List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita

The World Health Organization periodically publishes The Global Status Report on Alcohol:

• The report was first published by WHO in 1999 with data from 1996.^[1]
• The second report was released in 2004, published with data from 2003.^[2]
• The third report was published in 2011, with data from 2010.^[3]
• The fourth global report was published in 2014, using data from 2010.^[4]
• The fifth global report was published in 2018, with data from 2016.^[5]

Percentage of current drinkers among the total population (15+ years)^[6]

The table below for 189 countries uses 2016 data from the WHO report published in 2018. The methodology used by the WHO calculated use by persons 15 years of age or older. All data in columns refer to year 2016. The column "recorded" refers to the average recorded consumption for the period 2010. Unrecorded consumption (homebrew, moonshine, smuggled alcohol, surrogate alcohol etc.) was calculated using expert judgements and surveys. 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, soju, sake, mead, kumis, cider, kvass, and African beers (kumi kumi, kwete, banana beer, millet beer, umqombothi etc.). Worldwide consumption in 2016 was equal to 6.4 litres of pure alcohol consumed per person aged 15 years or older.

Pure alcohol consumption among persons (age 15+) in litres per capita per year, 2016^[9]

Country	Total	Recorded consumption	Unrecorded consumption	Beer (%)	Wine (%)	Spirits (%)	Other (%)	2020 projection	2025 projection
Estonia	16.9	15.8	1.1	32.7	7.4	50.3	9.6	11.5	11.9
Lithuania	15	13.8	1.2	43.6	7.3	37.1	12.1	14.4	13.9
Czech Republic	14.3	12.4	1.4	53.3	21.3	25.4	0	11.2	11.4
Seychelles	13.8	12.4	1.4	68.9	22.4	6.3	2.5	10.4	10.6
Germany	13.4	11.3	1.4	52.6	28.4	18.9	0	12.8	12.6
Nigeria	13.4	9.6	3.8	7.9	0.4	0.6	91.1	13	12.5
Ireland	13	11.3	1.4	47	28	18.8	6.2	13.5	13.9
Moldova	13	11.5	1.4	35.4	44.6	20	0	12.6	12.4
Latvia	12.9	11.1	1.9	42.8	11.1	40	6.1	14	15.1
Bulgaria	12.7	11.4	1.3	38.8	17.2	42.9	1.2	13	13.4
France	12.6	11.8	1.5	18.8	58.8	20.7	1.7	12.3	12.1
Romania	12.6	10.4	2.2	55.6	28.1	16.4	0	13.2	13.8
Slovenia	12.6	10.8	1.8	41.4	50.6	8	0	11.6	10.6
Portugal	12.3	10.6	2.1	26.1	61.5	7.7	4.7	11.8	11.0
Luxembourg	12.3	10.6	2.1	26.1	61.5	7.7	4.7	11.8	11
Belgium	12.1	10.4	1	44.4	38.3	14.2	3.1	12.2	12.3
Russia	11.7	8.1	3.6	39.0	12.8	38.6	9.5	12.3	12.4
Austria	11.6	11.4	0.4	53.5	31.6	14.9	0	11.7	11.4
Poland	11.6	10.4	1.7	56.1	7.8	36.1	0	12	12.7
Gabon	11.5	9.5	1.9	76.3	9.2	13.4	1.1	10.7	10.9
Slovakia	11.5	10.4	1.6	33.7	20.9	41.9	3.5	11.2	11.3
