Recorded alcohol consumption per person aged 15 and over
Litres of pure alcohol in recorded sales or production of beer, wine, spirits and other drinks, per person aged 15 or over, in a calendar year. Unrecorded consumption, such as home production and cross-border shopping, is not included.
Highest in 2024
12.67 litres
Portugal
Lowest in 2024
0.00 litres
Yemen
Countries ranked for 2024
187
Updated by the source on 6 July 2026
187 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
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Litres of pure alcohol per person aged 15+. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | China | India | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.90 litres | 2.58 litres | 3.35 litres | 10.43 litres |
| 2023 | 9.28 litres | 2.75 litres | 3.26 litres | 10.18 litres |
| 2022 | 9.41 litres | 3.52 litres | 3.17 litres | 10.65 litres |
| 2021 | 9.51 litres | 3.72 litres | 2.85 litres | 10.57 litres |
| 2020 | 9.15 litres | 3.80 litres | 2.43 litres | 10.67 litres |
| 2019 | 8.90 litres | 4.17 litres | 3.12 litres | 10.88 litres |
| 2018 | 8.87 litres | 4.56 litres | 3.08 litres | 11.27 litres |
| 2017 | 8.84 litres | 5.86 litres | 2.85 litres | 11.21 litres |
| 2016 | 8.90 litres | 6.51 litres | 2.96 litres | 11.32 litres |
| 2015 | 8.82 litres | 6.43 litres | 3.08 litres | 11.32 litres |
| 2014 | 8.82 litres | 6.33 litres | 3.06 litres | 11.53 litres |
| 2013 | 8.86 litres | 6.28 litres | 3.10 litres | 11.60 litres |
| 2012 | 8.91 litres | 6.01 litres | 3.11 litres | 11.67 litres |
| 2011 | 8.75 litres | 5.55 litres | 3.01 litres | 11.76 litres |
| 2010 | 8.65 litres | 4.97 litres | 2.75 litres | 11.11 litres |
| 2009 | 8.77 litres | 4.21 litres | 2.47 litres | 11.49 litres |
| 2008 | 8.85 litres | 3.69 litres | 1.88 litres | 11.79 litres |
| 2007 | 8.86 litres | 3.39 litres | 1.57 litres | 11.81 litres |
| 2006 | 8.76 litres | 2.89 litres | 1.35 litres | 12.21 litres |
| 2005 | 8.65 litres | 2.58 litres | 1.26 litres | 12.13 litres |
| 2004 | 8.60 litres | 2.40 litres | 1.19 litres | 12.29 litres |
| 2003 | 8.54 litres | 2.36 litres | 1.18 litres | 12.32 litres |
| 2002 | 8.48 litres | 2.53 litres | 1.10 litres | 12.60 litres |
| 2001 | 8.40 litres | 2.69 litres | 1.01 litres | 12.87 litres |
| 2000 | 8.43 litres | 2.94 litres | 0.95 litres | 13.01 litres |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 187 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Portugal (12.67 litres) and the lowest Yemen (0.00 litres).
- Half of the countries are above 3.35 litres and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 81 countries and fell in 90.
About this measure
Before comparing
- Recorded consumption only; tourist purchases raise the figure for some countries.
Source and dates
All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Portugal 12.67 litres
- 2 Saint Lucia 12.66 litres
- 3 Bulgaria 12.61 litres
- 4 Czechia 12.52 litres
- 5 Estonia 12.39 litres
- 6 Romania 12.20 litres
- 7 Latvia 12.00 litres
- 8 Austria 11.19 litres
- 9 Spain 11.12 litres
- 10 Luxembourg 11.02 litres
- 11 Croatia 10.82 litres
- 12 Andorra 10.51 litres
- 13 Belarus 10.48 litres
- 14 Germany 10.43 litres
- 15 Slovenia 10.40 litres
- 16 Lithuania 10.33 litres
- 17 Hungary 10.24 litres
- 18 Serbia 10.03 litres
- 19 Moldova 9.98 litres
- 20 Barbados 9.91 litres
- 21 France 9.90 litres
- 22 Poland 9.79 litres
- 23 Australia 9.58 litres
- 24 Ireland 9.58 litres
- 25 Seychelles 9.34 litres
- 26 Brazil 9.27 litres
- 27 Montenegro 9.12 litres
- 28 United States 8.90 litres
- 29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.90 litres
- 30 United Kingdom 8.81 litres
- 31 Denmark 8.77 litres
- 32 Belgium 8.66 litres
- 33 Grenada 8.44 litres
- 34 Bahamas 8.41 litres
- 35 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.38 litres
- 36 Antigua and Barbuda 8.21 litres
- 37 New Zealand 7.93 litres
- 38 Mauritius 7.79 litres
- 39 Russia 7.78 litres
- 40 Italy 7.77 litres
- 41 Switzerland 7.72 litres
- 42 Greece 7.61 litres
- 43 Malta 7.61 litres
