Alcohol consumption per adult
Total alcohol consumed per person aged 15 and over in the year, in litres of pure alcohol (SDG indicator 3.5.2): recorded consumption from production, trade and sales data plus WHO's estimate of unrecorded consumption, adjusted for consumption by tourists, using three-year averages.
WHO estimates: the unrecorded part is modelled and the three-year averages smooth changes between years. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
Key facts
- Alcohol consumption per adult in the United States was 9.56 litres of pure alcohol in 2024, according to World Health Organization.
- U.S. Virgin Islands had the highest alcohol consumption per adult of 207 countries in 2024, at 20.1 litres of pure alcohol, and Yemen the lowest, at 0 litres of pure alcohol. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 207 places, with figures from 2000 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by alcohol consumption per adult, 2024
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Réunion
- Canada
- Ireland
- French Polynesia
- Papua New Guinea
- Uganda
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