List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita

This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in equivalent litres of pure ethanol consumed per capita per year.

WHO statistics

The table below uses 2010 data from the WHO report published in 2014. The methodology used by the WHO calculated use by persons 15 years of age or older. All data in columns refer to year 2010. The column "recorded" refers to the average recorded consumption for the period 2010. Unrecorded consumption was calculated using empirical investigations and expert judgments. Total is the sum of the recorded and unrecorded consumption. The next four columns are a breakdown of the recorded alcohol consumption by type. Beer refers to malt beer, wine refers to grape wine, spirits refers to all distilled beverages, and the column "other" refers to all other alcoholic beverages, such as rice wine, sake, kumi kumi, kwete, mead and cider.

Pure alcohol consumption among adults (age 15+) in liters per capita per year, 2010^[1]

Country	Total	Recorded consumption	Unrecorded consumption	Beer (%)	Wine (%)	Spirits (%)	Other (%)	2015 projection
Belarus	17.5	14.4	3.2	17.3	5.2	46.6	30.9	17.1
Moldova	16.8	6.3	10.5	30.4	5.1	64.5	0	17.4
Lithuania	15.4	12.9	2.5	46.5	7.8	34.1	11.6	16.2
Russia	15.1	11.5	3.6	37.6	11.4	51	0	14.5
Romania	14.4	10.4	4	50	28.9	21.1	0	12.9
Ukraine	13.9	8.9	5	40.5	9	48	2.6	11.8
Andorra	13.8	12.4	1.4	34.6	45.3	20.1	0	9.1
Hungary	13.3	11.3	2	36.3	29.4	34.3	0	12.4
Czech Republic	13	11.8	1.2	53.5	20.5	26	0	14.1
Slovakia	13	11.4	1.7	30.1	18.3	46.2	5.5	12.5
Portugal	12.9	11	1.9	30.8	55.5	10.9	2.8	12.5
Serbia	12.6	9.6	2.9	51.5	23.9	24.6	0	12.9
Grenada	12.5	11.9	0.7	29.3	4.3	66.2	0.2	10.4
Poland	12.5	10.9	1.6	55.1	9.3	35.5	0	11.5
Latvia	12.3	10.5	1.8	46.9	10.7	37	5.4	10.6
Finland	12.3	10	2.3	46	17.5	24	12.6	11.9
South Korea	12.3	9.8	2.5	25	1.6	2.9	70.5	10.9
France	12.2	11.8	0.4	18.8	56.4	23.1	1.7	11.6
Australia	12.2	10.4	1.8	44	36.7	12.5	6.8	12.6
Croatia	12.2	10.2	2	39.5	44.8	15.4	0.2	11.7
Ireland	11.9	11.4	0.5	48.1	26.1	18.7	7.7	10.9
Luxembourg	11.9	11.4	0.5	36.2	42.8	21	0	11.2
Germany	11.8	11.3	0.5	53.6	27.8	18.6	0	10.6
Slovenia	11.6	10.6	1	44.5	46.9	8.6	0	10.9
United Kingdom	11.6	10.4	1.2	36.9	33.8	21.8	7.5	12
Denmark	11.4	10.4	1	37.7	48.2	14.1	0	10.2
