List of countries by alcohol consumption

This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in equivalent litres of pure ethyl alcohol consumed per capita per year, according to the most recent data from the World Health Organization. The methodology used by the WHO calculated use by persons 15 years of age or older.

All columns refer to 2011 only, except the columns "recorded" and "total". The column "recorded" refers to the average recorded consumption for the period 2003–2005. Unrecorded consumption was calculated using empirical investigations and expert judgments. Total is the sum of the first two columns. The last four columns are a breakdown of the (2005) recorded alcohol consumption by type. Beer refers to malt beer, wine refers to grape wine, spirits refers to all distilled beverages, and the column "other" refers to all other alcoholic beverages. The values were corrected for tourism only in countries where the number of tourists per year was at least equal to the number of inhabitants.

Pure alcohol consumption among adults (age 15+) in litres per capita per year^[1]
country	recorded	unrecorded	total	beer	wine	spirits	other
Moldova	8.22	10.00	18.22	4.57	4.67	4.42	0.00
Czech Republic	14.97	1.48	16.45	8.51	2.33	3.59	0.39
Hungary	12.27	4.00	16.27	4.42	4.94	3.02	0.14
Russia	11.03	4.73	15.76	3.65	0.10	6.88	0.34
Ukraine	8.10	7.50	15.60	2.69	0.58	5.21	0.02
Estonia	13.77	1.80	15.57	5.53	1.09	9.19	0.43
Andorra	14.08	1.40	15.48	3.93	5.69	3.14	0.00
Romania	11.30	4.00	15.30	4.07	2.33	4.14	0.00
Slovenia	12.19	3.00	15.19	4.10	5.10	1.33	0.00
Belarus	11.22	3.91	15.13	1.84	0.80	4.08	2.67
Croatia	12.61	2.50	15.11	4.66	5.80	1.91	0.14
Lithuania	12.03	3.00	15.03	5.60	1.80	4.50	0.60
South Korea	11.80	3.00	14.80	2.14	0.06	9.57	0.04
Portugal	12.45	2.10	14.55	3.75	6.65	1.27	0.51
Ireland	13.39	1.00	14.41	7.04	2.75	2.51	1.09
France	13.30	0.36	13.66	2.31	8.14	2.62	0.17
United Kingdom	11.67	1.70	13.37	4.93	3.53	2.41	0.67
Denmark	11.37	2.00	13.37	5.06	4.43	1.78	0.00
Slovakia	10.33	3.00	13.33	3.90	1.70	5.40	0.00
Poland	9.55	3.70	13.25	4.72	3.26	1.56	0.00
Austria	12.60	0.64	13.24	6.70	4.10	1.60	0.40
Luxembourg	13.01	1.00	13.01	1.59	8.16	2.00	0.00
Germany	11.81	1.00	12.81	6.22	3.15	2.30	0.00
Finland	9.72	2.80	12.52	4.59	2.24	2.82	0.31
Latvia	9.50	3.00	12.50	3.61	1.10	6.24	0.10
Bulgaria	11.24	1.20	12.44	3.53	2.44	4.88	0.10
Nigeria	9.78	2.50	12.28	0.54	0.01	0.02	9.17
Uganda	10.93	1.00	11.93	0.51	0.00	0.18	14.52
Saint Lucia	11.35	0.50	11.85	3.49	0.71	8.21	0.31
Spain	10.22	1.40	11.62	4.52	3.59	1.31	0.61
