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 | Value liters | Population | ||
| 1 | 17 | 19.5 million | ||
| 2 | 14.3 | 3.7 million | ||
| 3 | 13.3 | 10.7 million | ||
| 4 |
Latvia
|
13.1 | 1.9 million | |
| 5 |
Uganda
|
12.2 | 42.7 million | |
| 6 | 12.2 | 82.9 million | ||
| 7 | 12 | 8.8 million | ||
| 8 |
Seychelles
|
12 | 97 thousand | |
| 9 | 11.9 | 7.0 million | ||
| 10 |
Lithuania
|
11.8 | 2.8 million | |
| 11 |
Ireland
|
11.7 | 4.9 million | |
| 12 | 11.6 | 38.0 million | ||
| 13 |
Luxembourg
|
11.5 | 608 thousand | |
| 14 |
Laos
|
11.5 | 7.1 million | |
| 15 | 11.4 | 2.7 million | ||
| 16 |
Estonia
|
11.3 | 1.3 million | |
| 17 | 11.3 | 67.0 million | ||
| 18 |
Andorra
|
11.1 | 77 thousand | |
| 19 | 11 | 2.1 million | ||
| 20 | 10.9 | 46.8 million | ||
| 21 |
Belarus
|
10.9 | 9.5 million | |
| 22 | 10.8 | 66.5 million | ||
| 23 |
Cook Islands
|
10.6 | 17 thousand | |
| 24 | 10.6 | 9.8 million | ||
| 25 | 10.5 | 5.4 million | ||
| 26 | 10.4 | 8.5 million | ||
| 27 |
Tanzania
|
10.4 | 56.3 million | |
| 28 | 10.4 | 10.3 million | ||
| 29 |
Russia
|
10.4 | - | |
| 30 | 10.3 | 11.4 million | ||
| 31 | 10.3 | 631 thousand | ||
| 32 |
Cameroon
|
10.1 | 25.2 million | |
| 33 |
Australia
|
10.1 | 25.0 million | |
| 34 |
New Zealand
|
9.9 | 4.8 million | |
| 35 | 9.9 | 37.1 million | ||
| 36 |
Burkina Faso
|
9.8 | 19.8 million | |
| 37 | 9.6 | 326.7 million | ||
| 38 | 9.5 | - | ||
| 39 |
Barbados
|
9.5 | 287 thousand | |
| 40 | 9.4 | 5.8 million | ||
| 41 |
Niue
|
9.3 | 2 thousand | |
| 42 |
Netherlands
|
9.3 | 17.2 million | |
| 43 | 9.3 | 10.2 million | ||
| 44 |
Vietnam
|
9.3 | 95.5 million | |
| 45 | 9.2 | 5.5 million | ||
| 46 |
South Africa
|
8.8 | 57.8 million | |
| 47 |
Ukraine
|
8.7 | 44.6 million | |
| 48 | 8.5 | - | ||
| 49 |
Cambodia
|
8.5 | 16.2 million | |
| 50 | 8.5 | 4.1 million | ||
| 51 |
Malta
|
8.5 | 485 thousand | |
| 52 |
Benin
|
8.3 | 11.5 million | |
| 53 |
Botswana
|
8.2 | 2.3 million | |
| 54 |
South Korea
|
8.2 | 51.6 million | |
| 55 | 8.1 | 111 thousand | ||
| 56 |
Eswatini
|
8.1 | - | |
| 57 | 8.1 | 1.2 million | ||
| 58 |
Iceland
|
8.1 | 353 thousand | |
| 59 | 8 | 60.4 million | ||
| 60 | 8 | 44.5 million | ||
| 61 |
Mongolia
|
7.9 | 3.2 million | |
| 62 | 7.9 | 7.0 million | ||
| 63 | 7.8 | 69.4 million | ||
| 64 | 7.7 | 209.5 million | ||
| 65 |
Mauritius
|
7.5 | 1.3 million | |
| 66 |
Peru
|
7.5 | 32.0 million | |
| 67 |
Gabon
|
7.3 | 2.1 million | |
| 68 |
St. Vincent & Grenadines
