List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita

This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in equivalent litres of pure alcohol (ethanol) consumed per capita per year.

World Health Organization (WHO) data

The World Health Organization periodically publishes The Global Status Report on Alcohol:

• 1999 was first published by WHO in 1999.
• 2004 is the second global status report on alcohol published by WHO.
• 2011 is the third global report on alcohol published by WHO.
• 2014 is the fourth global report on alcohol published by WHO with data from 2010.

2010 WHO data

Map of countries by prevalence of alcohol consumption (2008)

The table below for 191 countries uses 2010 data from the WHO report published in 2014. The methodology used by the WHO calculated use by persons 15 years of age or older. All data in columns refer to year 2010. The column "recorded" refers to the average recorded consumption for the period 2010. Unrecorded consumption (homebrew, moonshine, smuggled alcohol, surrogate alcohol etc.) was calculated using empirical investigations and expert judgments. Total is the sum of the recorded and unrecorded consumption. The next four columns are a breakdown of the recorded alcohol consumption by type. 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, sake, mead, cider, kvass, and African beers (kumi kumi, kwete, banana beer, millet beer, umqombothi etc.). Worldwide consumption in 2010 was equal to 6.2 litres of pure alcohol consumed per person aged 15 years or older.

Country	Total	Recorded consumption	Unrecorded consumption	Beer (%)	Wine (%)	Spirits (%)	Other (%)	2015 projection
Belarus	17.6	14.4	3.2	17.3	5.2	46.6	30.9	17.1
Moldova	16.8	6.3	10.5	30.4	5.1	64.5	0.0	17.4
Lithuania	15.5	12.9	2.5	46.5	7.8	34.1	11.6	16.2
Russia	15.1	11.5	3.6	37.6	11.4	51.0	0.0	14.5
Romania	14.4	10.4	4.0	50.0	28.9	21.1	0.0	12.9
Ukraine	13.9	8.9	5.0	40.5	9.0	48.0	2.6	11.8
Andorra	13.8	12.4	1.4	34.6	45.3	20.1	0.0	9.1
Hungary	13.3	11.3	2.0	36.3	29.4	34.3	0.0	12.4
Czech Republic	13.0	11.8	1.2	53.5	20.5	26.0	0.0	14.1
Slovakia	13.0	11.4	1.7	30.1	18.3	46.2	5.5	12.5
Portugal	12.9	11.0	1.9	30.8	55.5	10.9	2.8	12.5
Serbia	12.6	9.6	2.9	51.5	23.9	24.6	0.0	12.9
Grenada	12.5	11.9	0.7	29.3	4.3	66.2	0.2	10.4
Poland	12.5	10.9	1.6	55.1	9.3	35.5	0.0	11.5
Latvia	12.3	10.5	1.8	46.9	10.7	37.0	5.4	10.6
Finland	12.3	10.0	2.3	46.0	17.5	24.0	12.6	11.9
South Korea	12.3	9.8	2.5	25.0	1.6	2.9	70.5	10.9
France	12.2	11.8	0.4	18.8	56.4	23.1	1.7	11.6
Australia	12.2	10.4	1.8	44.0	36.7	12.5	6.8	12.6
Croatia	12.2	10.2	2.0	39.5	44.8	15.4	0.2	11.7
