Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Romania has the highest total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) (27.03 in 2020) and Somalia, Fed. Rep. the lowest (0 in 2020). The world figure is 7.85 (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 | 27.03 | 2020 |
| 2 | Georgia | 24.51 | 2020 |
| 3 | Latvia | 21.35 | 2020 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 19.82 | 2020 |
| 5 | Belarus | 19.44 | 2020 |
| 6 | Czechia | 19.05 | 2020 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 19.03 | 2020 |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 19 | 2020 |
| 9 | Poland | 18.74 | 2020 |
| 10 | Germany | 18.63 | 2020 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 18.51 | 2020 |
| 12 | Uganda | 18.46 | 2020 |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 18.14 | 2020 |
| 14 | Austria | 18.09 | 2020 |
| 15 | Moldova | 18.09 | 2020 |
| 16 | Estonia | 17.4 | 2020 |
| 17 | Lao PDR | 17.08 | 2020 |
| 18 | Slovak Republic | 17.05 | 2020 |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 16.83 | 2020 |
| 20 | Ireland | 16.6 | 2020 |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 16.5 | 2020 |
| 22 | France | 16.48 | 2020 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 16.4 | 2020 |
| 24 | Hungary | 16.12 | 2020 |
| 25 | Australia | 15.92 | 2020 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 15.68 | 2020 |
| 27 | Seychelles | 15.67 | 2020 |
| 28 | Canada | 15.59 | 2020 |
| 29 | United States | 15.54 | 2020 |
| 30 | New Zealand | 15.53 | 2020 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 15.5 | 2020 |
| 32 | Cameroon | 15.4 | 2020 |
| 33 | St. Lucia | 14.9 | 2020 |
| 34 | Belgium | 14.83 | 2020 |
| 35 | Sweden | 14.82 | 2020 |
| 36 | Andorra | 14.81 | 2020 |
| 37 | Denmark | 14.77 | 2020 |
| 38 | Spain | 14.52 | 2020 |
| 39 | Portugal | 14.4 | 2020 |
| 40 | Benin | 14.27 | 2020 |
| 41 | Finland | 14.25 | 2020 |
| 42 | Barbados | 13.64 | 2020 |
| 43 | Netherlands | 13.59 | 2020 |
| 44 | Thailand | 13.29 | 2020 |
| 45 | Viet Nam | 13.18 | 2020 |
| 46 | Gabon | 12.73 | 2020 |
| 47 | Argentina | 12.59 | 2020 |
| 48 | South Africa | 12.41 | 2020 |
| 49 | Brazil | 12.37 | 2020 |
| 50 | Botswana | 12.35 | 2020 |
| 51 | Croatia | 12.35 | 2020 |
| 52 | Mongolia | 12.35 | 2020 |
| 53 | Korea, Rep. | 12.18 | 2020 |
| 54 | Iceland | 12.05 | 2020 |
| 55 | Chile | 11.77 | 2020 |
| 56 | Grenada | 11.73 | 2020 |
| 57 | Eswatini | 11.49 | 2020 |
| 58 | Mauritius | 11.41 | 2020 |
| 59 | Norway | 11.38 | 2020 |
| 60 | Italy | 11.15 | 2020 |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.04 | 2020 |
| 62 | Cambodia | 10.92 | 2020 |
| 63 | Malta | 10.84 | 2020 |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 10.31 | 2020 |
| 65 | Japan | 10.27 | 2020 |
| 66 | Cyprus | 10.07 | 2020 |
| 67 | Peru | 10.04 | 2020 |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.9 | 2020 |
| 69 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.86 | 2020 |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.82 | 2020 |
| 71 | Suriname | 9.67 | 2020 |
| 72 | Cabo Verde | 9.62 | 2020 |
| 73 | Congo, Rep. | 9.59 | 2020 |
| 74 | Greece | 9.29 | 2020 |
| 75 | Philippines | 9.1 | 2020 |
| 76 | Mali | 9.06 | 2020 |
| 77 | Uruguay | 8.97 | 2020 |
| 78 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.9 | 2020 |
| 79 | Paraguay | 8.88 | 2020 |
| 80 | Cuba | 8.79 | 2020 |
| 81 | Namibia | 8.79 | 2020 |
| 82 | Guyana | 8.23 | 2020 |
| 83 | Dominica | 8.1 | 2020 |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 8.06 | 2020 |
| 85 | Mexico | 7.9 | 2020 |
| 86 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 7.67 | 2020 |
| 87 | São Tomé and Principe | 7.61 | 2020 |
| 88 | Panama | 7.55 | 2020 |
| 89 | Armenia | 7.49 | 2020 |
| 90 | Lesotho | 7.39 | 2020 |
| 91 | Albania | 7.37 | 2020 |
| 92 | China | 7.31 | 2020 |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 7.25 | 2020 |
| 94 | Colombia | 6.98 | 2020 |
| 95 | Ghana | 6.96 | 2020 |
| 96 | Burundi | 6.86 | 2020 |
| 97 | India | 6.77 | 2020 |
| 98 | Angola | 6.61 | 2020 |