|
7.2 | - | |
| 69 | 7.1 | 10.7 million | ||
| 70 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
6.9 | 1.3 million | |
| 71 |
Dominican Republic
|
6.8 | 10.6 million | |
| 72 |
Norway
|
6.8 | 5.3 million | |
| 73 | 6.7 | 18.7 million | ||
| 74 | 6.7 | 126.5 million | ||
| 75 |
Panama
|
6.6 | 4.2 million | |
| 76 |
Suriname
|
6.6 | 576 thousand | |
| 77 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
6.4 | - | |
| 78 | 6.3 | - | ||
| 79 |
Cape Verde
|
6.3 | 544 thousand | |
| 80 |
Angola
|
6.2 | 30.8 million | |
| 81 |
Philippines
|
6.2 | 106.7 million | |
| 82 |
Trinidad & Tobago
|
6.1 | - | |
| 83 | 6.1 | 72 thousand | ||
| 84 |
Cuba
|
6 | 11.3 million | |
| 85 |
Namibia
|
5.9 | 2.4 million | |
| 86 | 5.7 | 126.2 million | ||
| 87 | 5.7 | 1.4 billion | ||
| 88 |
Belize
|
5.7 | 383 thousand | |
| 89 |
Paraguay
|
5.6 | 7.0 million | |
| 90 |
Uruguay
|
5.5 | 3.4 million | |
| 91 |
Guyana
|
5.3 | 779 thousand | |
| 92 | 5.1 | 2.9 million | ||
| 93 |
São Tomé & Príncipe
|
5 | - | |
| 94 |
Armenia
|
5 | 3.0 million | |
| 95 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
5 | 6.3 million | |
| 96 |
Colombia
|
4.9 | 49.6 million | |
| 97 |
India
|
4.9 | 1.4 billion | |
| 98 |
North Macedonia
|
4.6 | 2.1 million | |
| 99 |
Lesotho
|
4.5 | 2.1 million | |
| 100 |
Ghana
|
4.5 | 29.8 million | |
| 101 | 4.5 | 18.3 million | ||
| 102 |
Bahamas
|
4.4 | 386 thousand | |
| 103 |
Mali
|
4.3 | 19.1 million | |
| 104 |
North Korea
|
4.3 | 25.5 million | |
| 105 |
Nigeria
|
4.2 | 195.9 million | |
| 106 |
Nicaragua
|
4.2 | 6.5 million | |
| 107 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
4.1 | 1.9 million | |
| 108 |
Bolivia
|
4.1 | 11.4 million | |
| 109 |
Burundi
|
4.1 | 11.2 million | |
| 110 |
Zambia
|
3.9 | 17.4 million | |
| 111 |
Chad
|
3.7 | 15.5 million | |
| 112 |
Liberia
|
3.6 | 4.8 million | |
| 113 |
Zimbabwe
|
3.6 | 14.4 million | |
| 114 |
Jamaica
|
3.6 | 2.9 million | |
| 115 |
Costa Rica
|
3.5 | 5.0 million | |
| 116 |
Haiti
|
3.5 | 11.1 million | |
| 117 |
Fiji
|
3.4 | - | |
| 118 |
Ethiopia
|
3.4 | 109.2 million | |
| 119 |
Ecuador
|
3.3 | 17.1 million | |
| 120 |
El Salvador
|
3.3 | 6.4 million | |
| 121 |
Honduras
|
3.2 | 9.6 million | |
| 122 |
Malawi
|
3.2 | 18.1 million | |
| 123 |
Israel
|
3 | 8.9 million | |
| 124 |
Nauru
|
2.9 | 13 thousand | |
| 125 |
Kenya
|
2.9 | 51.4 million | |
| 126 |
Turkmenistan
|
2.9 | 5.9 million | |
| 127 |
Côte d’Ivoire
|
2.8 | - | |
| 128 |
Sri Lanka
|
