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Share of adults who drank alcohol in last year by country

Countries reporting
187
Highest
84.2
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.8308
Kuwait
Median
42.04
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927

What the numbers show

Share of adults who drank alcohol in last year is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 84.2 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.8308 in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 42.04, and the mean is 42.25.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 101.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 16.8%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 35.7%).

Share of adults who drank alcohol in last year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 84.2 2020 up 0.4% flat
1 Cook Islands 41.48 2020 down 0.6% rising
2 Ireland 83.21 2020 up 1.6% flat
2 Niue 38.58 2020 up 14.4% rising
3 Andorra 82.51 2020 down 0.6% flat
4 Australia 80.67 2020 down 0.2% flat
5 New Zealand 80.28 2020 up 0.6% flat
6 Switzerland 79.96 2020 down 0.0% flat
7 Austria 79.4 2020 up 0.3% flat
8 Iceland 79.2 2020 up 2.8% flat
9 Germany 78.83 2020 up 0.6% flat
10 Denmark 78.29 2020 up 0.0% flat
11 Finland 78.05 2020 down 1.4% flat
12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 77.92 2020 down 0.0% flat
13 Norway 77.82 2020 up 0.6% flat
14 Sweden 77.53 2020 up 0.4% flat
15 Malta 77.28 2020 up 3.9% rising
16 Netherlands 76.88 2020 down 1.3% flat
17 Belgium 76.81 2020 down 1.6% flat
18 Spain 76.59 2020 down 0.9% flat
19 Portugal 76.22 2020 down 3.0% flat
20 France 75.97 2020 down 1.8% flat
21 Romania 75.9 2020 up 0.5% flat
22 Lithuania 75.15 2020 up 0.2% flat
23 Latvia 74.99 2020 up 2.0% flat
24 Estonia 74.25 2020 down 2.3% flat
25 Czechia 74.07 2020 down 0.6% flat
26 Poland 73.48 2020 up 1.3% rising
27 Italy 73.21 2020 down 1.1% flat
28 Slovakia 72.76 2020 up 0.5% flat
29 Republic of Korea 72.48 2020 down 1.7% flat
30 Slovenia 71.36 2020 down 0.4% flat
31 Hungary 71.32 2020 up 0.4% flat
32 United States of America 71.14 2020 up 1.3% flat
33 Chile 71.07 2020 down 0.3% flat
34 Argentina 71.02 2020 up 0.9% rising
35 Greece 69.35 2020 down 7.2% falling
36 Belarus 69.3 2020 down 3.5% flat
37 Republic of Moldova 69.24 2020 up 0.1% flat
38 Canada 69.17 2020 down 1.0% flat
39 Croatia 67.54 2020 down 2.5% flat
40 Japan 67.5 2020 down 1.6% flat
41 Uruguay 67.39 2020 down 0.4% flat
42 Ukraine 66.1 2020 down 2.7% flat
43 Bulgaria 65.76 2020 up 2.3% flat
44 Cyprus 65.51 2020 down 4.4% falling
45 Peru 65.51 2020 down 2.2% flat
46 Singapore 62.92 2020 up 0.1% rising
47 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 62.22 2020 down 1.5% flat
48 Seychelles 60.53 2020 up 11.1% rising
49 China 60.26 2020 down 2.4% rising
50 Ecuador 60.23 2020 down 3.7% flat
51 Israel 59.76 2020 up 0.3% flat
52 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 59.07 2020 up 1.5% rising
53 Russian Federation 58.31 2020 down 4.4% flat
54 Equatorial Guinea 58.05 2020 down 8.6% flat
55 Brazil 58.04 2020 up 0.1% rising
56 Lao People's Democratic Republic 57.39 2020 up 3.3% rising
57 Saint Lucia 57.01 2020 up 0.2% flat
58 Cape Verde 56.52 2020 up 3.5% rising
59 Georgia 55.94 2020 down 0.2% rising
60 Mongolia 55.67 2020 down 0.7% rising
61 Grenada 54.39 2020 up 1.9% rising
62 Gabon 54.38 2020 down 2.0% flat
63 Congo 53.92 2020 up 3.8% rising
64 Viet Nam 53.7 2020 up 4.4% rising
65 Barbados 53.66 2020 down 2.0% flat
66 Dominican Republic 53.48 2020 up 0.8% flat
67 Antigua and Barbuda 53.13 2020 up 1.9% rising
68 Sao Tome and Principe 52.3 2020 down 2.4% flat
69 Paraguay 51.79 2020 down 1.1% flat
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.28 2020 down 4.4% flat
71 Trinidad and Tobago 50.89 2020 down 2.9% rising
72 Thailand 50.72 2020 up 1.0% flat
73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.6 2020 down 2.8% rising
74 Angola 50.35 2020 down 13.6% flat
75 Cameroon 50.21 2020 down 6.8% flat
76 Dominica 49.75 2020 down 3.0% flat
77 Cuba 49.72 2020 down 1.5% flat
78 Bahamas 49.49 2020 down 3.9% flat
79 Cambodia 49.24 2020 up 9.1% rising
80 Albania 48.85 2020 down 3.9% flat
81 Armenia 48.7 2020 down 1.7% rising
82 Guyana 47.73 2020 up 1.0% flat
83 Belize 46.76 2020 down 8.8% flat
84 Jamaica 46.18 2020 up 2.2% rising
85 Philippines 46 2020 down 1.0% flat
