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List of Countries by Alcohol Consumption

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Created: Tuesday, 11 November 2008

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
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  Republic of 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  R?union 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  People's Republic of 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  Democratic People's Republic of 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  C?te 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

Source: World Health Organization

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