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🥃 Spirits consumption by country

168 countries ranked · Our World in Data · 2022

Which country drinks the most spirits?

The most spirits drunk per adult in the world: 1. Latvia (6 L), 2. Estonia (5.9 L), 3. Lithuania (5.4 L).

The middle of the table sits at 1 L (Finland, no. 84 of 168), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

  1. 🇱🇻Latvia 6 L
  2. 🇪🇪Estonia 5.9 L
  3. 🇱🇹Lithuania 5.4 L
  4. 🇸🇰Slovakia 5.1 L
  5. 🇧🇬Bulgaria 5.1 L
  6. 🇰🇵North Korea 5.1 L
  7. 🇧🇧Barbados 4.8 L
  8. 🇧🇾Belarus 4.5 L
  9. 🇹🇭Thailand 4.5 L
  10. 🇭🇺Hungary 4.2 L

Which country drinks the fewest spirits?

The fewest spirits drunk in this table, tied: Yemen, Sudan and Somalia, all at 0 L.

The bottom 10

  1. 168th 🇾🇪Yemen 0 L
  2. 167th 🇸🇩Sudan 0 L
  3. 166th 🇸🇴Somalia 0 L
  4. 165th 🇲🇷Mauritania 0 L
  5. 164th 🇱🇾Libya 0 L
  6. 163rd 🇮🇷Iran 0 L
  7. 162nd 🇬🇲Gambia 0 L
  8. 161st 🇪🇷Eritrea 0 L
  9. 160th 🇹🇩Chad 0 L
  10. 159th 🇧🇮Burundi 0 L