Ireland	11.9	11.4	0.5	48.1	26.1	18.7	7.7	10.9
Luxembourg	11.9	11.4	0.5	36.2	42.8	21.0	0.0	11.2
Germany	11.8	11.3	0.5	53.6	27.8	18.6	0.0	10.6
Slovenia	11.6	10.6	1.0	44.5	46.9	8.6	0.0	10.9
United Kingdom	11.6	10.4	1.2	36.9	33.8	21.8	7.5	12.0
Denmark	11.4	10.4	1.0	37.7	48.2	14.1	0.0	10.2
Bulgaria	11.4	10.3	1.1	39.3	16.5	44.1	0.1	11.3
Spain	11.2	10.0	1.2	49.7	20.1	28.2	1.8	10.6
Belgium	11.0	10.5	0.5	49.2	36.3	14.4	0.1	10.8
South Africa	11.0	8.2	2.9	48.1	17.8	16.7	17.4	11.5
New Zealand	10.9	9.3	1.6	38.2	33.9	15.2	12.5	11.2
Gabon	10.9	8.9	2.0	68.3	11.9	19.8	0.1	11.8
Namibia	10.8	6.8	4.0	96.7	0.3	0.9	2.1	11.8
Switzerland	10.7	10.2	0.5	31.8	49.4	17.6	1.2	10.4
Saint Lucia	10.4	10.1	0.2	29.7	12.6	56.1	1.5	10.4
Austria	10.3	9.7	0.6	50.4	35.5	14.0	0.0	8.5
Estonia	10.3	9.5	0.8	41.2	11.1	36.8	10.9	9.4
Greece	10.3	8.3	2.0	28.1	47.3	24.2	0.4	9.3
Kazakhstan	10.3	6.8	3.5	31.8	3.1	65.1	0.0	8.2
Canada	10.2	8.2	2.0	51.2	22.0	26.8	0.0	10.3
Nigeria	10.1	9.1	1.0	8.0	0.4	0.9	90.7	11.3
Netherlands	9.9	9.4	0.5	46.8	36.4	16.9	0.0	9.6
Uganda	9.8	8.3	1.5	9.4	0.1	1.9	88.6	10.5
Rwanda	9.8	6.8	3.0	11.1	0.0	0.4	88.4	10.0
Chile	9.6	7.6	2.0	29.9	40.7	29.4	0.0	9.3
Sierra Leone	9.3	8.3	1.0	40.7	48.0	5.5	5.8	7.6
Burundi	9.3	6.3	3.0	24.5	0.0	0.1	75.4	9.8
United States	9.2	8.7	0.5	50.0	17.3	32.7	0.0	9.0
Cyprus	9.2	8.2	1.0	40.9	24.7	33.7	0.7	9.1
Sweden	9.2	7.2	2.0	37.0	46.6	15.1	1.4	8.7
Venezuela	8.9	7.7	1.3	75.6	0.8	23.4	0.2	8.3
Paraguay	8.8	7.3	1.5	51.1	18.2	28.8	2.0	9.6
Brazil	8.7	7.2	1.5	59.6	4.0	36.3	0.1	9.1
Argentina	8.7	6.7	2.0	6.4	0.5	0.7	92.3	8.2
Montenegro	8.7	4.9	3.9	10.9	47.0	41.7	0.4	13.3
Belize	8.5	6.8	1.7	67.6	2.0	30.3	0.1	8.3
Cameroon	8.4	5.8	2.6	63.9	22.1	13.8	0.2	7.7
Botswana	8.4	5.4	3.0	56.0	11.8	11.5	20.7	7.7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.2	7.7	0.5	44.0	7.4	48.0	0.6	7.0
Guyana	8.1	7.1	1.0	23.0	0.3	76.6	0.1	8.6
Peru	8.1	6.1	2.0	46.8	6.1	47.1	0.0	5.2
Panama	8.0	7.2	0.8	69.2	4.6	26.0	0.2	7.7
Niue	8.0	7.0	1.0	47.0	1.7	51.3	0.0	7.7
Palau	7.9	6.9	1.0	77.7	5.9	16.4	0.0
Norway	7.7	6.7	1.0	44.2	34.7	19.0	2.1	7.0
Tanzania	7.7	5.7	2.0	11.0	0.2	1.8	87.0	8.1
Georgia	7.7	5.4	2.3	17.0	49.8	33.2	0.1	6.7
Uruguay	7.6	6.6	1.0	30.6	59.9	9.5	0.0	7.0
Angola	7.5	5.9	1.6	64.3	13.7	17.4	4.7	7.6
Laos	7.3	6.2	1.1	35.6	0.0	64.4	0.0	7.5
Japan	7.2	7.0	0.2	19.2	4.1	52.0	24.7	7.5
Mexico	7.2	5.5	1.8	75.7	1.5	22.2	0.5	6.8
Ecuador	7.2	4.2	3.0	67.3	1.2	31.5	0.0	6.1
Dominica	7.1	6.6	0.5	13.7	7.1	77.9	1.2	6.6
Iceland	7.1	6.6	0.5	61.8	21.2	16.5	0.5	6.9
Thailand	7.1	6.4	0.7	27.0	0.4	72.6	0.0	8.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.1	4.6	2.5	73.3	9.7	17.0	0.0	7.5
