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Alcohol consumption
Litres of pure alcohol consumed per adult per year. Both are sales-based apparent consumption of pure ethanol; countries count ages 15+, states 14+.
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 187 countries · World Bank / WHO · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 51 states · NIAAA surveillance data
Countries
187 · World Bank / WHO- 1stKuwait02020
- 1stMauritania02020
- 1stSaudi Arabia02020
- 1stSomalia02020
- 5thSudan02020
- 6thAfghanistan02020
- 7thLibya02020
- 8thYemen02020
- 9thIndonesia0.12020
- 10thPakistan0.12020
- 11thBangladesh0.12020
- 11thSyria0.12020
- 13thEgypt0.12020
- 13thNiger0.12020
- 15thTimor-Leste0.22020
- 16thBhutan0.22020
- 17thComoros0.22020
- 17thJordan0.22020
- 19thIraq0.22020
- 20thSierra Leone0.32020
- 21stTonga0.42020
- 22ndDjibouti0.42020
- 22ndSenegal0.42020
- 24thMorocco0.52020
- 25thBrunei0.52020
- 25thIran0.52020
- 25thOman0.52020
- 28thGuinea0.52020
- 29thAlgeria0.52020
- 30thGambia0.62020
- 31stKiribati0.72020
- 32ndMalaysia0.72020
- 32ndTajikistan0.72020
- 34thMadagascar12020
- 35thQatar1.12020
- 36thNepal1.12020
- 37thEritrea1.12020
- 38thPapua New Guinea1.12020
- 39thBahrain1.32020
- 40thLebanon1.32020
- 40thTuvalu1.32020
- 42ndTogo1.42020
- 43rdSolomon Islands1.52020
- 44thMaldives1.52020
- 45thGuatemala1.52020
- 46thTürkiye1.72020
- 47thTunisia1.72020
- 48thCentral African Republic1.82020
- 49thSingapore1.82020
- 50thMozambique1.92020
- 51stDR Congo1.92020
- 52ndMyanmar1.92020
- 53rdVenezuela22020
- 54thMicronesia22020
- 55thVanuatu22020
- 56thUnited Arab Emirates2.12020
- 57thUzbekistan2.12020
- 58thSamoa2.42020
- 59thKenya2.52020
- 60thAzerbaijan2.52020
- 61stEcuador2.52020
- 62ndTurkmenistan2.62020
- 63rdZimbabwe2.72020
- 64thNauru2.82020
- 65thIsrael2.82020
- 66thIvory Coast2.92020
- 67thLiberia2.92020
- 68thRwanda2.92020
- 69thChad2.92020
- 69thSri Lanka2.92020
- 71stEthiopia3.12020
- 72ndHonduras3.12020
- 73rdJamaica3.12020
- 74thHaiti3.12020
- 75thEl Salvador3.22020
- 76thCosta Rica3.42020
- 77thFiji3.62020
- 78thBolivia3.62020
- 79thMalawi3.62020
- 80thZambia3.62020
- 81stKyrgyzstan3.62020
- 82ndBahamas3.72020
- 83rdBelize3.72020
- 83rdNicaragua3.72020
- 85thGuinea-Bissau3.72020
- 86thNigeria3.82020
- 87thNorth Korea3.92020
- 88thIndia4.12020
- 89thAngola4.12020
- 90thBurundi4.22020
- 91stColombia4.22020
- 92ndGhana4.32020
- 93rdArmenia4.32020
- 94thLesotho4.32020
- 95thNorth Macedonia4.42020
- 96thAlbania4.52020
- 97thKazakhstan4.52020
- 98thChina4.62020
- 99thPanama4.72020
- 100thSaint Kitts and Nevis4.72020
- 101stMexico4.82020
- 101stSão Tomé and Príncipe4.82020
- 103rdDominica52020
- 104thGuyana52020
- 105thNamibia5.12020
- 106thMali5.32020
- 107thCuba5.42020
- 108thUruguay5.62020
- 109thParaguay5.62020
- 109thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines5.62020
- 111thPhilippines5.72020
- 112thGreece5.82020
- 113thBosnia and Herzegovina5.92020
- 114thSuriname5.92020
- 115thCape Verde62020
- 116thTrinidad and Tobago62020
- 117thRepublic of the Congo6.12020
- 118thCyprus6.42020
- 119thJapan6.42020
