Death rates from alcohol use disorders ghe by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
23.2
Belarus, Republic of
Lowest
0
Saudi Arabia
Median
1.04
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rates from alcohol use disorders ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 23.2 in Belarus, Republic of; the lowest is 0 in Saudi Arabia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.04, and the mean is 2.51.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 292.3%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).

Death rates from alcohol use disorders ghe: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belarus, Republic of 23.2 2021 down 23.5% flat
1 Cook Islands 1.94 2021 up 1.6% flat
2 Slovenia 21.43 2021 up 140.8% volatile
2 Niue 1.03 2021 down 6.4% falling
3 Mongolia 21.25 2021 down 3.2% rising
4 Latvia 18.32 2021 up 29.8% falling
5 Estonia 17.73 2021 down 5.9% falling
6 St. Kitts and Nevis 14.58 2021 up 43.4% rising
7 Poland 14.42 2021 up 75.0% rising
8 Russia 13.92 2021 down 28.7% falling
9 El Salvador 13.39 2021 up 7.4% flat
10 Ukraine 11.04 2021 down 21.4% falling
11 Denmark 9.9 2021 down 25.6% falling
12 Croatia 8.68 2021 up 40.5% rising
13 Myanmar 8.66 2021 up 5.0% rising
14 Finland 8.56 2021 down 26.6% falling
15 Austria 7.78 2021 up 47.1% rising
16 Germany 6.94 2021 up 3.9% rising
16 Guatemala 6.94 2021 down 24.4% falling
18 Lithuania 6.87 2021 down 44.2% falling
19 Moldova 6.83 2021 down 37.2% falling
20 Hungary 6.36 2021 up 39.5% flat
21 Mauritius 6.16 2021 up 30.0% rising
22 United States 6 2021 up 105.5% rising
23 Bahamas, The 5.59 2021 up 43.3% rising
24 France 5.4 2021 down 10.4% falling
25 Czechia 5.16 2021 up 60.2% rising
26 Cuba 5.05 2021 up 74.1% rising
27 Slovak Republic 4.87 2021 up 44.5% volatile
28 Dominica 4.64 2021 down 7.2% rising
29 Brazil 4.26 2021 up 3.9% rising
30 Belgium 4.25 2021 up 8.4% rising
31 Luxembourg 4.24 2021 up 42.8% falling
32 St. Lucia 4.1 2021 up 13.6% rising
33 Serbia 4.08 2021 up 15.3% falling
34 Canada 3.95 2021 up 45.2% rising
35 Sweden 3.92 2021 down 3.0% falling
36 Paraguay 3.89 2021 up 99.5% volatile
37 Kazakhstan, Republic of 3.8 2021 down 64.1% falling
38 Uruguay 3.63 2021 up 29.6% rising
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.48 2021 down 7.7% falling
39 Iceland 3.48 2021 up 67.3% rising
41 Netherlands 3.43 2021 up 143.3% rising
42 Norway 3.36 2021 down 35.4% falling
43 Haiti 3.29 2021 up 17.5% rising
44 Kyrgyz Republic 3.19 2021 down 52.5% falling
45 Thailand 2.91 2021 up 102.1% rising
46 Honduras 2.89 2021 up 25.7% rising
47 Switzerland 2.77 2021 down 14.8% falling
48 Costa Rica 2.75 2021 up 261.8% volatile
49 United Kingdom 2.66 2021 up 30.4% rising
50 Bolivia 2.61 2021 up 10.6% falling
51 Grenada 2.28 2021 volatile
51 Korea 2.28 2021 up 31.8% falling
53 Romania 2.18 2021 down 8.0% falling
54 Belize 2.16 2021 up 17.4% rising
55 Eritrea, The State of 2.13 2021 up 4.9% flat
56 Trinidad and Tobago 2.05 2021 up 27.3% rising
57 Turkmenistan 2.02 2021 down 25.7% falling
58 Mexico 1.99 2021 down 25.5% falling
59 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.96 2021 up 25.6% rising
60 Djibouti 1.91 2021 up 30.8% rising