São Tomé and Príncipe	7.1	4.2	2.9	23.5	60.2	16.3	0.0	6.8
Malta	7.0	6.6	0.4	39.4	32.7	27.2	0.7	7.2
Albania	7.0	4.9	2.1	31.8	19.8	48.4	0.0	6.6
Bahamas	6.9	6.3	0.5	34.0	14.6	50.4	1.0	4.2
Dominican Republic	6.9	6.2	0.7	54.5	2.7	42.7	0.1	7.6
Mongolia	6.9	4.9	2.0	27.6	2.8	69.6	0.0	7.8
Cape Verde	6.9	4.0	2.9	44.4	1.2	0.2	54.2	7.2
Barbados	6.8	6.3	0.5	39.7	10.2	49.3	0.8	6.5
Burkina Faso	6.8	4.3	2.5	10.0	3.0	3.1	83.8	7.4
Italy	6.7	6.5	0.2	23.0	65.6	11.5	0.0	6.1
Trinidad and Tobago	6.7	6.4	0.3	54.0	2.0	43.8	0.3	6.6
China	6.7	5.0	1.7	27.8	3.0	69.2	0.0	7.6
Lebanon	6.7	3.9	2.8	47.4	39.9	12.6	0.0	5.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.6	6.3	0.3	33.4	3.0	63.1	0.5	7.2
Equatorial Guinea	6.6	5.8	0.8	27.8	72.2	0.0	0.0	8.1
Suriname	6.6	5.6	1.0	40.0	2.3	57.2	0.5	6.5
Vietnam	6.6	2.0	4.6	97.3	0.6	2.1	0.0	8.7
Lesotho	6.5	2.8	3.7	51.3	0.2	18.9	29.6	6.4
Haiti	6.4	5.9	0.6	0.2	0.2	99.6	0.0	5.9
Cook Islands	6.4	5.9	0.5	0.0	22.6	77.4	0.0	4.8
Colombia	6.2	4.2	2.0	66.1	1.1	32.5	0.3	6.6
Ivory Coast	6.0	4.0	2.0	16.1	3.0	0.4	80.5	6.5
Bolivia	5.9	3.8	2.1	76.8	3.8	19.3	0.1	5.8
Eswatini	5.7	4.7	1.0	33.6	0.8	0.7	65.0	6.4
Zimbabwe	5.7	4.7	1.0	23.7	1.7	6.8	67.7	4.8
Seychelles	5.6	4.1	1.5	67.0	22.2	10.8	0.0	6.7
Cambodia	5.5	2.2	3.3	45.7	0.8	53.5	0.0	6.1
Puerto Rico	5.4	4.9	0.5	66.6	6.7	26.4	0.3	-
Netherlands Antilles	5.4	4.9	0.4	36.4	16.4	47.0	0.3	3.2
Philippines	5.4	4.6	0.9	26.9	0.3	72.7	0.0	5.6
Costa Rica	5.4	4.4	1.0	59.3	4.7	35.5	0.5	5.1
Armenia	5.3	3.8	1.5	9.7	5.3	84.9	0.0	5.5
Cuba	5.2	4.2	1.0	38.8	2.2	58.9	0.0	5.5
Nicaragua	5.0	3.5	1.5	38.8	0.5	60.6	0.0	4.6
Jamaica	4.9	3.4	1.5	42.0	4.9	51.4	1.6	5.1
Ghana	4.8	1.8	3.0	30.0	9.7	2.9	57.3	5.4
Liberia	4.7	3.1	1.6	10.8	1.0	88.1	0.0	5.2
Uzbekistan	4.6	2.4	2.1	18.3	6.3	75.4	0.0	4.8
Chad	4.4	0.4	4.0	66.3	3.4	3.8	26.5	4.4
United Arab Emirates	4.3	2.8	1.5	10.3	2.9	86.7	0.0	4.3
Kyrgyzstan	4.3	2.4	1.9	22.6	4.2	72.9	0.3	3.9
India	4.3	2.2	2.2	6.8	0.1	93.1	0.0	4.6
Turkmenistan	4.3	2.2	2.2	15.4	26.1	58.4	0.0	5.0
Kenya	4.3	1.8	2.5	56.1	1.8	21.6	20.4	4.0
Ethiopia	4.2	0.7	3.5	49.7	0.6	8.2	41.4	4.3
Honduras	4.0	3.0	1.0	40.1	1.1	58.7	0.0	4.0
Guinea-Bissau	4.0	2.5	1.5	19.6	14.9	22.4	43.0	4.3
Zambia	4.0	2.5	1.5	22.7	2.9	13.6	60.7	4.0
Congo	3.9	1.7	2.2	78.4	9.8	10.9	0.8	3.9
Guatemala	3.8	2.2	1.6	41.9	1.6	56.3	0.2	3.9
Central African Republic	3.8	1.8	2.0	16.2	0.6	2.1	81.1	3.8
North Korea	3.7	3.2	0.5	5.1	0.0	94.9	0.0	4.4
Sri Lanka	3.7	2.2	1.5	13.0	0.1	85.2	1.7	4.5
Mauritius	3.6	2.6	1.0	66.2	12.3	21.3	0.2	4.0
Samoa	3.6	2.6	1.0	70.9	16.6	12.5	0.0
DR Congo	3.6	2.3	1.3	24.0	0.7	2.0	73.3	3.4
Nauru	3.5	1.0	2.5	85.4	14.6	0.0	0.0	3.0