Armenia	10.05	1.30	11.35	1.05	0.39	0.65	9.36
Serbia	9.97	1.12	11.09	4.40	2.21	3.42	0.04
Switzerland	10.56	0.50	11.06	3.10	5.10	1.80	0.10
Kazakhstan	6.06	4.90	10.96	1.69	0.30	4.19	0.01
Belgium	9.77	1.00	10.77	5.49	3.55	0.62	0.03
Greece	8.95	1.80	10.75	2.20	4.51	2.38	0.13
Italy	8.33	2.35	10.68	1.73	6.38	0.42	0.00
Azerbaijan	7.30	3.30	10.60	7.00	0.03	0.97	0.00
Seychelles	9.59	1.00	10.59	7.15	3.15	1.59	0.00
Grenada	9.85	0.50	10.35	3.16	0.42	7.15	0.04
Sweden	6.70	3.60	10.30	2.60	2.90	1.10	0.00
Palau	9.10	1.00	10.10	8.68	0.52	2.10	0.00
Netherlands	9.55	0.50	10.05	4.72	3.26	1.56	0.00
Australia	9.89	0.13	10.02	4.56	3.12	1.16	1.02
Argentina	8.00	2.00	10.00	2.49	4.62	0.52	0.20
Niue	8.85	1.00	9.85	4.63	0.11	2.95	0.00
Rwanda	6.80	3.00	9.80	0.54	0.00	0.01	6.44
Canada	7.77	2.00	9.77	4.10	1.50	2.10	0.00
Sierra Leone	6.72	3.00	9.72	0.46	0.01	0.02	6.06
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.63	0.00	9.63	2.22	0.34	7.08	0.00
New Zealand	9.12	0.50	9.62	4.09	3.04	1.37	0.81
Namibia	5.87	3.75	9.62	4.35	0.48	1.30	0.35
Guyana	7.50	2.00	9.50	1.14	0.31	5.70	0.01
Nepal	7.20	2.20	9.48	1.15	0.00	0.07	0.00
Burundi	6.47	3.00	9.47	1.16	0.01	0.00	5.07
South Africa	6.96	2.50	9.46	3.93	1.17	1.15	0.75
United States	8.44	1.00	9.44	4.47	1.36	2.65	0.00
Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.93	0.50	9.43	3.98	0.18	6.00	0.10
Ecuador	4.01	5.37	9.38	2.30	0.07	1.69	0.00
Gabon	7.32	2.00	9.32	5.38	0.80	1.69	0.00
Cyprus	8.26	1.00	9.26	3.25	2.97	2.95	0.12
Brazil	6.16	3.00	9.16	3.36	0.33	2.49	0.03
Bahamas	8.16	0.60	8.76	3.99	1.55	5.27	0.23
São Tomé and Príncipe	5.82	2.92	8.74	1.12	3.40	0.83	0.00
Chile	6.55	2.00	8.55	2.03	2.59	2.16	0.04
Macedonia	5.61	2.90	8.51	2.11	1.62	2.08	0.00
Mexico	5.02	3.40	8.42	3.96	0.02	1.09	0.03
Venezuela	6.83	1.40	8.23	5.19	0.07	1.65	0.00
Uruguay	6.14	2.00	8.14	1.33	3.95	1.21	0.06
Japan	7.83	0.20	8.03	1.72	0.29	3.37	2.61
Botswana	4.96	3.00	7.96	2.56	0.04	0.00	1.88
Paraguay	6.38	1.50	7.88	3.48	0.97	1.77	0.19
Dominica	7.34	0.50	7.84	0.50	0.80	6.69	0.07
Norway	6.21	1.60	7.81	2.98	2.00	1.28	0.11
Cameroon	4.97	2.60	7.57	2.05	0.05	0.00	2.60
Antigua and Barbuda	6.76	0.46	7.22	2.67	1.70	5.04	0.09
Thailand	6.37	0.71	7.08	1.75	0.02	4.69	0.00
Burkina Faso	4.48	2.50	6.98	0.41	0.09	0.42	3.77
Barbados	6.41	0.50	6.91	2.90	0.73	3.78	0.17
Peru	2.90	4.00	6.90	2.16	0.32	0.61	0.00
Panama	5.85	1.00	6.85	3.71	0.22	1.91	0.01
Tanzania	4.75	2.00	6.75	0.57	0.02	0.15	4.51
Laos	5.73	1.00	6.73	1.42	0.03	4.35	0.00
Albania	4.58	2.10	6.68	1.61	0.94	2.30	0.02
Haiti	5.99	0.62	6.61	0.01	0.01	5.20	0.00
