Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 9.13% to 72.6 litres in Moldova in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Moldova reached an all time high of 72.6 litres in 2021 and an all time low of 21.8 litres in 1997. When compared to Moldova's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Bulgaria amounted to 92.9 litres, 122 litres in Romania, 73.2 litres in Russia and 47.7 litres in Ukraine in 2021.
Moldova has been ranked 46th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 23 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Per Capita (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bulgaria | litres | 92.5 | 91.5 | 95.0 | 96.8 | 87.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | litres | 43.9 | 41.8 | 41.4 | 37.3 | 37.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | litres | 131 | 127 | 127 | 125 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | litres | 56.2 | 56.3 | 56.2 | 56.1 | 57.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | litres | 99.0 | 100 | 103 | 102 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | litres | 40.3 | 41.1 | 40.5 | 35.6 | 34.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | litres | 52.0 | 45.6 | 53.7 | 58.2 | 62.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | litres | 116 | 117 | 115 | 118 | 112 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | litres | 112 | 110 | 111 | 108 | 114 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | litres | 67.8 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 68.3 | 69.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 72.7 | 71.7 | 71.9 | 75.6 | 75.2 | |||||||||||
| Turkey | litres | 14.3 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 97.6 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 88.6 | 87.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | litres | 57.3 | 46.4 | 44.7 | 47.2 | 49.3 |
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