Gambia	3.4	2.4	1.0	5.6	0.7	0.3	93.5	3.2
Micronesia	3.3	2.3	1.0	47.0	14.1	38.9	0.0	3.5
El Salvador	3.2	2.2	1.0	41.7	1.7	56.6	0.0	3.5
Fiji	3.0	2.0	1.0	67.7	0.9	31.1	0.2	3.2
Papua New Guinea	3.0	1.5	1.5	51.3	0.9	47.7	0.0	3.1
Kiribati	3.0	1.0	2.0	36.9	2.2	60.9	0.0	2.9
Tajikistan	2.8	0.3	2.5	10.2	1.1	88.7	0.0	2.4
Israel	2.8	0.3	2.5	44.0	6.2	49.5	0.3	3.1
Sudan	2.7	1.7	1.0	8.0	0.0	13.5	78.5	2.7
Malawi	2.5	1.5	1.0	9.1	1.2	13.4	76.2	2.5
North Macedonia	2.4	1.9	0.5	18.2	29.1	52.4	0.3	2.2
Azerbaijan	2.3	1.3	1.0	28.7	7.6	63.3	0.0	2.1
Mozambique	2.3	1.3	1.0	63.0	7.3	25.4	4.3	2.0
Togo	2.3	1.3	1.0	48.9	26.9	2.4	21.8	1.9
Nepal	2.2	0.2	2.0	47.7	0.9	51.4	0.0	2.1
Bahrain	2.1	2.0	0.1	36.6	6.3	57.0	0.1	2.4
Benin	2.1	1.1	1.0	54.6	21.7	7.2	16.5	2.2
Singapore	2.0	1.5	0.5	70.1	13.5	14.7	1.7	2.9
Turkey	2.0	1.4	0.6	63.6	8.6	27.9	0.0	2.4
Madagascar	1.8	0.8	1.0	56.0	9.5	34.5	0.0	1.9
Solomon Islands	1.7	1.2	0.5	81.1	2.1	16.7	0.0	1.6
Tonga	1.6	1.1	0.5	57.9	7.6	34.3	0.1	2.1
Tunisia	1.5	1.3	0.2	68.6	27.7	3.7	0.0	1.2
Tuvalu	1.5	1.0	0.5	10.0	15.5	74.5	0.0	1.3
Qatar	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.2	13.9	84.6	0.3	1.3
Vanuatu	1.4	0.9	0.5	40.5	22.8	36.7	0.0	1.2
Djibouti	1.3	1.1	0.2	23.2	5.3	71.5	0.0	0.9
Malaysia	1.3	0.3	1.0	76.2	2.0	21.8	0.1	1.7
Syria	1.2	1.0	0.3	8.5	27.9	63.5	0.0	1.4
Maldives	1.2	0.7	0.5	29.1	29.4	41.2	0.0	1.0
Mali	1.1	0.6	0.5	13.3	1.5	2.1	83.1	1.0
Eritrea	1.1	0.5	0.6	63.6	0.0	0.1	36.3	1.4
Algeria	1.0	0.7	0.3	62.6	35.5	0.0	2.0	0.6
Iran	1.0	0.0	1.0	24.8	52.1	1.0	1.0
Oman	0.9	0.7	0.2	54.6	3.3	42.2	0.0	0.9
Brunei	0.9	0.6	0.3	89.8	2.3	7.2	0.7	0.8
Morocco	0.9	0.5	0.5	43.5	36.5	19.9	0.0	0.7
Jordan	0.7	0.5	0.2	22.4	2.1	75.4	0.1	0.7
Bhutan	0.7	0.4	0.3	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1
Guinea	0.7	0.2	0.5	78.9	16.3	3.7	1.1	0.7
Myanmar	0.7	0.1	0.6	82.6	5.7	11.8	0.0	0.7
Afghanistan	0.7	0.0	0.7	18.9	38.3	1.0	1.2
Senegal	0.6	0.3	0.3	55.1	41.3	3.6	0.0	0.5
Indonesia	0.6	0.1	0.5	84.5	0.1	15.3	0.0	0.6
East Timor	0.6	0.1	0.5	9.3	75.9	14.8	0.0	1.2
Iraq	0.5	0.2	0.3	76.1	1.0	22.9	0.0	0.5
Somalia	0.5	0.0	0.5	9.2	19.2	0.5	0.5
Egypt	0.4	0.2	0.2	53.8	5.4	40.3	0.5	0.3
Niger	0.3	0.1	0.2	46.0	13.2	40.7	0.0	0.3
Yemen	0.3	0.1	0.2	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Comoros	0.2	0.1	0.1	23.3	22.2	54.6	0.0	0.2
Saudi Arabia	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.9	97.9	0.2	0.2
Bangladesh	0.2	0.0	0.2	9.0	17.6	0.2	0.2
Kuwait	0.1	0.0	0.1	58.1	10.8	30.7	0.4	0.1
Libya	0.1	0.0	0.1	2.5	5.0	0.0	0.0
Mauritania	0.1	0.0	0.1					0.1
Pakistan	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.2	3.0	0.1	0.1

