List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita

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

WHO Data

The WHO publish periodically The Global Status Report on Alcohol:

2010 WHO data

The table below for about 190 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 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, kumi kumi, kwete, mead and cider.

Pure alcohol consumption among persons (age 15+) in liters per capita per year, 2010[2]
Rank Country Total Recorded
consumption 		Unrecorded
consumption 		Beer
(%) 		Wine
(%) 		Spirits
(%) 		Other
(%) 		2015
projection
1 Belarus 17.5 14.4 3.2 17.3 5.2 46.6 30.9 17.1
2 Moldova 16.8 6.3 10.5 30.4 5.1 64.5 0 17.4
3 Lithuania 15.4 12.9 2.5 46.5 7.8 34.1 11.6 16.2
4 Russia 15.1 11.5 3.6 37.6 11.4 51 0 14.5
5 Romania 14.4 10.4 4 50 28.9 21.1 0 12.9
6 Ukraine 13.9 8.9 5 40.5 9 48 2.6 11.8
7 Andorra 13.8 12.4 1.4 34.6 45.3 20.1 0 9.1
8 Hungary 13.3 11.3 2 36.3 29.4 34.3 0 12.4
9 Czech Republic 13 11.8 1.2 53.5 20.5 26 0 14.1
10 Slovakia 13 11.4 1.7 30.1 18.3 46.2 5.5 12.5
11 Portugal 12.9 11 1.9 30.8 55.5 10.9 2.8 12.5
12 Serbia 12.6 9.6 2.9 51.5 23.9 24.6 0 12.9
13 Grenada 12.5 11.9 0.7 29.3 4.3 66.2 0.2 10.4
14 Poland 12.5 10.9 1.6 55.1 9.3 35.5 0 11.5
15 Latvia 12.3 10.5 1.8 46.9 10.7 37 5.4 10.6
16 Finland 12.3 10 2.3 46 17.5 24 12.6 11.9
17 South Korea 12.3 9.8 2.5 25 1.6 2.9 70.5 10.9
18 France 12.2 11.8 0.4 18.8 56.4 23.1 1.7 11.6
19 Australia 12.2 10.4 1.8 44 36.7 12.5 6.8 12.6
20 Croatia 12.2 10.2 2 39.5 44.8 15.4 0.2 11.7
21 Ireland 11.9 11.4 0.5 48.1 26.1 18.7 7.7 10.9
22 Luxembourg 11.9 11.4 0.5 36.2 42.8 21 0 11.2
23 Germany 11.8 11.3 0.5 53.6 27.8 18.6 0 10.6
24 Slovenia 11.6 10.6 1 44.5 46.9 8.6 0 10.9
25 United Kingdom 11.6 10.4 1.2 36.9 33.8 21.8 7.5 12
26 Denmark 11.4 10.4 1 37.7 48.2 14.1 0 10.2
27 Bulgaria 11.4 10.3 1.1 39.3 16.5 44.1 0.1 11.3
28 Spain 11.2 10 1.2 49.7 20.1 28.2 1.8 10.6
29 Belgium 11 10.5 0.5 49.2 36.3 14.4 0.1 10.8
30 South Africa 11 8.2 2.9 48.1 17.8 16.7 17.4 11.5
31 New Zealand 10.9 9.3 1.6 38.2 33.9 15.2 12.5 11.2
32 Gabon 10.9 8.9 2 68.3 11.9 19.8 0.1 11.8
33 Namibia 10.8 6.8 4 96.7 0.3 0.9 2.1 11.8
34  Switzerland 10.7 10.2 0.5 31.8 49.4 17.6 1.2 10.4
35 Saint Lucia 10.4 10.1 0.2 29.7 12.6 56.1 1.5 10.4
36 Austria 10.3 9.7 0.6 50.4 35.5 14 0 8.5
