Countries by alcohol consumption per adult
U.S. Virgin Islands had the highest alcohol consumption per adult of 207 countries in 2018, at 22.63 litres of pure alcohol. Yemen had the lowest, at 0 litres of pure alcohol. The median was 4.92 litres of pure alcohol. Source: World Health Organization.
Top 40 countries, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 22.63 | +3.5% |
| 2 | Romania | 17.14 | +0.4% |
| 3 | British Virgin Islands | 16.53 | -2.1% |
| 4 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 15.97 | -2.7% |
| 5 | Georgia | 15.28 | -0.1% |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 14.38 | +1.5% |
| 7 | Czechia | 13.96 | +0.3% |
| 8 | Latvia | 13.57 | +2.7% |
| 9 | Aruba | 13.48 | +5.8% |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 12.88 | +1.5% |
| 11 | Curaçao | 12.66 | -1.5% |
| 12 | France | 12.44 | -0.9% |
| 13 | Portugal | 12.4 | +0.1% |
| 14 | Hungary | 12.15 | -1.7% |
| 15 | Bermuda | 12.07 | +0.5% |
| 16 | Cameroon | 12.03 | +2.6% |
| 17 | Poland | 12.03 | +1.1% |
| 18 | Andorra | 11.93 | -0.7% |
| 19 | Moldova | 11.87 | +1.6% |
| 20 | Austria | 11.83 | -0.2% |
| 21 | Lithuania | 11.74 | -3.7% |
| 22 | Saint Lucia | 11.73 | +0.5% |
| 23 | Germany | 11.67 | -1.3% |
| 24 | Spain | 11.49 | -0.6% |
| 25 | Slovakia | 11.41 | +1.3% |
| 26 | Ireland | 11.28 | -1.3% |
| 27 | Slovenia | 11.27 | +1.2% |
| 28 | Finland | 11.17 | -2.3% |
| 29 | Montenegro | 11.16 | +1.7% |
| 30 | Vietnam | 11.15 | +0.1% |
| 31 | Serbia | 11.04 | +1.3% |
| 32 | Mongolia | 11.04 | -11.4% |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 11.01 | +0.4% |
| 34 | Réunion | 10.94 | -0.9% |
| 35 | Australia | 10.76 | +0.5% |
| 36 | Belarus | 10.67 | +2.8% |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 10.44 | +5.4% |
| 38 | Martinique | 10.4 | +2.1% |
| 39 | Russia | 10.28 | -5.3% |
| 40 | Belgium | 10.23 | -1% |
| 41 | Cook Islands | 10.08 | -2.2% |
| 42 | Denmark | 9.93 | -1.5% |
| 43 | Canada | 9.92 | -0.2% |
| 44 | Barbados | 9.92 | +0.8% |
| 45 | Croatia | 9.9 | +1.8% |
| 46 | Guadeloupe | 9.83 | -0.6% |
| 47 | Namibia | 9.81 | +1.8% |
| 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.79 | +2.5% |
| 49 | Brazil | 9.78 | +0.6% |
| 50 | Malta | 9.76 | -3.7% |
| 51 | Seychelles | 9.65 | +1.6% |
| 52 | Armenia | 9.61 | +14% |
| 53 | Switzerland | 9.44 | -0.5% |
| 54 | New Zealand | 9.33 | -0.4% |
| 55 | United States | 9.3 | -0.1% |
| 56 | Netherlands | 9.19 | -0.4% |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 8.96 | -3.9% |
| 58 | South Korea | 8.94 | -1.5% |
| 59 | Mauritius | 8.93 | -0.9% |
| 60 | Sweden | 8.9 | -1.3% |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.67 | +6.3% |
| 62 | Bahamas | 8.64 | +0.6% |
| 63 | Grenada | 8.53 | +1% |
| 64 | Greece | 8.52 | +0.2% |
| 65 | French Polynesia | 8.49 | +4.9% |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.47 | +2.6% |
| 67 | Italy | 8.47 | +3.1% |
| 68 | South Africa | 8.34 | +0.2% |
| 69 | Estonia | 8.15 | -9.5% |
