Alcohol per capita consumption

On June 25, 2024, a new report by the World Health Organization was published, which provides fresh data on the level of alcohol consumption per capita by country. These figures are the number of liters of pure ethyl alcohol per person over the age of 15.

The indicator is an important indicator that provides key information about the impact of alcohol on public health. Statistics show that high rates of alcohol consumption are directly associated with an increase in cases of cardiovascular diseases, cancer and other serious ailments.

The WHO report is published once every 5-6 years, providing a more accurate understanding of alcohol consumption trends among adults.

Various aspects of consumption are taken into account when calculating the rating: the data is broken down by gender, age and types of alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine and spirits. This allows us to study in more detail the characteristics of consumption in different countries and determine which prevention and control measures can be most effective.

Ranking of countries by alcohol consumption (data from 2024)

Rank		Alcohol per capita consumptionliters	Natural population growthpeople
1	Romania	17	-73496.00
2	Georgia	14.3	-1312.00
3	Czechia	13.3	-21680.00
4	Latvia	13.1	-13364.00
5	Uganda	12.2	1.5 million
6	Germany Freelance visa Work visa The Blue Card The Chance Card Study visa Career Counseling Career support	12.2	-314891.00
7	Austria	12	-16169.00
8	Seychelles	12	693.00
9	Bulgaria Business Residence Permit	11.9	-40335.00
10	Lithuania	11.8	-19506.00
11	Ireland	11.7	18 thousand
12	Poland	11.6	-94394.00
13	Luxembourg	11.5	2 thousand
14	Laos	11.5	115 thousand
15	Moldova	11.4	-8744.00
16	Estonia	11.3	-5657.00
17	France	11.3	23 thousand
18	Andorra	11.1	64.00
19	Slovenia	11	-3679.00
20	Spain Visa Digital Nomad Startup Visa Study visa Financially Independent Residence Permit	10.9	-110642.00
21	Belarus	10.9	-56537.00
22	United Kingdom	10.8	35 thousand
23	Cook Islands	10.6	46.00
24	Hungary Visa Digital Nomad Business Residence Permit	10.6	-42690.00
25	Slovakia	10.5	-1896.00
26	Switzerland	10.4	10 thousand
27	Tanzania	10.4	2.0 million
28	Portugal Visa Digital Nomad Financially Independent Residence Permit Freelance visa Study visa Startup visa	10.4	-29271.00
29	Russia	10.4	-497650.00
30	Belgium	10.3	-12105.00
31	Montenegro Visa Digital Nomad Business Residence Permit	10.3	-228.00
32	Cameroon	10.1	755 thousand
33	Australia	10.1	120 thousand
34	New Zealand	9.9	22 thousand
35	Canada	9.9	45 thousand
36	Burkina Faso	9.8	545 thousand
37	United States	9.6	682 thousand
38	St. Lucia	9.5	475.00
39	Barbados	9.5	159.00
40	Denmark	9.4	535.00
41	Niue	9.3	-2.00
42	Netherlands	9.3	2 thousand
43	Sweden	9.3	4 thousand
44	Vietnam	9.3	728 thousand
45	Finland	9.2	-16428.00
46	South Africa	8.8	603 thousand
47	Ukraine	8.7	-283190.00
48	Antigua & Barbuda	8.5	463.00
49	Cambodia	8.5	250 thousand
50	Croatia Visa Digital Nomad	8.5	-23583.00
51	Malta	8.5	285.00
52	Benin	8.3	354 thousand
53	Botswana	8.2	47 thousand
54	South Korea	8.2	-109108.00
55	Grenada	8.1	334.00
56	Eswatini	8.1	20 thousand
57	Cyprus	8.1	5 thousand
58	Iceland	8.1	2 thousand
59	Italy Visa Digital Nomad Study visa	8	-278821.00
60	Argentina	8	155 thousand
61	Mongolia	7.9	45 thousand
62	Serbia Business Residence Permit	7.9	-34088.00
63	Thailand	7.8	-46106.00
64	Brazil	7.7	1.1 million
65	Mauritius	7.5	680.00
66	Peru	7.5	354 thousand
67	Gabon	7.3	53 thousand
68	St. Vincent & Grenadines	7.2	67.00
69	Greece	7.1	-53357.00
70	Equatorial Guinea	6.9	40 thousand
71	Dominican Republic	6.8	132 thousand
72	Norway	6.8	7 thousand
73	Chile	6.7	49 thousand
74	Japan	6.7	-774546.00
75	Panama	6.6	50 thousand
76	Suriname	6.6	7 thousand
77	Bosnia & Herzegovina	6.4	-18292.00
78	St. Kitts & Nevis	6.3	83.00
79	Cape Verde	6.3	4 thousand
80	Angola	6.2	1.1 million
81	Philippines	6.2	1.1 million
82	Trinidad & Tobago	6.1	4 thousand
83	Dominica	6.1	-111.00
84	Cuba	6	-15881.00
85	Namibia	5.9	58 thousand
86	Mexico	5.7	1.2 million
87	China	5.7	-2784296.00
88	Belize	5.7	5 thousand
89	Paraguay	5.6	98 thousand
90	Uruguay	5.5	298.00
91	Guyana	5.3	11 thousand
92	Albania	5.1	5 thousand
93	São Tomé & Príncipe	5	5 thousand
94	Armenia	5	7 thousand
95	Kyrgyzstan	5	109 thousand
96	Colombia	4.9	423 thousand
97	India	4.9	13.7 million
98	North Macedonia	4.6	-2985.00
99	Lesotho	4.5	31 thousand
100	Ghana	4.5	651 thousand
101	Kazakhstan	4.5	273 thousand
102	Bahamas	4.4	855.00
103	Mali	4.3	746 thousand
104	North Korea	4.3	86 thousand
105	Nigeria	4.2	4.8 million
106	Nicaragua	4.2	101 thousand
107	Guinea-Bissau	4.1	49 thousand
108	Bolivia	4.1	172 thousand
109	Burundi	4.1	369 thousand
110	Zambia	3.9	578 thousand
111	Chad	3.7	606 thousand
112	Liberia	3.6	126 thousand
113	Zimbabwe	3.6	373 thousand
114	Jamaica	3.6	10 thousand
115	Costa Rica	3.5	24 thousand
116	Haiti	3.5	167 thousand
117	Fiji	3.4	8 thousand
118	Ethiopia	3.4	3.3 million
119	Ecuador	3.3	178 thousand
120	El Salvador	3.3	52 thousand
121	Honduras	3.2	186 thousand
122	Malawi	3.2	549 thousand
123	Israel	3	121 thousand
124	Nauru	2.9	214.00
125	Kenya	2.9	1.1 million
126	Turkmenistan	2.9	118 thousand
127	Côte d’Ivoire	2.8	758 thousand
128	Sri Lanka	2.8	162 thousand
129	Uzbekistan	2.6	722 thousand
130	Samoa	2.4	4 thousand
131	United Arab Emirates	2.4	94 thousand
132	Congo - Kinshasa	2.1	3.5 million
133	Micronesia	2.1	2 thousand
134	Myanmar (Burma}	2.1	408 thousand
135	Azerbaijan	2	57 thousand
136	Mozambique	2	1.0 million
137	Central African Republic	2	190 thousand
138	Tunisia	2	94 thousand
139	Singapore	1.9	20 thousand
140	Vanuatu	1.9	7 thousand
141	Rwanda	1.9	313 thousand
142	Turkey Visa Digital Nomad	1.8	520 thousand
143	Papua New Guinea	1.7	188 thousand
144	Bahrain	1.6	16 thousand
145	Solomon Islands	1.6	17 thousand
146	Guatemala	1.6	290 thousand
147	Lebanon	1.5	59 thousand
148	Togo	1.4	218 thousand
149	Maldives	1.4	5 thousand
150	Nepal	1.4	368 thousand
151	Tuvalu	1.2	136.00
152	Eritrea	1.2	78 thousand
153	Qatar	1.1	27 thousand
154	Gambia	1.1	65 thousand
155	Madagascar	1	766 thousand
156	Tajikistan	0.9	224 thousand
157	Oman	0.9	75 thousand
158	Kiribati	0.8	2 thousand
159	Malaysia	0.8	255 thousand
160	Iran	0.7	750 thousand
161	Algeria	0.6	692 thousand
162	Guinea	0.5	356 thousand
163	Morocco	0.5	417 thousand
164	Senegal	0.4	431 thousand
165	Djibouti	0.4	15 thousand
166	Timor-Leste	0.4	20 thousand
167	Brunei	0.4	4 thousand
168	Tonga	0.4	2 thousand
169	Jordan	0.3	201 thousand
170	Comoros	0.3	18 thousand
171	Sierra Leone	0.3	189 thousand
172	Syria	0.2	403 thousand
173	Bhutan	0.2	5 thousand
174	Iraq	0.2	973 thousand
175	Libya	0.1	76 thousand
176	Pakistan	0.1	5.3 million
177	Yemen	0.1	1.2 million
178	Niger	0.1	864 thousand
179	Egypt	0.1	1.8 million
180	Indonesia	0.1	2.4 million
181	Saudi Arabia	0.1	468 thousand
182	Bangladesh	0.1	2.6 million
183	Afghanistan	0.1	1.2 million
184	Somalia	0.1	608 thousand
185	Mauritania	0.1	145 thousand
186	Sudan	0.1	1.4 million
187	Kuwait	0.1	41 thousand
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Top 10 countries with the highest alcohol consumption

