The Daily Viz | Matt Stiles

Africa

Country	World Rank	Beer	Spirits	Wine	Other	Total
Algeria	156	0.2	0.06	0.3	0.0	0.56
Angola	50	5.37	0.59	2.07	0.04	8.07
Benin	139	0.79	0.16	0.22	0.23	1.4
Botswana	79	2.39	1.58	0.59	1.2	5.76
Burkina Faso	94	0.53	0.13	0.16	3.68	4.5
Burundi	97	1.63	0.0	0.0	2.51	4.14
Cabo Verde	90	2.82	0.7	1.55	0.0	5.07
Cameroon	72	2.49	0.0	0.11	3.59	6.19
Central African Republic	133	0.33	0.02	0.02	1.29	1.66
Chad	156	0.38	0.04	0.02	0.12	0.56
Comoros	174	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.0	0.12
Congo	104	3.27	0.34	0.21	0.0	3.82
Côte d'Ivoire	113	0.74	0.03	0.27	2.1	3.14
Dem. Rep. Congo	129	0.69	0.01	0.22	0.9	1.82
Equatorial Guinea	14	7.47	0.0	3.52	0.0	10.99
Eritrea	154	0.38	0.0	0.0	0.23	0.61
Ethiopia	141	0.35	0.05	0.0	0.91	1.31
Gabon	39	5.79	1.94	1.12	0.04	8.89
Gambia	108	0.27	0.01	0.02	3.12	3.42
Ghana	135	0.47	0.11	0.21	0.85	1.64
Guinea	171	0.18	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.22
Guinea-Bissau	107	0.5	0.53	0.9	1.64	3.57
Kenya	130	0.91	0.44	0.04	0.42	1.81
Lesotho	94	2.39	0.01	1.5	0.6	4.5
Liberia	57	3.72	0.05	0.49	3.18	7.44
Madagascar	147	0.5	0.3	0.17	0.0	0.97
Malawi	143	0.15	0.16	0.02	0.9	1.23
Mali	154	0.08	0.02	0.01	0.5	0.61
Mauritania	181	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.01	0.01
Mauritius	116	1.85	0.87	0.3	0.0	3.02
Mozambique	150	0.69	0.08	0.11	0.06	0.94
Namibia	54	7.3	0.21	0.06	0.26	7.83
Niger	173	0.05	0.07	0.01	0.01	0.14
Nigeria	40	0.74	0.06	0.04	7.9	8.74
Rwanda	44	0.86	0.09	0.0	7.39	8.34
Sao Tome and Principe	80	0.67	0.5	4.51	0.0	5.68
Senegal	167	0.15	0.03	0.13	0.0	0.31
Seychelles	30	4.9	2.11	2.71	0.0	9.72
Sierra Leone	105	0.19	0.02	0.03	3.54	3.78
South Africa	60	4.58	0.59	1.29	0.91	7.37
Swaziland	88	1.67	0.13	0.06	3.34	5.2
Tanzania	100	0.7	0.1	0.01	3.22	4.03
Togo	138	0.49	0.35	0.33	0.27	1.44
Uganda	25	0.72	0.21	0.01	9.28	10.22
Zambia	120	0.75	0.36	0.06	1.41	2.58
Zimbabwe	74	2.05	0.32	0.12	3.5	5.99

Americas

Country	World Rank	Beer	Spirits	Wine	Other	Total
Antigua and Barbuda	52	2.85	3.29	1.42	0.28	7.84
Argentina	49	3.15	0.24	4.05	0.68	8.12
Bahamas	36	3.34	4.1	1.54	0.36	9.34
Barbados	42	3.34	4.08	0.89	0.21	8.52
Belize	67	4.43	1.92	0.14	0.15	6.64
Bolivia	103	2.84	0.81	0.24	0.04	3.93
Brazil	55	4.49	2.63	0.42	0.04	7.58
Canada	46	4.0	2.1	1.9	0.2	8.2
Chile	61	2.46	1.91	2.67	0.22	7.26
Colombia	96	2.95	1.34	0.05	0.02	4.36
Costa Rica	109	2.07	1.09	0.21	0.04	3.41
Cuba	97	1.63	2.43	0.06	0.02	4.14
Dominica	84	0.11	4.79	0.48	0.09	5.47
Dominican Republic	77	3.2	2.47	0.18	0.07	5.92
Ecuador	101	2.78	1.15	0.05	0.02	4
El Salvador	122	1.01	1.32	0.04	0.0	2.37
Grenada	53	3.54	3.72	0.38	0.2	7.84
Guatemala	123	0.91	1.21	0.03	0.01	2.16
Guyana	56	1.8	5.71	0.03	0.03	7.57
Haiti	80	0.01	5.65	0.02	0.0	5.68
Honduras	114	1.38	1.69	0.03	0.0	3.1
Jamaica	106	1.35	1.85	0.13	0.26	3.59
Mexico	87	4.0	1.13	0.12	0.05	5.3
Nicaragua	110	1.33	2.04	0.02	0.0	3.39
Panama	65	4.91	1.73	0.24	0.02	6.9
Paraguay	78	2.61	2.09	1.09	0.0	5.79
Peru	92	2.75	1.64	0.43	0.0	4.82
Saint Kitts and Nevis	45	3.78	3.99	0.31	0.22	8.3
Saint Lucia	22	3.27	5.32	1.3	0.54	10.43
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	62	2.35	4.26	0.3	0.11	7.02
Suriname	82	2.04	3.24	0.16	0.2	5.64
Trinidad and Tobago	70	3.51	2.76	0.13	0.1	6.5
United States of America	41	4.24	2.88	1.55	0.0	8.67
Uruguay	76	1.95	0.59	3.43	0.0	5.97
Venezuela	66	5.0	1.58	0.09	0.07	6.74

