Share of drinkers who have had a heavy drinking session in past 30 days by country
Heavy episodic drinking (drinkers only) is defined as the proportion of adult drinkers (15+ years) who have had at least 60 grams or more of pure alcohol on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. A consumption of 60 grams of pure alcohol corresponds approximately to 6 standard alcoholic drinks.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
84.4%
Angola
Lowest
11.4%
Sudan
Median
39.9%
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927
What the numbers show
Share of drinkers who have had a heavy drinking session in past 30 days is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 84.4% in Angola; the lowest is 11.4% in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.9%, and the mean is 40.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 151 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 68.3%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 36.9%).
Share of drinkers who have had a heavy drinking session in past 30 days: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 84.4% | 2020 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 2 | Congo | 83.3% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 78.8% | 2020 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 78.1% | 2020 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 5 | Gabon | 75.2% | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 71.8% | 2020 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 7 | Cape Verde | 68.7% | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.6% | 2020 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 9 | Cook Islands | 64.2% | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 10 | Zambia | 63.8% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 11 | Niue | 63.0% | 2020 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 12 | Nauru | 62.0% | 2020 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 60.9% | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 14 | Samoa | 60.7% | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 15 | Micronesia (country) | 60.3% | 2020 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 16 | Solomon Islands | 59.2% | 2020 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 17 | Laos | 59.1% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | South Korea | 57.7% | 2020 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 57.3% | 2020 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 20 | Tuvalu | 56.2% | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 21 | Burundi | 55.7% | 2020 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 55.4% | 2020 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 23 | Rwanda | 54.5% | 2020 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 24 | Vietnam | 54.5% | 2020 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 54.2% | 2020 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 26 | Uganda | 54.1% | 2020 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 27 | Kiribati | 53.9% | 2020 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 28 | Benin | 53.5% | 2020 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 52.8% | 2020 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 31 | Japan | 52.6% | 2020 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 32 | Armenia | 52.2% | 2020 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 33 | Seychelles | 51.9% | 2020 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 35 | Mali | 50.7% | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 36 | Andorra | 50.7% | 2020 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 37 | Iceland | 50.6% | 2020 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 38 | Eswatini | 50.5% | 2020 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 50.5% | 2020 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 40 | Bolivia | 50.4% | 2020 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 41 | Liberia | 50.4% | 2020 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 42 | Ghana | 50.0% | 2020 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 43 | Mongolia | 49.8% | 2020 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 44 | Botswana | 49.8% | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 45 | Romania | 49.5% | 2020 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 46 | Fiji | 49.0% | 2020 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 47 | Lesotho | 49.0% | 2020 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 48.8% | 2020 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 49 | Namibia | 48.8% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 50 | Grenada | 48.6% | 2020 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 51 | Cambodia | 48.4% | 2020 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.9% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 54 | Tonga | 47.8% | 2020 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 55 | New Zealand | 47.6% | 2020 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 56 | Nigeria | 47.5% | 2020 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 47.4% | 2020 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 58 | Chad | 47.4% | 2020 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 59 | Portugal | 47.4% | 2020 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 60 | Barbados | 47.4% | 2020 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 61 | Malawi | 47.3% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 62 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.2% | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 63 | Poland | 46.9% | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 64 | Tanzania | 46.9% | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 65 | Czechia | 46.9% | 2020 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 66 | Slovakia | 46.7% | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 67 | Belize | 46.5% | 2020 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.5% | 2020 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 69 | Dominica | 46.4% | 2020 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 70 | Haiti | 46.0% | 2020 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 71 | Ecuador | 45.8% | 2020 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 72 | Madagascar | 45.4% | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 73 | Hungary | 45.4% | 2020 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 74 | Kenya | 45.2% | 2020 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 75 | Australia | 44.8% | 2020 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 44.4% | 2020 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 77 | Cuba | 44.4% | 2020 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 78 | Togo | 44.3% | 2020 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 79 | Finland | 44.2% | 2020 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 80 | Georgia | 43.9% | 2020 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 81 | Jamaica | 43.5% | 2020 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 82 | Bahamas | 43.1% | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 83 | United States | 42.1% | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 84 | Mozambique | 42.1% | 2020 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 85 | South Africa | 42.0% | 2020 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 86 | Philippines | 41.9% | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 41.6% | 2020 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 88 | Argentina | 41.6% | 2020 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 41.5% | 2020 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 41.1% | 2020 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 91 | Honduras | 41.1% | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 