61 Australia 1.86 2021 up 21.6% rising
62 Chile 1.8 2021 down 18.9% falling
63 Rwanda 1.73 2021 up 6.8% flat
64 Mozambique, Republic of 1.7 2021 up 24.1% rising
65 Ireland 1.69 2021 up 13.4% falling
66 Suriname 1.68 2021 down 14.3% rising
67 Barbados 1.6 2021 down 2.4% flat
68 Tajikistan, Republic of 1.53 2021 down 12.6% falling
69 India 1.48 2021 unchanged rising
69 Nicaragua 1.48 2021 down 72.1% falling
71 Eswatini, Kingdom of 1.45 2021 up 61.1% rising
72 South Africa 1.4 2021 up 14.8% rising
73 Burkina Faso 1.33 2021 up 4.7% flat
74 China (People’s Republic of) 1.29 2021 down 8.5% rising
75 Comoros, Union of the 1.28 2021 up 5.8% rising
76 Somalia 1.27 2021 up 4.1% falling
77 Togo 1.25 2021 up 4.2% rising
78 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1.24 2021 down 36.7% falling
79 South Sudan, Republic of 1.23 2021 up 64.0% rising
80 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 1.21 2021 up 9.0% rising
81 Portugal 1.19 2021 down 11.9% falling
82 Antigua and Barbuda 1.18 2021 down 46.4% volatile
83 Tuvalu 1.16 2021 down 4.1% falling
84 Burundi 1.15 2021 up 12.7% falling
85 Malawi 1.14 2021 up 22.6% falling
86 Naoero, Republic of 1.12 2021 down 11.1% falling
87 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.11 2021 up 2.8% flat
87 Montenegro 1.11 2021 down 16.5% falling
87 New Zealand 1.11 2021 down 3.5% rising
90 Solomon Islands 1.09 2021 up 0.9% rising
91 Côte d'Ivoire 1.08 2021 down 2.7% rising
91 Cameroon 1.08 2021 up 13.7% rising
93 Angola 1.07 2021 up 28.9% falling
94 Benin 1.05 2021 up 1.9% rising
94 Bulgaria 1.05 2021 up 72.1% falling
94 Guinea-Bissau 1.05 2021 up 18.0% flat
97 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.03 2021 down 3.7% rising
98 Cabo Verde 1.02 2021 up 17.2% rising
98 Sierra Leone 1.02 2021 up 9.7% rising
100 Gabon 1 2021 down 6.5% flat
100 Philippines 1 2021 up 185.7% falling
100 Palau, Republic of 1 2021 down 3.8% rising
103 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.99 2021 up 11.2% flat
103 Ghana 0.99 2021 up 7.6% rising
105 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.98 2021 up 27.3% falling
106 Central African Republic 0.97 2021 down 20.5% falling
106 Georgia 0.97 2021 up 110.9% rising
106 Madagascar, Republic of 0.97 2021 up 5.4% flat
109 Zambia 0.96 2021 up 39.1% flat
110 Vietnam 0.95 2021 up 14.5% rising
111 Congo, Republic of 0.94 2021 down 8.7% falling
112 Dominican Republic 0.92 2021 up 9.5% rising
113 Uganda 0.9 2021 up 13.9% falling
114 Sri Lanka 0.89 2021 down 11.0% volatile
115 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0.87 2021 up 11.5% falling
115 Cambodia 0.87 2021 up 17.6% rising
117 Namibia 0.86 2021 up 14.7% rising
118 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.84 2021 up 16.7% falling
119 Nigeria 0.81 2021 up 12.5% falling
119 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.81 2021 down 77.1% volatile
121 Ecuador 0.8 2021 down 69.6% volatile
122 Gambia, The 0.79 2021 up 1.3% flat
122 Samoa 0.79 2021 up 6.8% rising
124 Liberia 0.78 2021 up 1.3% rising
125 Greece 0.76 2021 up 137.5% volatile
125 Chad 0.76 2021 down 2.6% flat
125 Vanuatu 0.76 2021 unchanged falling
128 Botswana 0.75 2021 down 24.2% rising
