Countries by Alcohol Consumption Per Capita 2020
About This Dataset
Countries by Alcohol Consumption Per Capita 2020
Countries ranked by alcohol consumption (litres per adult) in 2020, using World Bank figures for the 185 countries that reported that year. Romania leads on 16.80, ahead of Georgia (14.41) and Latvia (12.87). Measured in litres of pure alcohol per person aged 15 and over, including alcohol bought by visitors. Unrecorded home production is estimated separately and is not counted here.
Analysis
Romania (16.80), Georgia (14.41) and Latvia (12.87) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 16.80 down to 10.67, a spread of 6.13. Romania is 1.17 times Georgia, the country in second place. The chart shows the twenty highest of 185 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Romania leads in Alcohol Consumption (Litres per Adult) with 16.80 in 2020.
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Average Alcohol Consumption (Litres per Adult) in 2020: 12 · median: 11.
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Gap in 2020: Romania is 1.6× larger than Slovakia.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2020 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Alcohol Consumption (Litres per Adult)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2020.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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