Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Romania has the highest total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) (16.8 in 2020) and Somalia, Fed. Rep. the lowest (0 in 2020). The world figure is 4.89 (2020).
What this measures
Total alcohol per capita consumption is defined as the total (sum of recorded and unrecorded alcohol) amount of alcohol consumed per person (15 years of age or older) over a calendar year, in litres of pure alcohol, adjusted for tourist consumption.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 16.8 | 2020 |
| 2 | Georgia | 14.41 | 2020 |
| 3 | Latvia | 12.87 | 2020 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 12.1 | 2020 |
| 5 | Czechia | 11.99 | 2020 |
| 6 | Germany | 11.84 | 2020 |
| 7 | Poland | 11.66 | 2020 |
| 8 | Belarus | 11.63 | 2020 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 11.62 | 2020 |
| 10 | Austria | 11.51 | 2020 |
| 11 | Uganda | 11.3 | 2020 |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 11.27 | 2020 |
| 13 | Moldova | 11.08 | 2020 |
| 14 | Tanzania | 10.95 | 2020 |
| 15 | Lao PDR | 10.82 | 2020 |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 10.82 | 2020 |
| 17 | Ireland | 10.77 | 2020 |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 10.73 | 2020 |
| 19 | Estonia | 10.68 | 2020 |
| 20 | Slovak Republic | 10.67 | 2020 |
| 21 | Russian Federation | 10.53 | 2020 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 10.41 | 2020 |
| 23 | France | 10.32 | 2020 |
| 24 | Australia | 10.29 | 2020 |
| 25 | Seychelles | 10.19 | 2020 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 10.07 | 2020 |
| 27 | New Zealand | 10.02 | 2020 |
| 28 | Hungary | 9.93 | 2020 |
| 29 | United States | 9.9 | 2020 |
| 30 | Canada | 9.89 | 2020 |
| 31 | Andorra | 9.68 | 2020 |
| 32 | Cameroon | 9.6 | 2020 |
| 33 | Sweden | 9.57 | 2020 |
| 34 | Denmark | 9.49 | 2020 |
| 35 | Belgium | 9.43 | 2020 |
| 36 | St. Lucia | 9.28 | 2020 |
| 37 | Ukraine | 9.24 | 2020 |
| 38 | Spain | 9.16 | 2020 |
| 39 | Finland | 9.08 | 2020 |
| 40 | Portugal | 8.88 | 2020 |
| 41 | Benin | 8.83 | 2020 |
| 42 | Netherlands | 8.71 | 2020 |
| 43 | Barbados | 8.22 | 2020 |
| 44 | Gabon | 8.14 | 2020 |
| 45 | Argentina | 8.05 | 2020 |
| 46 | Viet Nam | 8.04 | 2020 |
| 47 | Thailand | 7.99 | 2020 |
| 48 | Iceland | 7.94 | 2020 |
| 49 | Korea, Rep. | 7.79 | 2020 |
| 50 | Brazil | 7.7 | 2020 |
| 51 | Mongolia | 7.68 | 2020 |
| 52 | Croatia | 7.65 | 2020 |
| 53 | Chile | 7.56 | 2020 |
| 54 | Norway | 7.38 | 2020 |
| 55 | Grenada | 7.33 | 2020 |
| 56 | Botswana | 7.27 | 2020 |
| 57 | South Africa | 7.13 | 2020 |
| 58 | Malta | 7.11 | 2020 |
| 59 | Italy | 6.97 | 2020 |
| 60 | Mauritius | 6.86 | 2020 |
| 61 | Eswatini | 6.79 | 2020 |
| 62 | Cambodia | 6.67 | 2020 |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.66 | 2020 |
| 64 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.56 | 2020 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 6.5 | 2020 |
| 66 | Peru | 6.45 | 2020 |
| 67 | Japan | 6.38 | 2020 |
| 68 | Cyprus | 6.36 | 2020 |
| 69 | Congo, Rep. | 6.05 | 2020 |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.03 | 2020 |
| 71 | Cabo Verde | 6.01 | 2020 |
| 72 | Suriname | 5.93 | 2020 |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.87 | 2020 |
| 74 | Greece | 5.81 | 2020 |
| 75 | Philippines | 5.66 | 2020 |
| 76 | Paraguay | 5.62 | 2020 |
| 77 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.62 | 2020 |
| 78 | Uruguay | 5.61 | 2020 |
| 79 | Cuba | 5.38 | 2020 |
| 80 | Mali | 5.32 | 2020 |
| 81 | Namibia | 5.05 | 2020 |
| 82 | Guyana | 5.04 | 2020 |
| 83 | Dominica | 5.02 | 2020 |
| 84 | Mexico | 4.79 | 2020 |
| 85 | São Tomé and Principe | 4.79 | 2020 |
| 86 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.69 | 2020 |
| 87 | Panama | 4.66 | 2020 |
| 88 | China | 4.58 | 2020 |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 4.52 | 2020 |
| 90 | Albania | 4.47 | 2020 |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 4.36 | 2020 |
| 92 | Lesotho | 4.3 | 2020 |
| 93 | Armenia | 4.28 | 2020 |
| 94 | Ghana | 4.26 | 2020 |
| 95 | Colombia | 4.24 | 2020 |
| 96 | Burundi | 4.16 | 2020 |
| 97 | Angola | 4.13 | 2020 |
| 98 | India | 4.1 | 2020 |
| 99 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 3.87 | 2020 |
| 100 | Nigeria | 3.78 | 2020 |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.73 | 2020 |
| 102 | Belize | 3.67 | 2020 |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 3.67 | 2020 |