Eastern Mediterranean

Country	World Rank	Beer	Spirits	Wine	Other	Total
Afghanistan	181	0.01	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.01
Bahrain	134	0.34	1.19	0.12	0.01	1.66
Djibouti	164	0.12	0.19	0.08	0.0	0.39
Egypt	169	0.14	0.07	0.02	0.0	0.23
Iran	178	0.0	0.03	0.0	0.0	0.03
Iraq	172	0.12	0.05	0.0	0.0	0.17
Jordan	163	0.04	0.36	0.01	0.01	0.42
Kuwait	180	0.01	0.01	0.0	0.0	0.02
Lebanon	136	0.35	0.89	0.31	0.02	1.57
Libya	183	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Morocco	158	0.19	0.09	0.27	0.0	0.55
Oman	159	0.21	0.31	0.02	0.0	0.54
Pakistan	177	0.0	0.03	0.0	0.01	0.04
Qatar	144	0.32	0.71	0.13	0.01	1.17
Saudi Arabia	175	0.0	0.09	0.0	0.0	0.09
Somalia	183	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Sudan	124	0.08	0.36	0.0	1.68	2.12
Syrian Arab Republic	153	0.04	0.45	0.27	0.0	0.76
Tunisia	142	0.85	0.06	0.38	0.0	1.29
United Arab Emirates	132	0.19	1.43	0.11	0.01	1.74
Yemen	178	0.03	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.03

Europe

Country	World Rank	Beer	Spirits	Wine	Other	Total
Albania	86	1.76	2.23	1.29	0.09	5.37
Andorra	20	3.27	2.78	4.52	0.0	10.57
Armenia	99	0.33	3.36	0.39	0.01	4.09
Austria	5	6.09	1.7	4.25	0.0	12.04
Azerbaijan	126	0.16	1.51	0.22	0.09	1.98
Belarus	1	3.1	8.16	0.35	5.71	17.32
Belgium	27	4.89	1.49	3.71	0.01	10.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	93	3.43	0.63	0.45	0.13	4.64
Bulgaria	17	4.09	5.16	1.37	0.05	10.67
Croatia	4	4.7	1.2	5.89	0.39	12.18
Cyprus	16	3.53	4.6	2.56	0.0	10.69
Czech Republic	3	6.65	3.22	2.56	0.0	12.43
Denmark	21	3.81	1.51	5.05	0.1	10.47
Estonia	9	4.47	4.49	1.33	1.32	11.61
Finland	29	4.61	2.25	1.74	1.21	9.81
France	7	2.1	2.6	6.9	0.2	11.8
Georgia	47	1.84	2.11	4.18	0.0	8.13
Germany	12	5.94	2.06	3.2	0.0	11.2
Greece	51	2.11	1.63	4.21	0.07	8.02
Hungary	10	4.05	3.81	3.65	0.0	11.51
Iceland	47	4.89	0.8	2.32	0.12	8.13
Ireland	8	5.5	2.27	3.02	0.93	11.72
Israel	119	1.22	1.22	0.18	0.05	2.67
Italy	63	1.69	0.84	4.45	0.0	6.98
Kazakhstan	68	1.93	4.29	0.4	0.0	6.62
Kyrgyzstan	112	0.68	2.5	0.09	0.01	3.28
Latvia	26	4.89	3.59	1.1	0.56	10.14
Lithuania	2	5.43	4.21	1.04	1.97	12.65
Luxembourg	11	4.02	2.33	5.05	0.0	11.4
Macedonia	145	0.59	0.34	0.23	0.0	1.16
Malta	64	2.58	1.75	2.28	0.31	6.92
Netherlands	38	4.34	1.49	3.14	0.0	8.97
Norway	69	2.83	1.18	2.39	0.13	6.53
Poland	15	6.11	3.88	0.94	0.0	10.93
Portugal	6	3.11	0.92	7.45	0.44	11.92
Republic of Moldova	33	2.11	3.52	3.59	0.23	9.45
Romania	37	4.7	1.4	3.0	0.0	9.1
Russian Federation	13	4.16	5.52	1.24	0.13	11.05
Serbia	32	2.93	2.13	4.31	0.2	9.57
Slovakia	24	3.53	4.47	1.77	0.47	10.24
Slovenia	19	4.94	0.86	4.81	0.0	10.61
Spain	31	4.43	2.96	2.14	0.09	9.62
Sweden	58	2.7	1.1	3.6	0.0	7.4
Switzerland	28	3.17	1.88	4.82	0.12	9.99
Tajikistan	166	0.03	0.29	0.01	0.0	0.33
Turkey	137	0.86	0.5	0.13	0.0	1.49
Turkmenistan	121	0.44	1.31	0.79	0.0	2.54
Ukraine	43	3.31	4.19	0.73	0.26	8.49
United Kingdom	18	3.65	2.17	3.95	0.9	10.67
Uzbekistan	118	0.79	1.91	0.13	0.0	2.83

