Country
Recorded
Unrecorded
Beer
Wine
Spirits
Other
2025
2030
Estonia 11.8
1.1
35.3
16.9
38.2
9.7
11.1
12.2
Lithuania 11.0
0.8
42.5
7.7
45.2
4.6
11.7
12.1
Czech Republic 12.9
0.4
52.7
21.8
25.4
<0.1
13.4
13.2
Seychelles 13.3
0.5
42.0
20.8
33.7
3.5
12.1
11.7
Germany 11.1
0.4
50.5
29.9
19.6
<0.1
12.1
11.6
Nigeria 2.9
1.3
22.1
0.8
13.0
64.1
4.1
3.7
Ireland 11.1
0.3
45.4
26.4
20.6
7.6
11.5
10.8
Moldova 6.3
4.8
24.2
37.6
35.8
2.5
11.3
12.3
Latvia 12.9
1.5
40.1
12.1
40.6
7.2
13.1
14.3
Bulgaria 11.4
0.6
40.1
16.3
41.7
1.9
12.0
12.4
France 11.5
0.4
21.1
56.8
20.5
1.6
11.3
10.7
Romania 10.7
6.2
49.7
30.6
19.6
<0.1
16.9
17.5
Slovenia 10.4
0.6
44.2
44.9
10.9
<0.1
11.6
11.1
Portugal 10.2
0.6
25.6
57.7
13.0
3.7
10.6
10.1
Luxembourg 11.3
0.2
35.6
43.6
20.1
0.8
11.5
10.9
Belgium 9.2
0.4
47.6
37.0
12.0
3.4
10.2
9.8
Russia 7.1
3.3
41.4
15.5
43.1
<0.1
10.4
9.8
Austria 11.7
0.4
52.7
31.1
16.2
<0.1
12.2
11.7
Poland 10.7
1.4
54.2
8.1
37.7
<0.1
11.8
12.5
Gabon 6.6
0.7
81.3
7.9
10.1
0.7
7.0
6.4
Slovakia 10.3
0.6
35.9
22.9
41.2
<0.1
11.3
11.2
Switzerland 9.2
0.4
33.9
46.2
18.6
1.3
10.6
10.0
Hungary 11.0
0.6
37.3
28.7
34.0
<0.1
10.4
10.4
United Kingdom 9.8
0.5
35.4
34.6
23.6
6.4
10.8
10.5
Andorra 11.1
0.4
31.7
45.5
21.1
1.7
11.1
10.7
Equatorial Guinea 6.2
0.8
62.5
18.0
18.6
0.9
7.3
7.4
Belarus 10.1
0.6
21.3
9.0
45.0
24.7
11.3
10.7
Serbia 6.9
0.8
43.8
19.0
33.8
3.4
7.9
7.3
Cyprus 7.9
0.6
30.6
27.9
41.6
<0.1
8.0
8.0
Uruguay 5.2
0.4
37.4
48.2
14.4
<0.1
5.5
5.0
Finland 8.3
0.5
47.2
20.3
16.8
15.7
9.1
8.9
New Zealand 9.1
0.5
37.1
32.3
17.1
13.5
9.9
9.9
Australia 9.5
0.4
38.9
38.9
13.6
8.6
10.1
9.9
Cook Islands 12.6
0.6
28.8
15.1
56.1
<0.1
10.6
12.5
Denmark 9.2
0.4
37.2
44.9
17.9
<0.1
9.3
8.7
Greece 6.6
0.7
32.0
44.0
22.5
1.5
6.9
6.5
Laos 7.4
4.2
49.8
0.5
49.7
<0.1
12.2
13.1
South Korea 7.8
0.4
22.3
2.0
2.8
73.0
8.1
7.4
Spain 10.7
0.5
43.2
33.5
21.6
1.7
11.0
11.0
Eswatini 7.1
1.1
34.7
1.0
2.3
62.0
8.1
7.8
Saint Lucia 10.2
0.5
32.7
11.1
49.7
6.6
10.2
10.2
Argentina 7.6
0.4
42.9
37.4
9.1
9.6
7.6
8.0
Georgia 7.6
6.7
24.3
41.8
33.6
0.3
15.0
15.3
Namibia 5.0
0.9
28.4
41.7
11.9
18.0
5.7
6.1
United States 8.9
0.4
44.9
18.2
36.9
<0.1
9.6
9.8
Barbados 10.0
0.5
36.5
14.0
47.9
1.7
9.5