The same ranking, as a map

Which country drinks the most spirits? Spirits drunk · 168 countries ranked · shaded by rank, five equal groups 1. Latvia 6 L · 2. Estonia 5.9 L · 3. Lithuania 5.4 L Afghanistan: 0 L (157th of 168)Albania: 1.1 L (77th of 168)Algeria: 0.1 L (144th of 168)Angola: 1 L (80th of 168)Argentina: 1 L (83rd of 168)Armenia: 1.8 L (53rd of 168)Australia: 1.7 L (55th of 168)Austria: 1.6 L (56th of 168)Azerbaijan: 0.5 L (104th of 168)Bahamas: 3.4 L (19th of 168)Bangladesh: 0 L (158th of 168)Belarus: 4.5 L (8th of 168)Belgium: 1 L (79th of 168)Belize: 1 L (85th of 168)Benin: 0.1 L (140th of 168)Bhutan: 0.4 L (121st of 168)Bolivia: 0.5 L (106th of 168)Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.6 L (98th of 168)Botswana: 1.4 L (67th of 168)Brazil: 2.8 L (25th of 168)Brunei: 0.1 L (147th of 168)Bulgaria: 5.1 L (5th of 168)Burkina Faso: 0.2 L (134th of 168)Burundi: 0 L (159th of 168)Cambodia: 0.4 L (120th of 168)Cameroon: 0.5 L (107th of 168)Canada: 2.2 L (42nd of 168)Central African Republic: 0 L (156th of 168)Chad: 0 L (160th of 168)Chile: 1.8 L (54th of 168)China: 2.3 L (39th of 168)Colombia: 0.7 L (96th of 168)Congo: 0.4 L (112th of 168)Costa Rica: 0.3 L (122nd of 168)Croatia: 1.6 L (57th of 168)Cuba: 2.2 L (41st of 168)Cyprus: 1.5 L (64th of 168)Czechia: 3.6 L (16th of 168)DR Congo: 0.1 L (148th of 168)Denmark: 1.8 L (52nd of 168)Djibouti: 0.2 L (133rd of 168)Dominican Republic: 2 L (49th of 168)Ecuador: 0.6 L (100th of 168)Egypt: 0 L (150th of 168)El Salvador: 1.5 L (62nd of 168)Equatorial Guinea: 0.9 L (90th of 168)Eritrea: 0 L (161st of 168)Estonia: 5.9 L (2nd of 168)Ethiopia: 0.2 L (137th of 168)Fiji: 1 L (81st of 168)Finland: 1 L (84th of 168)France: 2.3 L (40th of 168)Gabon: 0.4 L (115th of 168)Gambia: 0 L (162nd of 168)Georgia: 2.1 L (45th of 168)Germany: 2.5 L (30th of 168)Ghana: 0.4 L (117th of 168)Greece: 1.6 L (59th of 168)Guatemala: 0.8 L (94th of 168)Guinea: 0.1 L (145th of 168)Guinea-Bissau: 0.4 L (111th of 168)Guyana: 2.5 L (31st of 168)Haiti: 2.4 L (37th of 168)Honduras: 1.1 L (78th of 168)Hungary: 4.2 L (10th of 168)Iceland: 1.5 L (60th of 168)India: 2.9 L (23rd of 168)Indonesia: 0 L (154th of 168)Iran: 0 L (163rd of 168)Iraq: 0.4 L (118th of 168)Ireland: 2.4 L (34th of 168)Israel: 1.3 L (72nd of 168)Italy: 0.5 L (108th of 168)Ivory Coast: 1.5 L (65th of 168)Jamaica: 2 L (50th of 168)Japan: 1.2 L (75th of 168)Jordan: 0.2 L (135th of 168)Kazakhstan: 2.8 L (24th of 168)Kenya: 0.3 L (125th of 168)Kuwait: 0 L (151st of 168)Kyrgyzstan: 3 L (22nd of 168)Laos: 3.8 L (15th of 168)Latvia: 6 L (1st of 168)Lebanon: 0.7 L (97th of 168)Lesotho: 0.5 L (109th of 168)Liberia: 2.5 L (32nd of 168)Libya: 0 L (164th of 168)Lithuania: 5.4 L (3rd of 168)Luxembourg: 2.4 L (36th of 168)Madagascar: 0 L (152nd of 168)Malawi: 0.2 L (136th of 168)Malaysia: 0.1 L (138th of 168)Mali: 0.1 L (142nd of 168)Mauritania: 0 L (165th of 168)Mexico: 0.6 L (101st of 168)Moldova: 2.6 L (28th of 168)Mongolia: 3.5 L (17th of 168)Montenegro: 3.2 L (20th of 168)Morocco: 0.1 L (141st of 168)Mozambique: 0.2 L (131st of 168)Myanmar: 1.2 L (73rd of 168)Namibia: 0.6 L (102nd of 168)Nepal: 2 L (47th of 168)Netherlands: 1.5 L (63rd of 168)New Zealand: 1.6 L (58th of 168)Nicaragua: 2.2 L (43rd of 168)Niger: 0.1 L (149th of 168)Nigeria: 0.5 L (105th of 168)North Korea: 5.1 L (6th of 168)North Macedonia: 1 L (87th of 168)Norway: 1.1 L (76th of 168)Oman: 0.3 L (126th of 168)Pakistan: 0 L (153rd of 168)Panama: 1 L (82nd of 168)Papua New Guinea: 0.3 L (128th of 168)Paraguay: 2 L (48th of 168)Peru: 1.8 L (51st of 168)Philippines: 3.8 L (14th of 168)Poland: 4.1 L (12th of 168)Portugal: 1.3 L (70th of 168)Qatar: 0.9 L (88th of 168)Romania: 3.2 L (21st of 168)Russia: 3.4 L (18th of 168)Rwanda: 0.3 L (127th of 168)Saudi Arabia: no dataSenegal: 0 L (155th of 168)Serbia: 2.7 L (26th of 168)Sierra Leone: 0.1 L (143rd of 168)Slovakia: 5.1 L (4th of 168)Slovenia: 1.4 L (69th of 168)Somalia: 0 L (166th of 168)South Africa: 1.4 L (68th of 168)South Korea: 0.3 L (124th of 168)South Sudan: no dataSpain: 2.5 L (33rd of 168)Sri Lanka: 2.1 L (46th of 168)Sudan: 0 L (167th of 168)Suriname: 2.5 L (29th of 168)Sweden: 1.2 L (74th of 168)Switzerland: 1.5 L (61st of 168)Syria: 0.1 L (146th of 168)Taiwan: no dataTajikistan: 0.4 L (116th of 168)Tanzania: 0.4 L (113th of 168)Thailand: 4.5 L (9th of 168)Togo: 0.2 L (129th of 168)Tunisia: 0.1 L (139th of 168)Turkey: 0.6 L (103rd of 168)Turkmenistan: 0.9 L (92nd of 168)Uganda: 0.5 L (110th of 168)Ukraine: 0.9 L (91st of 168)United Arab Emirates: 0.3 L (123rd of 168)United Kingdom: 2.6 L (27th of 168)United States: 4 L (13th of 168)Uruguay: 1 L (86th of 168)Uzbekistan: 1.5 L (66th of 168)Vanuatu: 0.9 L (89th of 168)Venezuela: 1.3 L (71st of 168)Vietnam: 0.2 L (132nd of 168)Yemen: 0 L (168th of 168)Zambia: 0.4 L (114th of 168)Zimbabwe: 2.3 L (38th of 168) Andorra: 2.4 L (35th of 168)Bahrain: 0.8 L (93rd of 168)Barbados: 4.8 L (7th of 168)Cape Verde: 0.6 L (99th of 168)Comoros: 0.2 L (130th of 168)Maldives: 0.7 L (95th of 168)Malta: 2.1 L (44th of 168)Mauritius: 4.2 L (11th of 168)Singapore: 0.4 L (119th of 168) 1 Latvia · 6 L Rank 1–33 34–67 68–100 101–134 135–168 no data GEOPOLITIX geopolitix.live · the daily country-ranking game Source: Our World in Data · 2022
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Spirits drunk, 168 countries, shaded by rank. Source: Our World in Data · data 2022. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

Highest and lowest by region

The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.