| 104 | Bahamas, The | 3.65 | 2020 |
| 105 | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.63 | 2020 |
| 106 | Zambia | 3.62 | 2020 |
| 107 | Malawi | 3.61 | 2020 |
| 108 | Bolivia | 3.59 | 2020 |
| 109 | Fiji | 3.58 | 2020 |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 3.4 | 2020 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 3.15 | 2020 |
| 112 | Haiti | 3.11 | 2020 |
| 113 | Jamaica | 3.1 | 2020 |
| 114 | Honduras | 3.08 | 2020 |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 3.06 | 2020 |
| 116 | Chad | 2.91 | 2020 |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 2.91 | 2020 |
| 118 | Rwanda | 2.87 | 2020 |
| 119 | Liberia | 2.86 | 2020 |
| 120 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.85 | 2020 |
| 121 | Israel | 2.84 | 2020 |
| 122 | Naoero | 2.79 | 2020 |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 2.67 | 2020 |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 2.62 | 2020 |
| 125 | Ecuador | 2.54 | 2020 |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 2.49 | 2020 |
| 127 | Kenya | 2.47 | 2020 |
| 128 | Samoa | 2.35 | 2020 |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 2.1 | 2020 |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 2.08 | 2020 |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 2.04 | 2020 |
| 132 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 2.02 | 2020 |
| 133 | Venezuela, RB | 1.99 | 2020 |
| 134 | Myanmar | 1.93 | 2020 |
| 135 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 1.92 | 2020 |
| 136 | Mozambique | 1.89 | 2020 |
| 137 | Singapore | 1.81 | 2020 |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 1.75 | 2020 |
| 139 | Tunisia | 1.71 | 2020 |
| 140 | Türkiye | 1.69 | 2020 |
| 141 | Guatemala | 1.54 | 2020 |
| 142 | Maldives | 1.49 | 2020 |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 1.45 | 2020 |
| 144 | Togo | 1.44 | 2020 |
| 145 | Lebanon | 1.26 | 2020 |
| 146 | Tuvalu | 1.26 | 2020 |
| 147 | Bahrain | 1.25 | 2020 |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 1.13 | 2020 |
| 149 | Eritrea | 1.07 | 2020 |
| 150 | Nepal | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 151 | Qatar | 1.05 | 2020 |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.99 | 2020 |
| 153 | Malaysia | 0.74 | 2020 |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 0.74 | 2020 |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0.72 | 2020 |
| 156 | Gambia, The | 0.61 | 2020 |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.54 | 2020 |
| 158 | Guinea | 0.52 | 2020 |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.51 | 2020 |
| 160 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.51 | 2020 |
| 161 | Oman | 0.51 | 2020 |
| 162 | Morocco | 0.5 | 2020 |
| 163 | Djibouti | 0.38 | 2020 |
| 164 | Senegal | 0.38 | 2020 |
| 165 | Tonga | 0.36 | 2020 |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 0.29 | 2020 |
| 167 | Iraq | 0.24 | 2020 |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.23 | 2020 |
| 169 | Jordan | 0.23 | 2020 |
| 170 | Bhutan | 0.18 | 2020 |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 0.17 | 2020 |
| 172 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.13 | 2020 |
| 173 | Niger | 0.13 | 2020 |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 0.09 | 2020 |
| 175 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.09 | 2020 |
| 176 | Pakistan | 0.08 | 2020 |
| 177 | Indonesia | 0.07 | 2020 |
| 178 | Yemen, Rep. | 0.04 | 2020 |
| 179 | Libya | 0.01 | 2020 |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 0.01 | 2020 |
| 181 | Sudan | 0.01 | 2020 |
| 182 | Kuwait | 0 | 2020 |
| 183 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 |
| 184 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2020 |
| 185 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0 | 2020 |
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- Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
- Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
- Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
- Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
- Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
- Number of infant deaths
- Number of under-five deaths
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, SH.ALC.PCAP.LI, CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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