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2016 WHO data for OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries

The following is a list of OECD countries by the 2016 total alcohol consumption per capita age 15+ in litres of pure alcohol as published by the World Health Organization.

Country	Alcohol consumption (Litres/year)	Relative alcohol consumption
Czech Republic	14.1	14.1
Australia	12.6	12.6
Portugal	12.5	12.5
Slovakia	12.5	12.5
Hungary	12.4	12.4
United Kingdom	12.0	12
Finland	11.9	11.9
France	11.6	11.6
Poland	11.5	11.5
Luxembourg	11.2	11.2
New Zealand	11.2	11.2
Ireland	10.9	10.9
Slovenia	10.9	10.9
South Korea	10.9	10.9
Belgium	10.8	10.8
Germany	10.6	10.6
Spain	10.6	10.6
Switzerland	10.4	10.4
Canada	10.3	10.3
Denmark	10.2	10.2
Netherlands	9.6	9.6
Chile	9.3	9.3
Greece	9.3	9.3
United States	9.0	9
Sweden	8.7	8.7
Austria	8.5	8.5
Japan	7.5	7.5
Norway	7.0	7
Iceland	6.9	6.9
Mexico	6.8	6.8
Italy	6.1	6.1
Israel	3.1	3.1
Turkey	2.4	2.4

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OECD Data

2013 OECD statistics

The table below lists OECD countries by the annual consumption of pure alcohol in litres, per person, aged 15 years old and over, as published in the 2013 OECD Health Data. Note that the methodology to convert alcoholic drinks to pure alcohol may differ across countries. Typically beer is weighted as 4–5%, wine as 11–16% and spirits as 40% of pure alcohol equivalent.

This table is an accurate reflection of the annual consumption of pure alcohol in litres by OECD countries.

Country	Litres per capita	Relative size	Year
Austria	12.2	12.2	2011
Estonia	12.0	12	2011
France	11.8	11.8	2011
Ireland	11.7	11.7	2011
Czech Republic	11.5	11.5	2011
South Africa	11.4	11.4	2011
Luxembourg	11.4	11.4	2011
Germany	11.2	11.2	2011
Slovenia	10.6	10.6	2011
Denmark	10.5	10.5	2011
Poland	10.3	10.3	2011
Portugal	10.3	10.3	2011
United Kingdom	10.3	10.3	2011
Slovakia	10.2	10.2	2011
Australia	10.0	10	2011
Switzerland	10.0	10	2011
Belgium	9.8	9.8	2011
Finland	9.8	9.8	2011
Spain	9.8	9.8	2010
New Zealand	9.5	9.5	2011
Netherlands	9.2	9.2	2011
South Korea	8.9	8.9	2011
United States	8.6	8.6	2011
Canada	8.0	8	2011
Chile	7.9	7.9	2010
Greece	7.4	7.4	2011
Japan	7.3	7.3	2011
Sweden	7.3	7.3	2011
Norway	6.4	6.4	2011
Iceland	6.3	6.3	2010
Italy	6.1	6.1	2010
Mexico	5.1	5.1	2011
Israel	2.6	2.6	2011
Turkey	1.5	1.5	2011

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See also

• List of national drinks