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Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%), age-standardized
Compare alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%), age-standardized across 187 countries or territories using one fixed 2020 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
19.2%
Median: 17.4%
Countries Covered
187
with available data
Highest
Luxembourg
48.0%
Lowest
Kuwait
0.2%
Top 5 Countries
1Luxembourg48.0%
2Ireland45.8%
3South Korea45.2%
4Republic of the Congo43.9%
5Equatorial Guinea43.9%
By Region
Oceania40.4%(2 countries)
Europe33.9%(31 countries)
South America27.1%(7 countries)
North America22.6%(4 countries)
Other16.5%(109 countries)
Key Findings
- •187 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2020 slice.
- •Luxembourg has the highest published value (48.0492 %).
- •Kuwait has the lowest published value (0.173956 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.2%)High (48.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 19.2%)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (109)
Africa (9)
Asia (25)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%), age-standardized
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2020 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+) past 30 days (%), age-standardized
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 48.0% |
| 2 | Ireland | 45.8% |
| 3 | South Korea | 45.2% |
| 4 | Republic of the Congo | 43.9% |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 43.9% |
| 6 | Andorra | 43.3% |
| 7 | Japan | 43.1% |
| 8 | Iceland | 42.7% |
| 9 | Romania | 42.1% |
| 10 | Angola | 41.8% |
| 11 | Portugal | 41.6% |
| 12 | New Zealand | 41.4% |
| 13 | Malta | 40.7% |
| 14 | Finland | 40.0% |
| 15 | Gabon | 39.6% |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 39.5% |
| 17 | Australia | 39.4% |
| 18 | Poland | 38.5% |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 37.6% |
| 20 | Slovakia | 37.3% |
| 21 | Hungary | 36.8% |
| 22 | Peru | 35.8% |
| 23 | Switzerland | 35.6% |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.4% |
| 25 | Austria | 34.6% |
| 26 | Denmark | 34.5% |
| 27 | Germany | 34.4% |
| 28 | Spain | 34.3% |
| 29 | Norway | 33.4% |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33.3% |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 33.3% |
| 32 | United States of America | 33.2% |
| 33 | Sweden | 32.7% |
| 34 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 32.7% |
| 35 | Netherlands | 31.7% |
| 36 | Seychelles | 31.4% |
| 37 | Belgium | 31.4% |
| 38 | Latvia | 31.1% |
| 39 | France | 31.0% |
| 40 | Argentina | 31.0% |
| 41 | Lithuania | 30.8% |
| 42 | Bolivia | 30.4% |
| 43 | Chile | 30.4% |
| 44 | Italy | 30.0% |
| 45 | Croatia | 29.7% |
| 46 | Estonia | 29.7% |
| 47 | Slovenia | 29.6% |
| 48 | Vietnam | 29.3% |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 29.1% |
| 50 | Canada | 28.3% |
| 51 | Cook Islands | 28.1% |
| 52 | Belarus | 28.1% |
| 53 | Barbados | 27.9% |
| 54 | Uruguay | 27.6% |
| 55 | Ecuador | 27.5% |
| 56 | Moldova, Republic of | 27.4% |
| 57 | Georgia | 27.1% |
| 58 | Grenada | 27.0% |
| 59 | Armenia | 26.9% |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 26.7% |
| 61 | Niue | 26.6% |
| 62 | Mongolia | 26.6% |
| 63 | Cameroon | 26.6% |
| 64 | Greece | 26.2% |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 26.0% |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.8% |
| 67 | Cuba | 24.3% |
| 68 | Benin | 23.7% |
| 69 | Dominica | 23.4% |
| 70 | Cambodia | 23.2% |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.2% |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 22.9% |
| 73 | Zambia | 22.0% |
| 74 | Ukraine | 21.9% |
| 75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.6% |
| 76 | Thailand | 21.6% |
| 77 | Uganda | 21.5% |
| 78 | Bahamas | 21.5% |
| 79 | Brazil | 20.9% |
| 80 | Singapore | 20.9% |
