This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in litres of pure alcohol consumed per capita in a given year, according to the most recent data from the World Health Organization.
Rank | Country | Litres per capita | Year |
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1 | Luxembourg | 15.56 | 2003 |
2 | Ireland | 13.69 | 2003 |
3 | Hungary | 13.60 | 2003 |
4 | Moldova | 13.18 | 2003 |
5 | Czech Republic | 12.99 | 2003 |
6 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 12.77 | 2003 |
7 | Croatia | 12.25 | 2003 |
8 | Greenland | 12.10 | 2005 |
9 | Germany | 11.99 | 2003 |
10 | British Virgin Islands | 11.98 | 2003 |
11 | United Kingdom | 11.75 | 2003 |
12 | Spain | 11.68 | 2003 |
13 | Netherlands Antilles | 11.55 | 2003 |
14 | Portugal | 11.54 | 2003 |
15 | Cyprus | 11.52 | 2003 |
16 | Saint Lucia | 11.48 | 2003 |
17 | France | 11.43 | 2003 |
18 | Bermuda | 11.34 | 2003 |
19 | Austria | 11.08 | 2003 |
20 | Denmark | 11.00 | 2005 |
21 | Switzerland | 10.83 | 2003 |
22 | Belgium | 10.63 | 2003 |
23 | Nigeria | 10.57 | 2003 |
24 | Finland | 10.45 | 2007 |
25 | Bahamas | 10.40 | 2003 |
26 | Slovakia | 10.35 | 2003 |
27 | Russia | 10.32 | 2003 |
28 | French Guiana | 10.13 | 2003 |
29 | New Caledonia | 9.97 | 2003 |
30 | Lithuania | 9.89 | 2003 |
31 | Romania | 9.74 | 2003 |
32 | New Zealand | 9.68 | 2003 |
32 | Netherlands | 9.68 | 2003 |
34 | Latvia | 9.61 | 2003 |
35 | Niue | 9.47 | 2003 |
36 | Burundi | 9.10 | 2003 |
37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.05 | 2003 |
38 | Australia | 9.02 | 2003 |
38 | Guadeloupe | 9.02 | 2003 |
40 | Greece | 9.01 | 2003 |
41 | Estonia | 9.00 | 2003 |
42 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8.59 | 2003 |
43 | United States of America | 8.44 | 2004 |
44 | Argentina | 8.40 | 2003 |
45 | Haiti | 8.30 | 2003 |
46 | Martinique | 8.14 | 2003 |
47 | Poland | 8.09 | 2003 |
48 | Italy | 8.02 | 2003 |
49 | Gabon | 8.01 | 2003 |
50 | Canada | 8.00 | 2006 |
51 | South Korea | 7.87 | 2003 |
52 | Aruba | 7.83 | 2003 |
53 | Uruguay | 7.74 | 2003 |
54 | Japan | 7.59 | 2003 |
55 | Dominica | 7.50 | 2003 |
56 | Iceland | 7.10 | 2005 |
57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.00 | 2003 |
58 | Bahrain | 6.98 | 2003 |
59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.95 | 2003 |
60 | Rwanda | 6.93 | 2003 |
61 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.91 | 2003 |
62 | Slovenia | 6.74 | 2003 |
63 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.73 | 2003 |
64 | South Africa | 6.72 | 2003 |
65 | Grenada | 6.67 | 2003 |
65 | Venezuela | 6.67 | 2003 |
67 | Dominican Republic | 6.66 | 2003 |
68 | French Polynesia | 6.62 | 2003 |
69 | Chile | 6.60 | 2003 |
69 | Faroe Islands | 6.60 | 2005 |
69 | Sweden | 6.60 | 2005 |
72 | Sierra Leone | 6.39 | 2003 |
73 | Norway | 6.36 | 2006 |
74 | Belize | 6.25 | 2003 |
75 | Saint Helena | 6.20 | 2003 |
76 | Ukraine | 6.09 | 2003 |
77 | Malta | 6.02 | 2003 |
78 | Panama | 5.98 | 2003 |
79 | Namibia | 5.97 | 2003 |
80 | Bulgaria | 5.86 | 2003 |
81 | Brazil | 5.76 | 2003 |
81 | Réunion | 5.76 | 2003 |
83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.73 | 2003 |
84 | Macedonia | 5.69 | 2003 |
85 | Colombia | 5.68 | 2003 |
86 | Costa Rica | 5.65 | 2003 |
87 | Thailand | 5.59 | 2003 |
88 | Montserrat | 5.57 | 2003 |
89 | Belarus | 5.53 | 2003 |
90 | Tanzania | 5.45 | 2003 |
91 | China | 5.20 | 2003 |
92 | Burkina Faso | 5.01 | 2003 |
93 | Cape Verde | 4.78 | 2003 |
94 | Swaziland | 4.60 | 2003 |
95 | Azerbaijan | 4.54 | 2003 |
96 | Mexico | 4.50 | 2004 |
97 | Zimbabwe | 4.41 | 2003 |