South-East Asia

Country	World Rank	Beer	Spirits	Wine	Other	Total
Bangladesh	183	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Bhutan	170	0.18	0.0	0.05	0.0	0.23
India	117	0.18	2.82	0.0	0.0	3
Indonesia	176	0.06	0.01	0.0	0.0	0.07
Maldives	127	0.5	0.88	0.54	0.0	1.92
Myanmar	165	0.16	0.17	0.0	0.0	0.33
Nepal	168	0.14	0.12	0.0	0.0	0.26
Sri Lanka	115	0.28	2.7	0.0	0.05	3.03
Thailand	73	1.54	4.49	0.03	0.01	6.07
Timor-Leste	161	0.36	0.06	0.09	0.0	0.51

Western Pacific

Country	World Rank	Beer	Spirits	Wine	Other	Total
Australia	23	4.31	1.34	3.79	0.86	10.3
Brunei Darussalam	147	0.85	0.05	0.05	0.02	0.97
Cambodia	124	1.35	0.75	0.02	0.0	2.12
China	83	1.76	3.65	0.22	0.0	5.63
Cook Islands	71	2.43	3.09	0.84	0.0	6.36
Japan	59	1.39	4.09	0.33	1.59	7.4
Kiribati	159	0.43	0.08	0.03	0.0	0.54
Korea, North	110	0.15	3.24	0.0	0.0	3.39
Korea, South	35	1.94	0.38	0.13	6.9	9.35
Laos	85	2.55	2.84	0.0	0.0	5.39
Malaysia	162	0.39	0.11	0.0	0.0	0.5
Micronesia	128	0.9	0.51	0.47	0.0	1.88
New Zealand	34	3.65	1.53	3.01	1.23	9.42
Niue	74	3.13	2.12	0.74	0.0	5.99
Papua New Guinea	151	0.85	0.01	0.02	0.0	0.88
Philippines	91	1.31	3.52	0.01	0.12	4.96
Samoa	89	1.94	0.12	0.09	3.0	5.15
Singapore	131	1.31	0.19	0.27	0.03	1.8
Solomon Islands	146	0.92	0.03	0.03	0.01	0.99
Tonga	149	0.53	0.32	0.1	0.0	0.95
Tuvalu	140	0.13	0.06	1.15	0.0	1.34
Vanuatu	152	0.37	0.31	0.17	0.01	0.86
Viet Nam	102	1.94	1.98	0.02	0.0	3.94

