This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in litres of pure ethyl alcohol consumed per capita

Per capita

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 in a given year, according to the most recent data from the World Health Organization

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. The methodology used by the WHO counted use by persons 15 years of age or older.

Alcohol consumption among adults (age 15+) in litres per capita

country	recorded	unrecorded	total	beer	wine	spirits	other
	8.22	10.00	18.22	4.57	4.67	4.42	0.00
	10.93	1.00	11.93	6.51	0.00	0.18	10.50
	14.97	1.48	16.45	8.51	2.33	3.59	0.39
	12.27	4.00	16.27	4.42	4.94	3.02	0.14
	11.03	4.73	15.76	3.65	0.10	6.88	0.34
	8.10	7.50	15.60	2.69	0.58	5.21	0.02
	13.77	1.80	15.57	5.53	1.09	9.19	0.43
	14.08	1.40	15.48	3.93	5.69	3.14	0.00
	11.30	4.00	15.30	4.07	2.33	4.14	0.00
	12.19	3.00	15.19	4.10	5.10	1.33	0.00
	11.22	3.91	15.13	1.84	0.80	4.08	2.67
	12.61	2.50	15.11	4.66	5.80	1.91	0.14
	12.03	3.00	15.03	5.60	1.80	4.50	0.60
	11.80	3.00	14.80	2.14	0.06	9.57	0.04
	12.45	2.10	14.55	3.75	6.65	1.27	0.51
	13.39	1.00	14.41	7.04	2.75	2.51	1.09
	13.30	0.36	13.66	2.31	8.14	2.62	0.17
	11.67	1.70	13.37	4.93	3.53	2.41	0.67
	11.37	2.00	13.37	5.06	4.43	1.78	0.00
	10.33	3.00	13.33	3.90	1.70	5.40	0.00
	9.55	3.70	13.25	5.27	1.23	2.97	0.00
	12.60	0.64	13.24	6.70	4.10	1.60	0.40
	12.01	1.00	13.01	1.59	8.16	2.00	0.00
	11.81	1.00	12.81	6.22	3.15	2.30	0.00
	9.72	2.80	12.52	4.59	2.24	2.82	0.31
	9.50	3.00	12.50	3.61	1.10	6.24	0.10
	11.24	1.20	12.44	3.53	2.44	4.88	0.10
	9.78	2.50	12.28	0.54	0.01	0.02	9.17
	11.35	0.50	11.85	3.49	0.71	8.21	0.31
	10.22	1.40	11.62	4.52	3.59	1.31	0.61
	10.05	1.30	11.35	1.05	0.39	0.65	9.36
	9.97	1.12	11.09	4.40	2.21	3.42	0.04
	10.56	0.50	11.06	3.10	5.10	1.80	0.10
	6.06	4.90	10.96	1.69	0.30	4.19	0.01
	9.77	1.00	10.77	5.49	3.55	0.62	0.03
	8.95	1.80	10.75	2.20	4.51	2.38	0.13
	8.33	2.35	10.68	1.73	6.38	0.42	0.00
	7.30	3.30	10.60	7.00	0.03	0.97	0.00
	9.59	1.00	10.59	7.15	3.15	1.59	0.00
	9.85	0.50	10.35	3.16	0.42	7.15	0.04
	6.70	3.60	10.30	2.60	2.90	1.10	0.00
	9.10	1.00	10.10	8.68	0.52	2.10	0.00
	9.55	3.70	13.25	4.72	3.26	1.56	0.00
	9.89	0.13	10.02	4.56	3.12	1.16	1.02
	8.00	2.00	10.00	2.49	4.62	0.52	0.20
	8.85	1.00	9.85	4.63	0.11	2.95	0.00
	6.80	3.00	9.80	0.54	0.00	0.01	6.44
	7.77	2.00	9.77	4.10	1.50	2.10	0.00
	6.72	3.00	9.72	0.46	0.01	0.02	6.06
	9.63	0.00	9.63	2.22	0.34	7.08	0.00
	9.12	0.50	9.62	4.09	3.04	1.37	0.81
	5.87	3.75	9.62	4.35	0.48	1.30	0.35
	7.50	2.00	9.50	1.14	0.31	5.70	0.01
	7.20	2.20	9.48	1.15	0.00	0.07	0.00
	6.47	3.00	9.47	1.16	0.01	0.00	5.07
	6.96	2.50	9.46	3.93	1.17	1.15	0.75
	8.44	1.00	9.44	4.47	1.36	2.65	0.00
	8.93	0.50	9.43	3.98	0.18	6.00	0.10
	4.01	5.37	9.38	2.30	0.07	1.69	0.00
	7.32	2.00	9.32	5.38	0.80	1.69	0.00
	8.26	1.00	9.26	3.25	2.97	2.95	0.12
	6.16	3.00	9.16	3.36	0.33	2.49	0.03
	8.16	0.60	8.76	3.99	1.55	5.27	0.23
	5.82	2.92	8.74	1.12	3.40	0.83	0.00