Ivory Coast	4.48	2.00	6.48	0.61	0.33	0.05	3.55
Dominican Republic	5.76	0.65	6.41	2.69	0.14	2.92	0.01
Georgia	3.90	2.50	6.40	0.76	0.83	2.56	0.02
Philippines	4.38	2.00	6.38	1.29	0.02	2.91	0.00
Iceland	5.91	0.40	6.31	3.67	1.95	1.33	0.10
Trinidad and Tobago	5.78	0.50	6.28	3.10	0.11	2.78	0.04
Colombia	4.17	2.00	6.17	2.71	0.08	1.44	0.02
Suriname	5.19	0.90	6.09	2.00	0.13	3.26	0.05
Equatorial Guinea	5.31	0.77	6.08	0.45	4.18	0.00	0.00
Belize	5.07	1.00	6.07	3.89	0.13	1.78	0.01
China	4.21	1.70	5.91	1.50	0.15	2.51	0.23
Puerto Rico	5.47	0.28	5.75	3.68	0.34	1.35	0.05
Swaziland	5.70	0.00	5.70	1.64	0.21	0.15	3.05
Costa Rica	4.15	1.40	5.55	2.29	0.18	1.71	0.02
Lesotho	1.90	3.65	5.55	1.24	0.00	0.01	0.69
Cuba	4.41	1.10	5.51	1.48	0.05	2.94	0.01
Federated States of Micronesia	4.50	1.00	5.50	1.43	1.31	0.60	0.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.94	0.50	5.44	2.55	0.12	3.16	0.05
Angola	3.80	1.60	5.40	1.81	1.37	1.12	0.41
Nicaragua	3.77	1.60	5.37	1.13	0.03	2.55	0.00
Bolivia	2.62	2.50	5.12	2.17	0.06	0.61	0.00
Kyrgyzstan	3.19	1.90	5.09	0.45	0.10	2.26	0.01
Zimbabwe	4.08	1.00	5.08	0.96	0.19	0.06	2.61
Liberia	3.47	1.59	5.06	0.30	0.01	3.16	0.01
Jamaica	3.50	1.50	5.00	1.49	0.11	1.80	0.10
Cape Verde	2.06	2.90	4.96	0.36	1.99	0.14	0.00
Nauru	2.33	2.50	4.83	2.24	0.08	0.00	0.00
Samoa	3.80	1.00	4.80	3.31	0.08	0.24	0.00
Cambodia	1.77	3.00	4.77	0.74	0.02	1.21	0.00
Turkmenistan	2.33	2.30	4.63	0.21	0.90	1.22	0.00
Honduras	3.08	1.40	4.48	1.29	0.04	1.87	0.00
Chad	0.38	4.00	4.38	0.23	0.01	0.02	0.15
Malta	3.85	0.42	4.27	1.79	1.45	1.86	0.15
Republic of the Congo	2.04	2.23	4.20	1.76	0.00	0.11	0.12
Kenya	1.64	2.50	4.14	0.84	0.02	0.51	0.55
Guatemala	2.43	1.60	4.03	1.12	3.92	1.20	0.05
Ethiopia	0.52	3.50	4.02	0.19	0.01	0.13	0.25
Zambia	2.35	1.50	3.85	0.42	0.01	0.27	1.62
Tonga	3.28	0.50	3.78	0.89	2.29	0.64	0.18
Vietnam	1.07	2.70	3.77	1.13	0.01	0.02	0.00
Mauritius	2.72	1.00	3.72	1.92	0.32	0.39	0.00
Kiribati	1.71	2.00	3.71	1.56	0.02	0.02	0.00
Cook Islands	3.20	0.50	3.70	0.54	1.39	3.45	0.00
Guinea-Bissau	2.58	1.10	3.68	0.24	0.66	0.53	1.75
Bahrain	3.56	0.10	3.66	1.91	0.52	1.24	0.00
El Salvador	2.61	1.00	3.61	0.88	0.04	1.57	0.00
Uzbekistan	1.64	1.90	3.54	0.28	0.19	1.30	0.00
Papua New Guinea	1.49	2.00	3.49	0.57	0.02	0.90	0.00
Gambia	2.40	0.99	3.39	0.19	0.06	0.04	2.07
Tajikistan	0.39	3.00	3.39	0.08	0.02	0.29	0.00
Central African Republic	1.65	1.70	3.35	0.21	0.02	0.03	1.37
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.97	1.26	3.30	0.32	0.01	0.02	1.67
Mongolia	1.24	2.00	3.24	0.39	0.11	0.67	0.21
Ghana	1.47	1.50	2.97	0.40	0.07	0.03	0.97