Bulgaria	11.4	10.3	1.1	39.3	16.5	44.1	0.1	11.3
Spain	11.2	10	1.2	49.7	20.1	28.2	1.8	10.6
Belgium	11	10.5	0.5	49.2	36.3	14.4	0.1	10.8
South Africa	11	8.2	2.9	48.1	17.8	16.7	17.4	11.5
New Zealand	10.9	9.3	1.6	38.2	33.9	15.2	12.5	11.2
Gabon	10.9	8.9	2	68.3	11.9	19.8	0.1	11.8
Namibia	10.8	6.8	4	96.7	0.3	0.9	2.1	11.8
Switzerland	10.7	10.2	0.5	31.8	49.4	17.6	1.2	10.4
Saint Lucia	10.4	10.1	0.2	29.7	12.6	56.1	1.5	10.4
Austria	10.3	9.7	0.6	50.4	35.5	14	0	8.5
Estonia	10.3	9.5	0.8	41.2	11.1	36.8	10.9	9.4
Greece	10.3	8.3	2	28.1	47.3	24.2	0.4	9.3
Kazakhstan	10.3	6.8	3.5	31.8	3.1	65.1	0	8.2
Canada	10.2	8.2	2	51.2	22	26.8	0	10.3
Nigeria	10.1	9.1	1	8	0.4	0.9	90.7	11.3
Netherlands	9.9	9.4	0.5	46.8	36.4	16.9	0	9.6
Uganda	9.8	8.3	1.5	9.4	0.1	1.9	88.6	10.5
Rwanda	9.8	6.8	3	11.1	0	0.4	88.4	10
Chile	9.6	7.6	2	29.9	40.7	29.4	0	9.3
Argentina	9.3	8.3	1	40.7	48	5.5	5.8	7.6
Burundi	9.3	6.3	3	24.5	0	0.1	75.4	9.8
United States	9.2	8.7	0.5	50	17.3	32.7	0	9
Cyprus	9.2	8.2	1	40.9	24.7	33.7	0.7	9.1
Sweden	9.2	7.2	2	37	46.6	15.1	1.4	8.7
Venezuela	8.9	7.7	1.3	75.6	0.8	23.4	0.2	8.3
Paraguay	8.8	7.3	1.5	51.1	18.2	28.8	2	9.6
Brazil	8.7	7.2	1.5	59.6	4	36.3	0.1	9.1
Sierra Leone	8.7	6.7	2	6.4	0.5	0.7	92.3	8.2
Montenegro	8.7	4.9	3.9	10.9	47	41.7	0.4	13.3
Belize	8.5	6.8	1.7	67.6	2	30.3	0.1	8.3
Cameroon	8.4	5.8	2.6	63.9	22.1	13.8	0.2	7.7
Botswana	8.4	5.4	3	56	11.8	11.5	20.7	7.7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.2	7.7	0.5	44	7.4	48	0.6	7
Guyana	8.1	7.1	1	23	0.3	76.6	0.1	8.6
Peru	8.1	6.1	2	46.8	6.1	47.1	0	5.2
Panama	8	7.2	0.8	69.2	4.6	26	0.2	7.7
Niue	8	7	1	47	1.7	51.3	0	7.7
Palau	7.9	6.9	1	77.7	5.9	16.4	0
Norway	7.7	6.7	1	44.2	34.7	19	2.1	7
Tanzania	7.7	5.7	2	11	0.2	1.8	87	8.1
Georgia	7.7	5.4	2.3	17	49.8	33.2	0.1	6.7
Uruguay	7.6	6.6	1	30.6	59.9	9.5	0	7
Angola	7.5	5.9	1.6	64.3	13.7	17.4	4.7	7.6
Laos	7.3	6.2	1.1	35.6	0	64.4	0	7.5
Japan	7.2	7	0.2	19.2	4.1	52	24.7	7.5
Mexico	7.2	5.5	1.8	75.7	1.5	22.2	0.5	6.8
Ecuador	7.2	4.2	3	67.3	1.2	31.5	0	6.1
Dominica	7.1	6.6	0.5	13.7	7.1	77.9	1.2	6.6
Iceland	7.1	6.6	0.5	61.8	21.2	16.5	0.5	6.9
Thailand	7.1	6.4	0.7	27	0.4	72.6	0	8.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.1	4.6	2.5	73.3	9.7	17	0	7.5
São Tomé and Príncipe	7.1	4.2	2.9	23.5	60.2	16.3	0	6.8
Malta	7	6.6	0.4	39.4	32.7	27.2	0.7	7.2
Albania	7	4.9	2.1	31.8	19.8	48.4	0	6.6
