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

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.

Countries reporting
181
Highest
7.42
Romania
Lowest
0.002
Libya
Median
1.63
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
4,872

What the numbers show

Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 7.42 in Romania; the lowest is 0.002 in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.63, and the mean is 2.1.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,710.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 130 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 2,344.4%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 90.5%).

Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 7.42 2020 down 5.1% falling
2 Georgia 5.87 2020 down 5.5% rising
2 Latvia 5.87 2020 up 14.6% rising
4 Lithuania 5.5 2020 down 16.7% flat
5 Germany 5.3 2020 down 4.8% falling
6 Czechia 5.25 2020 down 11.2% falling
7 Austria 5.22 2020 down 6.5% falling
8 Belarus 5.21 2020 down 23.6% falling
9 Poland 5.16 2020 up 2.2% rising
10 Ireland 5.15 2020 down 10.4% falling
11 Luxembourg 5.1 2020 down 10.7% falling
12 Republic of Moldova 4.94 2020 down 5.5% falling
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.88 2020 down 2.6% falling
14 Australia 4.83 2020 down 7.1% flat
15 Estonia 4.82 2020 down 26.9% flat
16 Bulgaria 4.77 2020 up 7.7% flat
17 New Zealand 4.7 2020 down 3.5% flat
18 France 4.68 2020 down 16.0% falling
18 Slovakia 4.68 2020 down 0.8% falling
20 Switzerland 4.61 2020 down 11.3% falling
21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.53 2020 up 3.0% rising
22 Uganda 4.48 2020 down 20.8% falling
23 United States of America 4.43 2020 up 5.5% rising
24 Slovenia 4.42 2020 down 8.1% falling
25 Hungary 4.36 2020 down 9.5% falling
26 Andorra 4.35 2020 down 11.9% falling
27 Denmark 4.33 2020 down 8.3% falling
28 Canada 4.31 2020 down 4.0% flat
29 Sweden 4.3 2020 down 2.7% flat
30 Belgium 4.25 2020 down 17.2% falling
31 Russian Federation 4.2 2020 down 25.7% falling
32 Finland 4.1 2020 down 16.2% falling
33 Spain 4.09 2020 down 4.0% falling
34 Portugal 4.06 2020 down 22.5% falling
35 Ukraine 4.05 2020 down 23.0% falling
36 Netherlands 3.95 2020 down 14.5% falling
36 Seychelles 3.95 2020 up 29.5% rising
38 Cameroon 3.91 2020 down 25.4% falling
39 Burkina Faso 3.84 2020 up 40.7% rising
40 Saint Lucia 3.83 2020 down 5.2% falling
41 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.81 2020 down 6.6% flat
42 Argentina 3.71 2020 up 3.9% rising
43 Iceland 3.61 2020 up 5.2% rising
44 Benin 3.46 2020 up 33.6% volatile
44 Chile 3.46 2020 down 4.2% flat
46 Republic of Korea 3.43 2020 down 18.9% falling
47 Barbados 3.35 2020 down 2.6% rising
47 Norway 3.35 2020 down 1.2% flat
49 Gabon 3.28 2020 down 11.6% falling
50 Brazil 3.27 2020 down 12.6% falling
50 Croatia 3.27 2020 down 20.8% falling
52 Mongolia 3.22 2020 down 3.6% rising
53 Viet Nam 3.21 2020 up 7.7% rising
54 Malta 3.11 2020 up 1.0% rising
55 Thailand 3.08 2020 up 4.1% falling
56 Italy 3.07 2020 down 4.7% falling
57 Peru 2.99 2020 down 15.1% rising
58 Grenada 2.98 2020 down 3.6% flat
59 Antigua and Barbuda 2.78 2020 up 13.0% rising
60 Japan 2.76 2020 down 6.1% falling
61 Dominican Republic 2.69 2020 down 5.3% falling
62 Cyprus 2.66 2020 down 33.3% falling
63 Cambodia 2.64 2020 up 41.2% rising
64 Equatorial Guinea 2.61 2020 down 33.6% falling
65 Congo 2.56 2020 up 29.9% rising
66 Uruguay 2.55 2020 down 12.1% falling
67 Greece 2.51 2020 down 35.0% falling
68 Cape Verde 2.49 2020 up 4.6% rising
69 Mauritius 2.47 2020 down 12.1% falling
70 Botswana 2.45 2020 down 6.1% flat
71 Trinidad and Tobago 2.38 2020 down 5.9% rising
72 Paraguay 2.37 2020 down 13.5% flat
73 South Africa 2.31 2020 down 23.5% falling
74 Suriname 2.27 2020 up 5.1% rising
75 Eswatini 2.23 2020 down 11.5% falling
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.2 2020 down 17.3% rising
77 Philippines 2.18 2020 down 8.8% flat
78 Guyana 2.09 2020 down 10.7% flat
79 Cuba 2.07 2020 down 4.2% flat
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.03 2020 up 0.5% rising
81 Sao Tome and Principe 2 2020 down 21.6% falling
82 Dominica 1.99 2020 down 23.2% falling
83 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.93 2020 down 28.5% falling
84 Mexico 1.9 2020 down 10.0% falling
85 Armenia 1.83 2020 down 16.8% rising
86 Panama 1.82 2020 down 29.2% rising