RegionRankedHighestLowest
Europe41🇱🇻Latvia 6 L🇮🇹Italy 0.5 L
Asia44🇰🇵North Korea 5.1 L🇾🇪Yemen 0 L
Africa50🇲🇺Mauritius 4.2 L🇸🇩Sudan 0 L
North America16🇧🇧Barbados 4.8 L🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.3 L
South America12🇧🇷Brazil 2.8 L🇧🇴Bolivia 0.5 L
Oceania5🇦🇺Australia 1.7 L🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 0.3 L

The full ranking of all 168 countries

Spirits drunk · 2022
#CountrySpirits drunk
1🇱🇻Latvia6 L
2🇪🇪Estonia5.9 L
3🇱🇹Lithuania5.4 L
4🇸🇰Slovakia5.1 L
5🇧🇬Bulgaria5.1 L
6🇰🇵North Korea5.1 L
7🇧🇧Barbados4.8 L
8🇧🇾Belarus4.5 L
9🇹🇭Thailand4.5 L
10🇭🇺Hungary4.2 L
11🇲🇺Mauritius4.2 L
12🇵🇱Poland4.1 L
13🇺🇸United States4 L
14🇵🇭Philippines3.8 L
15🇱🇦Laos3.8 L
16🇨🇿Czechia3.6 L
17🇲🇳Mongolia3.5 L
18🇷🇺Russia3.4 L
19🇧🇸Bahamas3.4 L
20🇲🇪Montenegro3.2 L
21🇷🇴Romania3.2 L
22🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan3 L
23🇮🇳India2.9 L
24🇰🇿Kazakhstan2.8 L
25🇧🇷Brazil2.8 L
26🇷🇸Serbia2.7 L
27🇬🇧United Kingdom2.6 L
28🇲🇩Moldova2.6 L
29🇸🇷Suriname2.5 L
30🇩🇪Germany2.5 L
31🇬🇾Guyana2.5 L
32🇱🇷Liberia2.5 L
33🇪🇸Spain2.5 L
34🇮🇪Ireland2.4 L
35🇦🇩Andorra2.4 L
36🇱🇺Luxembourg2.4 L
37🇭🇹Haiti2.4 L
38🇿🇼Zimbabwe2.3 L
39🇨🇳China2.3 L
40🇫🇷France2.3 L
41🇨🇺Cuba2.2 L
42🇨🇦Canada2.2 L
43🇳🇮Nicaragua2.2 L
44🇲🇹Malta2.1 L
45🇬🇪Georgia2.1 L
46🇱🇰Sri Lanka2.1 L
47🇳🇵Nepal2 L
48🇵🇾Paraguay2 L
49🇩🇴Dominican Republic2 L
50🇯🇲Jamaica2 L
51🇵🇪Peru1.8 L
52🇩🇰Denmark1.8 L
53🇦🇲Armenia1.8 L
54🇨🇱Chile1.8 L
55🇦🇺Australia1.7 L
56🇦🇹Austria1.6 L
57🇭🇷Croatia1.6 L
58🇳🇿New Zealand1.6 L
59🇬🇷Greece1.6 L
60🇮🇸Iceland1.5 L
61🇨🇭Switzerland1.5 L
62🇸🇻El Salvador1.5 L
63🇳🇱Netherlands1.5 L
64🇨🇾Cyprus1.5 L
65🇨🇮Ivory Coast1.5 L
66🇺🇿Uzbekistan1.5 L
67🇧🇼Botswana1.4 L
68🇿🇦South Africa1.4 L
69🇸🇮Slovenia1.4 L
70🇵🇹Portugal1.3 L
71🇻🇪Venezuela1.3 L
72🇮🇱Israel1.3 L
73🇲🇲Myanmar1.2 L
74🇸🇪Sweden1.2 L
75🇯🇵Japan1.2 L
76🇳🇴Norway1.1 L
77🇦🇱Albania1.1 L
78🇭🇳Honduras1.1 L
79🇧🇪Belgium1 L
80🇦🇴Angola1 L
81🇫🇯Fiji1 L
82🇵🇦Panama1 L
83🇦🇷Argentina1 L
84🇫🇮Finland1 L
85🇧🇿Belize1 L
86🇺🇾Uruguay1 L
87🇲🇰North Macedonia1 L
88🇶🇦Qatar0.9 L
89🇻🇺Vanuatu0.9 L
90🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea0.9 L
91🇺🇦Ukraine0.9 L
92🇹🇲Turkmenistan0.9 L
93🇧🇭Bahrain0.8 L
94🇬🇹Guatemala0.8 L
95🇲🇻Maldives0.7 L
96🇨🇴Colombia0.7 L
97🇱🇧Lebanon0.7 L
98🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina0.6 L
99🇨🇻Cape Verde0.6 L
100🇪🇨Ecuador0.6 L
101🇲🇽Mexico0.6 L
102🇳🇦Namibia0.6 L
103🇹🇷Turkey0.6 L
104🇦🇿Azerbaijan0.5 L
105🇳🇬Nigeria0.5 L
106🇧🇴Bolivia0.5 L
107🇨🇲Cameroon0.5 L
108🇮🇹Italy0.5 L
109🇱🇸Lesotho0.5 L
110🇺🇬Uganda0.5 L
111🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau0.4 L
112🇨🇬Congo0.4 L
113🇹🇿Tanzania0.4 L
114🇿🇲Zambia0.4 L
