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Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days (%), age-standardized - Sex: both sexes

Name: Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days (%), age-standardized - Sex: both sexes
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, alcohol, heavy, episodic, drinking, drinkers, only, past, days, age, standardized, sex, both, sexes

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•189 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

41.1%

Median: 40.5%

Countries Covered

189

with available data

Highest

Angola

84.4%

Lowest

Sudan

11.4%

Top 5 Countries

1Angola84.4%

2Republic of the Congo83.3%

3Equatorial Guinea78.8%

4Democratic Republic of the Congo78.1%

5Gabon75.2%

By Region

Oceania46.2%(2 countries)

Other44.0%(110 countries)

South America42.1%(7 countries)

Africa41.4%(9 countries)

Europe39.8%(32 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (11.4%)High (84.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 41.1%)

Oceania (2)

Other (110)

South America (7)

Africa (9)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2020; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Angola	84.4%
2	Republic of the Congo	83.3%
3	Equatorial Guinea	78.8%
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	78.1%
5	Gabon	75.2%
6	Central African Republic	71.8%
7	Cape Verde	68.7%
8	Sao Tome and Principe	68.6%
9	Cook Islands	64.2%
10	Zambia	63.8%
11	Niue	63.0%
12	Nauru	62.0%
13	Vanuatu	60.9%
14	Samoa	60.7%
15	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.3%
16	Solomon Islands	59.2%
17	Lao People's Democratic Republic	59.1%
18	South Korea	57.7%
19	Papua New Guinea	57.3%
20	Tuvalu	56.2%
21	Burundi	55.7%
22	Cameroon	55.4%
23	Rwanda	54.5%
24	Vietnam	54.5%
25	Peru	54.2%
26	Uganda	54.1%
27	Kiribati	53.9%
28	Benin	53.5%
29	Luxembourg	53.4%
30	Burkina Faso	52.8%
31	Japan	52.6%
32	Armenia	52.2%
33	Seychelles	51.9%
34	Ireland	51.1%
35	Mali	50.7%
36	Andorra	50.7%
37	Iceland	50.6%
38	Eswatini	50.5%
39	Saint Lucia	50.5%
40	Bolivia	50.4%
41	Liberia	50.4%
42	Ghana	50.0%
43	Mongolia	49.8%
44	Botswana	49.8%
45	Romania	49.5%
46	Fiji	49.0%
47	Lesotho	49.0%
48	Dominican Republic	48.8%
49	Namibia	48.8%
50	Grenada	48.6%
51	Serbia	48.4%
52	Cambodia	48.4%
53	Malta	48.2%
54	Guinea-Bissau	47.9%
55	Tonga	47.8%
56	New Zealand	47.6%
57	Nigeria	47.5%
58	Zimbabwe	47.4%
59	Chad	47.4%
60	Portugal	47.4%
61	Barbados	47.4%
62	Malawi	47.3%
63	Antigua and Barbuda	47.2%
64	Poland	46.9%
65	United Republic of Tanzania	46.9%
66	Czech Republic	46.9%
67	Slovakia	46.7%
68	Belize	46.5%
69	Cote d'Ivoire	46.5%
70	Dominica	46.4%
71	Haiti	46.0%
72	Ecuador	45.8%
73	Madagascar	45.4%
74	Hungary	45.4%
75	Montenegro	45.2%
76	Kenya	45.2%
77	Australia	44.8%
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis	44.4%
79	Cuba	44.4%
80	Togo	44.3%
81	Finland	44.2%
82	Georgia	43.9%
83	Jamaica	43.5%
84	Bahamas	43.1%
85	United States of America	42.1%
86	Mozambique	42.1%
87	South Africa	42.0%
88	Philippines	41.9%
89	Nicaragua	41.6%
90	Argentina	41.6%
91	Ethiopia	41.5%
92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41.1%
93	Honduras	41.1%
94	Mexico	41.0%
95	Chile	40.5%
96	Panama	40.5%
97	Colombia	40.3%
98	El Salvador	39.6%
99	Switzerland	39.5%
100	Thailand	39.5%
101	Spain	39.3%
102	India	39.0%
103	Guinea	38.6%
104	Denmark	38.6%
105	Austria	38.5%
106	Norway	38.4%
107	Mauritania	38.1%
108	Nepal	37.9%
109	United Kingdom	37.8%
110	Costa Rica	37.8%
111	Croatia	37.6%
112	Senegal	37.4%
113	Uruguay	37.3%
114	Germany	37.3%
115	Sweden	37.0%
116	Moldova, Republic of	36.6%
117	Canada	36.2%
118	Netherlands	36.1%
119	Guatemala	36.0%
120	Eritrea	36.0%
121	Slovenia	35.9%
122	Belarus	35.9%
123	Belgium	35.8%
124	Myanmar	35.6%
125	Brazil	35.2%
126	Venezuela	35.1%
127	France	35.0%
128	Lithuania	34.9%
129	Latvia	34.8%
130	Guyana	34.7%
131	Kyrgyzstan	34.5%
132	Italy	34.3%
133	Estonia	34.2%
134	Trinidad and Tobago	33.9%
135	Mauritius	33.8%
136	United Arab Emirates	33.6%
137	Bhutan	33.4%
138	Republic of The Gambia	32.8%
139	Niger	32.7%
140	Comoros	32.4%
141	Turkmenistan	32.2%
142	Sri Lanka	32.2%
143	Paraguay	32.2%
144	Greece	32.0%
145	Kazakhstan	32.0%
146	Uzbekistan	31.9%
147	Maldives	31.9%
148	Suriname	31.2%
149	Azerbaijan	31.1%
150	Russian Federation	30.8%
151	Sierra Leone	30.8%
152	Singapore	30.8%
153	Somalia	30.0%
154	Djibouti	29.9%
155	Ukraine	29.1%
156	Bulgaria	29.1%
157	Timor-Leste	29.1%
158	Tajikistan	28.4%
159	North Korea	26.9%
160	Cyprus	26.6%
161	Tunisia	25.7%
162	Islamic Republic of Iran	25.7%
163	Türkiye	25.5%
164	Lebanon	24.0%
165	Pakistan	23.9%
166	Kuwait	23.4%
167	Bahrain	23.2%
168	Israel	23.0%
169	Saudi Arabia	22.5%
170	Malaysia	22.3%
171	People's Republic of China	22.2%
172	Algeria	22.1%
173	Morocco	22.0%
174	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.9%
175	Qatar	21.6%
176	Oman	21.3%
177	The Republic of North Macedonia	21.1%
178	Syrian Arab Republic	21.1%
179	Iraq	20.6%
180	Bangladesh	20.3%
181	Jordan	20.1%
182	Yemen	19.8%
183	Brunei Darussalam	19.4%
184	Egypt	17.6%
185	Albania	17.1%
186	Indonesia	15.6%
187	Afghanistan	15.4%
188	Libya	15.3%
189	Sudan	11.4%

Showing 189 of 189 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2020).

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