| 99 | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.4 | 2020 |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.36 | 2020 |
| 101 | Nigeria | 6.31 | 2020 |
| 102 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 6.29 | 2020 |
| 103 | Malawi | 6.15 | 2020 |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 6.05 | 2020 |
| 105 | Bahamas, The | 6.03 | 2020 |
| 106 | Fiji | 5.97 | 2020 |
| 107 | Zambia | 5.96 | 2020 |
| 108 | Belize | 5.85 | 2020 |
| 109 | Bolivia | 5.54 | 2020 |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 5.54 | 2020 |
| 111 | El Salvador | 5.35 | 2020 |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 5.2 | 2020 |
| 113 | Jamaica | 5.03 | 2020 |
| 114 | Haiti | 5.02 | 2020 |
| 115 | Honduras | 4.98 | 2020 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 4.98 | 2020 |
| 117 | Chad | 4.92 | 2020 |
| 118 | Rwanda | 4.83 | 2020 |
| 119 | Zimbabwe | 4.82 | 2020 |
| 120 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.69 | 2020 |
| 121 | Liberia | 4.66 | 2020 |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 4.6 | 2020 |
| 123 | Naoero | 4.59 | 2020 |
| 124 | Israel | 4.53 | 2020 |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 4.44 | 2020 |
| 126 | Kenya | 4.14 | 2020 |
| 127 | Ecuador | 3.95 | 2020 |
| 128 | Samoa | 3.87 | 2020 |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 3.67 | 2020 |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 3.39 | 2020 |
| 131 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 3.37 | 2020 |
| 132 | Venezuela, RB | 3.29 | 2020 |
| 133 | Mozambique | 3.25 | 2020 |
| 134 | Myanmar | 3.2 | 2020 |
| 135 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3.1 | 2020 |
| 136 | Tunisia | 3.08 | 2020 |
| 137 | Türkiye | 2.99 | 2020 |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 2.83 | 2020 |
| 139 | Singapore | 2.76 | 2020 |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 2.72 | 2020 |
| 141 | Guatemala | 2.53 | 2020 |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 2.39 | 2020 |
| 143 | Togo | 2.35 | 2020 |
| 144 | Maldives | 2.32 | 2020 |
| 145 | Lebanon | 2.28 | 2020 |
| 146 | Tuvalu | 2.08 | 2020 |
| 147 | Eritrea | 1.87 | 2020 |
| 148 | Nepal | 1.86 | 2020 |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 1.84 | 2020 |
| 150 | Bahrain | 1.78 | 2020 |
| 151 | Madagascar | 1.65 | 2020 |
| 152 | Qatar | 1.29 | 2020 |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 1.28 | 2020 |
| 154 | Malaysia | 1.26 | 2020 |
| 155 | Kiribati | 1.25 | 2020 |
| 156 | Gambia, The | 1.06 | 2020 |
| 157 | Algeria | 0.94 | 2020 |
| 158 | Guinea | 0.92 | 2020 |
| 159 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.9 | 2020 |
| 160 | Morocco | 0.88 | 2020 |
| 161 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.82 | 2020 |
| 162 | Oman | 0.72 | 2020 |
| 163 | Senegal | 0.69 | 2020 |
| 164 | Djibouti | 0.67 | 2020 |
| 165 | Tonga | 0.62 | 2020 |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | 0.52 | 2020 |
| 167 | Iraq | 0.42 | 2020 |
| 168 | Comoros | 0.4 | 2020 |
| 169 | Jordan | 0.39 | 2020 |
| 170 | Bhutan | 0.3 | 2020 |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 0.27 | 2020 |
| 172 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.23 | 2020 |
| 173 | Niger | 0.22 | 2020 |
| 174 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.17 | 2020 |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 0.16 | 2020 |
| 176 | Pakistan | 0.15 | 2020 |
| 177 | Indonesia | 0.13 | 2020 |
| 178 | Yemen, Rep. | 0.08 | 2020 |
| 179 | Libya | 0.02 | 2020 |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 0.02 | 2020 |
| 181 | Sudan | 0.02 | 2020 |
| 182 | Kuwait | 0 | 2020 |
| 183 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 |
| 184 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2020 |
| 185 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0 | 2020 |
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- 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.MA.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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