92 | Mexico | 41.0% | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 93 | Chile | 40.5% | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 94 | Panama | 40.5% | 2020 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 95 | Colombia | 40.3% | 2020 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 96 | El Salvador | 39.6% | 2020 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 97 | Switzerland | 39.5% | 2020 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 98 | Thailand | 39.5% | 2020 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 99 | Spain | 39.3% | 2020 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 100 | India | 39.0% | 2020 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea | 38.6% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 102 | Denmark | 38.6% | 2020 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 103 | Austria | 38.5% | 2020 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 104 | Norway | 38.4% | 2020 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 105 | Mauritania | 38.1% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 106 | Nepal | 37.9% | 2020 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 107 | United Kingdom | 37.8% | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 37.8% | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 109 | Croatia | 37.6% | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 110 | Senegal | 37.4% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 111 | Uruguay | 37.3% | 2020 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 112 | Germany | 37.3% | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 113 | Sweden | 37.0% | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 114 | Moldova | 36.6% | 2020 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 115 | Canada | 36.2% | 2020 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 116 | Netherlands | 36.1% | 2020 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 117 | Guatemala | 36.0% | 2020 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 118 | Eritrea | 36.0% | 2020 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 119 | Slovenia | 35.9% | 2020 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 120 | Belarus | 35.9% | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 121 | Belgium | 35.8% | 2020 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 122 | Myanmar | 35.6% | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 123 | Brazil | 35.2% | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 124 | Venezuela | 35.1% | 2020 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 125 | France | 35.0% | 2020 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 126 | Lithuania | 34.9% | 2020 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 127 | Latvia | 34.8% | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 128 | Guyana | 34.7% | 2020 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.5% | 2020 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 130 | Italy | 34.3% | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 131 | Estonia | 34.2% | 2020 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.9% | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 133 | Mauritius | 33.8% | 2020 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 134 | United Arab Emirates | 33.6% | 2020 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 135 | Bhutan | 33.4% | 2020 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 136 | Gambia | 32.8% | 2020 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 137 | Niger | 32.7% | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 138 | Comoros | 32.4% | 2020 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 139 | Turkmenistan | 32.2% | 2020 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 32.2% | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 141 | Paraguay | 32.2% | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 142 | Greece | 32.0% | 2020 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 32.0% | 2020 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 144 | Uzbekistan | 31.9% | 2020 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 145 | Maldives | 31.9% | 2020 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 146 | Suriname | 31.2% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 31.1% | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 148 | Russia | 30.8% | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 30.8% | 2020 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 150 | Singapore | 30.8% | 2020 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 151 | Somalia | 30.0% | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 152 | Djibouti | 29.9% | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 153 | Ukraine | 29.1% | 2020 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 154 | Bulgaria | 29.1% | 2020 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 155 | East Timor | 29.1% | 2020 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 156 | Tajikistan | 28.4% | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 157 | North Korea | 26.9% | 2020 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 158 | Cyprus | 26.6% | 2020 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 159 | Tunisia | 25.7% | 2020 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 160 | Iran | 25.7% | 2020 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 161 | Turkey | 25.5% | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 162 | Lebanon | 24.0% | 2020 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 163 | Pakistan | 23.9% | 2020 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 164 | Kuwait | 23.4% | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 165 | Bahrain | 23.2% | 2020 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 166 | Israel | 23.0% | 2020 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 167 | Saudi Arabia | 22.5% | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 168 | Malaysia | 22.3% | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 169 | China | 22.2% | 2020 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 170 | Algeria | 22.1% | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 171 | Morocco | 22.0% | 2020 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 172 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.9% | 2020 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 173 | Qatar | 21.6% | 2020 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 174 | Oman | 21.3% | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 21.1% | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 176 | Syria | 21.1% | 2020 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 177 | Iraq | 20.6% | 2020 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 20.3% | 2020 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 179 | Jordan | 20.1% | 2020 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 180 | Yemen | 19.8% | 2020 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 181 | Brunei | 19.4% | 2020 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 182 | Egypt | 17.6% | 2020 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 183 | Albania | 17.1% | 2020 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 184 | Indonesia | 15.6% | 2020 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 15.4% | 2020 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 186 | Libya | 15.3% | 2020 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 187 | Sudan | 11.4% | 2020 | down 36.9% | falling |
About this data
Heavy episodic drinking (drinkers only) is defined as the proportion of adult drinkers (15+ years) who have had at least 60 grams or more of pure alcohol on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. A consumption of 60 grams of pure alcohol corresponds approximately to 6 standard alcoholic drinks.