Countries by Alcohol Consumption Per Capita 2024
About This Dataset
Countries by Alcohol Consumption Per Capita 2024
Countries ranked by total alcohol consumption per person per year in litres of pure alcohol, according to WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health. Eastern European countries historically record the highest alcohol consumption per capita, while Islamic nations and South and Southeast Asia record the lowest.
Analysis
Moldova heads the table on 15.2, ahead of Czechia (14.4) and Latvia (13.2) in Alcohol Consumption (L pure alcohol/person) in 2024. 2.80 separates the highest figure (15.2) from the lowest (12.4). First and second are separated by 0.80, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 13.2 to 12.4.
Source:
World Health Organization
Key Findings
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Moldova leads in Alcohol Consumption (L pure alcohol/person) with 15.20 in 2024.
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Average Alcohol Consumption (L pure alcohol/person) in 2024: 13 · median: 13.
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Gap in 2024: Moldova is 1.2× larger than France.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Health Organization
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Alcohol Consumption (L pure alcohol/person)
- 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 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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