98 | Qatar | 4.40 | 2003 |
99 | Botswana | 4.29 | 2003 |
100 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.17 | 2003 |
101 | Angola | 3.86 | 2003 |
102 | Guyana | 3.84 | 2003 |
103 | Peru | 3.83 | 2003 |
104 | Liberia | 3.82 | 2003 |
105 | Cameroon | 3.77 | 2003 |
106 | Cook Islands | 3.73 | 2003 |
106 | Paraguay | 3.73 | 2003 |
108 | El Salvador | 3.72 | 2003 |
109 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.63 | 2003 |
110 | Philippines | 3.51 | 2003 |
111 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.38 | 2003 |
112 | Seychelles | 3.36 | 2003 |
113 | North Korea | 3.26 | 2003 |
114 | Lebanon | 3.24 | 2003 |
115 | Bolivia | 3.23 | 2003 |
116 | Mauritius | 3.03 | 2003 |
117 | Kazakhstan | 2.96 | 2003 |
118 | Honduras | 2.92 | 2003 |
119 | Mongolia | 2.83 | 2003 |
120 | Congo | 2.60 | 2003 |
121 | Gambia | 2.59 | 2003 |
122 | Nicaragua | 2.48 | 2003 |
123 | Israel | 2.47 | 2003 |
124 | Zambia | 2.40 | 2003 |
125 | Ecuador | 2.36 | 2003 |
126 | Cuba | 2.26 | 2003 |
127 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.19 | 2003 |
128 | Singapore | 2.17 | 2003 |
129 | Albania | 2.01 | 2003 |
130 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.86 | 2003 |
131 | Lesotho | 1.82 | 2003 |
132 | Djibouti | 1.79 | 2003 |
133 | Samoa | 1.78 | 2003 |
134 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.77 | 2003 |
135 | Jamaica | 1.74 | 2003 |
136 | Fiji | 1.72 | 2003 |
137 | Papua New Guinea | 1.68 | 2003 |
138 | Madagascar | 1.59 | 2003 |
139 | Ghana | 1.57 | 2003 |
140 | Central African Republic | 1.53 | 2003 |
141 | Kenya | 1.51 | 2003 |
141 | Uzbekistan | 1.51 | 2003 |
143 | Armenia | 1.48 | 2003 |
143 | Cambodia | 1.48 | 2003 |
145 | Georgia | 1.47 | 2003 |
146 | Guatemala | 1.46 | 2003 |
147 | Malawi | 1.41 | 2003 |
148 | Turkey | 1.37 | 2003 |
148 | Tuvalu | 1.37 | 2003 |
150 | Guam | 1.30 | 2003 |
151 | Benin | 1.29 | 2003 |
152 | Togo | 1.24 | 2003 |
153 | Micronesia | 1.23 | 2003 |
153 | Tunisia | 1.23 | 2003 |
155 | Turkmenistan | 1.18 | 2003 |
156 | Malaysia | 1.06 | 2003 |
157 | Solomon Islands | 0.97 | 2003 |
158 | Nauru | 0.87 | 2003 |
159 | Ethiopia | 0.86 | 2003 |
160 | Viet Nam | 0.85 | 2003 |
161 | Tonga | 0.75 | 2003 |
161 | Vanuatu | 0.75 | 2003 |
163 | Eritrea | 0.59 | 2003 |
164 | Mozambique | 0.52 | 2003 |
165 | Mali | 0.50 | 2003 |
166 | Syria | 0.49 | 2003 |
167 | Senegal | 0.46 | 2003 |
168 | Kiribati | 0.45 | 2003 |
168 | Morocco | 0.45 | 2003 |
170 | Tajikistan | 0.39 | 2003 |
171 | Myanmar | 0.33 | 2003 |
172 | Chad | 0.31 | 2003 |
172 | Comoros | 0.31 | 2003 |
172 | Jordan | 0.31 | 2003 |
175 | Sudan | 0.30 | 2003 |
176 | India | 0.29 | 2003 |
177 | Sri Lanka | 0.28 | 2003 |
178 | Oman | 0.26 | 2003 |
179 | Bhutan | 0.23 | 2003 |
180 | Egypt | 0.21 | 2003 |
180 | Iraq | 0.21 | 2003 |
182 | Guinea | 0.20 | 2003 |
183 | Nepal | 0.19 | 2003 |
184 | American Samoa | 0.16 | 2003 |
185 | Algeria | 0.15 | 2003 |
186 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.12 | 2003 |
186 | Timor-Leste | 0.12 | 2002 |
188 | Indonesia | 0.09 | 2003 |
189 | Niger | 0.05 | 2003 |
190 | Yemen | 0.04 | 2003 |
191 | Kuwait | 0.03 | 2003 |
192 | United Arab Emirates | 0.02 | 2003 |
193 | Afghanistan | 0.01 | 2003 |
193 | Libya | 0.01 | 2003 |
193 | Mauritania | 0.01 | 2003 |
193 | Pakistan | 0.01 | 2003 |
197 | Bangladesh | 0.00 | 2003 |
197 | Somalia | 0.00 | 2003 |
197 | Saudi Arabia | 0.00 | 2003 |
197 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.00 | 2003 |
See Also
References
World Health Organization - Data and Statistics, Retrieved on July 20, 2008