37 Estonia 10.3 9.5 0.8 41.2 11.1 36.8 10.9 9.4
38 Greece 10.3 8.3 2 28.1 47.3 24.2 0.4 9.3
39 Kazakhstan 10.3 6.8 3.5 31.8 3.1 65.1 0 8.2
40 Canada 10.2 8.2 2 51.2 22 26.8 0 10.3
41 Nigeria 10.1 9.1 1 8 0.4 0.9 90.7 11.3
42 Netherlands 9.9 9.4 0.5 46.8 36.4 16.9 0 9.6
43 Uganda 9.8 8.3 1.5 9.4 0.1 1.9 88.6 10.5
44 Rwanda 9.8 6.8 3 11.1 0 0.4 88.4 10
45 Chile 9.6 7.6 2 29.9 40.7 29.4 0 9.3
46 Argentina 9.3 8.3 1 40.7 48 5.5 5.8 7.6
47 Burundi 9.3 6.3 3 24.5 0 0.1 75.4 9.8
48 United States 9.2 8.7 0.5 50 17.3 32.7 0 9
49 Cyprus 9.2 8.2 1 40.9 24.7 33.7 0.7 9.1
50 Sweden 9.2 7.2 2 37 46.6 15.1 1.4 8.7
51 Venezuela 8.9 7.7 1.3 75.6 0.8 23.4 0.2 8.3
52 Paraguay 8.8 7.3 1.5 51.1 18.2 28.8 2 9.6
53 Brazil 8.7 7.2 1.5 59.6 4 36.3 0.1 9.1
54 Sierra Leone 8.7 6.7 2 6.4 0.5 0.7 92.3 8.2
55 Montenegro 8.7 4.9 3.9 10.9 47 41.7 0.4 13.3
56 Belize 8.5 6.8 1.7 67.6 2 30.3 0.1 8.3
57 Cameroon 8.4 5.8 2.6 63.9 22.1 13.8 0.2 7.7
58 Botswana 8.4 5.4 3 56 11.8 11.5 20.7 7.7
59 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.2 7.7 0.5 44 7.4 48 0.6 7
60 Guyana 8.1 7.1 1 23 0.3 76.6 0.1 8.6
61 Peru 8.1 6.1 2 46.8 6.1 47.1 0 5.2
62 Panama 8 7.2 0.8 69.2 4.6 26 0.2 7.7
63 Niue 8 7 1 47 1.7 51.3 0 7.7
64 Palau 7.9 6.9 1 77.7 5.9 16.4 0
65 Norway 7.7 6.7 1 44.2 34.7 19 2.1 7
66 Tanzania 7.7 5.7 2 11 0.2 1.8 87 8.1
67 Georgia 7.7 5.4 2.3 17 49.8 33.2 0.1 6.7
68 Uruguay 7.6 6.6 1 30.6 59.9 9.5 0 7
69 Angola 7.5 5.9 1.6 64.3 13.7 17.4 4.7 7.6
70 Laos 7.3 6.2 1.1 35.6 0 64.4 0 7.5
71 Japan 7.2 7 0.2 19.2 4.1 52 24.7 7.5
72 Mexico 7.2 5.5 1.8 75.7 1.5 22.2 0.5 6.8
73 Ecuador 7.2 4.2 3 67.3 1.2 31.5 0 6.1
74 Dominica 7.1 6.6 0.5 13.7 7.1 77.9 1.2 6.6
75 Iceland 7.1 6.6 0.5 61.8 21.2 16.5 0.5 6.9
76 Thailand 7.1 6.4 0.7 27 0.4 72.6 0 8.3
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.1 4.6 2.5 73.3 9.7 17 0 7.5
78 São Tomé and Príncipe 7.1 4.2 2.9 23.5 60.2 16.3 0 6.8
79 Malta 7 6.6 0.4 39.4 32.7 27.2 0.7 7.2
80 Albania 7 4.9 2.1 31.8 19.8 48.4 0 6.6
81 Bahamas 6.9 6.3 0.5 34 14.6 50.4 1 4.2
82 Dominican Republic 6.9 6.2 0.7 54.5 2.7 42.7 0.1 7.6
83 Mongolia 6.9 4.9 2 27.6 2.8 69.6 0 7.8
84 Cape Verde 6.9 4 2.9 44.4 1.2 0.2 54.2 7.2
85 Barbados 6.8 6.3 0.5 39.7 10.2 49.3 0.8 6.5
86 Burkina Faso 6.8 4.3 2.5 10 3 3.1 83.8 7.4
87 Italy 6.7 6.5 0.2 23 65.6 11.5 0 6.1
88 Trinidad and Tobago 6.7 6.4 0.3 54 2 43.8 0.3 6.6
