Countries by alcohol consumption per adult
U.S. Virgin Islands had the highest alcohol consumption per adult of 207 countries in 2022, at 19.85 litres of pure alcohol. Yemen had the lowest, at 0 litres of pure alcohol. The median was 4.35 litres of pure alcohol. Source: World Health Organization.
Top 40 countries, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 19.85 | -0.3% |
| 2 | Romania | 17.08 | +1.2% |
| 3 | Latvia | 14.49 | -1% |
| 4 | Georgia | 14.44 | +0.8% |
| 5 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13.7 | +13% |
| 6 | Czechia | 13.63 | -0.5% |
| 7 | Portugal | 13.56 | +5.5% |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 13.18 | +0.7% |
| 9 | Moldova | 13.05 | +4% |
| 10 | Cameroon | 12.83 | +1.9% |
| 11 | Curaçao | 12.42 | +8.2% |
| 12 | Aruba | 11.99 | +3.5% |
| 13 | Cayman Islands | 11.93 | -1.8% |
| 14 | Lithuania | 11.9 | -1.3% |
| 15 | Spain | 11.89 | +6.5% |
| 16 | Poland | 11.87 | -2.2% |
| 17 | Austria | 11.77 | +0.1% |
| 18 | Andorra | 11.6 | +3% |
| 19 | Belarus | 11.6 | -0.9% |
| 20 | Hungary | 11.55 | -1.1% |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 11.54 | +2% |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 11.51 | +1.1% |
| 23 | France | 11.41 | -0.2% |
| 24 | British Virgin Islands | 11.1 | -3.4% |
| 25 | Bermuda | 11.07 | -0.9% |
| 26 | Serbia | 11.06 | +1.4% |
| 27 | Germany | 10.96 | -1.3% |
| 28 | Australia | 10.91 | -2.7% |
| 29 | Slovenia | 10.91 | -1.3% |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 10.9 | -1.4% |
| 31 | Estonia | 10.75 | +2.9% |
| 32 | Vietnam | 10.67 | -0.6% |
| 33 | Cook Islands | 10.65 | -3.6% |
| 34 | Croatia | 10.63 | +4.9% |
| 35 | Martinique | 10.61 | +6% |
| 36 | Réunion | 10.6 | 0% |
| 37 | Ireland | 10.44 | -1% |
| 38 | Russia | 10.22 | +1.4% |
| 39 | Montenegro | 10.2 | +4% |
| 40 | Brazil | 10.11 | +3.9% |
| 41 | Denmark | 10.03 | -2.3% |
| 42 | United States | 9.77 | +0.2% |
| 43 | Guadeloupe | 9.63 | +3.5% |
| 44 | Canada | 9.62 | -3.4% |
| 45 | Finland | 9.61 | -2.5% |
| 46 | Barbados | 9.53 | +5.1% |
| 47 | Belgium | 9.52 | +0.5% |
| 48 | Slovakia | 9.34 | -3.2% |
| 49 | New Zealand | 9.18 | -2.2% |
| 50 | Switzerland | 9.08 | -2.1% |
| 51 | Netherlands | 8.91 | -0.7% |
| 52 | Sweden | 8.71 | -2.2% |
| 53 | Namibia | 8.61 | -2.8% |
| 54 | Seychelles | 8.59 | +2.8% |
| 55 | Italy | 8.55 | +1.1% |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 8.45 | +0.4% |
| 57 | South Africa | 8.45 | +8.4% |
| 58 | Greece | 8.44 | +6.6% |
| 59 | Mauritius | 8.36 | +0.8% |
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.32 | +4% |
| 61 | South Korea | 8.28 | -0.9% |
| 62 | Grenada | 8.27 | +4.4% |
| 63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.21 | +3% |
| 64 | Iceland | 8.16 | -2.8% |
| 65 | French Polynesia | 8.02 | +0.2% |
| 66 | Gabon | 8 | -0.6% |
| 67 | Bahamas | 7.94 | +5.8% |
| 68 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.74 | +2.2% |
| 69 | Malta | 7.74 | +1.6% |
| 70 | Thailand | 7.66 | +0.5% |
| 71 | Argentina | 7.59 | +2.1% |