129 Niger 0.74 2021 up 2.8% rising
129 Tonga 0.74 2021 up 2.8% flat
131 Kenya 0.73 2021 down 3.9% rising
132 Cyprus 0.72 2021 up 105.7% rising
132 Guinea 0.72 2021 up 1.4% rising
134 Malta 0.7 2021 up 66.7% rising
135 Spain 0.69 2021 down 13.8% falling
135 Mali 0.69 2021 up 4.5% flat
137 Senegal 0.66 2021 up 4.8% flat
138 Argentina 0.64 2021 down 57.0% falling
139 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0.62 2021 up 19.2% rising
140 Guyana 0.61 2021 down 7.6% falling
141 Italy 0.59 2021 up 15.7% rising
142 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.57 2021 up 9.6% flat
142 Papua New Guinea 0.57 2021 up 3.6% rising
142 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0.57 2021 down 57.5% volatile
145 Malaysia 0.55 2021 up 37.5% rising
146 Japan 0.52 2021 up 33.3% rising
147 Peru 0.51 2021 up 292.3% volatile
147 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 0.51 2021 up 50.0% falling
149 Israel 0.48 2021 up 20.0% falling
150 Kiribati 0.45 2021 down 2.2% rising
150 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0.45 2021 up 4.7% rising
152 Jamaica 0.42 2021 up 44.8% rising
153 Monaco 0.41 2021 down 6.8% flat
154 Bhutan 0.39 2021 up 5.4% falling
154 Seychelles 0.39 2021 down 30.4% falling
156 Pakistan 0.38 2021 down 7.3% falling
157 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0.36 2021 down 12.2% flat
158 Nepal 0.34 2021 up 13.3% rising
159 Andorra, Principality of 0.3 2021 down 25.0% falling
159 Panama 0.3 2021 down 63.0% flat
161 Albania 0.29 2021 down 52.5% falling
162 Zimbabwe 0.28 2021 up 27.3% rising
163 San Marino, Republic of 0.27 2021 down 41.3% rising
164 Colombia 0.19 2021 unchanged volatile
164 Türkiye 0.19 2021 down 5.0% rising
166 Libya 0.18 2021 unchanged rising
167 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0.17 2021 up 6.2% falling
167 Brunei Darussalam 0.17 2021 volatile
169 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.14 2021 down 6.7% falling
170 Oman 0.13 2021 down 43.5% falling
170 Syrian Arab Republic 0.13 2021 up 8.3% falling
172 United Arab Emirates 0.12 2021 down 25.0% rising
172 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0.12 2021 down 7.7% volatile
174 Yemen, Republic of 0.11 2021 unchanged falling
175 Morocco 0.1 2021 down 16.7% falling
176 Algeria 0.09 2021 unchanged falling
176 Fiji, Republic of 0.09 2021 unchanged falling
176 Qatar 0.09 2021 down 35.7% falling
176 Sudan 0.09 2021 down 10.0% falling
180 Kuwait 0.07 2021 up 133.3% volatile
180 Maldives 0.07 2021 down 12.5% falling
180 Singapore 0.07 2021 volatile
180 Tunisia 0.07 2021 down 30.0% falling
184 Indonesia 0.06 2021 down 33.3% falling
184 Lebanon 0.06 2021 down 14.3% falling
186 Armenia, Republic of 0.03 2021 down 57.1% volatile
187 Jordan 0.02 2021 down 33.3% falling
188 Bangladesh 0.01 2021 unchanged flat
188 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.01 2021 unchanged volatile
190 Iraq 0 2021 flat
190 North Macedonia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
190 Saudi Arabia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Death rates from alcohol use disorders ghe
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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