- 44 South Korea 7.59 litres
- 45 Iceland 7.44 litres
- 46 Namibia 7.43 litres
- 47 South Africa 7.40 litres
- 48 Georgia 7.34 litres
- 49 Sweden 7.33 litres
- 50 Netherlands 7.28 litres
- 51 Finland 7.20 litres
- 52 Canada 7.19 litres
- 53 Guyana 7.16 litres
- 54 Gabon 7.15 litres
- 55 Dominica 7.12 litres
- 56 Slovakia 7.07 litres
- 57 Panama 6.90 litres
- 58 Thailand 6.89 litres
- 59 Paraguay 6.40 litres
- 60 Norway 6.11 litres
- 61 Mongolia 6.01 litres
- 62 Japan 5.98 litres
- 63 Cameroon 5.98 litres
- 64 Chile 5.80 litres
- 65 Argentina 5.64 litres
- 66 Mexico 5.56 litres
- 67 Eswatini 5.45 litres
- 68 Suriname 5.40 litres
- 69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.34 litres
- 70 Armenia 5.22 litres
- 71 North Macedonia 5.11 litres
- 72 Uruguay 5.07 litres
- 73 Philippines 4.96 litres
- 74 Botswana 4.76 litres
- 75 Dominican Republic 4.59 litres
- 76 Kazakhstan 4.56 litres
- 77 Belize 4.56 litres
- 78 Cyprus 4.49 litres
- 79 Trinidad and Tobago 4.24 litres
- 80 Zimbabwe 4.23 litres
- 81 Colombia 4.20 litres
- 82 Rwanda 4.15 litres
- 83 Fiji 4.14 litres
- 84 Cuba 4.00 litres
- 85 Laos 3.99 litres
- 86 Albania 3.92 litres
- 87 Cabo Verde 3.87 litres
- 88 Equatorial Guinea 3.74 litres
- 89 Jamaica 3.74 litres
- 90 Cambodia 3.71 litres
- 91 Nicaragua 3.67 litres
- 92 Peru 3.59 litres
- 93 Costa Rica 3.51 litres
- 94 India 3.35 litres
- 95 Israel 3.32 litres
- 96 Republic of the Congo 3.25 litres
- 97 El Salvador 3.20 litres
- 98 Viet Nam 3.17 litres
- 99 Bhutan 3.14 litres
- 100 São Tomé and Príncipe 3.13 litres
- 101 Guatemala 3.11 litres
- 102 Bolivia 2.96 litres
- 103 Côte d'Ivoire 2.95 litres
- 104 Lesotho 2.90 litres
- 105 Ecuador 2.89 litres
- 106 Honduras 2.88 litres
- 107 Kyrgyzstan 2.87 litres
- 108 Burkina Faso 2.82 litres
- 109 Haiti 2.68 litres
- 110 China 2.58 litres
- 111 Angola 2.49 litres
- 112 Benin 2.47 litres
- 113 Ukraine 2.42 litres
- 114 Uganda 2.29 litres
- 115 North Korea 2.26 litres
- 116 Samoa 2.25 litres
- 117 Vanuatu 2.24 litres
- 118 Singapore 2.20 litres
- 119 Guinea-Bissau 2.20 litres
- 120 Sri Lanka 2.19 litres
- 121 Uzbekistan 2.17 litres
- 122 Venezuela 2.16 litres
- 123 Burundi 2.05 litres
- 124 Nepal 2.03 litres
- 125 Zambia 1.85 litres
- 126 Kenya 1.78 litres
- 127 Myanmar 1.75 litres
- 128 Bahrain 1.75 litres
- 129 Türkiye 1.71 litres
- 130 Ghana 1.49 litres
- 131 Nigeria 1.43 litres
- 132 Turkmenistan 1.42 litres
- 133 Togo 1.41 litres
- 134 Maldives 1.38 litres
- 135 Mozambique 1.36 litres
- 136 Tunisia 1.32 litres
- 137 Tanzania 1.29 litres
- 138 Central African Republic 1.25 litres
- 139 Azerbaijan 1.25 litres
- 140 Ethiopia 1.21 litres
- 141 Qatar 1.09 litres
- 142 Lebanon 1.08 litres
- 143 Mali 1.07 litres
- 144 Eritrea 0.96 litres
- 145 United Arab Emirates 0.93 litres
- 146 Oman 0.74 litres
- 147 Malaysia 0.66 litres
- 148 Papua New Guinea 0.64 litres
- 149 Tajikistan 0.64 litres
- 150 Micronesia 0.63 litres
- 151 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.59 litres
- 152 Solomon Islands 0.59 litres
- 153 Liberia 0.55 litres
- 154 Malawi 0.53 litres
- 155 Madagascar 0.43 litres
- 156 Morocco 0.40 litres
- 157 Algeria 0.39 litres
- 158 Gambia 0.37 litres
- 159 Chad 0.37 litres
- 160 Iraq 0.37 litres
- 161 Guinea 0.35 litres
- 162 Senegal 0.25 litres
- 163 Kiribati 0.24 litres
- 164 Jordan 0.23 litres
- 165 Djibouti 0.22 litres
- 166 Timor-Leste 0.19 litres
- 167 Tonga 0.19 litres
- 168 Sierra Leone 0.18 litres
- 169 Egypt 0.11 litres
- 170 Comoros 0.10 litres
- 171 Niger 0.09 litres
- 172 Kuwait 0.09 litres
- 173 Indonesia 0.08 litres
- 174 Syria 0.07 litres
- 175 Pakistan 0.04 litres
- 176 Bangladesh 0.00 litres
- 177 Afghanistan 0.00 litres
- 178 Brunei 0.00 litres
- 179 Iran 0.00 litres
- 180 Libya 0.00 litres
- 181 Mauritania 0.00 litres
- 182 Naoero 0.00 litres
- 183 Saudi Arabia 0.00 litres
- 184 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.00 litres
- 185 Sudan 0.00 litres
- 186 Tuvalu 0.00 litres
- 187 Yemen 0.00 litres
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