89 China 6.7 5 1.7 27.8 3 69.2 0 7.6
90 Macedonia 6.7 3.9 2.8 47.4 39.9 12.6 0 5.7
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.6 6.3 0.3 33.4 3 63.1 0.5 7.2
92 Equatorial Guinea 6.6 5.8 0.8 27.8 72.2 0 0 8.1
93 Suriname 6.6 5.6 1 40 2.3 57.2 0.5 6.5
94 Vietnam 6.6 2 4.6 97.3 0.6 2.1 0 8.7
95 Lesotho 6.5 2.8 3.7 51.3 0.2 18.9 29.6 6.4
96 Haiti 6.4 5.9 0.6 0.2 0.2 99.6 0 5.9
97 Cook Islands 6.4 5.9 0.5 0 22.6 77.4 0 4.8
98 Colombia 6.2 4.2 2 66.1 1.1 32.5 0.3 6.6
99 Ivory Coast 6 4 2 16.1 3 0.4 80.5 6.5
100 Bolivia 5.9 3.8 2.1 76.8 3.8 19.3 0.1 5.8
101 Swaziland 5.7 4.7 1 33.6 0.8 0.7 65 6.4
102 Zimbabwe 5.7 4.7 1 23.7 1.7 6.8 67.7 4.8
103 Seychelles 5.6 4.1 1.5 67 22.2 10.8 0 6.7
104 Cambodia 5.5 2.2 3.3 45.7 0.8 53.5 0 6.1
105 Puerto Rico 5.4 4.9 0.5 66.6 6.7 26.4 0.3 -
106 Netherlands Antilles 5.4 4.9 0.4 36.4 16.4 47 0.3 3.2
107 Philippines 5.4 4.6 0.9 26.9 0.3 72.7 0 5.6
108 Costa Rica 5.4 4.4 1 59.3 4.7 35.5 0.5 5.1
109 Armenia 5.3 3.8 1.5 9.7 5.3 84.9 0 5.5
110 Cuba 5.2 4.2 1 38.8 2.2 58.9 0 5.5
111 Nicaragua 5 3.5 1.5 38.8 0.5 60.6 0 4.6
112 Jamaica 4.9 3.4 1.5 42 4.9 51.4 1.6 5.1
113 Ghana 4.8 1.8 3 30 9.7 2.9 57.3 5.4
114 Liberia 4.7 3.1 1.6 10.8 1 88.1 0 5.2
115 Uzbekistan 4.6 2.4 2.1 18.3 6.3 75.4 0 4.8
116 Chad 4.4 0.4 4 66.3 3.4 3.8 26.5 4.4
117 United Arab Emirates 4.3 2.8 1.5 10.3 2.9 86.7 0 4.3
118 Kyrgyzstan 4.3 2.4 1.9 22.6 4.2 72.9 0.3 3.9
119 India 4.3 2.2 2.2 6.8 0.1 93.1 0 4.6
120 Turkmenistan 4.3 2.2 2.2 15.4 26.1 58.4 0 5
121 Kenya 4.3 1.8 2.5 56.1 1.8 21.6 20.4 4
122 Ethiopia 4.2 0.7 3.5 49.7 0.6 8.2 41.4 4.3
123 Honduras 4 3 1 40.1 1.1 58.7 0 4
124 Guinea-Bissau 4 2.5 1.5 19.6 14.9 22.4 43 4.3
125 Zambia 4 2.5 1.5 22.7 2.9 13.6 60.7 4
126 Republic of the Congo 3.9 1.7 2.2 78.4 9.8 10.9 0.8 3.9
127 Guatemala 3.8 2.2 1.6 41.9 1.6 56.3 0.2 3.9
128 Central African Republic 3.8 1.8 2 16.2 0.6 2.1 81.1 3.8
129 North Korea 3.7 3.2 0.5 5.1 0 94.9 0 4.4
130 Sri Lanka 3.7 2.2 1.5 13 0.1 85.2 1.7 4.5
131 Mauritius 3.6 2.6 1 66.2 12.3 21.3 0.2 4
132 Samoa 3.6 2.6 1 70.9 16.6 12.5 0
133 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.6 2.3 1.3 24 0.7 2 73.3 3.4
134 Nauru 3.5 1 2.5 85.4 14.6 0 0 3
135 Gambia 3.4 2.4 1 5.6 0.7 0.3 93.5 3.2
136 Federated States of Micronesia 3.3 2.3 1 47 14.1 38.9 0 3.5
137 El Salvador 3.2 2.2 1 41.7 1.7 56.6 0 3.5