Bahamas	6.9	6.3	0.5	34	14.6	50.4	1	4.2
Dominican Republic	6.9	6.2	0.7	54.5	2.7	42.7	0.1	7.6
Mongolia	6.9	4.9	2	27.6	2.8	69.6	0	7.8
Cape Verde	6.9	4	2.9	44.4	1.2	0.2	54.2	7.2
Barbados	6.8	6.3	0.5	39.7	10.2	49.3	0.8	6.5
Burkina Faso	6.8	4.3	2.5	10	3	3.1	83.8	7.4
Italy	6.7	6.5	0.2	23	65.6	11.5	0	6.1
Trinidad and Tobago	6.7	6.4	0.3	54	2	43.8	0.3	6.6
China	6.7	5	1.7	27.8	3	69.2	0	7.6
Macedonia	6.7	3.9	2.8	47.4	39.9	12.6	0	5.7
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.6	6.3	0.3	33.4	3	63.1	0.5	7.2
Equatorial Guinea	6.6	5.8	0.8	27.8	72.2	0	0	8.1
Suriname	6.6	5.6	1	40	2.3	57.2	0.5	6.5
Vietnam	6.6	2	4.6	97.3	0.6	2.1	0	8.7
Lesotho	6.5	2.8	3.7	51.3	0.2	18.9	29.6	6.4
Haiti	6.4	5.9	0.6	0.2	0.2	99.6	0	5.9
Cook Islands	6.4	5.9	0.5	0	22.6	77.4	0	4.8
Colombia	6.2	4.2	2	66.1	1.1	32.5	0.3	6.6
Ivory Coast	6	4	2	16.1	3	0.4	80.5	6.5
Bolivia	5.9	3.8	2.1	76.8	3.8	19.3	0.1	5.8
Swaziland	5.7	4.7	1	33.6	0.8	0.7	65	6.4
Zimbabwe	5.7	4.7	1	23.7	1.7	6.8	67.7	4.8
Seychelles	5.6	4.1	1.5	67	22.2	10.8	0	6.7
Cambodia	5.5	2.2	3.3	45.7	0.8	53.5	0	6.1
Puerto Rico	5.4	4.9	0.5	66.6	6.7	26.4	0.3	-
Netherlands Antilles	5.4	4.9	0.4	36.4	16.4	47	0.3	3.2
Philippines	5.4	4.6	0.9	26.9	0.3	72.7	0	5.6
Costa Rica	5.4	4.4	1	59.3	4.7	35.5	0.5	5.1
Armenia	5.3	3.8	1.5	9.7	5.3	84.9	0	5.5
Cuba	5.2	4.2	1	38.8	2.2	58.9	0	5.5
Nicaragua	5	3.5	1.5	38.8	0.5	60.6	0	4.6
Jamaica	4.9	3.4	1.5	42	4.9	51.4	1.6	5.1
Ghana	4.8	1.8	3	30	9.7	2.9	57.3	5.4
Liberia	4.7	3.1	1.6	10.8	1	88.1	0	5.2
Uzbekistan	4.6	2.4	2.1	18.3	6.3	75.4	0	4.8
Chad	4.4	0.4	4	66.3	3.4	3.8	26.5	4.4
United Arab Emirates	4.3	2.8	1.5	10.3	2.9	86.7	0	4.3
Kyrgyzstan	4.3	2.4	1.9	22.6	4.2	72.9	0.3	3.9
India	4.3	2.2	2.2	6.8	0.1	93.1	0	4.6
Turkmenistan	4.3	2.2	2.2	15.4	26.1	58.4	0	5
Kenya	4.3	1.8	2.5	56.1	1.8	21.6	20.4	4
Ethiopia	4.2	0.7	3.5	49.7	0.6	8.2	41.4	4.3
Honduras	4	3	1	40.1	1.1	58.7	0	4
Guinea-Bissau	4	2.5	1.5	19.6	14.9	22.4	43	4.3
Zambia	4	2.5	1.5	22.7	2.9	13.6	60.7	4
Republic of the Congo	3.9	1.7	2.2	78.4	9.8	10.9	0.8	3.9
Guatemala	3.8	2.2	1.6	41.9	1.6	56.3	0.2	3.9
Central African Republic	3.8	1.8	2	16.2	0.6	2.1	81.1	3.8
North Korea	3.7	3.2	0.5	5.1	0	94.9	0	4.4
Sri Lanka	3.7	2.2	1.5	13	0.1	85.2	1.7	4.5
Mauritius	3.6	2.6	1	66.2	12.3	21.3	0.2	4
Samoa	3.6	2.6	1	70.9	16.6	12.5	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.6	2.3	1.3	24	0.7	2	73.3	3.4