86 Benin 45.89 2020 up 2.0% rising
87 Suriname 44.72 2020 up 1.9% rising
88 Haiti 44.64 2020 up 3.6% flat
89 Mauritius 43.44 2020 down 2.5% flat
90 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43.25 2020 down 1.3% falling
91 Panama 42.97 2020 down 4.6% rising
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.61 2020 up 1.9% rising
93 Ghana 42.15 2020 down 6.7% flat
94 Mexico 42.04 2020 down 0.6% flat
95 Uganda 41.92 2020 down 6.0% falling
96 North Macedonia 41.72 2020 down 2.3% falling
97 Colombia 40.88 2020 down 2.1% flat
98 Liberia 40.38 2020 down 5.5% flat
99 Costa Rica 40.27 2020 down 0.4% flat
100 Nicaragua 38.71 2020 up 1.7% flat
101 Myanmar 38.23 2020 up 6.7% rising
102 Honduras 37.8 2020 up 1.6% flat
103 Central African Republic 37.32 2020 down 7.5% falling
104 Sri Lanka 37.27 2020 up 1.5% rising
105 El Salvador 36.85 2020 up 5.6% flat
106 Zambia 36.65 2020 up 2.6% rising
107 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 36.56 2020 down 22.2% falling
108 Togo 36.5 2020 down 1.6% flat
109 Brunei Darussalam 35.79 2020 down 5.3% flat
110 Burundi 35.73 2020 down 10.3% falling
111 Timor-Leste 34.5 2020 up 0.7% flat
112 Guatemala 34.44 2020 down 0.3% flat
113 Rwanda 33.45 2020 up 12.6% rising
114 Naoero 32.35 2020 down 8.9% flat
115 Qatar 31.94 2020 down 17.4% rising
116 Burkina Faso 31.71 2020 up 14.9% rising
117 Botswana 31.18 2020 up 2.6% rising
118 Tanzania, United Republic of 30.78 2020 down 3.0% flat
119 Bhutan 30.32 2020 up 1.9% falling
120 Fiji 30.11 2020 up 9.1% rising
121 South Africa 29.62 2020 down 4.2% rising
122 India 29.2 2020 down 3.2% rising
123 Samoa 29.11 2020 down 2.1% falling
124 Kenya 29.05 2020 down 1.4% rising
125 Madagascar 29.03 2020 down 0.2% flat
126 Côte d'Ivoire 29.01 2020 up 7.1% falling
127 Malawi 28.77 2020 up 0.3% rising
128 Eswatini 28.67 2020 up 5.5% flat
129 Vanuatu 28.09 2020 up 3.2% rising
130 Micronesia, Federated States of 27.76 2020 down 2.1% falling
131 Tuvalu 27.02 2020 up 2.4% flat
132 Papua New Guinea 27.02 2020 up 1.1% flat
133 Solomon Islands 26.8 2020 up 3.2% rising
134 Guinea-Bissau 26.15 2020 down 0.2% flat
135 Nepal 25.81 2020 down 1.7% rising
136 Namibia 25.64 2020 up 5.0% rising
137 Kiribati 25.24 2020 up 4.7% flat
138 Nigeria 25.2 2020 down 0.7% falling
139 Kazakhstan 24.51 2020 up 2.9% falling
140 Tonga 24.27 2020 down 7.5% falling
141 Mozambique 23.6 2020 up 8.8% rising
142 Lesotho 23.39 2020 up 12.9% rising
143 Chad 21.36 2020 down 6.5% rising
144 Gambia 20.67 2020 down 20.0% falling
145 Bahrain 19.99 2020 down 11.0% rising
146 Zimbabwe 19.35 2020 down 6.0% rising
147 Ethiopia 19.05 2020 up 13.8% rising
148 Sierra Leone 17.35 2020 up 0.9% falling
149 Kyrgyzstan 16.82 2020 down 16.5% falling
150 Turkmenistan 16.41 2020 up 4.9% rising
151 Malaysia 16.26 2020 up 6.2% rising
152 Mali 15.99 2020 up 4.8% rising
153 Azerbaijan 15.5 2020 up 5.6% rising
154 Eritrea 15.15 2020 down 4.2% flat
155 Uzbekistan 14.26 2020 up 9.1% falling
156 Oman 13.71 2020 down 11.8% rising
157 Lebanon 12.72 2020 down 14.0% flat
158 Tajikistan 11.86 2020 up 5.8% flat
159 Guinea 11.19 2020 up 6.9% falling
160 Türkiye 10.32 2020 up 6.1% rising
161 United Arab Emirates 9.94 2020 up 6.9% falling
162 Indonesia 9.72 2020 up 3.7% rising
163 Senegal 9.72 2020 up 1.7% flat
164 Niger 9.04 2020 down 1.5% flat
165 Tunisia 8.51 2020 up 2.1% rising
166 Algeria 7.9 2020 up 2.1% rising
167 Egypt 7.63 2020 up 3.4% rising
168 Jordan 7.54 2020 up 1.0% flat
169 Morocco 7.14 2020 up 2.5% rising
170 Sudan 6.96 2020 up 0.8% flat
171 Iraq 6.89 2020 down 1.9% flat
172 Djibouti 6.03 2020 down 0.9% flat
173 Maldives 5.51 2020 up 16.8% rising
174 Bangladesh 5.45 2020 up 5.3% flat
175 Afghanistan 2.06 2020 up 2.0% flat
176 Saudi Arabia 1.87 2020 down 5.0% flat
177 Mauritania 1.74 2020 up 1.6% flat
178 Pakistan 1.57 2020 up 1.7% flat
179 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.55 2020 down 9.8% rising
180 Syrian Arab Republic 1.5 2020 down 16.5% flat
181 Libya 1.26 2020 down 17.8% flat
182 Yemen 1.15 2020 up 4.6% rising
183 Comoros 0.9527 2020 up 6.4% rising
184 Somalia 0.923 2020 down 0.5% flat
185 Kuwait 0.8308 2020 down 35.7% falling

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Indicator
Share of adults who drank alcohol in last year
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 3,927 data points, 2000–2020
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