Israel	2.39	0.50	2.89	0.97	0.18	1.30	0.04
Djibouti	1.37	1.50	2.87	0.78	0.07	0.46	0.00
Mozambique	1.56	1.00	2.56	0.00	0.00	0.27	1.08
Tuvalu	1.94	0.50	2.44	0.71	0.02	0.58	0.00
Fiji	1.43	1.00	2.43	1.46	0.02	0.58	0.00
Iraq	0.20	2.21	2.41	0.07	0.00	0.13	0.00
Sudan	1.56	0.82	2.38	0.52	0.09	0.79	0.05
Lebanon	1.73	0.50	2.23	0.36	0.56	0.78	0.01
Benin	1.15	1.00	2.15	0.49	0.14	0.15	0.30
Brunei	1.76	0.25	2.01	1.67	0.02	0.05	0.00
Togo	0.99	1.00	1.99	0.43	0.32	0.06	0.22
Turkey	1.37	0.50	1.87	0.24	0.08	1.35	0.00
Malawi	1.24	0.50	1.74	0.14	0.00	0.22	0.74
Solomon Islands	1.16	0.50	1.66	0.66	0.03	0.40	0.00
Singapore	0.55	1.00	1.55	1.45	0.25	0.40	0.00
Eritrea	0.94	0.60	1.54	0.56	0.00	0.25	0.00
Morocco	0.46	1.00	1.46	0.23	0.17	0.06	0.00
Syria	1.13	0.30	1.43	0.04	0.32	0.69	0.00
Madagascar	0.78	0.55	1.33	0.34	0.11	0.32	0.00
Tunisia	1.09	0.20	1.29	0.67	0.34	0.04	0.00
Qatar	0.85	0.40	1.25	0.04	0.11	0.73	0.01
Mali	0.54	0.50	1.04	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.46
Iran	0.02	1.00	1.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00
Algeria	0.66	0.30	0.96	0.09	0.07	0.00	0.50
Oman	0.64	0.30	0.94	0.27	0.00	0.39	0.00
Vanuatu	0.43	0.50	0.93	0.46	0.19	0.19	0.00
Timor-Leste	0.36	0.50	0.86	0.30	0.01	0.00	0.00
Malaysia	0.50	0.32	0.82	0.38	0.02	0.08	0.00
Sri Lanka	0.35	0.44	0.79	0.02	0.00	0.33	0.00
Comoros	0.26	0.50	0.76	0.17	0.02	0.03	0.00
India	0.55	0.20	0.75	0.06	0.02	0.05	0.00
Jordan	0.41	0.30	0.71	0.04	0.01	0.34	0.01
Senegal	0.30	0.30	0.60	0.15	0.12	0.01	0.00
Indonesia	0.06	0.50	0.59	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
Myanmar	0.11	0.46	0.57	0.10	0.00	0.01	0.01
Bhutan	0.22	0.33	0.55	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00
United Arab Emirates	0.34	0.20	0.54	0.30	0.01	0.00	0.02
Egypt	0.27	0.10	0.37	0.10	0.02	0.06	0.00
Guinea	0.26	0.10	0.36	0.14	0.02	0.06	0.00
Niger	0.09	0.25	0.34	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.00
Saudi Arabia	0.05	0.20	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00
Bangladesh	0.00	0.20	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kuwait	0.00	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Libya	0.01	0.10	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Mauritania	0.01	0.10	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00
Somalia	0.00	0.10	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Pakistan	0.01	0.05	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
Afghanistan	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00
Yemen	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00