Culture > Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually in the form of spirits, by population above 14 years of age (excludes illegally produced spirits).
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 9.57 | 2005 | |
| 2 | Estonia | 9.19 | 2005 | |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 8.21 | 2005 | |
| 4 | Grenada | 7.15 | 2005 | |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.08 | 2005 | |
| 6 | Russia | 6.88 | 2005 | |
| 7 | Dominica | 6.69 | 2005 | |
| 8 | Latvia | 6.24 | 2005 | |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6 | 2005 | |
| 10 | Guyana | 5.7 | 2005 | |
| 11 | Slovakia | 5.4 | 2005 | |
| 12 | The Bahamas | 5.27 | 2005 | |
| 13 | Ukraine | 5.21 | 2005 | |
| 14 | Haiti | 5.2 | 2005 | |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.04 | 2005 | |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 4.88 | 2005 | |
| 17 | Thailand | 4.69 | 2005 | |
| 18 | Lithuania | 4.5 | 2005 | |
| 19 | Moldova | 4.42 | 2005 | |
| 20 | Laos | 4.35 | 2005 | |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 4.19 | 2005 | |
| 22 | Romania | 4.14 | 2005 | |
| 23 | Belarus | 4.08 | 2005 | |
| 24 | Barbados | 3.78 | 2005 | |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 3.59 | 2005 | |
| 26 | Cook Islands | 3.45 | 2005 | |
| 27 | Serbia | 3.42 | 2005 | |
| 28 | Japan | 3.37 | 2005 | |
| 29 | Suriname | 3.26 | 2005 | |
| =30 | Liberia | 3.16 | 2005 | |
| =30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.16 | 2005 | |
| 32 | Andorra | 3.14 | 2005 | |
| 33 | Hungary | 3.02 | 2005 | |
| 34 | Poland | 2.97 | 2005 | |
| =35 | Niue | 2.95 | 2005 | |
| =35 | Cyprus | 2.95 | 2005 | |
| 37 | Cuba | 2.94 | 2005 | |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 2.92 | 2005 | |
| 39 | Philippines | 2.91 | 2005 | |
| 40 | Finland | 2.82 | 2005 | |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.78 | 2005 | |
| 42 | United States | 2.65 | 2005 | |
| 43 | France | 2.62 | 2005 | |
| 44 | Georgia | 2.56 | 2005 | |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 2.55 | 2005 | |
| =46 | Ireland | 2.51 | 2005 | |
| =46 | China | 2.51 | 2005 | |
| 48 | Brazil | 2.49 | 2005 | |
| 49 | United Kingdom | 2.41 | 2005 | |
| 50 | Greece | 2.38 | 2005 | |
| =51 | Albania | 2.3 | 2005 | |
| =51 | Germany | 2.3 | 2005 | |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.26 | 2005 | |
| 54 | Chile | 2.16 | 2005 | |
| =55 | Canada | 2.1 | 2005 | |
| =55 | Palau | 2.1 | 2005 | |
| 57 | Republic of Macedonia | 2.08 | 2005 | |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 2 | 2005 | |
| =59 | Panama | 1.91 | 2005 | |
| =59 | Croatia | 1.91 | 2005 | |
| 61 | Honduras | 1.87 | 2005 | |
| 62 | Malta | 1.86 | 2005 | |
| =63 | Jamaica | 1.8 | 2005 | |
| =63 | Switzerland | 1.8 | 2005 | |
| =65 | Belize | 1.78 | 2005 | |
| =65 | Denmark | 1.78 | 2005 | |
| 67 | Paraguay | 1.77 | 2005 | |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 1.71 | 2005 | |
| =69 | Ecuador | 1.69 | 2005 | |
| =69 | Gabon | 1.69 | 2005 | |
| 71 | Venezuela | 1.65 | 2005 | |
| 72 | Austria | 1.6 | 2005 | |
| 73 | Seychelles | 1.59 | 2005 | |
| 74 | El Salvador | 1.57 | 2005 | |
| 75 | Netherlands | 1.56 | 2005 | |
| 76 | Colombia | 1.44 | 2005 | |
| 77 | New Zealand | 1.37 | 2005 | |
| 78 | Puerto Rico | 1.35 | 2005 | |
| =79 | Slovenia | 1.33 | 2005 | |
| =79 | Iceland | 1.33 | 2005 | |
| 81 | Spain | 1.31 | 2005 | |
| =82 | Uzbekistan | 1.3 | 2005 | |
| =82 | Israel | 1.3 | 2005 | |
| =82 | Namibia | 1.3 | 2005 | |
| 85 | Norway | 1.28 | 2005 | |
| 86 | Portugal | 1.27 | 2005 | |
| 87 | Bahrain | 1.24 | 2005 | |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 1.22 | 2005 | |
| =89 | Cambodia | 1.21 | 2005 | |
| =89 | Uruguay | 1.21 | 2005 | |
| 91 | Guatemala | 1.2 | 2005 | |
| 92 | Australia | 1.16 | 2005 | |
| 93 | South Africa | 1.15 | 2005 | |
| 94 | Angola | 1.12 | 2005 | |
| 95 | Sweden | 1.1 | 2005 | |
