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Annual per-capita alcohol consumption (recorded) — litres of pure alcohol (age 15+)

Name: Annual per-capita alcohol consumption (recorded) — litres of pure alcohol (age 15+)
Creator: World Health Organization (WHO) — Global Health Observatory (GHO) / Global status report on alcohol and health
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, alcohol, public health, risk factors, consumption, WHO, NCD

Recorded alcohol consumption per person (15+), measured in litres of pure alcohol per year. WHO Global Health Observatory data for 2019.

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) — Global Health Observatory (GHO) / Global status report on alcohol and health•152 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

5.7L

Median: 5.3L

Countries Covered

152

with available data

Highest

Czech Republic

14.3L

Lowest

Egypt

0.0L

Top 5 Countries

1Czech Republic14.3L

2Slovakia12.6L

3Luxembourg12.5L

4Argentina12.3L

5Fiji12.2L

By Region

Europe9.8L(32 countries)

Oceania9.7L(2 countries)

South America7.5L(7 countries)

North America6.1L(4 countries)

Other4.6L(74 countries)

Key Findings

•Recorded alcohol consumption varies dramatically worldwide, from near-zero in several countries to double-digit litres of pure alcohol per adult per year in parts of Europe.
•A number of predominantly Muslim-majority countries report near-zero recorded consumption, reflecting legal restrictions and/or unrecorded consumption not captured here.
•Several Central/Eastern European countries rank among the highest on recorded per-capita consumption in WHO series.
•Recorded consumption alone does not describe harm; policy and drinking patterns strongly influence outcomes.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0L)High (16.8L)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5.7L)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Other (74)

Africa (9)

Asia (24)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the average amount of **recorded** alcohol consumed per person aged **15 years and older**, expressed as **litres of pure alcohol per year**. “Recorded” means alcohol that is produced and sold through legal channels and captured in official production, import/export, and sales records (so it excludes most unrecorded/home-produced alcohol and tourist consumption adjustments, depending on WHO methodology).

It’s a useful cross-country indicator of population-level drinking patterns and exposure to alcohol-related health risks. Countries can have similar total consumption but very different harm profiles depending on drinking patterns (e.g., heavy episodic drinking), beverage type, and policy context (taxation, availability, marketing restrictions).

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Czech Republic	14.3L
2	Slovakia	12.6L
3	Luxembourg	12.5L
4	Argentina	12.3L
5	Fiji	12.2L
6	Azerbaijan	11.8L
7	France	11.7L
8	Germany	11.7L
9	Latvia	11.7L
10	Russian Federation	11.7L
11	Estonia	11.6L
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.6L
13	Barbados	11.4L
14	Montenegro	11.3L
15	Lithuania	11.2L
16	Romania	11.2L
17	Georgia	11.1L
18	Hungary	11.1L
19	Serbia	11.1L
20	Andorra	11.1L
21	Poland	11.0L
22	Nigeria	10.9L
23	Ireland	10.8L
24	Belgium	10.8L
25	Croatia	10.6L
26	Portugal	10.6L
27	Belarus	10.5L
28	Slovenia	10.5L
29	Austria	10.5L
30	Australia	10.4L
31	Lao People's Democratic Republic	10.0L
32	Spain	9.9L
33	United Kingdom	9.7L
34	Armenia	9.7L
35	Namibia	9.5L
36	Switzerland	9.5L
37	Uruguay	9.4L
38	Denmark	9.3L
39	Finland	9.3L
40	South Africa	9.2L
41	Chile	9.1L
42	New Zealand	9.0L
43	Greece	8.9L
44	United States of America	8.9L
45	Sweden	8.8L
46	Ukraine	8.6L
47	Albania	8.6L
48	Netherlands	8.4L
49	Vietnam	8.3L
50	Canada	8.1L
51	Moldova, Republic of	8.1L
52	Japan	8.0L
53	Brazil	7.8L
54	Italy	7.6L
55	Iceland	7.5L
56	Norway	7.5L
57	Trinidad and Tobago	7.4L
58	People's Republic of China	7.2L
59	South Korea	7.1L
60	Paraguay	7.0L
61	Suriname	6.9L
62	Dominican Republic	6.8L
63	Cape Verde	6.7L
64	Panama	6.7L
65	Botswana	6.6L
66	Comoros	6.5L
67	Angola	6.3L
68	Cameroon	6.2L
69	Kazakhstan	6.2L
70	Peru	6.2L
71	Thailand	6.1L
72	Afghanistan	5.8L
73	Cambodia	5.5L
74	Mexico	5.4L
75	Philippines	5.4L
76	Venezuela	5.4L
77	Haiti	5.2L
78	United Republic of Tanzania	5.2L
79	Chad	5.0L
80	Costa Rica	4.8L
81	Central African Republic	4.7L
82	Colombia	4.7L
83	Bangladesh	4.7L
84	Cuba	4.6L
85	Kyrgyzstan	4.6L
86	Zimbabwe	4.6L
87	Bolivia	4.6L
88	Belize	4.6L
89	Liberia	4.4L
90	Mozambique	4.4L
91	Rwanda	4.4L
92	India	4.3L
93	Republic of the Congo	4.1L
94	Ethiopia	4.0L
95	Mongolia	3.8L
96	Zambia	3.8L
97	Mauritius	3.7L
98	Burundi	3.5L
99	Cyprus	3.5L
100	Republic of The Gambia	3.4L
101	Kenya	3.4L
102	Cote d'Ivoire	3.2L
103	Nicaragua	3.2L
104	Ecuador	3.1L
105	El Salvador	3.1L
106	Ghana	3.0L
107	Israel	2.8L
108	Sri Lanka	2.7L
109	Honduras	2.5L
110	Nepal	2.4L
111	Guatemala	2.1L
112	Lebanon	2.1L
113	Benin	2.0L
114	Sierra Leone	2.0L
115	Singapore	2.0L
116	Uzbekistan	2.0L
117	Algeria	2.0L
118	Papua New Guinea	1.9L
119	New Caledonia	1.8L
120	Togo	1.7L
121	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.6L
122	Malawi	1.5L
123	Türkiye	1.4L
124	Tunisia	1.1L
125	Guinea	1.0L
126	Indonesia	0.8L
127	Madagascar	0.8L
128	Eritrea	0.6L
129	Mali	0.6L
130	Morocco	0.6L
131	Djibouti	0.4L
132	Malaysia	0.4L
133	Niger	0.4L
134	Syrian Arab Republic	0.4L
135	Oman	0.3L
136	Pakistan	0.3L
137	Senegal	0.3L
138	Sudan	0.3L
139	Myanmar	0.2L
140	Iraq	0.2L
141	Yemen	0.2L
142	Jordan	0.1L
143	Mauritania	0.1L
144	Bahrain	0.1L
145	Bulgaria	0.0L
146	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.0L
147	Kuwait	0.0L
148	Libya	0.0L
149	Saudi Arabia	0.0L
150	Somalia	0.0L
151	United Arab Emirates	0.0L
152	Egypt	0.0L

Showing 152 of 152 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #alcohol #public health #risk factors #consumption #WHO #NCD

Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (WHO) — Global Health Observatory (GHO) / Global status report on alcohol and health (2019).

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