10.5
Uganda 6.6
5.6
12.9
0.2
9.2
77.7
12.0
9.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.8
0.4
42.6
11.5
43.6
2.3
6.5
6.6
Tanzania 5.1
5.3
14.0
0.3
7.1
78.6
10.4
10.3
Chile 6.4
0.4
48.9
25.8
25.3
<0.1
7.5
7.9
Grenada 8.5
0.5
41.4
5.6
49.4
3.6
8.2
8.4
South Africa 7.4
1.4
56.3
17.7
16.1
9.9
8.9
8.9
Sweden 7.1
2.2
37.0
47.2
14.0
1.8
9.3
9.4
Iceland 7.7
0.5
56.2
27.6
16.2
<0.1
7.9
8.4
Rwanda 1.3
0.5
47.9
2.0
11.3
38.8
3.0
4.0
Cameroon 4.0
6.1
58.6
2.6
0.2
38.5
10.0
10.1
Canada 8.1
1.9
44.3
25.7
26.0
4.0
9.8
10.0
Croatia 10.1
0.7
47.3
35.1
13.4
4.2
8.5
8.1
Netherlands 8.3
0.5
48.1
35.3
16.6
<0.1
9.2
8.7
Ukraine 5.5
3.2
46.0
5.5
47.6
0.9
9.0
8.8
Botswana 7.4
0.8
41.0
4.9
11.1
42.9
8.5
8.6
Ivory Coast 1.9
0.9
56.3
18.8
8.6
16.2
2.9
2.8
Trinidad and Tobago 5.7
0.4
52.1
2.0
44.2
1.7
6.3
6.7
Thailand 6.7
1.2
29.5
2.4
68.0
<0.1
8.0
7.7
Vietnam 3.4
5.9
92.4
0.6
6.8
0.2
9.3
10.7
Burkina Faso 7.2
2.6
14.5
0.9
3.2
81.4
9.9
10.9
Dominica 6.3
0.5
28.7
4.6
65.7
1.1
5.8
5.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.6
<0.1
34.2
3.7
59.1
3.0
7.1
8.1
Malta 9.0
0.5
42.0
26.3
25.7
5.9
8.5
9.8
North Macedonia 4.0
0.8
51.5
25.6
21.9
1.0
4.7
4.9
Japan 6.4
0.2
21.0
6.1
15.0
57.9
6.6
6.3
Montenegro 9.8
0.7
38.3
26.3
32.2
3.2
10.4
10.4
Panama 6.3
0.4
79.3
1.0
19.3
0.4
6.5
6.8
Brazil 6.3
1.4
63.1
3.8
32.7
0.4
7.6
12.1
Congo 5.6
0.8
90.1
1.3
8.4
0.2
6.2
7.9
Kazakhstan 3.9
0.7
61.5
4.3
34.1
<0.1
4.4
4.2
Albania 4.4
0.7
39.6
24.5
34.1
1.8
5.1
5.4
Burundi 3.1
1.0
60.2
0.1
0.1
39.5
4.1
3.4
Italy 7.6
0.5
25.7
63.7
10.5
<0.1
8.0
7.5
Norway 6.0
0.5
43.8
36.6
16.5
3.0
6.8
6.9
Mongolia 7.2
0.7
29.9
20.4
49.8
<0.1
7.8
8.0
China 4.8
0.9
28.4
3.0
68.5
<0.1
5.0
5.5
Paraguay 5.3
0.5
56.8
11.4
30.4
1.4
5.6
5.7
Antigua and Barbuda 11.2
0.4
26.3
32.8
37.6
3.3
8.5
9.8
Niue 8.5
0.8
50.4
22.2
27.4
<0.1
9.3
10.5
Dominican Republic 5.6
1.3
56.0
3.2
39.7
1.0
6.9
6.5
São Tomé and Príncipe 4.2
0.8
17.1
77.4
5.4
<0.1
5.2
5.0
Belize 5.9
0.5
64.9
11.1
21.5
2.5
5.6
5.9
Cambodia 4.5
4.0
90.7
0.2
9.1
<0.1
8.7
11.0
Philippines 5.0
1.2
28.5
0.7
70.6
0.2
6.2
6.3
Mexico 4.8
1.2
85.3
3.8
10.5
0.4
5.8
5.8
Angola 5.3
0.9
54.5
7.8
35.0
2.8
5.4
5.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.3