Switzerland	11.5	9.5	1.2	32.1	48.1	18.5	1.2	10.9	10.3
Hungary	11.4	10.9	1.5	35.5	32.2	32.3	0	11.2	10.9
United Kingdom	11.4	9.8	1.1	35	35.7	22.5	6.7	11.5	11.8
Andorra	11.3	10.1	1.6	34.1	42	23.9	0	11	10.5
Equatorial Guinea	11.3	9.9	1.4	83	17	0	0	11.8	12.4
Belarus	11.2	9.6	1.5	22.8	2.2	49	26	12.4	13.2
Serbia	11.1	9.2	1.8	32	42.5	25.4	0.1	11.3	11.6
Cyprus	10.8	9.6	1.8	29.7	28.4	41.9	0	11	11.6
Uruguay	10.8	9	1.9	35.2	43.7	21.1	0	12.1	13.3
Finland	10.7	8.4	2	48.8	20.6	21.5	9.1	10.8	10.9
New Zealand	10.7	9.1	1.3	37.4	33.4	28.9	0.3	10.6	10.4
Australia	10.6	9.6	0.8	39.9	37.5	12.9	9.8	10.5	10.3
Cook Islands	10.6	10	0.6	31.7	16.1	52.2	0	16.2	18.3
Denmark	10.4	9.5	1.2	37.4	44.7	17.1	0.8	10.3	10.3
Greece	10.4	6.4	4.3	31.5	45.5	21.8	1.3	10.7	10.8
Laos	10.4	7	3.4	50.1	0	49.8	0	10.5	10.9
South Korea	10.2	9.1	1.2	22.2	1.9	7.1	68.9	10.4	10.6
Spain	10	8.5	1.8	54.2	18	27.8	0	9.6	8.9
Eswatini	9.9	7.4	2.7	24.6	16.1	0	59.3	10	10.1
Saint Lucia	9.9	9.7	1.5	35.4	13.2	50	1.4	9.6	9.1
Argentina	9.8	8.4	1.3	39.9	40.2	9.6	10.3	10	10.3
Georgia	9.8	7.4	2.3	18.4	43	38.5	0.1	10.5	11.6
Namibia	9.8	7.8	2	60.2	10.4	13.9	15.6	9.2	8.5
United States	9.8	8.8	0.8	47	18.1	34.9	0	10.1	10.3
Barbados	9.6	9.2	1.4	37.6	10.5	50	1.9	9.9	10.5
Uganda	9.5	7.6	1.8	11	0.1	3.1	85.8	9.8	10.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.4	8.9	0.5	47.8	6.5	43.4	2.3	9.7	10.3
Tanzania	9.4	6.2	3.2	12.2	0.4	1.6	85.8	9.6	9.9
Chile	9.3	7.9	1.4	36.1	33.1	30.8	0	9.2	9.1
Grenada	9.3	8.8	1.4	40.9	7	48.3	3.8	9.4	9.6
South Africa	9.3	7.1	2.2	56	18.5	17.8	7.6	9.2	9
Sweden	9.2	7.2	2	36.4	47.8	14.1	1.7	9.8	10.1
Iceland	9.1	7.7	1.5	56.5	27.9	15.5	0	9.5	10.6
Rwanda	9	6.9	2.1	14.8	0.2	2.7	82.3	8.4	7.6
Cameroon	8.9	6.5	2.4	43.5	1.4	0.1	54.9	9.5	10.2
Canada	8.9	8.1	0.9	45.1	25.6	25.6	3.7	9.1	9.2
Croatia	8.9	9.9	1.4	44.5	39	13	3.5	8.8	8.2
Netherlands	8.7	7.5	0.6	47.8	35.8	16.4	0	9	8.8
Ukraine	8.6	5.4	3.1	42.3	5.4	51.5	0.8	9.5	10
Botswana	8.4	6.2	2.2	48.1	23.5	4.4	24	10	11.8
Ivory Coast	8.4	4.8	3.6	21.9	5	0.2	72.9	8.4	8.5
Trinidad and Tobago	8.4	7.3	1.1	57.9	3.3	37.1	1.7	9	9.5
Thailand	8.3	6.6	1.7	28.3	2.7	68.9	0	8.7	9.3
Vietnam	8.3	3.1	5.3	91.5	0.8	7.7	0	9.9	11.4
Burkina Faso	8.2	4.9	3.3	18	2.7	5	74.2	8.2	8.3
Dominica	8.2	7.3	1.8	11.1	0	88.9	0	7.5	6.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8.2	7.4	1.4	36.6	3.6	57.2	2.6	8.4	8.7
Malta	8.1	7.8	1.2	36.4	29.9	28.7	4.9	8.3	8.5
North Macedonia	8.1	4.9	3.6	35.3	46.6	17.4	0.7	7.5	6.6
Japan	8	6.9	1.1	18.2	5.5	40	36.3	8	7.9
Montenegro	8	6.4	1.7	10.8	43.1	44.1	2	7.9	7.9
Panama	7.9	6.8	1.2	76.9	3.5	19.4	0.3	8	8.4
