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Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 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
27.03
Romania
Lowest
0.018
Sudan
Median
7.37
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
4,872

What the numbers show

Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 27.03 in Romania; the lowest is 0.018 in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.37, and the mean is 8.3.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,502.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 2,185.7%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 90.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 27.03 2020 down 4.3% falling
2 Georgia 24.51 2020 down 2.1% rising
3 Latvia 21.35 2020 up 17.0% rising
4 Lithuania 19.82 2020 down 14.3% flat
5 Belarus 19.44 2020 down 21.5% falling
6 Czechia 19.05 2020 down 9.9% falling
7 Bulgaria 19.03 2020 up 9.2% rising
8 Burkina Faso 19 2020 up 37.9% rising
9 Poland 18.74 2020 up 3.5% rising
10 Germany 18.63 2020 down 5.2% falling
11 Tanzania, United Republic of 18.51 2020 down 8.6% flat
12 Uganda 18.46 2020 down 19.3% falling
13 Russian Federation 18.14 2020 down 22.9% falling
14 Austria 18.09 2020 down 6.6% falling
14 Republic of Moldova 18.09 2020 down 2.1% flat
16 Estonia 17.4 2020 down 25.3% flat
17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.08 2020 up 4.0% rising
18 Slovakia 17.05 2020 up 1.4% falling
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16.83 2020 down 2.3% falling
20 Ireland 16.6 2020 down 12.1% falling
21 Luxembourg 16.5 2020 down 11.8% falling
22 France 16.48 2020 down 15.7% falling
23 Slovenia 16.4 2020 down 7.4% falling
24 Hungary 16.12 2020 down 8.7% falling
25 Australia 15.92 2020 down 7.1% falling
26 Switzerland 15.68 2020 down 11.5% falling
27 Seychelles 15.67 2020 up 29.0% rising
28 Canada 15.59 2020 down 3.3% flat
29 United States of America 15.54 2020 up 5.4% rising
30 New Zealand 15.53 2020 down 3.4% flat
31 Ukraine 15.5 2020 down 20.1% falling
32 Cameroon 15.4 2020 down 23.1% falling
33 Saint Lucia 14.9 2020 down 2.4% falling
34 Belgium 14.83 2020 down 17.2% falling
35 Sweden 14.82 2020 down 2.9% flat
36 Andorra 14.81 2020 down 10.0% falling
37 Denmark 14.77 2020 down 9.1% falling
38 Spain 14.52 2020 down 2.7% falling
39 Portugal 14.4 2020 down 21.3% falling
40 Benin 14.27 2020 up 32.4% rising
41 Finland 14.25 2020 down 15.7% falling
42 Barbados 13.64 2020 down 0.7% rising
43 Netherlands 13.59 2020 down 14.8% falling
44 Thailand 13.29 2020 up 6.7% falling
45 Viet Nam 13.18 2020 up 9.5% rising
46 Gabon 12.73 2020 down 8.7% falling
47 Argentina 12.59 2020 up 4.7% rising
48 South Africa 12.41 2020 down 17.5% falling
49 Brazil 12.37 2020 down 10.2% falling
50 Botswana 12.35 2020 down 2.5% rising
50 Croatia 12.35 2020 down 19.6% falling
50 Mongolia 12.35 2020 up 0.6% rising
53 Korea 12.18 2020 down 16.7% falling
54 Iceland 12.05 2020 up 4.9% rising
55 Chile 11.77 2020 down 2.8% rising
56 Grenada 11.73 2020 down 1.9% flat
57 Eswatini 11.49 2020 down 6.1% falling
58 Mauritius 11.41 2020 down 9.8% falling
59 Norway 11.38 2020 down 1.2% flat
60 Italy 11.15 2020 down 3.6% falling
61 Antigua and Barbuda 11.04 2020 up 15.8% rising
62 Cambodia 10.92 2020 up 42.0% rising
63 Malta 10.84 2020 up 0.2% rising
64 Dominican Republic 10.31 2020 down 4.3% falling
65 Japan 10.27 2020 down 5.4% falling
66 Cyprus 10.07 2020 down 29.4% falling
67 Peru 10.04 2020 down 13.8% rising
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.9 2020 up 2.0% rising
69 Equatorial Guinea 9.86 2020 down 28.8% falling
70 Trinidad and Tobago 9.82 2020 down 1.1% rising
71 Suriname 9.67 2020 up 4.8% rising
72 Cape Verde 9.62 2020 up 7.2% rising
73 Congo 9.59 2020 up 29.9% rising
74 Greece 9.29 2020 down 32.5% falling
75 Philippines 9.1 2020 down 7.7% rising
76 Mali 9.06 2020 up 55.9% volatile
77 Uruguay 8.97 2020 down 11.2% falling
78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.9 2020 down 14.8% rising
79 Paraguay 8.88 2020 down 11.3% flat
80 Cuba 8.79 2020 down 1.1% rising
80 Namibia 8.79 2020 up 2.6% rising
82 Guyana 8.23 2020 down 11.6% flat
83 Dominica 8.1 2020 down 22.2% falling
84 Kazakhstan 8.06 2020 up 7.8% falling
85 Mexico 7.9 2020 down 8.0% falling