| 70 | Thailand | 7.81 | -1.2% |
| 71 | Iceland | 7.69 | -0.7% |
| 72 | Dominica | 7.58 | -2.4% |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 7.47 | -16.1% |
| 74 | Panama | 7.35 | +1.8% |
| 75 | Gabon | 7.29 | -5% |
| 76 | Chile | 6.98 | -2.3% |
| 77 | French Guiana | 6.95 | -2.3% |
| 78 | Norway | 6.88 | -0.3% |
| 79 | Argentina | 6.81 | -4% |
| 80 | Japan | 6.58 | -0.7% |
| 81 | Uruguay | 6.41 | -0.9% |
| 82 | Paraguay | 6.39 | +0.1% |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.38 | -0.6% |
| 84 | Suriname | 6.29 | +3.7% |
| 85 | Philippines | 6.23 | +2.6% |
| 86 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.18 | -3.1% |
| 87 | Cuba | 6.15 | +1.4% |
| 88 | Angola | 6.09 | -5.3% |
| 89 | Mexico | 6.05 | +3.3% |
| 90 | Ukraine | 6.01 | -1% |
| 91 | Belize | 5.96 | -4.1% |
| 92 | China | 5.82 | -12.2% |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 5.76 | +4.6% |
| 94 | Puerto Rico | 5.75 | -1.5% |
| 95 | Guyana | 5.68 | -3.3% |
| 96 | Laos | 5.52 | +3.8% |
| 97 | Cambodia | 5.42 | +24.8% |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 5.4 | +1.2% |
| 99 | Cyprus | 5.36 | -1% |
| 100 | Eswatini | 5.35 | +1.3% |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.09 | +0.2% |
| 102 | Peru | 5.07 | -0.5% |
| 103 | India | 4.99 | +1.3% |
| 104 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.92 | -1% |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.72 | -9.8% |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 4.69 | +0.3% |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 4.69 | +1.8% |
| 108 | Albania | 4.69 | +1.1% |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 4.59 | +1.3% |
| 110 | Benin | 4.49 | -3.5% |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 4.44 | -1.6% |
| 112 | Republic of the Congo | 4.4 | -3.1% |
| 113 | Israel | 4.14 | +1.5% |
| 114 | Jamaica | 4.11 | +1.9% |
| 115 | Lesotho | 4.06 | +8.1% |
| 116 | Colombia | 4.05 | -1.8% |
| 117 | Bolivia | 3.99 | -1.6% |
| 118 | Botswana | 3.92 | +1.4% |
| 119 | Haiti | 3.77 | -1.1% |
| 120 | Côte d’Ivoire | 3.76 | +4.6% |
| 121 | Macao | 3.64 | -2.4% |
| 122 | Burundi | 3.61 | 0% |
| 123 | Costa Rica | 3.6 | -3% |
| 124 | Uganda | 3.57 | -1.6% |
| 125 | Chad | 3.54 | -8.4% |
| 126 | El Salvador | 3.52 | +4.4% |
| 127 | Rwanda | 3.51 | -1.3% |
| 128 | Ecuador | 3.42 | -1.8% |
| 129 | Honduras | 3.34 | +3.5% |
| 130 | Saint Helena | 3.29 | 0% |
| 131 | Venezuela | 3.14 | -17.8% |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.11 | +2% |
| 133 | Samoa | 3.05 | +0.6% |
| 134 | Ghana | 2.96 | -1.7% |
| 135 | Hong Kong | 2.91 | +1.8% |
| 136 | Uzbekistan | 2.65 | +0.5% |
| 137 | North Korea | 2.65 | -2% |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 2.51 | -2.7% |
| 139 | Fiji | 2.49 | +1.9% |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 2.26 | +13.9% |
| 141 | Myanmar | 2.13 | +10.9% |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 2.1 | -1.3% |
| 143 | Maldives | 2.09 | +1.5% |