0.9
76.2
9.2
11.4
3.1
6.3
6.8
Guyana 5.2
0.2
53.1
0.7
45.7
0.5
5.3
5.3
Peru 5.7
1.8
53.5
7.9
38.4
0.2
7.3
7.8
Kyrgyzstan 4.4
0.5
10.2
5.7
84.1
<0.1
4.5
4.7
Cuba 4.7
1.3
37.8
4.7
57.2
0.3
6.0
6.3
Nauru 2.4
0.5
22.0
3.7
74.3
<0.1
2.9
2.8
Colombia 4.2
0.7
73.8
1.4
24.3
0.4
4.9
4.8
Haiti 3.0
0.4
17.2
0.9
81.7
0.2
3.2
3.1
Liberia 2.8
0.8
14.1
1.6
83.7
0.5
3.5
3.4
Cape Verde 1.9
0.9
56.3
18.8
8.6
16.2
2.9
2.8
India 3.0
1.9
7.1
<0.1
92.8
<0.1
5.0
6.7
Sierra Leone 0.2
<0.1
68.0
6.6
21.1
4.3
0.3
0.3
Venezuela 2.7
0.3
58.5
0.5
39.6
1.4
2.4
1.8
Armenia 4.1
0.9
20.3
9.5
70.0
0.2
5.2
5.7
Turkmenistan 2.9
<0.1
23.1
40.3
36.6
<0.1
2.8
3.1
Nicaragua 3.7
0.5
41.0
0.8
58.1
0.1
4.0
4.1
Suriname 6.3
0.4
53.9
2.7
41.0
2.3
7.1
8.2
Lesotho 3.5
1.0
54.7
2.9
8.9
33.5
4.5
5.3
Bolivia 3.0
1.1
74.4
4.3
18.6
2.6
4.0
4.3
Costa Rica 3.2
0.3
72.3
4.9
10.4
12.4
3.3
3.1
Guinea-Bissau 3.3
0.9
15.4
33.6
15.8
35.1
3.9
4.1
Myanmar 1.9
0.2
26.9
0.9
72.1
<0.1
2.4
3.4
Zambia 3.2
0.6
37.9
1.4
8.5
52.2
3.8
3.8
Zimbabwe 2.8
0.9
34.1
1.9
12.3
51.7
3.9
4.6
Bahamas 9.5
0.3
38.7
15.3
42.8
3.2
4.4
4.3
Ecuador 3.0
0.3
76.8
2.7
19.4
1.0
3.3
3.1
Sri Lanka 2.6
0.3
8.5
0.3
89.8
1.4
2.8
3.3
Jamaica 3.5
0.4
34.6
8.3
47.3
9.7
3.6
3.6
Honduras 2.8
0.4
57.5
1.3
41.1
0.1
3.2
3.4
North Korea 3.4
0.9
3.2
<0.1
96.8
<0.1
4.3
4.5
Gambia 0.9
0.3
17.9
<0.1
1.8
80.3
0.9
0.6
Israel 2.6
0.4
49.3
3.0
45.1
2.5
3.0
3.1
United Arab Emirates 2.1
0.4
10.5
7.0
81.4
1.0
2.3
2.5
El Salvador 2.9
0.4
50.9
1.9
47.0
0.2
3.4
3.5
Malawi 1.8
1.5
4.2
0.8
9.5
85.5
3.4
3.5
Mauritius 7.0
0.8
28.6
3.7
67.1
0.5
7.6
7.4
Kenya 2.3
0.6
32.1
1.2
35.1
31.6
2.8
3.2
Central African Republic 1.4
0.5
36.6
1.8
1.0
60.6
2.0
1.9
Tajikistan 0.9
<0.1
44.0
1.3
54.2
0.5
0.8
0.8
Togo 1.0
0.4
63.1
1.1
20.1
15.6
1.4
1.4
Benin 5.2
3.2
17.0
0.9
4.0
78.1
8.7
8.5
Fiji 3.0
0.7
53.9
9.1
37.0
<0.1
3.8
4.3
Ethiopia 1.8
1.5
55.9
0.1
9.7
34.3
3.7
5.1
Ghana 1.9
2.7
34.5
2.0
21.3
42.2
4.5
4.5
Maldives 1.3
0.4
22.9
40.9
36.0
0.2
1.5
1.4
Uzbekistan 2.6
<0.1
7.8
3.3
88.8
<0.1
2.5
2.8
DR Congo 1.1
1.0
48.6
0.8
3.6
47.1
2.0
1.4
Micronesia 1.6
0.6
58.5
8.5
33.0
<0.1
2.1
1.9
Samoa 1.9
0.7
82.3
8.7
9.1
<0.1
2.4
2.2
Guatemala 1.6
<0.1
55.1
3.0
41.5
0.4
1.6
1.5
