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Share who have not drank alcohol in last year by country

Countries reporting
187
Highest
99.17
Kuwait
Lowest
15.8
Luxembourg
Median
57.96
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927

What the numbers show

Share who have not drank alcohol in last year is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 99.17 in Kuwait; the lowest is 15.8 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 57.96, and the mean is 57.75.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 21.4%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 13.3%).

Share who have not drank alcohol in last year: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 99.17 2020 up 0.5% flat
2 Somalia 99.08 2020 up 0.0% flat
3 Comoros 99.05 2020 down 0.1% flat
4 Yemen 98.85 2020 down 0.1% flat
5 Libya 98.74 2020 up 0.3% flat
6 Syria 98.5 2020 up 0.3% flat
7 Iran 98.45 2020 up 0.2% flat
8 Pakistan 98.42 2020 down 0.0% flat
9 Mauritania 98.26 2020 down 0.0% flat
10 Saudi Arabia 98.13 2020 up 0.1% flat
11 Afghanistan 97.94 2020 down 0.0% flat
12 Bangladesh 94.55 2020 down 0.3% flat
13 Maldives 94.49 2020 down 0.8% flat
14 Djibouti 93.97 2020 up 0.1% flat
15 Iraq 93.11 2020 up 0.1% flat
16 Sudan 93.04 2020 down 0.1% flat
17 Morocco 92.86 2020 down 0.2% flat
18 Jordan 92.46 2020 down 0.1% flat
19 Egypt 92.37 2020 down 0.3% flat
20 Algeria 92.1 2020 down 0.2% flat
21 Tunisia 91.49 2020 down 0.2% flat
22 Niger 90.96 2020 up 0.2% flat
23 Senegal 90.28 2020 down 0.2% flat
24 Indonesia 90.28 2020 down 0.4% flat
25 United Arab Emirates 90.06 2020 down 0.7% flat
26 Turkey 89.68 2020 down 0.7% flat
27 Guinea 88.81 2020 down 0.8% flat
28 Tajikistan 88.14 2020 down 0.7% flat
29 Lebanon 87.28 2020 up 2.4% flat
30 Oman 86.29 2020 up 2.2% flat
31 Uzbekistan 85.74 2020 down 1.4% flat
32 Eritrea 84.85 2020 up 0.8% flat
33 Azerbaijan 84.5 2020 down 1.0% flat
34 Mali 84.01 2020 down 0.9% falling
35 Malaysia 83.74 2020 down 1.1% flat
36 Turkmenistan 83.59 2020 down 0.9% flat
37 Kyrgyzstan 83.18 2020 up 4.2% flat
38 Sierra Leone 82.65 2020 down 0.2% flat
39 Ethiopia 80.95 2020 down 2.8% flat
40 Zimbabwe 80.65 2020 up 1.6% flat
41 Bahrain 80.01 2020 up 3.2% flat
42 Gambia 79.33 2020 up 7.0% rising
43 Chad 78.64 2020 up 1.9% flat
44 Lesotho 76.61 2020 down 3.4% flat
45 Mozambique 76.4 2020 down 2.4% flat
46 Tonga 75.73 2020 up 2.7% flat
47 Kazakhstan 75.49 2020 down 0.9% rising
48 Nigeria 74.8 2020 up 0.2% rising
49 Kiribati 74.76 2020 down 1.5% flat
50 Namibia 74.36 2020 down 1.6% falling
51 Nepal 74.19 2020 up 0.6% flat
52 Guinea-Bissau 73.85 2020 up 0.1% flat
53 Solomon Islands 73.2 2020 down 1.1% flat
54 Papua New Guinea 72.98 2020 down 0.4% flat
55 Tuvalu 72.98 2020 down 0.8% flat
56 Micronesia (country) 72.24 2020 up 0.8% flat
57 Vanuatu 71.91 2020 down 1.2% flat
58 Eswatini 71.33 2020 down 2.1% flat
59 Malawi 71.23 2020 down 0.1% flat
60 Cote d'Ivoire 70.99 2020 down 2.6% rising
61 Madagascar 70.97 2020 up 0.1% flat
62 Kenya 70.95 2020 up 0.6% flat
63 Samoa 70.89 2020 up 0.9% rising
64 India 70.8 2020 up 1.4% falling
65 South Africa 70.38 2020 up 1.9% flat
66 Fiji 69.89 2020 down 3.5% falling
67 Bhutan 69.68 2020 down 0.8% flat
68 Tanzania 69.22 2020 up 1.4% flat
69 Botswana 68.82 2020 down 1.1% falling
70 Burkina Faso 68.29 2020 down 5.7% flat
71 Qatar 68.06 2020 up 11.0% falling
72 Nauru 67.65 2020 up 4.9% flat
73 Rwanda 66.55 2020 down 5.3% falling
74 Guatemala 65.56 2020 up 0.2% flat
75 East Timor 65.5 2020 down 0.4% flat
76 Burundi 64.27 2020 up 6.8% rising
77 Brunei 64.21 2020 up 3.2% flat
78 Togo 63.5 2020 up 1.0% flat
79 Venezuela 63.44 2020 up 19.7% rising
80 Zambia 63.35 2020 down 1.4% flat
81 El Salvador 63.15 2020 down 3.0% flat
82 Sri Lanka 62.73 2020 down 0.9% falling
83 Central African Republic 62.68 2020 up 5.1% rising
84 Honduras 62.2 2020 down 1.0% flat
85 Myanmar 61.77 2020 down 3.7% falling
86 Niue 61.42 2020 down 7.3% flat
87 Nicaragua 61.29 2020 down 1.0% flat
88 Costa Rica 59.73 2020 up 0.3% flat
89 Liberia 59.62 2020 up 4.1% flat
90 Colombia 59.12 2020 up 1.5% flat
91 Cook Islands 58.52 2020 up 0.4% falling