138 Fiji 3 2 1 67.7 0.9 31.1 0.2 3.2
139 Papua New Guinea 3 1.5 1.5 51.3 0.9 47.7 0 3.1
140 Kiribati 3 1 2 36.9 2.2 60.9 0 2.9
141 Tajikistan 2.8 0.3 2.5 10.2 1.1 88.7 0 2.4
142 Israel 2.8 0.3 2.5 44 6.2 49.5 0.3 3.1
143 Sudan 2.7 1.7 1 8 0 13.5 78.5 2.7
144 Malawi 2.5 1.5 1 9.1 1.2 13.4 76.2 2.5
145 Lebanon 2.4 1.9 0.5 18.2 29.1 52.4 0.3 2.2
146 Azerbaijan 2.3 1.3 1 28.7 7.6 63.3 0 2.1
147 Mozambique 2.3 1.3 1 63 7.3 25.4 4.3 2
148 Togo 2.3 1.3 1 48.9 26.9 2.4 21.8 1.9
149   Nepal 2.2 0.2 2 47.7 0.9 51.4 0 2.1
150 Bahrain 2.1 2 0.1 36.6 6.3 57 0.1 2.4
151 Benin 2.1 1.1 1 54.6 21.7 7.2 16.5 2.2
152 Singapore 2 1.5 0.5 70.1 13.5 14.7 1.7 2.9
153 Turkey 2 1.4 0.6 63.6 8.6 27.9 0 2.4
154 Madagascar 1.8 0.8 1 56 9.5 34.5 0 1.9
155 Solomon Islands 1.7 1.2 0.5 81.1 2.1 16.7 0 1.6
156 Tonga 1.6 1.1 0.5 57.9 7.6 34.3 0.1 2.1
157 Tunisia 1.5 1.3 0.2 68.6 27.7 3.7 0 1.2
158 Tuvalu 1.5 1 0.5 10 15.5 74.5 0 1.3
159 Qatar 1.5 0.9 0.6 1.2 13.9 84.6 0.3 1.3
160 Vanuatu 1.4 0.9 0.5 40.5 22.8 36.7 0 1.2
161 Djibouti 1.3 1.1 0.2 23.2 5.3 71.5 0 0.9
162 Malaysia 1.3 0.3 1 76.2 2 21.8 0.1 1.7
163 Syria 1.2 1 0.3 8.5 27.9 63.5 0 1.4
164 Maldives 1.2 0.7 0.5 29.1 29.4 41.2 0 1
165 Mali 1.1 0.6 0.5 13.3 1.5 2.1 83.1 1
166 Eritrea 1.1 0.5 0.6 63.6 0 0.1 36.3 1.4
167 Algeria 1 0.7 0.3 62.6 35.5 0 2 0.6
168 Iran 1 0 1 24.8 52.1 1 1
169 Oman 0.9 0.7 0.2 54.6 3.3 42.2 0 0.9
170 Brunei 0.9 0.6 0.3 89.8 2.3 7.2 0.7 0.8
171 Morocco 0.9 0.5 0.5 43.5 36.5 19.9 0 0.7
172 Jordan 0.7 0.5 0.2 22.4 2.1 75.4 0.1 0.7
173 Bhutan 0.7 0.4 0.3 100 0 0 0 1.1
174 Guinea 0.7 0.2 0.5 78.9 16.3 3.7 1.1 0.7
175 Myanmar 0.7 0.1 0.6 82.6 5.7 11.8 0 0.7
176 Afghanistan 0.7 0 0.7 18.9 38.3 1 1.2
177 Senegal 0.6 0.3 0.3 55.1 41.3 3.6 0 0.5
178 Indonesia 0.6 0.1 0.5 84.5 0.1 15.3 0 0.6
179 Timor-Leste 0.6 0.1 0.5 9.3 75.9 14.8 0 1.2
180 Iraq 0.5 0.2 0.3 76.1 1 22.9 0 0.5
181 Somalia 0.5 0 0.5 9.2 19.2 0.5 0.5
182 Egypt 0.4 0.2 0.2 53.8 5.4 40.3 0.5 0.3
183 Niger 0.3 0.1 0.2 46 13.2 40.7 0 0.3
184 Yemen 0.3 0.1 0.2 100 0 0 0 0.2
185 Comoros 0.2 0.1 0.1 23.3 22.2 54.6 0 0.2
186 Saudi Arabia 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 1.9 97.9 0.2 0.2
187 Bangladesh 0.2 0 0.2 9 17.6 0.2 0.2
188 Kuwait 0.1 0 0.1 58.1 10.8 30.7 0.4 0.1
189 Libya 0.1 0 0.1 2.5 5 0 0
190 Mauritania 0.1 0 0.1 0.1
191 Pakistan 0.1 0 0 1.2 3 0.1 0.1