| 81 | Belize | 20.9% |
| 82 | Ghana | 20.1% |
| 83 | Russian Federation | 20.0% |
| 84 | Jamaica | 19.7% |
| 85 | Haiti | 19.6% |
| 86 | Liberia | 19.6% |
| 87 | Burundi | 19.0% |
| 88 | Philippines | 18.7% |
| 89 | Nauru | 18.7% |
| 90 | Cyprus | 18.6% |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.9% |
| 92 | Panama | 17.7% |
| 93 | Samoa | 17.6% |
| 94 | Mexico | 17.4% |
| 95 | Rwanda | 17.3% |
| 96 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 16.7% |
| 97 | Colombia | 16.6% |
| 98 | North Korea | 16.6% |
| 99 | Vanuatu | 16.5% |
| 100 | Paraguay | 16.3% |
| 101 | Guyana | 16.2% |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 16.2% |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 15.7% |
| 104 | Mauritius | 15.5% |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 15.4% |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 15.4% |
| 107 | Togo | 15.2% |
| 108 | Tuvalu | 15.1% |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 14.7% |
| 110 | Honduras | 14.7% |
| 111 | Botswana | 14.6% |
| 112 | Israel | 14.6% |
| 113 | El Salvador | 14.5% |
| 114 | Fiji | 14.4% |
| 115 | People's Republic of China | 14.2% |
| 116 | United Republic of Tanzania | 14.1% |
| 117 | Suriname | 14.0% |
| 118 | Eswatini | 13.9% |
| 119 | Myanmar | 13.3% |
| 120 | Venezuela | 13.1% |
| 121 | Malawi | 13.0% |
| 122 | Kiribati | 12.9% |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.8% |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 12.6% |
| 125 | Madagascar | 12.5% |
| 126 | Kenya | 12.4% |
| 127 | South Africa | 12.0% |
| 128 | Namibia | 12.0% |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.9% |
| 130 | Guatemala | 11.7% |
| 131 | Nigeria | 11.6% |
| 132 | Tonga | 11.6% |
| 133 | India | 11.2% |
| 134 | Lesotho | 11.0% |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.7% |
| 136 | Chad | 9.8% |
| 137 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 9.6% |
| 138 | Nepal | 9.5% |
| 139 | Bhutan | 9.4% |
| 140 | Mozambique | 9.4% |
| 141 | Albania | 9.3% |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 9.2% |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 8.9% |
| 144 | Mali | 8.0% |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 7.9% |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 7.6% |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.6% |
| 148 | Republic of The Gambia | 6.3% |
| 149 | Qatar | 5.7% |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.5% |
| 151 | Eritrea | 5.4% |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 5.1% |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 5.0% |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 4.7% |
| 155 | Uzbekistan | 4.3% |
| 156 | Guinea | 4.2% |
| 157 | Bahrain | 4.0% |
| 158 | Malaysia | 3.5% |
| 159 | Senegal | 3.5% |
| 160 | Lebanon | 3.2% |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 3.2% |
| 162 | Niger | 2.9% |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 2.8% |
| 164 | Türkiye | 2.6% |
| 165 | Oman | 2.5% |
| 166 | Tunisia | 2.2% |
| 167 | Djibouti | 1.8% |
| 168 | Algeria | 1.7% |
| 169 | Morocco | 1.6% |
| 170 | Maldives | 1.6% |
| 171 | Indonesia | 1.5% |
| 172 | Jordan | 1.4% |
| 173 | Iraq | 1.4% |
| 174 | Egypt | 1.3% |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 1.1% |
| 176 | Sudan | 0.7% |
| 177 | Mauritania | 0.7% |
| 178 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0.4% |
| 179 | Pakistan | 0.4% |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4% |
| 181 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.3% |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 0.3% |
| 183 | Comoros | 0.3% |
| 184 | Somalia | 0.3% |
| 185 | Yemen | 0.2% |
| 186 | Libya | 0.2% |
| 187 | Kuwait | 0.2% |
Showing 187 of 187 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2020).
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