92 North Macedonia 58.28 2020 up 1.7% rising
93 Uganda 58.08 2020 up 4.8% rising
94 Mexico 57.96 2020 up 0.4% flat
95 Ghana 57.85 2020 up 5.5% flat
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.39 2020 down 1.4% falling
97 Panama 57.03 2020 up 3.7% falling
98 Democratic Republic of Congo 56.75 2020 up 1.0% rising
99 Mauritius 56.56 2020 up 2.0% flat
100 Haiti 55.36 2020 down 2.8% flat
101 Suriname 55.28 2020 down 1.5% falling
102 Benin 54.11 2020 down 1.6% falling
103 Philippines 54 2020 up 0.9% flat
104 Jamaica 53.82 2020 down 1.8% flat
105 Belize 53.24 2020 up 9.3% flat
106 Guyana 52.27 2020 down 0.9% flat
107 Armenia 51.3 2020 up 1.7% falling
108 Albania 51.15 2020 up 4.0% flat
109 Cambodia 50.76 2020 down 7.5% falling
110 Bahamas 50.51 2020 up 4.1% flat
111 Cuba 50.28 2020 up 1.5% flat
112 Dominica 50.25 2020 up 3.2% rising
113 Cameroon 49.79 2020 up 8.0% flat
114 Angola 49.65 2020 up 19.0% falling
115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49.4 2020 up 3.0% falling
116 Thailand 49.28 2020 down 1.0% flat
117 Trinidad and Tobago 49.11 2020 up 3.3% falling
118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 48.72 2020 up 5.1% flat
119 Paraguay 48.21 2020 up 1.2% flat
120 Sao Tome and Principe 47.7 2020 up 2.8% flat
121 Antigua and Barbuda 46.87 2020 down 2.1% falling
122 Dominican Republic 46.52 2020 down 0.9% flat
123 Barbados 46.34 2020 up 2.5% falling
124 Vietnam 46.3 2020 down 4.7% falling
125 Congo 46.08 2020 down 4.1% falling
126 Gabon 45.62 2020 up 2.5% rising
127 Grenada 45.61 2020 down 2.2% falling
128 Mongolia 44.33 2020 up 0.8% falling
129 Georgia 44.06 2020 up 0.2% falling
130 Cape Verde 43.48 2020 down 4.2% falling
131 Saint Lucia 42.99 2020 down 0.2% flat
132 Laos 42.61 2020 down 4.1% falling
133 Brazil 41.96 2020 down 0.2% falling
134 Equatorial Guinea 41.95 2020 up 14.9% flat
135 Russia 41.69 2020 up 6.8% flat
136 North Korea 40.93 2020 down 2.1% falling
137 Israel 40.24 2020 down 0.4% flat
138 Ecuador 39.77 2020 up 6.2% flat
139 China 39.74 2020 up 3.9% falling
140 Seychelles 39.47 2020 down 13.3% falling
141 Bolivia 37.78 2020 up 2.6% falling
142 Singapore 37.08 2020 down 0.2% falling
143 Peru 34.49 2020 up 4.5% falling
144 Cyprus 34.49 2020 up 9.7% rising
145 Bulgaria 34.24 2020 down 4.2% falling
146 Ukraine 33.9 2020 up 5.7% flat
147 Uruguay 32.61 2020 up 0.7% flat
148 Japan 32.5 2020 up 3.5% rising
149 Croatia 32.46 2020 up 5.6% rising
150 Canada 30.83 2020 up 2.3% flat
151 Moldova 30.76 2020 down 0.3% flat
152 Belarus 30.7 2020 up 9.0% flat
153 Greece 30.65 2020 up 21.4% rising
154 Argentina 28.98 2020 down 2.0% falling
155 Chile 28.93 2020 up 0.7% flat
156 United States 28.86 2020 down 3.2% falling
157 Hungary 28.68 2020 down 0.9% flat
158 Slovenia 28.64 2020 up 1.0% flat
159 South Korea 27.52 2020 up 4.8% rising
160 Slovakia 27.24 2020 down 1.2% falling
161 Italy 26.79 2020 up 3.2% rising
162 Poland 26.52 2020 down 3.5% falling
163 Czechia 25.93 2020 up 1.8% flat
164 Estonia 25.75 2020 up 7.4% falling
165 Latvia 25.01 2020 down 5.7% falling
166 Lithuania 24.85 2020 down 0.5% flat
167 Romania 24.1 2020 down 1.7% flat
168 France 24.03 2020 up 6.0% rising
169 Portugal 23.78 2020 up 10.9% rising
170 Spain 23.41 2020 up 2.9% rising
171 Belgium 23.19 2020 up 5.6% flat
172 Netherlands 23.12 2020 up 4.5% rising
173 Malta 22.72 2020 down 11.3% falling
174 Sweden 22.47 2020 down 1.4% falling
175 Norway 22.18 2020 down 2.0% falling
176 United Kingdom 22.08 2020 up 0.0% flat
177 Finland 21.95 2020 up 5.3% flat
178 Denmark 21.71 2020 down 0.1% rising
179 Germany 21.17 2020 down 2.3% flat
180 Iceland 20.8 2020 down 9.5% falling
181 Austria 20.6 2020 down 1.1% flat
182 Switzerland 20.04 2020 up 0.1% flat
183 New Zealand 19.72 2020 down 2.3% falling
184 Australia 19.33 2020 up 0.7% flat
185 Andorra 17.49 2020 up 3.2% rising
186 Ireland 16.79 2020 down 7.3% falling
187 Luxembourg 15.8 2020 down 2.1% falling

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Indicator
Share who have not 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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