| 72 | Norway | 7.45 | -1.4% |
| 73 | Dominica | 7.39 | -1% |
| 74 | Mongolia | 7.18 | -14.7% |
| 75 | Panama | 7.01 | +8.3% |
| 76 | Chile | 6.99 | -1.9% |
| 77 | French Guiana | 6.84 | +1.8% |
| 78 | Paraguay | 6.77 | +3.4% |
| 79 | Armenia | 6.56 | -15.4% |
| 80 | Mexico | 6.45 | +4.2% |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.45 | +3.8% |
| 82 | Japan | 6.28 | +0.1% |
| 83 | Uruguay | 6.14 | -3.5% |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 6.08 | +4.5% |
| 85 | Guyana | 6.04 | +6% |
| 86 | Suriname | 5.96 | +4% |
| 87 | Philippines | 5.94 | +1.5% |
| 88 | Eswatini | 5.78 | +7.8% |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 5.71 | +9.2% |
| 90 | Puerto Rico | 5.7 | +5.7% |
| 91 | Laos | 5.63 | +2.7% |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.61 | -4.1% |
| 93 | Cuba | 5.53 | +0.2% |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 5.22 | +1.7% |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 5.2 | +0.2% |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 5.09 | +6.9% |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.05 | +1% |
| 98 | India | 5.04 | +7.5% |
| 99 | Belize | 4.88 | +4% |
| 100 | Colombia | 4.77 | +10.6% |
| 101 | Peru | 4.75 | +3.4% |
| 102 | Cyprus | 4.7 | +6.1% |
| 103 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.42 | -4.5% |
| 104 | Jamaica | 4.35 | +6.4% |
| 105 | Botswana | 4.33 | +11.3% |
| 106 | Albania | 4.26 | +0.1% |
| 107 | Israel | 4.26 | +0.2% |
| 108 | Cape Verde | 4.23 | -2.4% |
| 109 | Lesotho | 4.21 | +6.3% |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 4.2 | +2.5% |
| 111 | Côte d’Ivoire | 4.19 | +0.4% |
| 112 | Benin | 4.18 | -2.8% |
| 113 | China | 4.12 | -9% |
| 114 | Uganda | 4.12 | +2.1% |
| 115 | Rwanda | 4.11 | +3.2% |
| 116 | Angola | 3.98 | -3.1% |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 3.95 | +2.4% |
| 118 | Ukraine | 3.93 | -17.7% |
| 119 | Cambodia | 3.89 | -16.2% |
| 120 | Republic of the Congo | 3.87 | +1.2% |
| 121 | Bolivia | 3.82 | +2.6% |
| 122 | Macao | 3.79 | -8.4% |
| 123 | Burundi | 3.69 | -0.4% |
| 124 | El Salvador | 3.61 | +2.7% |
| 125 | Haiti | 3.56 | +1.1% |
| 126 | Honduras | 3.52 | +0.7% |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.51 | -3.4% |
| 128 | Saint Helena | 3.29 | 0% |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.11 | -0.3% |
| 130 | Ecuador | 3.08 | +6.8% |
| 131 | Hong Kong | 3.02 | -3.2% |
| 132 | Fiji | 2.94 | +16.9% |
| 133 | Chad | 2.93 | +3.1% |
| 134 | Bhutan | 2.86 | +6.5% |
| 135 | Samoa | 2.86 | -1.2% |
| 136 | Guatemala | 2.85 | +14.5% |
| 137 | Ghana | 2.67 | -2.8% |
| 138 | North Korea | 2.62 | +0.2% |
| 139 | Venezuela | 2.58 | +6.2% |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 2.53 | +3.1% |
| 141 | Singapore | 2.35 | -3% |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 2.3 | -3.8% |
| 143 | Ethiopia | 2.28 | +1.7% |
| 144 | Kenya | 2.27 | +6.6% |
| 145 | Niue | 2.24 | -8.9% |
| 146 | Zambia | 2.14 | +2.6% |
| 147 | Türkiye | 2.12 | +7.7% |
