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Which Country Drinks the Most Alcohol?

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (Aged 15+) (litres), 2020 or latest
Health Care | August 5, 2021
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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 ...