Share of consumer expenditure spent on alcohol and tobacco by country

Share of consumer expenditures that are spent on alcohol and tobacco.

Countries reporting
103
Highest
7.9%
Croatia
Lowest
0.1%
Oman
Median
3.1%
Years covered
7
2017–2023
Data points
727

What the numbers show

Share of consumer expenditure spent on alcohol and tobacco is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 7.9% in Croatia; the lowest is 0.1% in Oman.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.1%, and the mean is 3.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 72.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 244.4%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 69.9%).

Share of consumer expenditure spent on alcohol and tobacco: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Croatia 7.9% 2023 up 244.4% rising
2 Serbia 7.8% 2023 up 11.8% rising
3 Laos 7.8% 2023 down 25.2% falling
4 Czechia 7.7% 2023 down 3.8% flat
5 Belarus 7.6% 2023 up 4.4% rising
6 Indonesia 7.3% 2023 up 1.9% flat
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.1% 2023 down 22.4% falling
8 Latvia 7.1% 2023 down 10.3% falling
9 Hungary 7.0% 2023 down 5.3% flat
10 Ukraine 6.9% 2023 down 9.3% falling
11 Estonia 6.7% 2023 down 17.1% falling
12 Poland 6.2% 2023 up 5.1% rising
13 Romania 6.1% 2023 up 6.9% flat
14 Russia 5.9% 2023 down 19.7% falling
15 Montenegro 5.6% 2022 down 17.5% falling
16 Lithuania 5.5% 2023 down 9.6% falling
17 Slovakia 4.9% 2023 down 2.6% flat
18 Honduras 4.9% 2023 up 3.5% flat
19 Bulgaria 4.8% 2023 down 6.8% flat
20 North Macedonia 4.8% 2023 down 33.3% falling
21 New Zealand 4.7% 2023 down 3.8% flat
22 Egypt 4.6% 2023 down 1.4% flat
23 Jordan 4.5% 2023 down 2.4% flat
24 Slovenia 4.5% 2023 down 13.6% falling
25 Finland 4.4% 2023 up 1.5% rising
26 Greece 4.4% 2023 down 10.9% falling
27 Iraq 4.3% 2023 up 0.8% flat
28 Paraguay 4.2% 2023 up 0.9% flat
29 South Africa 4.1% 2023 down 17.3% falling
30 Spain 4.0% 2023 up 12.0% rising
32 Belgium 4.0% 2023 down 6.3% falling
33 Norway 3.9% 2023 down 4.5% flat
34 Italy 3.8% 2023 down 6.8% flat
35 Dominican Republic 3.8% 2023 up 0.5% flat
36 Georgia 3.8% 2023 up 11.4% rising
37 Colombia 3.6% 2023 up 19.8% rising
38 Australia 3.6% 2023 up 0.9% rising
39 Switzerland 3.5% 2023 down 2.0% flat
40 Chile 3.5% 2023 up 20.6% rising
41 Denmark 3.5% 2023 up 2.9% rising
42 France 3.5% 2023 down 6.2% flat
43 Canada 3.5% 2023 up 4.0% rising
44 Kenya 3.5% 2023 down 15.0% falling
45 Austria 3.5% 2023 up 6.2% rising
46 Sri Lanka 3.4% 2023 up 73.3% rising
47 Tunisia 3.3% 2023 up 4.6% rising
48 Cote d'Ivoire 3.2% 2023 up 4.0% flat
49 Uzbekistan 3.2% 2023 up 26.9% rising
50 China 3.2% 2023 up 27.4% rising
51 Germany 3.1% 2023 down 1.0% rising
52 Portugal 3.1% 2023 down 2.5% flat
53 Sweden 3.1% 2023 down 11.0% falling
54 Ethiopia 3.1% 2023 down 19.8% falling
55 Netherlands 3.0% 2023 down 5.8% falling
56 Thailand 3.0% 2023 down 10.0% falling
57 United Kingdom 3.0% 2023 down 11.5% flat
58 Cameroon 2.9% 2023 up 42.7% rising
59 Venezuela 2.8% 2023 down 25.8% falling
60 Israel 2.6% 2023 down 9.1% falling
61 Peru 2.5% 2023 up 1.8% flat
62 Japan 2.5% 2023 up 7.6% rising
63 Taiwan 2.5% 2023 up 5.0% flat
64 Turkey 2.3% 2023 down 31.3% falling
65 Mexico 2.3% 2023 down 19.7% flat
66 Turkmenistan 2.2% 2023 down 0.8% flat
67 Kazakhstan 2.2% 2023 up 27.4% rising
68 Bolivia 2.2% 2023 up 1.7% flat
69 Bangladesh 2.1% 2023 up 6.7% rising
70 Morocco 2.1% 2023 up 45.7% rising
71 Azerbaijan 2.0% 2023 up 27.2% rising
72 India 2.0% 2023 down 17.4% falling
73 Philippines 1.9% 2023 up 44.1% rising
74 Vietnam 1.9% 2023 down 18.1% falling
75 Argentina 1.9% 2023 down 1.0% flat
76 Cambodia 1.9% 2023 down 14.8% falling
77 United States 1.9% 2023 up 8.1% rising
78 Singapore 1.7% 2023 down 7.8% flat
79 Costa Rica 1.7% 2023 up 41.7% rising
80 Brazil 1.7% 2023 up 8.9% rising
81 Panama 1.6% 2023 down 9.7% falling
82 Malaysia 1.6% 2023 down 14.8% falling
83 South Korea 1.5% 2023 down 45.6% falling
84 Uganda 1.5% 2023 up 48.9% rising
85 Angola 1.4% 2023 down 5.3% flat
86 Pakistan 1.3% 2023 up 18.8% rising
87 Guatemala 1.3% 2023 down 20.8% falling
88 Tanzania 1.3% 2023 down 69.9% falling
89 Uruguay 1.2% 2023 down 4.4% flat
90 Algeria 1.0% 2023 down 3.5% flat
91 Nigeria 0.9% 2023 down 6.6% flat
92 Ecuador 0.9% 2023 up 12.6% rising
93 Hong Kong 0.7% 2023 down 40.2% falling
94 Saudi Arabia 0.7% 2023 up 21.5% rising
95 Lebanon 0.7% 2023 down 40.8% falling
96 Iran 0.5% 2023 down 6.8% falling
97 Myanmar 0.5% 2023 up 5.1% rising
98 El Salvador 0.5% 2023 up 2.5% flat
99 Bahrain 0.4% 2023 up 8.0% flat
100 Ghana 0.4% 2023 down 57.2% falling
101 Qatar 0.3% 2023 up 11.7% rising
102 United Arab Emirates 0.3% 2023 down 28.2% falling
103 Kuwait 0.2% 2023 down 0.9% flat
104 Oman 0.1% 2023 down 25.7% flat

About this data

Indicator
Share of consumer expenditure spent on alcohol and tobacco
Unit
%
Source
USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
104 places, 727 data points, 2017–2023
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Share of consumer expenditures that are spent on alcohol and tobacco.