87 China 1.79 2020 down 25.1% rising
88 Angola 1.77 2020 down 52.4% rising
89 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.66 2020 down 23.5% rising
89 Namibia 1.66 2020 down 0.6% rising
91 Colombia 1.63 2020 down 18.1% falling
91 Ghana 1.63 2020 down 24.9% falling
93 Albania 1.59 2020 down 29.6% flat
94 Burundi 1.55 2020 down 36.0% falling
94 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1.55 2020 down 13.4% rising
96 Bahamas 1.52 2020 down 16.9% falling
96 North Macedonia 1.52 2020 down 1.9% falling
96 Mali 1.52 2020 up 58.3% volatile
99 Belize 1.48 2020 down 42.9% flat
100 Kazakhstan 1.43 2020 up 5.9% falling
100 Nicaragua 1.43 2020 down 4.0% flat
102 Zambia 1.38 2020 up 7.8% rising
103 Lesotho 1.33 2020 up 23.1% flat
104 Malawi 1.31 2020 up 2.3% rising
105 Costa Rica 1.28 2020 down 15.8% falling
105 India 1.28 2020 down 12.9% rising
107 Guinea-Bissau 1.25 2020 down 6.7% falling
107 Haiti 1.25 2020 down 2.3% falling
107 El Salvador 1.25 2020 up 14.7% flat
110 Jamaica 1.22 2020 down 0.8% rising
111 Israel 1.21 2020 down 10.4% flat
111 Nigeria 1.21 2020 down 28.4% falling
113 Fiji 1.19 2020 up 26.6% rising
114 Honduras 1.18 2020 down 2.5% falling
115 Ecuador 1.15 2020 down 39.8% falling
116 Liberia 1.11 2020 down 27.9% falling
117 Rwanda 1.07 2020 up 132.6% rising
118 Kyrgyzstan 1.05 2020 down 47.2% falling
118 Sri Lanka 1.05 2020 up 11.7% rising
120 Naoero 0.99 2020 down 34.4% falling
121 Côte d'Ivoire 0.97 2020 up 2.1% falling
122 Ethiopia 0.94 2020 up 88.0% rising
123 Chad 0.92 2020 down 25.8% rising
124 Zimbabwe 0.9 2020 down 20.4% rising
125 Kenya 0.86 2020 down 3.4% rising
126 Samoa 0.8 2020 down 8.0% falling
127 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.78 2020 down 38.6% volatile
128 Singapore 0.76 2020 down 7.3% falling
129 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.75 2020 down 76.2% falling
130 Turkmenistan 0.74 2020 down 5.1% rising
131 Vanuatu 0.71 2020 up 22.4% rising
132 Central African Republic 0.7 2020 down 28.6% falling
132 Myanmar 0.7 2020 up 79.5% rising
134 Azerbaijan 0.68 2020 up 30.8% flat
134 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.68 2020 down 20.9% falling
136 Mozambique 0.64 2020 up 56.1% rising
137 Guatemala 0.59 2020 down 26.2% falling
138 Uzbekistan 0.57 2020 up 14.0% falling
139 Togo 0.53 2020 down 20.9% falling
140 Solomon Islands 0.49 2020 up 28.9% rising
141 Tunisia 0.41 2020 unchanged rising
141 Türkiye 0.41 2020 down 21.2% falling
143 Tuvalu 0.4 2020 down 21.6% falling
144 Papua New Guinea 0.38 2020 down 19.1% falling
145 Nepal 0.37 2020 up 15.6% volatile
146 United Arab Emirates 0.35 2020 up 2.9% rising
147 Lebanon 0.34 2020 down 30.6% falling
147 Madagascar 0.34 2020 down 8.1% falling
149 Eritrea 0.32 2020 down 27.3% rising
150 Maldives 0.27 2020 down 20.6% falling
151 Bahrain 0.26 2020 down 50.9% falling
152 Kiribati 0.25 2020 up 8.7% falling
153 Qatar 0.23 2020 down 20.7% flat
154 Malaysia 0.2 2020 up 25.0% rising
154 Tajikistan 0.2 2020 up 5.3% flat
156 Gambia 0.19 2020 down 82.1% falling
157 Brunei Darussalam 0.17 2020 up 70.0% rising
158 Guinea 0.15 2020 up 70.5% rising
159 Algeria 0.12 2020 up 9.1% rising
159 Morocco 0.12 2020 unchanged falling
159 Tonga 0.12 2020 down 70.0% volatile
162 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.1 2020 down 58.3% volatile
162 Senegal 0.1 2020 down 9.1% falling
164 Oman 0.099 2020 down 50.5% falling
165 Djibouti 0.091 2020 down 46.5% falling
166 Sierra Leone 0.073 2020 down 6.4% rising
167 Timor-Leste 0.062 2020 down 43.6% falling
168 Iraq 0.059 2020 down 4.8% rising
169 Bhutan 0.057 2020 down 74.1% volatile
170 Jordan 0.053 2020 down 55.8% falling
171 Comoros 0.05 2020 up 11.1% falling
172 Niger 0.033 2020 down 23.3% rising
173 Egypt 0.031 2020 down 36.7% flat
174 Pakistan 0.023 2020 up 9.5% rising
175 Bangladesh 0.022 2020 up 2,344.4% volatile
176 Syrian Arab Republic 0.021 2020 down 90.5% volatile
177 Indonesia 0.018 2020 down 30.8% rising
178 Yemen 0.01 2020 down 28.6% falling
179 Afghanistan 0.003 2020 unchanged volatile
179 Sudan 0.003 2020 down 75.0% volatile
181 Libya 0.002 2020 unchanged volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
Source
Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 4,872 data points, 2000–2020
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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.