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Key findings from the data include: Latvia leads the world in per capita alcohol consumption at 13.19L, followed closely by Moldova (12.85L), Germany (12.79L), and Lithuania (12.78L). In comparison to these countries, the United States ranks lower, with a per capita alcohol consumption of 9.97L.
The total alcohol per capita consumption (APC) comprises both the recorded and the unrecorded APC, which together provide a more accurate estimate of the level of alcohol consumption in a country, and as a result, portray trends of alcohol consumption in the adult population (15 years of age and older) in a more precise way.
This interactive map shows the annual average alcohol consumption of alcohol, expressed per person aged 15 years or older. To account for the differences in alcohol content of different alcoholic drinks (e.g., beer, wine, spirits), this is reported in liters of pure alcohol per year.
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) from The World Bank: Data
Levels of Consumption. Indicators. Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), by beverage type. Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year average.
Recorded APC is defined as the recorded amount of alcohol consumed per capita (15+ years) over a calendar year in a country, in litres of pure alcohol. The indicator only takes into account the consumption which is recorded from production, import, export, and sales data often via taxation.
7 lip 2022 · To estimate the proportion of the population consuming alcohol in excess of the NDE, estimates of alcohol consumption in units of grams of pure ethanol consumed per day, on average, by current drinkers for 204 countries and territories, by age, sex, and year, were obtained from GBD 2020 (Bryazka D, unpublished).