115🇬🇦Gabon0.4 L
116🇹🇯Tajikistan0.4 L
117🇬🇭Ghana0.4 L
118🇮🇶Iraq0.4 L
119🇸🇬Singapore0.4 L
120🇰🇭Cambodia0.4 L
121🇧🇹Bhutan0.4 L
122🇨🇷Costa Rica0.3 L
123🇦🇪United Arab Emirates0.3 L
124🇰🇷South Korea0.3 L
125🇰🇪Kenya0.3 L
126🇴🇲Oman0.3 L
127🇷🇼Rwanda0.3 L
128🇵🇬Papua New Guinea0.3 L
129🇹🇬Togo0.2 L
130🇰🇲Comoros0.2 L
131🇲🇿Mozambique0.2 L
132🇻🇳Vietnam0.2 L
133🇩🇯Djibouti0.2 L
134🇧🇫Burkina Faso0.2 L
135🇯🇴Jordan0.2 L
136🇲🇼Malawi0.2 L
137🇪🇹Ethiopia0.2 L
138🇲🇾Malaysia0.1 L
139🇹🇳Tunisia0.1 L
140🇧🇯Benin0.1 L
141🇲🇦Morocco0.1 L
142🇲🇱Mali0.1 L
143🇸🇱Sierra Leone0.1 L
144🇩🇿Algeria0.1 L
145🇬🇳Guinea0.1 L
146🇸🇾Syria0.1 L
147🇧🇳Brunei0.1 L
148🇨🇩DR Congo0.1 L
149🇳🇪Niger0.1 L
150🇪🇬Egypt0 L
151🇰🇼Kuwait0 L
152🇲🇬Madagascar0 L
153🇵🇰Pakistan0 L
154🇮🇩Indonesia0 L
155🇸🇳Senegal0 L
156🇨🇫Central African Republic0 L
157🇦🇫Afghanistan0 L
158🇧🇩Bangladesh0 L
159🇧🇮Burundi0 L
160🇹🇩Chad0 L
161🇪🇷Eritrea0 L
162🇬🇲Gambia0 L
163🇮🇷Iran0 L
164🇱🇾Libya0 L
165🇲🇷Mauritania0 L
166🇸🇴Somalia0 L
167🇸🇩Sudan0 L
168🇾🇪Yemen0 L
Source: Our World in Data · 2022 · 168 countries ranked

Spirits consumption by country for every country, A to Z

All 168 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.

What this table covers

This table ranks the 168 countries that have a spirits consumption figure in Our World in Data's data (2022). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

Frequently asked questions

Which country drinks the most spirits?

The most spirits drunk per adult in the world: 1. Latvia (6 L), 2. Estonia (5.9 L), 3. Lithuania (5.4 L).

Which country drinks the fewest spirits?

The fewest spirits drunk in this table, tied: Yemen, Sudan and Somalia, all at 0 L.

Why do beer, wine and spirits not add up to the alcohol table?

Because the three named categories do not cover everything people drink. The total also carries the other-drinks category, which is where home-brewed and traditional fermented drinks land, and in several countries that category is large enough to change a country's position substantially. So the four tables are consistent in unit and method, but the three drinks are a subset rather than a partition of the total.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

168 countries have a published figure for spirits consumption, and all 168 are listed above. The source is Our World in Data (2022), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

The short version

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Other rankings in the atlas

This ranking in other languages: Consommation de spiritueux par pays · Consumo de licores por país · Spirituosenkonsum nach Land