Brazil	7.8	6.5	1.2	61.8	3.4	34.3	0.5	7.8	8.3
Congo	7.8	4.9	3	84.4	4.7	10.3	0.6	7.8	8.2
Kazakhstan	7.7	5.8	1.9	30.5	6.5	62.9	0	8.1	8.8
Albania	7.5	5	2.5	34.3	26.5	37.6	1.7	8.3	9.2
Burundi	7.5	4.1	3.4	39.3	0.1	0.1	60.5	7	6.6
Italy	7.5	7.1	0.5	25.4	64.8	9.8	0	7	6.1
Norway	7.5	6	1.1	43.9	36.7	16.7	2.7	7.8	8.2
Mongolia	7.4	5.7	1.7	43.6	1.9	54.5	0	6.2	9.1
China	7.2	5.7	1.5	29.6	3.1	67.2	0	7.5	8.1
Paraguay	7.2	5.7	1.7	54.2	17.4	27.3	1.1	8.3	9.7
Antigua and Barbuda	7	8.4	1.2	33	18.3	45.4	3.2	7.6	8.4
Niue	7	6	1	56.3	13.1	30.6	0	7	7
Dominican Republic	6.9	5.7	1.3	52.2	4.4	41.9	1.5	7.3	8
São Tomé and Príncipe	6.8	4.9	2	19.8	80.2	0	0	7.1	7.4
Belize	6.7	6.2	1.4	69.1	1.9	26.7	2.3	7	7.2
Cambodia	6.7	3.5	3.2	88.1	0.6	11.2	0.1	7.2	8.1
Philippines	6.6	4.5	2.1	27.3	0.4	72	0.3	6.8	7
Mexico	6.5	5.4	1.4	77.1	2.1	20.4	0.5	7	7.7
Angola	6.4	5	1.4	70.3	17.6	11.3	0.8	6.1	6.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.4	4.4	1.8	75.8	8.6	12.4	3.2	7	7.8
Guyana	6.3	5.1	1.2	48.4	0.2	50.8	0.6	6.3	6.1
Peru	6.3	5.1	1.2	60.1	8.1	31.8	0	6.3	6.4
Kyrgyzstan	6.2	4.1	2.1	11.6	2.2	86.2	0	6.5	7.4
Cuba	6.1	4.7	1.5	37.3	4.9	57.4	0.4	6.1	6.4
Nauru	6	3.5	2.5	22	3.7	74.3	0	0	6.3
Colombia	5.8	4.4	1.4	71.3	1.1	27.2	0.3	5.6	5.3
Haiti	5.8	5.8	0	2.3	0.3	97.3	0.1	5.9	6
Liberia	5.8	3.5	2.2	9.4	1.8	88.2	0.6	5.4	4.9
Cape Verde	5.7	4.1	1.6	55	45	0	0	6	6.2
India	5.7	3	2.6	7.5	0.1	92.4	0	6.6	7.9
Sierra Leone	5.7	3.4	2.2	4	1.1	0	94.9	5.2	4.7
Venezuela	5.6	4.6	1.1	69.2	0.3	29.2	1.3	4.5	3.9
Armenia	5.5	3.8	1.7	10.6	7	82.3	0.1	5.7	6.1
Turkmenistan	5.4	3.4	2	26.8	35.1	38	0	6	6.8
Nicaragua	5.2	3.8	1.4	39.7	0.8	59.5	0.1	5.4	5.8
Suriname	5.1	4.3	0.9	44.9	3.5	48.8	2.8	5.1	5.1
Lesotho	5	3	2	57.4	3.2	10.5	28.9	4.6	4.6
Bolivia	4.8	3.6	1.2	72.8	4.3	21.3	1.6	4.9	5.2
Costa Rica	4.8	3.7	1.1	64.1	7.2	27.9	0.8	4.8	4.8
Guinea-Bissau	4.8	2.8	1.9	13.7	31.3	13.7	41.2	4.8	4.8
Myanmar	4.8	1.6	3.2	22.4	9.8	67.7	0	5.9	6.4
Zambia	4.8	2.9	2	36.4	2.7	0.4	60.4	4.8	4.7
Zimbabwe	4.8	3.6	1.3	62.8	1.3	12	23.9	4.5	4.2
Bahamas	4.4	8.6	1.2	39.2	16.6	41.2	3	4.4	4.3
Ecuador	4.4	3.3	1.1	79.9	1.5	17.8	0.7	4.5	5.1
Sri Lanka	4.3	2.7	1.6	13.2	0.3	84.9	1.5	4.6	5.1
Jamaica	4.2	3.4	1.1	36.3	4.8	54.2	4.6	4.1	4
Honduras	4	2.9	1.2	46.6	1.2	52.1	0.1	4.1	4.3
North Korea	3.9	3.4	0.5	2.7	0	97.3	0	3.6	3.3
Gambia	3.8	3	0.9	8.5	2.1	0	89.4	3.9	4.1
Israel	3.8	2.6	1.2	54.4	4.7	39.5	1.4	4	4.3
United Arab Emirates	3.8	2.1	1.8	10.1	7.7	81.9	0.3	4.2	5.5
El Salvador	3.7	2.7	1.1	47.8	1.3	50.7	0.1	4.1	4.9
Malawi	3.7	2	1.7	8.8	0.8	11.3	79.1	3.9	4.3
Mauritius	3.6	2.6	1.2	53.9	15.4	30.8	0	3.6	3.5
Kenya	3.4	1.9	1.5	39.8	1.8	21.4	37	2.7	3.1
