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This is a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in equivalent litres of pure alcohol (ethanol) consumed per capita per year. A standard drink is about 17 milliliters of ethanol, putting one liter at about 59 drinks.
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.
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.
25 lip 2024 · Romania tops the list of countries with the highest alcohol consumption per person, with Georgia, Czechia, Latvia, and Germany rounding out the top five. This is according to the global estimates made available by the World Health Organization (WHO), the latest data referring to 2019.
Global alcohol consumption varies widely, with European countries generally having the highest per capita consumption and Middle Eastern countries, influenced by religious views, having the lowest.
In 2019, alcohol consumption in the world, measured in litres of pure alcohol per person of 15 years of age or older, was 5.5 litres, which is a 4.7% relative decrease from 5.7 litres in 2010.
27 wrz 2018 · WHO’s Global status report on alcohol and health 2018 presents a comprehensive picture of alcohol consumption and the disease burden attributable to alcohol worldwide by WHO regions and World Bank income groups. It also describes what countries are doing to reduce this burden.