Mozambique 1.5
0.6
72.1
10.4
14.4
3.2
2.1
2.5
East Timor 0.3
<0.1
69.1
12.8
17.3
0.8
0.2
0.2
Nepal 0.8
0.6
28.3
0.6
71.1
<0.1
1.5
1.6
Qatar 1.0
0.2
29.6
7.8
62.0
0.6
1.1
1.3
Singapore 1.8
0.2
69.0
15.4
13.7
2.0
1.9
1.8
Turkey 1.3
0.6
56.8
12.3
30.8
<0.1
1.7
1.6
Bahrain 1.5
0.4
37.6
12.1
48.7
1.6
1.6
1.3
Madagascar 0.7
0.3
68.6
9.5
21.8
<0.1
1.0
0.9
Tunisia 1.6
0.6
62.1
26.5
9.9
1.5
2.0
2.1
Tuvalu 0.9
0.3
1.5
74.3
24.2
<0.1
1.2
1.5
Chad 0.5
3.2
69.7
0.8
0.9
28.7
3.5
4.2
Lebanon 1.2
0.3
32.3
18.1
48.3
1.4
1.5
1.3
Tonga 0.3
0.1
4.3
60.3
35.4
<0.1
0.4
0.5
Solomon Islands 1.2
0.5
71.3
4.5
24.2
<0.1
1.6
1.2
Eritrea 0.9
0.4
42.0
<0.1
<0.1
58.0
1.2
1.6
Guinea 0.3
0.1
92.2
3.6
4.2
<0.1
0.5
0.6
Mali 3.5
0.8
2.7
0.2
0.4
96.7
4.3
4.1
Papua New Guinea 1.2
0.5
45.8
4.7
48.6
0.9
1.4
1.4
Iran 0.1
0.6
75.4
<0.1
24.6
<0.1
0.4
<0.1
Vanuatu 1.7
0.6
20.2
24.2
55.5
0.1
2.1
2.6
Algeria 0.6
<0.1
53.5
32.7
13.8
<0.1
0.6
0.8
Comoros 0.2
<0.1
21.7
39.8
38.5
<0.1
0.2
0.4
Malaysia 0.7
0.2
73.0
6.4
19.0
1.7
0.8
0.8
Azerbaijan 0.9
1.0
38.3
13.0
47.9
0.7
2.5
3.9
Indonesia <0.1
<0.1
78.2
3.2
17.8
0.8
0.1
0.1
Oman 0.5
0.4
34.5
3.5
61.7
0.2
0.9
0.9
Jordan 0.3
<0.1
27.6
1.7
69.3
1.4
0.3
0.2
Senegal 0.3
0.1
66.7
26.3
6.3
0.7
0.4
0.4
Bhutan <0.1
0.1
11.1
2.4
86.3
0.1
0.2
0.3
Morocco 0.5
<0.1
35.6
46.1
18.0
0.3
0.6
0.6
Djibouti 0.3
0.1
28.1
17.4
53.2
1.2
0.3
0.3
Niger <0.1
<0.1
41.3
7.9
50.6
0.1
0.1
0.1
Sudan <0.1
<0.1
27.0
30.9
37.6
4.5
<0.1
<0.1
Brunei 0.7
0.1
100.0
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
0.4
0.4
Egypt 0.1
<0.1
63.6
7.2
28.3
0.9
0.1
0.2
Iraq 0.2
<0.1
70.3
2.3
26.8
0.7
0.2
0.3
Kiribati 0.4
0.6
64.1
<0.1
35.8
<0.1
0.8
0.7
Pakistan <0.1
<0.1
7.7
<0.1
68.7
23.6
0.1
0.1
Syria 0.1
<0.1
12.8
1.3
86.0
<0.1
0.2
0.1
Afghanistan <0.1
<0.1
6.1
4.4
89.1
0.4
<0.1
<0.1
Saudi Arabia <0.1
<0.1
–
–
–
–
<0.1
<0.1
Yemen <0.1
<0.1
98.0
<0.1
2.0
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
Bangladesh <0.1
<0.1
11.1
2.4
86.3
0.1
<0.1
<0.1
Kuwait <0.1
<0.1
–
–
–
–
<0.1
<0.1
Libya <0.1
<0.1
6.8
10.5
32.6
50.2
<0.1
<0.1
Mauritania <0.1
<0.1
–
–
–
–
<0.1
<0.1
Somalia <0.1
<0.1
–
–
–
–
<0.1
<0.1
See also
References
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