86 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.67 2020 down 26.1% falling
87 Sao Tome and Principe 7.61 2020 down 18.5% falling
88 Panama 7.55 2020 down 28.0% rising
89 Armenia 7.49 2020 down 13.1% rising
90 Lesotho 7.39 2020 up 26.3% rising
91 Albania 7.37 2020 down 23.2% flat
92 China 7.31 2020 down 21.7% rising
93 North Macedonia 7.25 2020 up 1.5% flat
94 Colombia 6.98 2020 down 15.8% falling
95 Ghana 6.96 2020 down 21.2% falling
96 Burundi 6.86 2020 down 32.0% falling
97 India 6.77 2020 down 10.8% rising
98 Angola 6.61 2020 down 49.9% rising
99 Kyrgyzstan 6.4 2020 down 42.5% falling
100 Guinea-Bissau 6.36 2020 down 4.4% flat
101 Nigeria 6.31 2020 down 25.1% falling
102 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 6.29 2020 down 13.4% rising
103 Malawi 6.15 2020 up 0.7% rising
104 Nicaragua 6.05 2020 down 1.5% flat
105 Bahamas 6.03 2020 down 14.3% falling
106 Fiji 5.97 2020 up 26.8% rising
107 Zambia 5.96 2020 up 9.0% rising
108 Belize 5.85 2020 down 39.6% rising
109 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5.54 2020 down 22.4% rising
109 Costa Rica 5.54 2020 down 14.5% falling
111 El Salvador 5.35 2020 up 16.3% flat
112 Ethiopia 5.2 2020 up 83.1% rising
113 Jamaica 5.03 2020 up 2.2% rising
114 Haiti 5.02 2020 down 0.6% falling
115 Honduras 4.98 2020 down 1.0% falling
115 Sri Lanka 4.98 2020 up 12.9% rising
117 Chad 4.92 2020 down 24.5% rising
118 Rwanda 4.83 2020 up 126.8% rising
119 Zimbabwe 4.82 2020 down 19.3% rising
120 Côte d'Ivoire 4.69 2020 up 1.3% falling
121 Liberia 4.66 2020 down 27.0% falling
122 Turkmenistan 4.6 2020 down 1.1% rising
123 Naoero 4.59 2020 down 32.0% falling
124 Israel 4.53 2020 down 10.5% flat
125 Azerbaijan 4.44 2020 up 37.5% rising
126 Kenya 4.14 2020 down 1.0% rising
127 Ecuador 3.95 2020 down 38.0% falling
128 Samoa 3.87 2020 down 8.5% falling
129 Uzbekistan 3.67 2020 up 18.0% falling
130 Vanuatu 3.39 2020 up 22.4% rising
131 Micronesia, Federated States of 3.37 2020 down 18.2% falling
132 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 3.29 2020 down 73.7% falling
133 Mozambique 3.25 2020 up 52.6% rising
134 Myanmar 3.2 2020 up 76.8% rising
135 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.1 2020 down 37.0% volatile
136 Tunisia 3.08 2020 up 4.4% rising
137 Türkiye 2.99 2020 down 20.1% falling
138 Central African Republic 2.83 2020 down 28.0% falling
139 Singapore 2.76 2020 down 6.1% falling
140 United Arab Emirates 2.72 2020 up 9.7% rising
141 Guatemala 2.53 2020 down 24.3% falling
142 Solomon Islands 2.39 2020 up 30.6% rising
143 Togo 2.35 2020 down 19.8% flat
144 Maldives 2.32 2020 down 7.9% falling
145 Lebanon 2.28 2020 down 28.5% falling
146 Tuvalu 2.08 2020 down 21.2% falling
147 Eritrea 1.87 2020 down 26.1% rising
148 Nepal 1.86 2020 up 12.7% volatile
149 Papua New Guinea 1.84 2020 down 18.6% falling
150 Bahrain 1.78 2020 down 46.5% falling
151 Madagascar 1.65 2020 down 6.2% falling
152 Qatar 1.29 2020 down 7.9% falling
153 Tajikistan 1.28 2020 up 6.7% flat
154 Malaysia 1.26 2020 up 24.8% rising
155 Kiribati 1.25 2020 up 11.6% falling
156 Gambia 1.06 2020 down 80.4% falling
157 Algeria 0.94 2020 up 23.7% rising
158 Guinea 0.92 2020 up 67.3% rising
159 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9 2020 down 54.5% volatile
160 Morocco 0.88 2020 down 1.1% falling
161 Brunei Darussalam 0.82 2020 up 82.2% rising
162 Oman 0.72 2020 down 44.2% falling
163 Senegal 0.69 2020 down 6.8% falling
164 Djibouti 0.67 2020 down 45.5% falling
165 Tonga 0.62 2020 down 68.7% volatile
166 Sierra Leone 0.52 2020 down 5.5% rising
167 Iraq 0.42 2020 down 2.3% rising
168 Comoros 0.4 2020 up 14.3% falling
169 Jordan 0.39 2020 down 52.4% falling
170 Bhutan 0.3 2020 down 72.0% volatile
171 Timor-Leste 0.27 2020 down 43.8% falling
172 Egypt 0.23 2020 down 34.3% rising
173 Niger 0.22 2020 down 24.1% rising
174 Syrian Arab Republic 0.17 2020 down 90.3% volatile
175 Bangladesh 0.16 2020 up 2,185.7% volatile
176 Pakistan 0.15 2020 up 15.4% rising
177 Indonesia 0.13 2020 down 27.8% rising
178 Yemen 0.077 2020 down 23.0% falling
179 Libya 0.021 2020 up 75.0% volatile
180 Afghanistan 0.02 2020 down 9.1% volatile
181 Sudan 0.018 2020 down 77.2% 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, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 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.