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Countries Ranked by Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)

Showing every country with available data for 2020 • World Bank: SH.ALC.PCAP.LI

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) data for 2020, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 185 countries reporting, the median value is 4.28, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Lao PDR

10.82

Europe & Central Asia

Romania

16.80

Latin America & Caribbean

St. Lucia

9.28

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Malta

7.11

North America

United States

9.90

South Asia

India

4.10

Sub-Saharan Africa

Uganda

11.30

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Rank	Country	Region	Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
1	Romania	Europe & Central Asia	16.80
2	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	14.41
3	Latvia	Europe & Central Asia	12.87
4	Lithuania	Europe & Central Asia	12.10
5	Czechia	Europe & Central Asia	11.99
6	Germany	Europe & Central Asia	11.84
7	Poland	Europe & Central Asia	11.66
8	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	11.63
9	Bulgaria	Europe & Central Asia	11.62
10	Austria	Europe & Central Asia	11.51
11	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.30
12	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	11.27
13	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	11.08
14	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	10.95
15	Lao PDR	East Asia & Pacific	10.82
16	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia	10.82
17	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	10.77
18	United Kingdom	Europe & Central Asia	10.73
19	Estonia	Europe & Central Asia	10.68
20	Slovak Republic	Europe & Central Asia	10.67
21	Russian Federation	Europe & Central Asia	10.53
22	Slovenia	Europe & Central Asia	10.41
23	France	Europe & Central Asia	10.32
24	Australia	East Asia & Pacific	10.29
25	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	10.19
26	Switzerland	Europe & Central Asia	10.07
27	New Zealand	East Asia & Pacific	10.02
28	Hungary	Europe & Central Asia	9.93
29	United States	North America	9.90
30	Canada	North America	9.89
31	Andorra	Europe & Central Asia	9.68
32	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	9.60
33	Sweden	Europe & Central Asia	9.57
34	Denmark	Europe & Central Asia	9.49
35	Belgium	Europe & Central Asia	9.43
36	St. Lucia	Latin America & Caribbean	9.28
37	Ukraine	Europe & Central Asia	9.24
38	Spain	Europe & Central Asia	9.16
39	Finland	Europe & Central Asia	9.08
40	Portugal	Europe & Central Asia	8.88
41	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	8.83
42	Netherlands	Europe & Central Asia	8.71
43	Barbados	Latin America & Caribbean	8.22
44	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	8.14
45	Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	8.05
46	Viet Nam	East Asia & Pacific	8.04
47	Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	7.99
48	Iceland	Europe & Central Asia	7.94
49	Korea, Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	7.79
50	Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	7.70
51	Mongolia	East Asia & Pacific	7.68
52	Croatia	Europe & Central Asia	7.65
53	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	7.56
54	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	7.38
55	Grenada	Latin America & Caribbean	7.33
56	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	7.27
57	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	7.13
58	Malta	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	7.11
59	Italy	Europe & Central Asia	6.97
60	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.86
61	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.79
62	Cambodia	East Asia & Pacific	6.67
63	Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America & Caribbean	6.66
64	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.56
65	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	6.50
66	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	6.45
67	Japan	East Asia & Pacific	6.38
68	Cyprus	Europe & Central Asia	6.36
69	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.05
70	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & Caribbean	6.03
71	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	6.01
72	Suriname	Latin America & Caribbean	5.93
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe & Central Asia	5.87
74	Greece	Europe & Central Asia	5.81
75	Philippines	East Asia & Pacific	5.66
76	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America & Caribbean	5.62
77	Paraguay	Latin America & Caribbean	5.62
78	Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	5.61
79	Cuba	Latin America & Caribbean	5.38
80	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.32
81	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	5.05
82	Guyana	Latin America & Caribbean	5.04
83	Dominica	Latin America & Caribbean	5.02
84	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.79
85	Mexico	Latin America & Caribbean	4.79
86	St. Kitts and Nevis	Latin America & Caribbean	4.69
87	Panama	Latin America & Caribbean	4.66
88	China	East Asia & Pacific	4.58
89	Kazakhstan	Europe & Central Asia	4.52
90	Albania	Europe & Central Asia	4.47
91	North Macedonia	Europe & Central Asia	4.36
92	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.30
93	Armenia	Europe & Central Asia	4.28
94	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.26
95	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	4.24
96	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.16
97	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.13
98	India	South Asia	4.10
99	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	3.87
100	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.78
101	Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.73
102	Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	3.67
103	Nicaragua	Latin America & Caribbean	3.67
104	Bahamas, The	Latin America & Caribbean	3.65
105	Kyrgyz Republic	Europe & Central Asia	3.63
106	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.62
107	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.61
108	Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	3.59
109	Fiji	East Asia & Pacific	3.58
110	Costa Rica	Latin America & Caribbean	3.40
111	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	3.15
112	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	3.11
113	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	3.10
114	Honduras	Latin America & Caribbean	3.08
115	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.06
116	Sri Lanka	South Asia	2.91
117	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.91
118	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.87
119	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.86
120	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.85
121	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.84
122	Nauru	East Asia & Pacific	2.79
123	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.67
124	Turkmenistan	Europe & Central Asia	2.62
125	Ecuador	Latin America & Caribbean	2.54
126	Azerbaijan	Europe & Central Asia	2.49
127	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.47
128	Samoa	East Asia & Pacific	2.35
129	Uzbekistan	Europe & Central Asia	2.10
130	United Arab Emirates	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.08
131	Vanuatu	East Asia & Pacific	2.04
132	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	East Asia & Pacific	2.02
133	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & Caribbean	1.99
134	Myanmar	East Asia & Pacific	1.93
135	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.92
136	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.89
137	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	1.81
138	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.75
139	Tunisia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.71
140	Turkiye	Europe & Central Asia	1.69
141	Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	1.54
142	Maldives	South Asia	1.49
143	Solomon Islands	East Asia & Pacific	1.45
144	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.44
145	Tuvalu	East Asia & Pacific	1.26
146	Lebanon	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.26
147	Bahrain	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.25
148	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	1.13
149	Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.07
150	Nepal	South Asia	1.06
151	Qatar	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.05
152	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.99
153	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	0.74
154	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	0.74
155	Kiribati	East Asia & Pacific	0.72
156	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.61
157	Algeria	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.54
158	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.52
159	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.51
160	Oman	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.51
161	Brunei Darussalam	East Asia & Pacific	0.51
162	Morocco	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.50
163	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.38
164	Djibouti	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.38
165	Tonga	East Asia & Pacific	0.36
166	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.29
167	Iraq	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.24
168	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.23
169	Jordan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.23
170	Bhutan	South Asia	0.18
171	Timor-Leste	East Asia & Pacific	0.17
172	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.13
173	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.13
174	Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.09
175	Bangladesh	South Asia	0.09
176	Pakistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.08
177	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	0.07
178	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.04
179	Libya	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.01
180	Afghanistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.01
181	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.01
182	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.00
183	Kuwait	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.00
184	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.00
185	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.00

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.ALC.PCAP.LI), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2020; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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