Based on a comparison of 42 countries in 2020, Latvia ranked the highest in alcohol consumption per capita with 12.9 litres followed by Austria and Czech Republic. On the other end of the scale was Indonesia with 0.100 litres, Turkey with 1.30 litres and Costa Rica with 3.10 litres.
Data for more countries are available at Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (Aged 15+) indicator page.
| Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (Aged 15+) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | litres | 12.8 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.9 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | litres | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Estonia | litres | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | litres | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | litres | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | litres | 10.9 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.4 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ireland | litres | 10.8 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | litres | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 13.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | litres | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | litres | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | litres | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | litres | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | litres | 14.0 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | litres | 10.9 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | litres | 9.50 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.4 | ... |
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