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Which Country Drinks the Most Alcohol?

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (Aged 15+) (litres), 2022 or latest
Health Care | October 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 29 countries in 2022, Latvia ranked the highest in alcohol consumption per capita with 12.2 litres followed by Lithuania and Czechia. On the other end of the scale was Turkey with 1.40 litres, Costa Rica with 3.50 litres and Mexico with 5.10 litres.

Data for more countries are available at Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (Aged 15+) indicator page.

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita (Aged 15+) Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Austria litres 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.6 11.3 ...
Brazil litres 9.70 9.20 9.40 9.80 9.80 ... ...
Czechia litres 11.7 11.6 11.8 11.9 11.6 ...
Denmark litres 10.0 9.70 9.70 9.50 9.70 ...
Estonia litres 10.2 10.3 10.0 10.4 10.8 ...
France litres 11.7 11.7 11.6 11.4 10.4 ...
Hungary litres 11.1 10.7 11.4 10.7 10.4 ...
Ireland litres 11.2 11.0 11.0 10.8 10.1
Latvia litres 11.3 10.9 11.0 11.6 12.1 ...
Lithuania litres 13.2 12.3 11.2 11.1 11.4 ...
Poland litres 10.5 10.6 10.7 11.0 10.9 ...
Slovakia litres 9.90 9.70 10.1 10.3 10.2 ...
Slovenia litres 10.5 10.1 10.0 11.1 9.80 ...
Spain litres 10.9 10.9 10.4 10.7 8.70 ...
United Kingdom litres 9.50 9.70 9.80 9.70 9.70 ...