Alcohol consumption by country, 2024
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.
187 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Portugal (12.67 litres). Lowest: Yemen (0.00 litres). The median is 3.35 litres.
Highest 10
- 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
Lowest 10
- 187. Yemen 0.00 litres
- 186. Tuvalu 0.00 litres
- 185. Sudan 0.00 litres
- 184. Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.00 litres
- 183. Saudi Arabia 0.00 litres
- 182. Naoero 0.00 litres
- 181. Mauritania 0.00 litres
- 180. Libya 0.00 litres
- 179. Iran 0.00 litres
- 178. Brunei 0.00 litres
The chart loads when you scroll to it.
The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 187. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | 12.67 litres | 2024 | |
| 2 | Saint Lucia | 12.66 litres | 2024 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 12.61 litres | 2024 | |
| 4 | Czechia | 12.52 litres | 2024 | |
| 5 | Estonia | 12.39 litres | 2024 | |
| 6 | Romania | 12.20 litres | 2024 | |
| 7 | Latvia | 12.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 8 | Austria | 11.19 litres | 2024 | |
| 9 | Spain | 11.12 litres | 2024 | |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 11.02 litres | 2024 | |
| 11 | Croatia | 10.82 litres | 2024 | |
| 12 | Andorra | 10.51 litres | 2024 | |
| 13 | Belarus | 10.48 litres | 2024 | |
| 14 | Germany | 10.43 litres | 2024 | |
| 15 | Slovenia | 10.40 litres | 2024 | |
| 16 | Lithuania | 10.33 litres | 2024 | |
| 17 | Hungary | 10.24 litres | 2024 | |
| 18 | Serbia | 10.03 litres | 2024 | |
| 19 | Moldova | 9.98 litres | 2024 | |
| 20 | Barbados | 9.91 litres | 2024 | |
| 21 | France | 9.90 litres | 2024 | |
| 22 | Poland | 9.79 litres | 2024 | |
| 23 | Australia | 9.58 litres | 2024 | |
| 24 | Ireland | 9.58 litres | 2024 | |
| 25 | Seychelles | 9.34 litres | 2024 | |
| 26 | Brazil | 9.27 litres | 2024 | |
| 27 | Montenegro | 9.12 litres | 2024 | |
| 28 | United States | 8.90 litres | 2024 | |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.90 litres | 2024 | |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 8.81 litres | 2024 | |
| 31 | Denmark | 8.77 litres | 2024 | |
| 32 | Belgium | 8.66 litres | 2024 | |
| 33 | Grenada | 8.44 litres | 2024 | |
| 34 | Bahamas | 8.41 litres | 2024 | |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.38 litres | 2024 | |
| 36 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.21 litres | 2024 | |
| 37 | New Zealand | 7.93 litres | 2024 | |
| 38 | Mauritius | 7.79 litres | 2024 | |
| 39 | Russia | 7.78 litres | 2024 | |
| 40 | Italy | 7.77 litres | 2024 | |
| 41 | Switzerland | 7.72 litres | 2024 | |
| 42 | Greece | 7.61 litres | 2024 | |
| 43 | Malta | 7.61 litres | 2024 | |
| 44 | South Korea | 7.59 litres | 2024 | |
| 45 | Iceland | 7.44 litres | 2024 | |
| 46 | Namibia | 7.43 litres | 2024 | |
| 47 | South Africa | 7.40 litres | 2024 | |
| 48 | Georgia | 7.34 litres | 2024 | |
| 49 | Sweden | 7.33 litres | 2024 | |
| 50 | Netherlands | 7.28 litres | 2024 | |
| 51 | Finland | 7.20 litres | 2024 | |
| 52 | Canada | 7.19 litres | 2024 | |
| 53 | Guyana | 7.16 litres | 2024 | |
| 54 | Gabon | 7.15 litres | 2024 | |
| 55 | Dominica | 7.12 litres | 2024 | |
| 56 | Slovakia | 7.07 litres | 2024 | |
| 57 | Panama | 6.90 litres | 2024 | |
| 58 | Thailand | 6.89 litres | 2024 | |
| 59 | Paraguay | 6.40 litres | 2024 | |
| 60 | Norway | 6.11 litres | 2024 | |
| 61 | Mongolia | 6.01 litres | 2024 | |
| 62 | Japan | 5.98 litres | 2024 | |
| 63 | Cameroon | 5.98 litres | 2024 | |
| 64 | Chile | 5.80 litres | 2024 | |
| 65 | Argentina | 5.64 litres | 2024 | |
| 66 | Mexico | 5.56 litres | 2024 | |
| 67 | Eswatini | 5.45 litres | 2024 | |
| 68 | Suriname | 5.40 litres | 2024 | |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.34 litres | 2024 | |
| 70 | Armenia | 5.22 litres | 2024 | |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 5.11 litres | 2024 | |
| 72 | Uruguay | 5.07 litres | 2024 | |
| 73 | Philippines | 4.96 litres | 2024 | |
| 74 | Botswana | 4.76 litres | 2024 | |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 4.59 litres | 2024 | |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 4.56 litres | 2024 | |
| 77 | Belize | 4.56 litres | 2024 | |
| 78 | Cyprus | 4.49 litres | 2024 | |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.24 litres | 2024 | |
| 80 | Zimbabwe | 4.23 litres | 2024 | |
| 81 | Colombia | 4.20 litres | 2024 | |
| 82 | Rwanda | 4.15 litres | 2024 | |
| 83 | Fiji | 4.14 litres | 2024 | |
| 84 | Cuba | 4.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 85 | Laos | 3.99 litres | 2024 | |
| 86 | Albania | 3.92 litres | 2024 | |
| 87 | Cabo Verde | 3.87 litres | 2024 | |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.74 litres | 2024 | |
| 89 | Jamaica | 3.74 litres | 2024 | |
| 90 | Cambodia | 3.71 litres | 2024 | |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 3.67 litres | 2024 | |
