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Current Worldwide Alcohol Consumption Among Adults

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This chart shows alcohol consumption among adults aged ≥ 15 years in litres per person per year.

Current worldwide alcohol consumption among adults: 6.13 litres per person per year.

Last year: 4.2 litres per person per year.

In many parts of the world, drinking alcoholic beverages is a common feature of social gatherings. Nevertheless, the consumption of alcohol carries a risk of adverse health and social consequences related to its intoxicating, toxic and dependence-producing properties.

In addition to the chronic diseases that may develop in those who drink large amounts of alcohol over a number of years, alcohol use is also associated with an increased risk of acute health conditions, such as injuries, including from traffic accidents.

Last updated: 14 years ago

Category: Drugs & Crime

Country	Total consumption in 2005	Recorded Consumption	Unrecorded consumption
Afghanistan	0.0	0	0.0
Albania	6.7	4.6	2.1
Algeria	1	0.7	0.3
Andorra	15.5	14.1	1.4
Angola	5.4	3.8	1.6
Antigua and Barbuda	7.26	6.8	0.46
Argentina	10	8	2
Armenia	11.4	10.1	1.3
Australia	10.0	9.9	0.13
Austria	13.24	12.6	0.64
Azerbaijan	10.6	7.3	3.3
Bahamas	8.8	8.2	0.6
Bahrain	3.7	3.6	0.1
Bangladesh	0.17	0	0.17
Barbados	6.9	6.4	0.5
Belarus	15.11	11.2	3.91
Belgium	10.8	9.8	1
Belize	6.1	5.1	1
Benin	2.2	1.2	1
Bhutan	0.53	0.2	0.33
Bolivia	5.1	2.6	2.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.6	9.6	0
Botswana	8	5	3
Brazil	9.2	6.2	3
British Virgin Islands	21.5	21.5
Brunei Darussalam	2.1	1.8	0.25
Bulgaria	12.4	11.2	1.2
Burkina Faso	7	4.5	2.5
Burundi	9.5	6.5	3
Cambodia	4.8	1.8	3
Cameroon	7.6	5	2.6
Canada	9.8	7.8	2
Cape Verde	5	2.1	2.9
Central African Republic	3.4	1.7	1.7
Chad	4.4	0.4	4
Chile	8.6	6.6	2
China	5.9	4.2	1.7
Colombia	6.2	4.2	2
Comoros	0.4	0.3	0.1
Congo	4.23	2	2.23
Cook Islands	3.7	3.2	0.5
Costa Rica	5.6	4.2	1.4
Croatia	15.1	12.6	2.5
Cuba	5.5	4.4	1.1
Cyprus	9.3	8.3	1
Czech Republic	16.48	15	1.48
C�te d'Ivoire	6.5	4.5	2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	3.5	3	0.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.26	2	1.26
Denmark	13.4	11.4	2
Djibouti	1.9	1.4	0.5
Dominica	7.8	7.3	0.5
Dominican Republic	6.45	5.8	0.65
Ecuador	9.37	4	5.37
Egypt	0.4	0.3	0.1
El Salvador	3.6	2.6	1
Equatorial Guinea	6.1	5.3	0.77
Eritrea	1.5	0.9	0.6
Estonia	15.6	13.8	1.8
Ethiopia	4	0.5	3.5
Fiji	2.4	1.4	1
Finland	12.5	9.7	2.8
France	13.66	13.3	0.36
Gabon	9.3	7.3	2
Gambia	3.39	2.4	0.99
Georgia	6.4	3.9	2.5
Germany	12.8	11.8	1
Ghana	3	1.5	1.5
Greece	10.8	9	1.8
Grenada	10.4	9.9	0.5
Guatemala	4	2.4	1.6
Guinea	0.8	0.3	0.5
Guinea-Bissau	3.7	2.6	1.1
Guyana	9.5	7.5	2
Haiti	6.62	6	0.62
Honduras	4.5	3.1	1.4