Nauru	3.5	1	2.5	85.4	14.6	0	0	3
Gambia	3.4	2.4	1	5.6	0.7	0.3	93.5	3.2
Federated States of Micronesia	3.3	2.3	1	47	14.1	38.9	0	3.5
El Salvador	3.2	2.2	1	41.7	1.7	56.6	0	3.5
Fiji	3	2	1	67.7	0.9	31.1	0.2	3.2
Papua New Guinea	3	1.5	1.5	51.3	0.9	47.7	0	3.1
Kiribati	3	1	2	36.9	2.2	60.9	0	2.9
Tajikistan	2.8	0.3	2.5	10.2	1.1	88.7	0	2.4
Israel	2.8	0.3	2.5	44	6.2	49.5	0.3	3.1
Sudan	2.7	1.7	1	8	0	13.5	78.5	2.7
Malawi	2.5	1.5	1	9.1	1.2	13.4	76.2	2.5
Lebanon	2.4	1.9	0.5	18.2	29.1	52.4	0.3	2.2
Azerbaijan	2.3	1.3	1	28.7	7.6	63.3	0	2.1
Mozambique	2.3	1.3	1	63	7.3	25.4	4.3	2
Togo	2.3	1.3	1	48.9	26.9	2.4	21.8	1.9
Nepal	2.2	0.2	2	47.7	0.9	51.4	0	2.1
Bahrain	2.1	2	0.1	36.6	6.3	57	0.1	2.4
Benin	2.1	1.1	1	54.6	21.7	7.2	16.5	2.2
Singapore	2	1.5	0.5	70.1	13.5	14.7	1.7	2.9
Turkey	2	1.4	0.6	63.6	8.6	27.9	0	2.4
Madagascar	1.8	0.8	1	56	9.5	34.5	0	1.9
Solomon Islands	1.7	1.2	0.5	81.1	2.1	16.7	0	1.6
Tonga	1.6	1.1	0.5	57.9	7.6	34.3	0.1	2.1
Tunisia	1.5	1.3	0.2	68.6	27.7	3.7	0	1.2
Tuvalu	1.5	1	0.5	10	15.5	74.5	0	1.3
Qatar	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.2	13.9	84.6	0.3	1.3
Vanuatu	1.4	0.9	0.5	40.5	22.8	36.7	0	1.2
Djibouti	1.3	1.1	0.2	23.2	5.3	71.5	0	0.9
Malaysia	1.3	0.3	1	76.2	2	21.8	0.1	1.7
Syria	1.2	1	0.3	8.5	27.9	63.5	0	1.4
Maldives	1.2	0.7	0.5	29.1	29.4	41.2	0	1
Mali	1.1	0.6	0.5	13.3	1.5	2.1	83.1	1
Eritrea	1.1	0.5	0.6	63.6	0	0.1	36.3	1.4
Algeria	1	0.7	0.3	62.6	35.5	0	2	0.6
Iran	1	0	1	24.8	52.1	1	1
Oman	0.9	0.7	0.2	54.6	3.3	42.2	0	0.9
Brunei	0.9	0.6	0.3	89.8	2.3	7.2	0.7	0.8
Morocco	0.9	0.5	0.5	43.5	36.5	19.9	0	0.7
Jordan	0.7	0.5	0.2	22.4	2.1	75.4	0.1	0.7
Bhutan	0.7	0.4	0.3	100	0	0	0	1.1
Guinea	0.7	0.2	0.5	78.9	16.3	3.7	1.1	0.7
Myanmar	0.7	0.1	0.6	82.6	5.7	11.8	0	0.7
Afghanistan	0.7	0	0.7	18.9	38.3	1	1.2
Senegal	0.6	0.3	0.3	55.1	41.3	3.6	0	0.5
Indonesia	0.6	0.1	0.5	84.5	0.1	15.3	0	0.6
Timor-Leste	0.6	0.1	0.5	9.3	75.9	14.8	0	1.2
Iraq	0.5	0.2	0.3	76.1	1	22.9	0	0.5
Somalia	0.5	0	0.5	9.2	19.2	0.5	0.5
Egypt	0.4	0.2	0.2	53.8	5.4	40.3	0.5	0.3
Niger	0.3	0.1	0.2	46	13.2	40.7	0	0.3
Yemen	0.3	0.1	0.2	100	0	0	0	0.2
Comoros	0.2	0.1	0.1	23.3	22.2	54.6	0	0.2
Saudi Arabia	0.2	0.1	0.1	0	1.9	97.9	0.2	0.2
Bangladesh	0.2	0	0.2	9	17.6	0.2	0.2
Kuwait	0.1	0	0.1	58.1	10.8	30.7	0.4	0.1
Libya	0.1	0	0.1	2.5	5	0	0
Mauritania	0.1	0	0.1					0.1
Pakistan	0.1	0	0	1.2	3	0.1	0.1