| 92 | Peru | 3.59 litres | 2024 | |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 3.51 litres | 2024 | |
| 94 | India | 3.35 litres | 2024 | |
| 95 | Israel | 3.32 litres | 2024 | |
| 96 | Republic of the Congo | 3.25 litres | 2024 | |
| 97 | El Salvador | 3.20 litres | 2024 | |
| 98 | Viet Nam | 3.17 litres | 2024 | |
| 99 | Bhutan | 3.14 litres | 2024 | |
| 100 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3.13 litres | 2024 | |
| 101 | Guatemala | 3.11 litres | 2024 | |
| 102 | Bolivia | 2.96 litres | 2024 | |
| 103 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.95 litres | 2024 | |
| 104 | Lesotho | 2.90 litres | 2024 | |
| 105 | Ecuador | 2.89 litres | 2024 | |
| 106 | Honduras | 2.88 litres | 2024 | |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.87 litres | 2024 | |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 2.82 litres | 2024 | |
| 109 | Haiti | 2.68 litres | 2024 | |
| 110 | China | 2.58 litres | 2024 | |
| 111 | Angola | 2.49 litres | 2024 | |
| 112 | Benin | 2.47 litres | 2024 | |
| 113 | Ukraine | 2.42 litres | 2024 | |
| 114 | Uganda | 2.29 litres | 2024 | |
| 115 | North Korea | 2.26 litres | 2024 | |
| 116 | Samoa | 2.25 litres | 2024 | |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 2.24 litres | 2024 | |
| 118 | Singapore | 2.20 litres | 2024 | |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.20 litres | 2024 | |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 2.19 litres | 2024 | |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 2.17 litres | 2024 | |
| 122 | Venezuela | 2.16 litres | 2024 | |
| 123 | Burundi | 2.05 litres | 2024 | |
| 124 | Nepal | 2.03 litres | 2024 | |
| 125 | Zambia | 1.85 litres | 2024 | |
| 126 | Kenya | 1.78 litres | 2024 | |
| 127 | Myanmar | 1.75 litres | 2024 | |
| 128 | Bahrain | 1.75 litres | 2024 | |
| 129 | Türkiye | 1.71 litres | 2024 | |
| 130 | Ghana | 1.49 litres | 2024 | |
| 131 | Nigeria | 1.43 litres | 2024 | |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 1.42 litres | 2024 | |
| 133 | Togo | 1.41 litres | 2024 | |
| 134 | Maldives | 1.38 litres | 2024 | |
| 135 | Mozambique | 1.36 litres | 2024 | |
| 136 | Tunisia | 1.32 litres | 2024 | |
| 137 | Tanzania | 1.29 litres | 2024 | |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 1.25 litres | 2024 | |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 1.25 litres | 2024 | |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 1.21 litres | 2024 | |
| 141 | Qatar | 1.09 litres | 2024 | |
| 142 | Lebanon | 1.08 litres | 2024 | |
| 143 | Mali | 1.07 litres | 2024 | |
| 144 | Eritrea | 0.96 litres | 2024 | |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 0.93 litres | 2024 | |
| 146 | Oman | 0.74 litres | 2024 | |
| 147 | Malaysia | 0.66 litres | 2024 | |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 0.64 litres | 2024 | |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 0.64 litres | 2024 | |
| 150 | Micronesia | 0.63 litres | 2024 | |
| 151 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.59 litres | 2024 | |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 0.59 litres | 2024 | |
| 153 | Liberia | 0.55 litres | 2024 | |
| 154 | Malawi | 0.53 litres | 2024 | |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.43 litres | 2024 | |
| 156 | Morocco | 0.40 litres | 2024 | |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.39 litres | 2024 | |
| 158 | Gambia | 0.37 litres | 2024 | |
| 159 | Chad | 0.37 litres | 2024 | |
| 160 | Iraq | 0.37 litres | 2024 | |
| 161 | Guinea | 0.35 litres | 2024 | |
| 162 | Senegal | 0.25 litres | 2024 | |
| 163 | Kiribati | 0.24 litres | 2024 | |
| 164 | Jordan | 0.23 litres | 2024 | |
| 165 | Djibouti | 0.22 litres | 2024 | |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 0.19 litres | 2024 | |
| 167 | Tonga | 0.19 litres | 2024 | |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 0.18 litres | 2024 | |
| 169 | Egypt | 0.11 litres | 2024 | |
| 170 | Comoros | 0.10 litres | 2024 | |
| 171 | Niger | 0.09 litres | 2024 | |
| 172 | Kuwait | 0.09 litres | 2024 | |
| 173 | Indonesia | 0.08 litres | 2024 | |
| 174 | Syria | 0.07 litres | 2024 | |
| 175 | Pakistan | 0.04 litres | 2024 | |
| 176 | Bangladesh | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 178 | Brunei | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 179 | Iran | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 180 | Libya | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 181 | Mauritania | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 182 | Naoero | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 183 | Saudi Arabia | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 184 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 185 | Sudan | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 0.00 litres | 2024 | |
| 187 | Yemen | 0.00 litres | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by WHO; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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