2015 WHO data for OECD countries

The following is a list of OECD countries by the total alcohol consumption per capita in litres of pure alcohol as published by the World Health Organization in 2015.[3]

Rank Country Alcohol consumption
in litres 		Relative alcohol consumption
1  Czech Republic 14.1 14.1
 
2  Australia 12.6 12.6
 
3  Portugal 12.5 12.5
 
4  Slovakia 12.5 12.5
 
5  Hungary 12.4 12.4
 
6  United Kingdom 12.0 12
 
7  Finland 11.9 11.9
 
8  France 11.6 11.6
 
9  Poland 11.5 11.5
 
10  Luxembourg 11.2 11.2
 
11  New Zealand 11.2 11.2
 
12  Ireland 10.9 10.9
 
13  Slovenia 10.9 10.9
 
14  South Korea 10.9 10.9
 
15  Belgium 10.8 10.8
 
16  Germany 10.6 10.6
 
17  Spain 10.6 10.6
 
18   Switzerland 10.4 10.4
 
19  Canada 10.3 10.3
 
20  Denmark 10.2 10.2
 
21  Netherlands 9.6 9.6
 
22  Chile 9.3 9.3
 
23  Greece 9.3 9.3
 
24  United States 9.0 9
 
25  Sweden 8.7 8.7
 
26  Austria 8.5 8.5
 
27  Japan 7.5 7.5
 
28  Norway 7.0 7
 
29  Iceland 6.9 6.9
 
30  Mexico 6.8 6.8
 
31  Italy 6.1 6.1
 
32  Israel 3.1 3.1
 
33  Turkey 2.4 2.4
 

OECD Data

2013 OECD statistics

The table below lists OECD countries by the annual consumption of pure alcohol in liters, 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.

Rank Country Liters per capita [4] Relative size Year
1  Austria 12.2 12.2
 
 2011
2  Estonia 12 12
 
 2011
3  France 11.8 11.8
 
 2011
4  Ireland 11.7 11.7
 
 2011
5  Czech Republic 11.5 11.5
 
 2011
6  Hungary 11.4 11.4
 
 2011
7  Luxembourg 11.4 11.4
 
 2011
8  Germany 11.2 11.2
 
 2011
9  Slovenia 10.6 10.6
 
 2011
10  Denmark 10.5 10.5
 
 2011
11  Poland 10.3 10.3
 
 2011
12  Portugal 10.3 10.3
 
 2011
13  United Kingdom 10.3 10.3
 
 2011
14  Slovakia 10.2 10.2
 
 2011
15  Australia 10 10
 
 2011
16   Switzerland 10 10
 
 2011
17  Belgium 9.8 9.8
 
 2011
18  Finland 9.8 9.8
 
 2011
19  Spain 9.8 9.8
 
 2010
20  New Zealand 9.5 9.5
 
 2011
21  Netherlands 9.2 9.2
 
 2011
22  South Korea 8.9 8.9
 
 2011
23  United States 8.6 8.6
 
 2011
24  Canada 8 8
 
 2011
25  Chile 7.9 7.9
 
 2010
26  Greece 7.4 7.4
 
 2011
27  Japan 7.3 7.3
 
 2011
28  Sweden 7.3 7.3
 
 2011
29  Norway 6.4 6.4
 
 2011
30  Iceland 6.3 6.3
 
 2010
31  Italy 6.1 6.1
 
 2010
32  Mexico 5.1 5.1
 
 2011
33  Israel 2.6 2.6
 
 2011
34  Turkey 1.5 1.5
 
 2011

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/alcohol/en/
  2. ↑ WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2014
  3. ↑ World Health Statistics 2016 data visualizations dashboard: Harmful use of alcohol.
  4. ↑ OECD.Stat: Health Status
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