OECD statistics

The table below lists OECD countries by the annual consumption of pure alcohol in liters, per person, aged 15 years old and over, as published in the 2013 OECD Health Data. Note that the methodology to convert alcoholic drinks to pure alcohol may differ across countries. Typically beer is weighted as 4–5%, wine as 11–16% and spirits as 40% of pure alcohol equivalent.

This table is an accurate reflection of the annual consumption of pure alcohol in litres by OECD countries.

Rank	Country	Liters per capita [2]	Relative size	Year
1	Austria	12.3	12.3	2011
2	Estonia	12.2	12.2	2011
3	France	12	12	2011
4	Ireland	11.7	11.7	2011
5	Czech Republic	11.5	11.5	2011
6	Hungary	11.4	11.4	2011
6	Portugal	11.4	11.4	2007
6	Spain	11.4	11.4	2009
9	Germany	11	11	2011
10	Belgium	10.8	10.8	2008
11	Denmark	10.6	10.6	2011
12	Slovenia	10.6	10.6	2011
13	Finland	10.5	10.5	2011
14	Poland	10.4	10.4	2011
15	Australia	10.0	10	2010
15	Switzerland	10.0	10	2011
15	United Kingdom	10.0	10	2011
18	Slovakia	9.9	9.9	2011
19	Netherlands	9.4	9.4	2009
20	New Zealand	9.3	9.3	2012
21	South Korea	8.9	8.9	2011
22	Chile	8.6	8.6	2009
22	United States	8.6	8.6	2010
24	Greece	8.2	8.2	2009
25	Canada	8.0	8	2011
26	Sweden	7.4	7.4	2011
27	Iceland	7.3	7.3	2008
27	Japan	7.3	7.3	2011
29	Italy	6.9	6.9	2009
30	Norway	6.6	6.6	2011
31	Mexico	5.1	5.1	2011
32	Israel	2.4	2.4	2007
33	Turkey	1.6	1.6	2012

See also

• Alcoholic beverage
• Alcoholism
• List of countries by beer consumption per capita
• List of countries with alcohol prohibition

References