2.8 | 21.7 million | |
| 129 |
Uzbekistan
|
2.6 | 33.0 million | |
| 130 |
Samoa
|
2.4 | 196 thousand | |
| 131 |
United Arab Emirates
|
2.4 | 9.6 million | |
| 132 |
Congo - Kinshasa
|
2.1 | - | |
| 133 |
Micronesia
|
2.1 | - | |
| 134 |
Myanmar (Burma}
|
2.1 | - | |
| 135 |
Azerbaijan
|
2 | 9.9 million | |
| 136 |
Mozambique
|
2 | 29.5 million | |
| 137 |
Central African Republic
|
2 | 4.7 million | |
| 138 |
Tunisia
|
2 | 11.6 million | |
| 139 |
Singapore
|
1.9 | 5.6 million | |
| 140 | 1.9 | 293 thousand | ||
| 141 |
Rwanda
|
1.9 | 12.3 million | |
| 142 | 1.8 | 82.3 million | ||
| 143 |
Papua New Guinea
|
1.7 | 8.6 million | |
| 144 | 1.6 | 1.6 million | ||
| 145 |
Solomon Islands
|
1.6 | 653 thousand | |
| 146 |
Guatemala
|
1.6 | 17.2 million | |
| 147 |
Lebanon
|
1.5 | 6.8 million | |
| 148 |
Togo
|
1.4 | 7.9 million | |
| 149 |
Maldives
|
1.4 | 516 thousand | |
| 150 |
Nepal
|
1.4 | 28.1 million | |
| 151 |
Tuvalu
|
1.2 | 12 thousand | |
| 152 |
Eritrea
|
1.2 | 6.2 million | |
| 153 |
Qatar
|
1.1 | 2.8 million | |
| 154 |
Gambia
|
1.1 | 2.3 million | |
| 155 |
Madagascar
|
1 | 26.3 million | |
| 156 |
Tajikistan
|
0.9 | 9.1 million | |
| 157 |
Oman
|
0.9 | 4.8 million | |
| 158 |
Kiribati
|
0.8 | 116 thousand | |
| 159 |
Malaysia
|
0.8 | 31.5 million | |
| 160 |
Iran
|
0.7 | 81.8 million | |
| 161 |
Algeria
|
0.6 | 42.2 million | |
| 162 |
Guinea
|
0.5 | 12.4 million | |
| 163 |
Morocco
|
0.5 | 36.0 million | |
| 164 |
Senegal
|
0.4 | 15.9 million | |
| 165 |
Djibouti
|
0.4 | 959 thousand | |
| 166 |
Timor-Leste
|
0.4 | - | |
| 167 |
Brunei
|
0.4 | 429 thousand | |
| 168 |
Tonga
|
0.4 | 103 thousand | |
| 169 |
Jordan
|
0.3 | 10.0 million | |
| 170 |
Comoros
|
0.3 | 832 thousand | |
| 171 |
Sierra Leone
|
0.3 | 7.7 million | |
| 172 |
Syria
|
0.2 | 16.9 million | |
| 173 |
Bhutan
|
0.2 | 754 thousand | |
| 174 |
Iraq
|
0.2 | 38.4 million | |
| 175 |
Libya
|
0.1 | - | |
| 176 |
Pakistan
|
0.1 | 212.2 million | |
| 177 |
Yemen
|
0.1 | 28.5 million | |
| 178 |
Niger
|
0.1 | 22.4 million | |
| 179 |
Egypt
|
0.1 | 98.4 million | |
| 180 |
Indonesia
|
0.1 | 267.7 million | |
| 181 |
Saudi Arabia
|
0.1 | 33.7 million | |
| 182 |
Bangladesh
|
0.1 | 161.4 million | |
| 183 |
Afghanistan
|
0.1 | 37.2 million | |
| 184 |
Somalia
|
0.1 | 15.0 million | |
| 185 |
Mauritania
|
0.1 | 4.4 million | |
| 186 |
Sudan
|
0.1 | 41.8 million | |
| 187 |
Kuwait
|
0.1 | 4.1 million | |
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