Most alcohol is consumed mainly in European countries, but there are exceptions. Romania is in the first place in the ranking, which has gone far ahead of all countries: 17 liters of pure alcohol per person per year are consumed here. Georgia takes the second place: lovers of homemade wines drink about 14.3 liters of ethanol per person. And the Czech Republic took the third place with a slight lag, where the average citizen drinks 13.3 liters of pure alcohol per year.

Latvia ranks fourth with a consumption of about 13.1 liters, followed by Uganda (12.2 liters). Fans of good beer and Oktoberfest – Germans took the sixth place at the level of 12.2 liters of pure alcohol per year per capita. It is followed by Austria (12 liters), Seychelles (12 liters) and Bulgaria (11.9 liters) with almost identical values. And Lithuania closes the top ten – 11.8 liters per Lithuanian.

Top 10 countries with the lowest alcohol consumption

The top 10 non-drinking countries include mainly Muslim states where Islam is the official religion. Alcohol is not sold in these countries, or is sold only to tourists in restricted areas. Indicators in all countries in the top ten tend to zero, therefore they are designated as a number less than 0.1 liters per person per year.

The list of ten non-drinking leaders consists of the following countries: Kuwait, Sudan, Mauritania, Somalia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Egypt, Niger. In countries such as Yemen, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq, Bhutan and Syria, alcohol consumption also tends to zero. At least according to official data.

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