| 148 | Maldives | 2.07 | +21.5% |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 2.06 | -18.2% |
| 150 | Lebanon | 2.03 | +2.8% |
| 151 | Mozambique | 2 | +1.2% |
| 152 | Nigeria | 1.98 | +7.4% |
| 153 | Mali | 1.93 | -2% |
| 154 | Nepal | 1.92 | +6.6% |
| 155 | Bahrain | 1.88 | +6.3% |
| 156 | Myanmar | 1.86 | -1.3% |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 1.79 | +0.4% |
| 158 | Liberia | 1.72 | -1.8% |
| 159 | Tunisia | 1.68 | +1.7% |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 1.58 | +42.8% |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 1.56 | +0.1% |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.54 | +8.3% |
| 163 | Tanzania | 1.45 | +3% |
| 164 | Togo | 1.42 | +3.5% |
| 165 | Sudan | 1.4 | -0% |
| 166 | Eritrea | 1.38 | -0.2% |
| 167 | Qatar | 1.26 | +0.8% |
| 168 | Oman | 1.01 | +24.2% |
| 169 | Malawi | 1 | +1.3% |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 0.92 | -11.6% |
| 171 | Micronesia | 0.79 | -0.5% |
| 172 | Malaysia | 0.78 | -0.2% |
| 173 | Madagascar | 0.78 | -8.2% |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 0.71 | -1.6% |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7 | -13.9% |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 0.69 | +2.7% |
| 177 | Iraq | 0.66 | -0.3% |
| 178 | South Sudan | 0.65 | -14.9% |
| 179 | Kiribati | 0.64 | -1.1% |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 0.56 | -0.6% |
| 181 | Guinea | 0.49 | -3.1% |
| 182 | Morocco | 0.45 | +4.9% |
| 183 | Gambia | 0.43 | +6.1% |
| 184 | Algeria | 0.42 | -0.1% |
| 185 | Senegal | 0.36 | -3.2% |
| 186 | Djibouti | 0.34 | -3.8% |
| 187 | Jordan | 0.28 | +7.2% |
| 188 | Sierra Leone | 0.25 | +1.3% |
| 189 | Tonga | 0.2 | +0.3% |
| 190 | Timor-Leste | 0.15 | +53.1% |
| 191 | Comoros | 0.14 | -0.6% |
| 192 | Niger | 0.13 | +2.9% |
| 193 | Syria | 0.11 | +3.1% |
| 194 | Indonesia | 0.1 | +10.5% |
| 195 | Egypt | 0.1 | +7.7% |
| 196 | Pakistan | 0.09 | +3.2% |
| 197 | Kuwait | 0.08 | +13.9% |
| 198 | Afghanistan | 0.04 | -13.6% |
| 199 | Iran | 0.02 | +5% |
| 200 | Bangladesh | 0 | +0.3% |
| 201 | Libya | 0 | -1.9% |
| 202 | Brunei | 0 | |
| 202 | Mauritania | 0 | |
| 202 | Nauru | 0 | |
| 202 | Somalia | 0 | |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 0 | |
| 202 | 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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World Health Organization, data.who.int. Total alcohol per capita (>= 15 years of age) consumption (litres of pure alcohol) (SA_0000001688) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/EF38E6A/EE6F72A (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest alcohol consumption per adult?
U.S. Virgin Islands, with 19.85 litres of pure alcohol in 2022, according to World Health Organization.
Which country has the lowest alcohol consumption per adult?
Yemen, with 0 litres of pure alcohol in 2022.
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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.