| 144 | Lebanon | 2.08 | +3.1% |
| 145 | Kenya | 2.06 | -1.5% |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 2.03 | +21.6% |
| 147 | Mozambique | 1.99 | +1.5% |
| 148 | Bhutan | 1.97 | +29.4% |
| 149 | Liberia | 1.94 | +7.6% |
| 150 | Tunisia | 1.93 | +0.1% |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 1.89 | -5.6% |
| 152 | Türkiye | 1.86 | -1.7% |
| 153 | Zambia | 1.83 | +6.4% |
| 154 | Bahrain | 1.83 | +1.4% |
| 155 | Guatemala | 1.81 | +10% |
| 156 | Nigeria | 1.77 | +4.1% |
| 157 | Singapore | 1.69 | +1.1% |
| 158 | Niue | 1.66 | +3.2% |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 1.65 | -1.3% |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.5 | -3.9% |
| 161 | Eritrea | 1.44 | -0.7% |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 1.4 | -4.2% |
| 163 | Sudan | 1.4 | 0% |
| 164 | Tanzania | 1.37 | -4.2% |
| 165 | Mali | 1.34 | -26.5% |
| 166 | Qatar | 1.2 | +1.3% |
| 167 | Togo | 1.1 | +0.3% |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 1.06 | -5.2% |
| 169 | Madagascar | 0.97 | -0.6% |
| 170 | Oman | 0.94 | +3% |
| 171 | Malawi | 0.88 | -8.3% |
| 172 | Malaysia | 0.86 | +0.5% |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 0.85 | -2.8% |
| 174 | Micronesia | 0.84 | -0.3% |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 0.84 | -14.5% |
| 176 | Nepal | 0.82 | +9.9% |
| 177 | Kiribati | 0.69 | -1.5% |
| 178 | Iraq | 0.68 | -0.7% |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 0.67 | -8.9% |
| 180 | South Sudan | 0.54 | -3% |
| 181 | Gambia | 0.54 | -19.4% |
| 182 | Algeria | 0.51 | +0.7% |
| 183 | Morocco | 0.47 | +4% |
| 184 | Guinea | 0.42 | +1.5% |
| 185 | Senegal | 0.4 | +0.9% |
| 186 | Jordan | 0.33 | -6.7% |
| 187 | Djibouti | 0.31 | -7.3% |
| 188 | Sierra Leone | 0.23 | +7.4% |
| 189 | Tonga | 0.2 | -1.6% |
| 190 | Syria | 0.2 | -7.7% |
| 191 | Timor-Leste | 0.17 | -34.3% |
| 192 | Comoros | 0.15 | -1.2% |
| 193 | Indonesia | 0.11 | +0.1% |
| 194 | Egypt | 0.11 | +0.1% |
| 195 | Pakistan | 0.09 | +3% |
| 196 | Kuwait | 0.08 | -11.3% |
| 197 | Niger | 0.08 | -23.5% |
| 198 | Afghanistan | 0.06 | +0.4% |
| 199 | Iran | 0.03 | -1.4% |
| 200 | Mauritania | 0 | 0% |
| 201 | Bangladesh | 0 | +0.7% |
| 202 | Libya | 0 | -5.9% |
| 203 | Brunei | 0 | |
| 203 | Nauru | 0 | |
| 203 | Somalia | 0 | |
| 203 | Tuvalu | 0 | -100% |
| 203 | Yemen | 0 |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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Which country has the highest alcohol consumption per adult?
U.S. Virgin Islands, with 22.63 litres of pure alcohol in 2018, according to World Health Organization.
Which country has the lowest alcohol consumption per adult?
Yemen, with 0 litres of pure alcohol in 2018.
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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Total alcohol per capita (>= 15 years of age) consumption (litres of pure alcohol) (SA_0000001688). Retrieved 2026-10-12.