Hungary	16.3	12.3	4
Iceland	6.3	5.9	0.4
India	2.64	0.6	2.0
Indonesia	0.6	0.1	0.5
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1	0	1
Iraq	0.4	0.2	0.2
Ireland	14.4	13.4	1
Israel	2.9	2.4	0.5
Italy	10.65	8.3	2.35
Jamaica	5	3.5	1.5
Japan	8	7.8	0.2
Jordan	0.7	0.4	0.3
Kazakhstan	11	6.1	4.9
Kenya	4.1	1.6	2.5
Kiribati	3.7	1.7	2
Kuwait	0.1	0	0.1
Kyrgyzstan	5.1	3.2	1.9
Lao People's Democratic Republic	6.7	5.7	1
Latvia	12.5	9.5	3
Lebanon	2.2	1.7	0.5
Lesotho	5.55	1.9	3.65
Liberia	5.1	3.5	1.59
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	0.1	0	0.1
Lithuania	15	12	3
Luxembourg	13	12	1
Madagascar	1.35	0.8	0.55
Malawi	1.7	1.2	0.5
Malaysia	0.82	0.5	0.32
Mali	1	0.5	0.5
Malta	4.32	3.9	0.42
Mauritania	0.1	0	0.1
Mauritius	3.7	2.7	1
Mexico	8.4	5	3.4
Micronesia (Federated States of )	5.5	4.5	1
Mongolia	3.2	1.2	2
Morocco	1.5	0.5	1
Mozambique	2.42	1.6	0.82
Myanmar	0.56	0.1	0.46
Namibia	9.65	5.9	3.75
Nauru	4.8	2.3	2.5
Nepal	2.41	0.2	2.21
Netherlands	10.1	9.6	0.5
New Zealand	9.6	9.1	0.5
Nicaragua	5.4	3.8	1.6
Niger	0.35	0.1	0.25
Nigeria	12.3	9.8	2.5
Niue	9.9	8.9	1
Norway	7.8	6.2	1.6
Oman	0.9	0.6	0.3
Pakistan	0.1	0	0.1
Palau	10.1	9.1	1
Panama	6.9	5.9	1
Papua New Guinea	3.5	1.5	2
Paraguay	7.9	6.4	1.5
Peru	6.9	2.9	4
Philippines	6.4	4.4	2
Poland	13.3	9.6	3.7
Portugal	14.6	12.5	2.1
Puerto Rico	5.78	5.5	0.28
Qatar	1.3	0.9	0.4
Republic of Korea	14.8	11.8	3
Republic of Moldova	18.2	8.2	10
Romania	15.3	11.3	4
Russian Federation	15.73	11	4.73
Rwanda	9.8	6.8	3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.4	8.9	0.5
Saint Lucia	11.9	11.4	0.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.4	4.9	0.5
Samoa	4.8	3.8	1
Sao Tome and Principe	8.72	5.8	2.92
Saudi Arabia	0.3	0.1	0.2
Senegal	0.6	0.3	0.3
Serbia	11.12	10	1.12
Seychelles	10.6	9.6	1
Sierra Leone	9.7	6.7	3
Singapore	1.6	0.6	1
Slovakia	13.3	10.3	3
Slovenia	15.2	12.2	3
Solomon Islands	1.7	1.2	0.5
Somalia	0.5	0	0.5
South Africa	9.5	7	2.5
Spain	11.6	10.2	1.4
Sri Lanka	0.84	0.4	0.44
Sudan	2.6	1.6	1
Suriname	6.1	5.2	0.9
Swaziland	5.7	5.7	0
Sweden	10.3	6.7	3.6
Switzerland	11.1	10.6	0.5
Syrian Arab Republic	1.4	1.1	0.3
Tajikistan	3.4	0.4	3
Thailand	7.11	6.4	0.71
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	8.5	5.6	2.9
Timor-Leste	0.9	0.4	0.5
Togo	2	1	1
Tonga	3.8	3.3	0.5
Trinidad and Tobago	6.3	5.8	0.5
Tunisia	1.3	1.1	0.2
Turkey	2.9	1.4	1.5
Turkmenistan	4.6	2.3	2.3
Tuvalu	2.4	1.9	0.5
Uganda	11.9	10.9	1
Ukraine	15.6	8.1	7.5
United Arab Emirates	0.5	0.3	0.2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	13.4	11.7	1.7
United Republic of Tanzania	6.8	4.8	2
United States of America	9.4	8.4	1
Uruguay	8.1	6.1	2
Uzbekistan	3.5	1.6	1.9
Vanuatu	0.9	0.4	0.5
Venezuela	8.2	6.8	1.4
Viet Nam	3.8	1.1	2.7
Yemen	0.2	0	0.2
Zambia	3.9	2.4	1.5
Zimbabwe	5.1	4.1	1

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