Alcohol spending as a share of total household spending by country

Name: Alcohol spending as a share of total household spending
Creator: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
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Spending on alcohol measured as a share of total household expenditure.

Countries reporting

Highest

4.1

Finland

Lowest

0.1

Tajikistan

Median

1.6

Years covered

1990–2017

Data points

471

What the numbers show

Alcohol spending as a share of total household spending is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 4.1 in Finland; the lowest is 0.1 in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.6, and the mean is 1.74.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 163.6%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 72.4%).

Alcohol spending as a share of total household spending: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Finland	4.1	2015	down 10.9%	falling
2	Turkmenistan	4	1994	—	rising
2	Romania	4	2013	up 5.3%	falling
4	Hungary	2.9	2015	up 163.6%	rising
4	Iceland	2.9	2007	down 9.4%	falling
6	Belarus	2.5	2014	unchanged	falling
6	Kazakhstan	2.5	1995	down 50.0%	falling
8	Lithuania	2.4	2012	down 29.4%	falling
9	Australia	2.3	2015	down 11.5%	falling
10	Norway	2.2	2014	down 31.2%	falling
11	Estonia	2.1	2016	up 10.5%	rising
12	Kyrgyzstan	1.9	1995	down 51.3%	falling
12	Sweden	1.9	2014	down 32.1%	falling
12	Mexico	1.9	2012	down 5.0%	rising
12	Moldova	1.9	1995	down 26.9%	falling
16	Denmark	1.7	2015	down 10.5%	falling
16	Russia	1.7	2016	down 10.5%	falling
18	United Kingdom	1.6	2012	down 72.4%	falling
18	Italy	1.6	2016	up 100.0%	rising
20	Czechia	1.5	2016	up 36.4%	rising
21	Austria	1.3	2016	unchanged	falling
21	Croatia	1.3	2014	down 18.8%	falling
21	Ukraine	1.3	2015	down 23.5%	falling
24	Armenia	1.2	2016	down 29.4%	falling
24	Canada	1.2	2016	down 40.0%	falling
26	North Macedonia	1.1	2016	down 15.4%	falling
27	Japan	1	2013	down 9.1%	flat
27	Thailand	1	2014	down 37.5%	falling
27	Slovenia	1	2015	up 11.1%	flat
30	United States	0.9	2009	unchanged	flat
30	Greece	0.9	2009	unchanged	flat
32	Poland	0.8	2012	—	falling
32	Netherlands	0.8	2014	—	rising
34	Azerbaijan	0.5	2017	down 16.7%	falling
34	Uzbekistan	0.5	2016	—	falling
36	Tajikistan	0.1	2014	down 50.0%	volatile

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Indicator: Alcohol spending as a share of total household spending
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 36 places, 471 data points, 1990–2017
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Spending on alcohol measured as a share of total household expenditure.