	6.55	2.00	8.55	2.03	2.59	2.16	0.04
	5.61	2.90	8.51	2.11	1.62	2.08	0.00
	5.02	3.40	8.42	3.96	0.02	1.09	0.03
	6.83	1.40	8.23	5.19	0.07	1.65	0.00
	6.14	2.00	8.14	1.33	3.95	1.21	0.06
	7.83	0.20	8.03	1.72	0.29	3.37	2.61
	4.96	3.00	7.96	2.56	0.04	0.00	1.88
	6.38	1.50	7.88	3.48	0.97	1.77	0.19
	7.34	0.50	7.84	0.50	0.80	6.69	0.07
	6.21	1.60	7.81	2.98	2.00	1.28	0.11
	4.97	2.60	7.57	2.05	0.05	0.00	2.60
	6.76	0.46	7.22	2.67	1.70	5.04	0.09
	6.37	0.71	7.08	1.75	0.02	4.69	0.00
	4.48	2.50	6.98	0.41	0.09	0.42	3.77
	6.41	0.50	6.91	2.90	0.73	3.78	0.17
	2.90	4.00	6.90	2.16	0.32	0.61	0.00
	5.85	1.00	6.85	3.71	0.22	1.91	0.01
	4.75	2.00	6.75	0.57	0.02	0.15	4.51
	5.73	1.00	6.73	1.42	0.03	4.35	0.00
	4.58	2.10	6.68	1.61	0.94	2.30	0.02
	5.99	0.62	6.61	0.01	0.01	5.20	0.00
	4.48	2.00	6.48	0.61	0.33	0.05	3.55
	5.76	0.65	6.41	2.69	0.14	2.92	0.01
	3.90	2.50	6.40	0.76	0.83	2.56	0.02
	4.38	2.00	6.38	1.29	0.02	2.91	0.00
	5.91	0.40	6.31	3.67	1.95	1.33	0.10
	5.78	0.50	6.28	3.10	0.11	2.78	0.04
	4.17	2.00	6.17	2.71	0.08	1.44	0.02
	5.19	0.90	6.09	2.00	0.13	3.26	0.05
	5.31	0.77	6.08	0.45	4.18	0.00	0.00
	5.07	1.00	6.07	3.89	0.13	1.78	0.01
	4.21	1.70	5.91	1.50	0.15	2.51	0.23
	5.47	0.28	5.75	3.68	0.34	1.35	0.05
	5.70	0.00	5.70	1.64	0.21	0.15	3.05
	4.15	1.40	5.55	2.29	0.18	1.71	0.02
	1.90	3.65	5.55	1.24	0.00	0.01	0.69
	4.41	1.10	5.51	1.48	0.05	2.94	0.01
	4.50	1.00	5.50	1.43	1.31	0.60	0.00
	4.94	0.50	5.44	2.55	0.12	3.16	0.05
	3.80	1.60	5.40	1.81	1.37	1.12	0.41
	3.77	1.60	5.37	1.13	0.03	2.55	0.00
	2.62	2.50	5.12	2.17	0.06	0.61	0.00
	3.19	1.90	5.09	0.45	0.10	2.26	0.01
	4.08	1.00	5.08	0.96	0.19	0.06	2.61
	3.47	1.59	5.06	0.30	0.01	3.16	0.01
	3.50	1.50	5.00	1.49	0.11	1.80	0.10
	2.06	2.90	4.96	0.36	1.99	0.14	0.00
	2.33	2.50	4.83	2.24	0.08	0.00	0.00
	3.80	1.00	4.80	3.31	0.08	0.24	0.00
	1.77	3.00	4.77	0.74	0.02	1.21	0.00
	2.33	2.30	4.63	0.21	0.90	1.22	0.00
	3.08	1.40	4.48	1.29	0.04	1.87	0.00
	0.38	4.00	4.38	0.23	0.01	0.02	0.15
	3.85	0.42	4.27	1.79	1.45	1.86	0.15
	2.04	2.23	4.20	1.76	0.00	0.11	0.12
	1.64	2.50	4.14	0.84	0.02	0.51	0.55
	2.43	1.60	4.03	1.12	3.92	1.20	0.05
	0.52	3.50	4.02	0.19	0.01	0.13	0.25
	2.35	1.50	3.85	0.42	0.01	0.27	1.62
	3.28	0.50	3.78	0.89	2.29	0.64	0.18
	1.07	2.70	3.77	1.13	0.01	0.02	0.00
	2.72	1.00	3.72	1.92	0.32	0.39	0.00
	1.71	2.00	3.71	1.56	0.02	0.02	0.00
	3.20	0.50	3.70	0.54	1.39	3.45	0.00
	2.58	1.10	3.68	0.24	0.66	0.53	1.75
	3.56	0.10	3.66	1.91	0.52	1.24	0.00
	2.61	1.00	3.61	0.88	0.04	1.57	0.00
	1.64	1.90	3.54	0.28	0.19	1.30	0.00
	1.49	2.00	3.49	0.57	0.02	0.90	0.00
	2.40	0.99	3.39	0.19	0.06	0.04	2.07
	0.39	3.00	3.39	0.08	0.02	0.29	0.00
	1.65	1.70	3.35	0.21	0.02	0.03	1.37
	1.97	1.26	3.30	0.32	0.01	0.02	1.67
	1.24	2.00	3.24	0.39	0.11	0.67	0.21
	1.47	1.50	2.97	0.40	0.07	0.03	0.97
	2.39	0.50	2.89	0.97	0.18	1.30	0.04
	1.37	1.50	2.87	0.78	0.07	0.46	0.00
	1.56	1.00	2.56	0.00	0.00	0.27	1.08
	1.94	0.50	2.44	0.71	0.02	0.58	0.00
	1.43	1.00	2.43	1.46	0.02	0.58	0.00
	0.20	2.21	2.41	0.07	0.00	0.13	0.00