Country	World Rank	Total (liters)
Belarus	1	17.32
Lithuania	2	12.65
Czech Republic	3	12.43
Croatia	4	12.18
Austria	5	12.04
Portugal	6	11.92
France	7	11.8
Ireland	8	11.72
Estonia	9	11.61
Hungary	10	11.51
Luxembourg	11	11.4
Germany	12	11.2
Russian Federation	13	11.05
Equatorial Guinea	14	10.99
Poland	15	10.93
Cyprus	16	10.69
Bulgaria	17	10.67
United Kingdom	18	10.67
Slovenia	19	10.61
Andorra	20	10.57
Denmark	21	10.47
Saint Lucia	22	10.43
Australia	23	10.3
Slovakia	24	10.24
Uganda	25	10.22
Latvia	26	10.14
Belgium	27	10.1
Switzerland	28	9.99
Finland	29	9.81
Seychelles	30	9.72
Spain	31	9.62
Serbia	32	9.57
Republic of Moldova	33	9.45
New Zealand	34	9.42
Korea, South	35	9.35
Bahamas	36	9.34
Romania	37	9.1
Netherlands	38	8.97
Gabon	39	8.89
Nigeria	40	8.74
United States of America	41	8.67
Barbados	42	8.52
Ukraine	43	8.49
Rwanda	44	8.34
Saint Kitts and Nevis	45	8.3
Canada	46	8.2
Georgia	47	8.13
Iceland	47	8.13
Argentina	49	8.12
Angola	50	8.07
Greece	51	8.02
Antigua and Barbuda	52	7.84
Grenada	53	7.84
Namibia	54	7.83
Brazil	55	7.58
Guyana	56	7.57
Liberia	57	7.44
Sweden	58	7.4
Japan	59	7.4
South Africa	60	7.37
Chile	61	7.26
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	62	7.02
Italy	63	6.98
Malta	64	6.92
Panama	65	6.9
Venezuela	66	6.74
Belize	67	6.64
Kazakhstan	68	6.62
Norway	69	6.53
Trinidad and Tobago	70	6.5
Cook Islands	71	6.36
Cameroon	72	6.19
Thailand	73	6.07
Zimbabwe	74	5.99
Niue	74	5.99
Uruguay	76	5.97
Dominican Republic	77	5.92
Paraguay	78	5.79
Botswana	79	5.76
Sao Tome and Principe	80	5.68
Haiti	80	5.68
Suriname	82	5.64
China	83	5.63
Dominica	84	5.47
Laos	85	5.39
Albania	86	5.37
Mexico	87	5.3
Swaziland	88	5.2
Samoa	89	5.15
Cabo Verde	90	5.07
Philippines	91	4.96
Peru	92	4.82
Bosnia and Herzegovina	93	4.64
Burkina Faso	94	4.5
Lesotho	94	4.5
Colombia	96	4.36
Burundi	97	4.14
Cuba	97	4.14
Armenia	99	4.09
Tanzania	100	4.03
Ecuador	101	4
Viet Nam	102	3.94
Bolivia	103	3.93
Congo	104	3.82
Sierra Leone	105	3.78
Jamaica	106	3.59
Guinea-Bissau	107	3.57
Gambia	108	3.42
Costa Rica	109	3.41
Nicaragua	110	3.39
Korea, North	110	3.39
Kyrgyzstan	112	3.28
Côte d'Ivoire	113	3.14
Honduras	114	3.1
Sri Lanka	115	3.03
Mauritius	116	3.02
India	117	3
Uzbekistan	118	2.83
Israel	119	2.67
Zambia	120	2.58
Turkmenistan	121	2.54
El Salvador	122	2.37
Guatemala	123	2.16
Sudan	124	2.12
Cambodia	124	2.12
Azerbaijan	126	1.98
Maldives	127	1.92
Micronesia	128	1.88
Dem. Rep. Congo	129	1.82
Kenya	130	1.81
Singapore	131	1.8
United Arab Emirates	132	1.74
Central African Republic	133	1.66
Bahrain	134	1.66
Ghana	135	1.64
Lebanon	136	1.57
Turkey	137	1.49
Togo	138	1.44
Benin	139	1.4
Tuvalu	140	1.34
Ethiopia	141	1.31
Tunisia	142	1.29
Malawi	143	1.23
Qatar	144	1.17
Macedonia	145	1.16
Solomon Islands	146	0.99
Madagascar	147	0.97
Brunei Darussalam	147	0.97
Tonga	149	0.95
Mozambique	150	0.94
Papua New Guinea	151	0.88
Vanuatu	152	0.86
Syrian Arab Republic	153	0.76
Eritrea	154	0.61
Mali	154	0.61
Algeria	156	0.56
Chad	156	0.56
Morocco	158	0.55
Oman	159	0.54
Kiribati	159	0.54
Timor-Leste	161	0.51
Malaysia	162	0.5
Jordan	163	0.42
Djibouti	164	0.39
Myanmar	165	0.33
Tajikistan	166	0.33
Senegal	167	0.31
Nepal	168	0.26
Egypt	169	0.23
Bhutan	170	0.23
Guinea	171	0.22
Iraq	172	0.17
Niger	173	0.14
Comoros	174	0.12
Saudi Arabia	175	0.09
Indonesia	176	0.07
Pakistan	177	0.04
Iran	178	0.03
Yemen	178	0.03
Kuwait	180	0.02
Mauritania	181	0.01
Afghanistan	181	0.01
Libya	183	0
Somalia	183	0
Bangladesh	183	0

Alcohol Consumption by Country, Beverage

Alcohol Consumption by Country

These tables, split by region, list the annual estimated per-capita consumption totals by country in liters. Sort data by country name, world rankings (No. 1, Belarus, consumed the most alcohol), beverage types and combined total.

Africa

Americas

Eastern Mediterranean

Europe

South-East Asia

Western Pacific