Central African Republic	3.3	1.7	1.6	25.9	0.7	0	73.5	3.2	3.2
Tajikistan	3.3	0.9	2.3	37.9	0.7	60.9	0.4	4	4.9
Togo	3.1	1.7	1.4	37	16	18.2	28.8	3.1	3.1
Benin	3	1.6	1.5	63.7	9.6	13.1	13.6	3.7	4.6
Fiji	3	2.2	1	69.8	1.2	28.9	0	3	3.1
Ethiopia	2.8	1.4	1.4	54.6	0.3	8.3	36.9	3.5	3.7
Ghana	2.7	1.6	1.1	28.3	6.6	8	57.1	2.7	2.7
Maldives	2.7	1.3	1.9	30.8	37.2	31.9	0	3	3
Uzbekistan	2.7	1.6	1.1	34.4	8.6	56.9	0	2.6	2.6
DR Congo	2.6	1.3	1.3	38.9	0.6	0.7	59.9	3.2	3.4
Micronesia	2.5	1.6	0.9	58.1	8.5	32.8	0.6	8.3	2.9
Samoa	2.5	2	0.7	94.1	5.9	0	0	2.9	3.3
Guatemala	2.4	1.6	0.9	56.1	2.1	41.7	0.2	2.4	2.3
Mozambique	2.4	1.3	1.1	78.7	8.3	12.4	0.6	2.5	2.6
East Timor	2.1	0.6	1.5	67.6	32.4	0	0	3.8	5.5
Nepal	2	0.6	1.4	31	49	20	0	2.3	2.6
Qatar	2	1.3	0.7	25.9	10.2	63.4	0.5	2.1	2.2
Singapore	2	1.8	0.3	70	14.6	13.4	2.1	2	2
Turkey	2	1.3	0.7	57.6	8.6	33.8	0	1.9	1.9
Bahrain	1.9	2.1	0.1	19	6.2	45.2	29.6	1.9	1.8
Madagascar	1.9	0.9	1.1	53.8	8.2	38	0	1.8	1.6
Tunisia	1.9	1.4	0.6	72.2	23.9	3.8	0.1	2	2.1
Tuvalu	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.6	84.7	14.1	0	1.7	1.7
Chad	1.5	0.7	0.9	70.2	1	5.3	23.5	1.7	1.8
Lebanon	1.5	1.2	0.4	33.9	15.4	49.2	1.5	1.4	1.2
Tonga	1.5	1.1	0.7	60.7	11.5	27.9	0	1.6	1.7
Solomon Islands	1.4	1	0.4	93.3	2.9	3.3	0.5	1.3	1.2
Eritrea	1.3	0.6	0.7	62.1	0.1	0.2	37.7	1.9	2.8
Guinea	1.3	0.4	0.9	91.1	8.9	0	0	1.1	1
Mali	1.3	0.6	0.7	15.8	1.2	0	83	1.3	1.3
Papua New Guinea	1.2	0.7	0.5	95.2	2.7	2.1	0	1.2	1.1
Iran	1	0	1					1	1
Vanuatu	1	0.8	0.4	38.5	25.4	36.1	0	1.4	1.5
Algeria	0.9	0.6	0.4	57.3	24.4	18.3	0	1	1.1
Comoros	0.9	0.1	0.8	24.6	30.6	44.8	0	1	1.1
Malaysia	0.9	0.6	0.4	60.7	21	17.4	0.8	0.9	0.8
Azerbaijan	0.8	0.5	0.3	61.5	36.9	0	1.5	0.7	0.9
Indonesia	0.8	0.3	0.5	18.5	76.4	4.6	0.6	1.1	1.6
Oman	0.8	0.4	0.4	39.8	2.8	57	0.3	0.8	0.9
Jordan	0.7	0.4	0.4	19.9	2.6	75.9	1.6	0.8	1
Senegal	0.7	0.2	0.5	56.4	34.1	8.5	1	0.7	0.6
Bhutan	0.6	0.2	0.4	46.2	4.2	49.6	0	0.5	0.4
Morocco	0.6	0.4	0.3	42.9	39.8	17	0.4	0.7	0.7
Djibouti	0.5	0.4	0.2	27.5	16.7	55	0.9	0.6	0.7
Niger	0.5	0.1	0.4	45	13.7	41.4	0	0.6	0.7
Sudan	0.5	0	0.5					0	0
Brunei	0.4	0.6	0.2	100	0	0	0	0.4	0.3
Egypt	0.4	0.2	0.2	62	4.4	33.1	0.6	0.4	0.5
Iraq	0.4	0.2	0.2	71	2.4	25.7	0.9	0.5	0.6
Kiribati	0.4	0.4	0.2	100	0	0	0	0.4	0.4
Pakistan	0.3	0	0.3					0.3	0.4
Syria	0.3	0.2	0.1	11.6	1.1	87.2	0	0.3	0.3
Afghanistan	0.2	0	0.2					0.2	0.2
Saudi Arabia	0.2	0.1	0.2					0.2	0.2
Yemen	0.1	0	0	89.5	0	10.5	0	0.1	0.1
Bangladesh	0	0	0					0	0
Kuwait	0	0	0					0	0
Libya	0	0	0					0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0					0	0
Somalia	0	0	0					0	0

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