| 96 | Mexico | 1.09 | 2005 | |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 0.97 | 2005 | |
| 98 | Papua New Guinea | 0.9 | 2005 | |
| 99 | Sudan | 0.79 | 2005 | |
| 100 | Lebanon | 0.78 | 2005 | |
| 101 | Qatar | 0.73 | 2005 | |
| 102 | Syria | 0.69 | 2005 | |
| 103 | Mongolia | 0.67 | 2005 | |
| 104 | Armenia | 0.65 | 2005 | |
| 105 | Tonga | 0.64 | 2005 | |
| 106 | Belgium | 0.62 | 2005 | |
| =107 | Bolivia | 0.61 | 2005 | |
| =107 | Peru | 0.61 | 2005 | |
| 109 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.6 | 2005 | |
| =110 | Tuvalu | 0.58 | 2005 | |
| =110 | Fiji | 0.58 | 2005 | |
| 112 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.53 | 2005 | |
| 113 | Argentina | 0.52 | 2005 | |
| 114 | Kenya | 0.51 | 2005 | |
| =115 | Turkey | 0.46 | 2005 | |
| =115 | Djibouti | 0.46 | 2005 | |
| =117 | Burkina Faso | 0.42 | 2005 | |
| =117 | Italy | 0.42 | 2005 | |
| =119 | Solomon Islands | 0.4 | 2005 | |
| =119 | Singapore | 0.4 | 2005 | |
| =121 | Mauritius | 0.39 | 2005 | |
| =121 | Oman | 0.39 | 2005 | |
| 123 | Jordan | 0.34 | 2005 | |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 0.33 | 2005 | |
| 125 | Madagascar | 0.32 | 2005 | |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 0.29 | 2005 | |
| =127 | Mozambique | 0.27 | 2005 | |
| =127 | Zambia | 0.27 | 2005 | |
| 129 | Eritrea | 0.25 | 2005 | |
| 130 | Samoa | 0.24 | 2005 | |
| 131 | Malawi | 0.22 | 2005 | |
| 132 | Vanuatu | 0.19 | 2005 | |
| 133 | Uganda | 0.18 | 2005 | |
| =134 | Swaziland | 0.15 | 2005 | |
| =134 | Tanzania | 0.15 | 2005 | |
| =134 | Benin | 0.15 | 2005 | |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 0.14 | 2005 | |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 0.13 | 2005 | |
| 139 | Republic of the Congo | 0.11 | 2005 | |
| 140 | Malaysia | 0.08 | 2005 | |
| =141 | Nepal | 0.07 | 2005 | |
| =141 | Iraq | 0.07 | 2005 | |
| =143 | Guinea | 0.06 | 2005 | |
| =143 | Morocco | 0.06 | 2005 | |
| =143 | Zimbabwe | 0.06 | 2005 | |
| =143 | Togo | 0.06 | 2005 | |
| =143 | Egypt | 0.06 | 2005 | |
| =148 | Saudi Arabia | 0.05 | 2005 | |
| =148 | India | 0.05 | 2005 | |
| =148 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.05 | 2005 | |
| =148 | Brunei | 0.05 | 2005 | |
| =152 | Gambia | 0.04 | 2005 | |
| =152 | Tunisia | 0.04 | 2005 | |
| =154 | Central African Republic | 0.03 | 2005 | |
| =154 | Ghana | 0.03 | 2005 | |
| =154 | Niger | 0.03 | 2005 | |
| =154 | Comoros | 0.03 | 2005 | |
| =158 | Nigeria | 0.02 | 2005 | |
| =158 | Sierra Leone | 0.02 | 2005 | |
| =158 | Vietnam | 0.02 | 2005 | |
| =158 | Chad | 0.02 | 2005 | |
| =158 | Kiribati | 0.02 | 2005 | |
| =158 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.02 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Afghanistan | 0.01 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Rwanda | 0.01 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Senegal | 0.01 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Mauritania | 0.01 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Lesotho | 0.01 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Mali | 0.01 | 2005 | |
| =164 | Burma | 0.01 | 2005 | |
| =171 | East Timor | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Cameroon | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Nauru | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Indonesia | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Libya | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Bangladesh | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Pakistan | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Yemen | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Somalia | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Iran | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Algeria | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Burundi | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Bhutan | 0.0 | 2005 | |
| =171 | Kuwait | 0.0 | 2005 |