List of countries by alcohol consumption

World map showing countries by alcohol consumption per capita

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

Alcohol consumption among adults (age 15+) in litres per capita

country	recorded	unrecorded	total	beer	wine	spirits	other
Moldova	8.22	10.00	18.22	4.57	4.67	4.42	0.00
Uganda	10.93	1.00	11.93	6.51	0.00	0.18	10.50
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
Netherlands	9.55	0.50	10.05	4.72	3.26	1.56	0.00
Austria	12.60	0.64	13.24	6.70	4.10	1.60	0.40
Luxembourg	12.01	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
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
Poland	9.55	3.70	13.25	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
Côte d'Ivoire	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
Malawi	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
Mongolia	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	.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
Afghanistan	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
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
Yemen	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00

The headings in this table are explained as follows. All columns refer to 2005 only, except Recorded and Total. Recorded refers to an average of recorded consumption for 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 other refers to all other alcoholic beverages. Values were corrected for tourism only in countries where the number of tourists per year was at least equivalent to the number of inhabitants.

No data was available for North Korea, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, or Tokelau.

See also

• Alcoholic beverage
• Alcoholism
• List of countries by beer consumption per capita