	1.56	0.82	2.38	0.52	0.09	0.79	0.05
	1.73	0.50	2.23	0.36	0.56	0.78	0.01
	1.15	1.00	2.15	0.49	0.14	0.15	0.30
	1.76	0.25	2.01	1.67	0.02	0.05	0.00
	0.99	1.00	1.99	0.43	0.32	0.06	0.22
	1.37	0.50	1.87	0.24	0.08	1.35	0.00
	1.24	0.50	1.74	0.14	0.00	0.22	0.74
	1.16	0.50	1.66	0.66	0.03	0.40	0.00
	0.55	1.00	1.55	1.45	0.25	0.40	0.00
	0.94	0.60	1.54	0.56	0.00	0.25	0.00
	0.46	1.00	1.46	0.23	0.17	0.06	0.00
	1.13	0.30	1.43	0.04	0.32	0.69	0.00
	0.78	0.55	1.33	0.34	0.11	0.32	0.00
	1.09	0.20	1.29	0.67	0.34	0.04	0.00
	0.85	0.40	1.25	0.04	0.11	0.73	0.01
	0.54	0.50	1.04	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.46
	0.02	1.00	1.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.66	0.30	0.96	0.09	0.07	0.00	0.50
	0.64	0.30	0.94	0.27	0.00	0.39	0.00
	0.43	0.50	0.93	0.46	0.19	0.19	0.00
	0.36	0.50	0.86	0.30	0.01	0.00	0.00
	0.50	0.32	0.82	0.38	0.02	0.08	0.00
	0.35	0.44	0.79	0.02	0.00	0.33	0.00
	0.26	0.50	0.76	0.17	0.02	0.03	0.00
	0.55	.20	0.75	0.06	0.02	0.05	0.00
	0.41	0.30	0.71	0.04	0.01	0.34	0.01
	0.30	0.30	0.60	0.15	0.12	0.01	0.00
	0.06	0.50	0.59	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.11	0.46	0.57	0.10	0.00	0.01	0.01
	0.22	0.33	0.55	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.34	0.20	0.54	0.30	0.01	0.00	0.02
	0.00	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.27	0.10	0.37	0.10	0.02	0.06	0.00
	0.26	0.10	0.36	0.14	0.02	0.06	0.00
	0.09	0.25	0.34	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.00
	0.05	0.20	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00
	0.00	0.20	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.00	0.17	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.01	0.10	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.01	0.10	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00
	0.00	0.10	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	0.01	0.05	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00

The headings in this table are explained as follows. All columns refer to 2005 only, except Recorded and Total. Recorded refers to an average of recorded consumption for 2003-2005. Unrecorded consumption was calculated using empirical investigations and expert judgments. Total is the sum of the first two columns. The last four columns are a breakdown of the (2005) recorded alcohol consumption by type. Beer refers to malt beer, wine refers to grape wine, spirits refers to all distilled beverages, and other refers to all other alcoholic beverages. Values were corrected for tourism only in countries where the number of tourists per year was at least equivalent to the number of inhabitants.

No data was available for , , , , , , or .

See also

• Alcoholic beverage
  Alcoholic beverage
  An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption...
  
  
• Alcoholism
  Alcoholism
  Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
  
  
• List of countries by beer consumption per capita