- 120thPeru6.52020
- 121stDominican Republic6.52020
- 122ndEquatorial Guinea6.62020
- 123rdAntigua and Barbuda6.72020
- 124thCambodia6.72020
- 125thEswatini6.82020
- 126thMauritius6.92020
- 127thItaly72020
- 128thMalta7.12020
- 129thSouth Africa7.12020
- 130thBotswana7.32020
- 131stGrenada7.32020
- 132ndNorway7.42020
- 133rdChile7.62020
- 134thCroatia7.72020
- 135thMongolia7.72020
- 136thBrazil7.72020
- 137thSouth Korea7.82020
- 138thSerbia7.92019
- 139thIceland7.92020
- 140thThailand82020
- 141stVietnam82020
- 142ndArgentina8.12020
- 143rdGabon8.12020
- 144thBarbados8.22020
- 145thNetherlands8.72020
- 146thBenin8.82020
- 147thPortugal8.92020
- 148thFinland9.12020
- 149thSpain9.22020
- 150thUkraine9.22020
- 151stSaint Lucia9.32020
- 152ndBelgium9.42020
- 153rdDenmark9.52020
- 154thSweden9.62020
- 155thCameroon9.62020
- 156thAndorra9.72020
- 157thCanada9.92020
- 158thUnited States9.92020
- 159thHungary9.92020
- 160thNew Zealand102020
- 161stSwitzerland10.12020
- 162ndSeychelles10.22020
- 163rdAustralia10.32020
- 164thFrance10.32020
- 165thMontenegro10.32019
- 166thSlovenia10.42020
- 167thRussia10.52020
- 168thSlovakia10.72020
- 169thEstonia10.72020
- 170thUnited Kingdom10.72020
- 171stIreland10.82020
- 172ndLaos10.82020
- 172ndLuxembourg10.82020
- 174thTanzania112020
- 175thMoldova11.12020
- 176thBurkina Faso11.32020
- 177thUganda11.32020
- 178thAustria11.52020
- 179thBulgaria11.62020
- 180thBelarus11.62020
- 181stPoland11.72020
- 182ndGermany11.82020
- 183rdCzechia122020
- 184thLithuania12.12020
- 185thLatvia12.92020
- 186thGeorgia14.42020
- 187thRomania16.82020
US states
51 · NIAAA surveillance data- 1stUtah4.6
- 2ndWest Virginia6.5
- 3rdOklahoma6.8
- 4thIdaho6.9
- 5thArkansas7.1
- 6thAlabama7.4
- 7thGeorgia7.4
- 8thSouth Carolina7.7
- 9thOhio7.7
- 10thNebraska7.8
- 11thVirginia8
- 12thKansas8.1
- 13thKentucky8.1
- 14thSouth Dakota8.2
- 15thMississippi8.2
- 16thWashington8.2
- 17thMaryland8.3
- 18thIndiana8.4
- 19thNew York8.5
- 20thNorth Carolina8.6
- 21stMichigan8.7
- 22ndNew Mexico8.7
- 23rdArizona8.8
- 24thIowa8.8
- 25thTexas8.9
- 26thTennessee8.9
- 27thConnecticut9
- 28thIllinois9.1
- 29thPennsylvania9.2
- 30thNew Jersey9.7
- 31stHawaii10
- 32ndLouisiana10.2
- 33rdRhode Island10.4
- 34thMissouri10.4
- 35thWyoming10.5
- 36thMaine10.5
- 37thAlaska10.7
- 38thMinnesota10.9
- 39thMassachusetts10.9
- 40thOregon10.9
- 41stFlorida11.1
- 42ndVermont11.2
- 43rdCalifornia11.3
- 44thColorado11.6
- 45thMontana11.8
- 46thWisconsin11.9
- 47thNorth Dakota12.9
- 48thNevada13.5
- 49thDistrict of Columbia14.6
- 50thDelaware15.5
- 51stNew Hampshire15.9
187 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on health
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
- Health coverageShare of population with health insurance or public coverage.
- Drug deathsDrug overdose deaths per 100,000 population.
- ObesityShare of adults with BMI ≥ 30.
- Infant mortalityDeaths before age one per 1,000 live births.
- Suicide rateDeaths by intentional self-harm per 100,000 population.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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