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DEFINITION: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually in the form of “recorded alcohol” by the population above 14 years of age. The consumption of tourists is excluded for countries with more tourists per year than resident population. “Recorded alcohol” is taxed and within governmental control. It excludes alcohol that is homemade (legally or illegally), smuggled or obtained through cross-border shopping.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Czech Republic 14.97 2005
2 Andorra 14.08 2005
3 Estonia 13.77 2005
4 Ireland 13.39 2005
5 France 13.3 2005
6 Croatia 12.61 2005
7 Austria 12.6 2005
8 Portugal 12.45 2005
9 Hungary 12.27 2005
10 Slovenia 12.19 2005
11 Lithuania 12.03 2005
12 Luxembourg 12.01 2005
13 Germany 11.81 2005
14 South Korea 11.8 2005
15 United Kingdom 11.67 2005
16 Denmark 11.37 2005
17 Saint Lucia 11.35 2005
18 Romania 11.3 2005
19 Bulgaria 11.24 2005
20 Belarus 11.22 2005
21 Uganda 10.93 2005
22 Switzerland 10.56 2005
23 Slovakia 10.33 2005
24 Spain 10.22 2005
25 Armenia 10.05 2005
26 Russia 10 2005
27 Serbia 9.97 2005
28 Australia 9.89 2005
29 Grenada 9.85 2005
30 Nigeria 9.78 2005
31 Belgium 9.77 2005
32 Finland 9.72 2005
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.63 2005
34 Seychelles 9.59 2005
=35 Netherlands 9.55 2005
=35 Poland 9.55 2005
37 Latvia 9.5 2005
38 New Zealand 9.12 2005
39 Palau 9.1 2005
40 Greece 8.95 2005
41 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.93 2005
42 Niue 8.85 2005
43 United States 8.44 2005
44 Italy 8.33 2005
45 Cyprus 8.26 2005
46 Moldova 8.22 2005
47 The Bahamas 8.16 2005
48 Ukraine 8.1 2005
49 Argentina 8 2005
50 Japan 7.83 2005
51 Canada 7.77 2005
52 Guyana 7.5 2005
53 Dominica 7.34 2005
54 Gabon 7.32 2005
55 Azerbaijan 7.3 2005
56 Nepal 7.2 2005
57 South Africa 6.96 2005
58 Venezuela 6.83 2005
59 Rwanda 6.8 2005
60 Antigua and Barbuda 6.76 2005
61 Sierra Leone 6.72 2005
62 Sweden 6.7 2005
63 Chile 6.55 2005
64 Burundi 6.47 2005
65 Barbados 6.41 2005
66 Paraguay 6.38 2005
67 Thailand 6.37 2005
68 Norway 6.21 2005
69 Brazil 6.16 2005
70 Uruguay 6.14 2005
71 Kazakhstan 6.06 2005
72 Haiti 5.99 2005
73 Iceland 5.91 2005
74 Namibia 5.87 2005
75 Panama 5.85 2005
76 Trinidad and Tobago 5.78 2005
77 Dominican Republic 5.76 2005
78 Laos 5.73 2005
79 Swaziland 5.7 2005
80 Republic of Macedonia 5.61 2005
81 Puerto Rico 5.47 2005
82 Equatorial Guinea 5.31 2005
83 Suriname 5.19 2005
84 Belize 5.07 2005
85 Mexico 5.02 2005
86 Cameroon 4.97 2005
87 Botswana 4.96 2005
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.94 2005
89 Tanzania 4.75 2005
90 Albania 4.58 2005
91 Federated States of Micronesia 4.5 2005
=92 Burkina Faso 4.48 2005
=92 Cote d'Ivoire 4.48 2005
94 Cuba 4.41 2005
95 Philippines 4.38 2005
96 China 4.21 2005
97 Colombia 4.17 2005
98 Costa Rica 4.15 2005
99 Zimbabwe 4.08 2005
100 Ecuador 4.01 2005
101 Georgia 3.9 2005
102 Malta 3.85 2005
=103 Samoa 3.8 2005
=103 Angola 3.8 2005
105 Nicaragua 3.77 2005
106 Bahrain 3.56 2005
107 Jamaica 3.5 2005
108 Liberia 3.47 2005
109 Tonga 3.28 2005
110 Cook Islands 3.2 2005
111 Kyrgyzstan 3.19 2005
112 Honduras 3.08 2005
113 Peru 2.9 2005
114 Mauritius 2.72 2005
115 Bolivia 2.62 2005
116 El Salvador 2.61 2005
117 Guinea-Bissau 2.58 2005
118 Guatemala 2.43 2005
119 Gambia 2.4 2005
120 Israel 2.39 2005
121 Zambia 2.35 2005
=122 Turkmenistan 2.33 2005
=122 Nauru 2.33 2005
124 Cape Verde 2.06 2005
125 Republic of the Congo 2.04 2005
126 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.97 2005
127 Tuvalu 1.94 2005
128 Lesotho 1.9 2005
129 Cambodia 1.77 2005
130 Brunei 1.76 2005
131 Lebanon 1.73 2005
132 Kiribati 1.71 2005
133 Central African Republic 1.65 2005
=134 Uzbekistan 1.64 2005
=134 Kenya 1.64 2005
=136 Sudan 1.56 2005
=136 Mozambique 1.56 2005
138 Papua New Guinea 1.49 2005
139 Ghana 1.47 2005
140 Fiji 1.43 2005
=141 Turkey 1.37 2005
=141 Djibouti 1.37 2005
=143 Malawi 1.24 2005
=143 Mongolia 1.24 2005
145 Solomon Islands 1.16 2005
146 Benin 1.15 2005
147 Syria 1.13 2005
148 Tunisia 1.09 2005
149 Vietnam 1.07 2005
150 Togo 0.99 2005
151 Eritrea 0.94 2005
152 Qatar 0.85 2005
153 Madagascar 0.78 2005
154 Algeria 0.66 2005
155 Oman 0.64 2005
=156 India 0.55 2005
=156 Singapore 0.55 2005
158 Mali 0.54 2005
159 Ethiopia 0.52 2005
160 Malaysia 0.5 2005
161 Morocco 0.46 2005
162 Vanuatu 0.43 2005
163 Jordan 0.41 2005
164 Tajikistan 0.39 2005
165 Chad 0.38 2005
166 East Timor 0.36 2005
167 Sri Lanka 0.35 2005
168 United Arab Emirates 0.34 2005
169 Senegal 0.3 2005
170 Egypt 0.27 2005
=171 Guinea 0.26 2005
=171 Comoros 0.26 2005
173 Bhutan 0.22 2005
174 Iraq 0.2 2005
175 Burma 0.11 2005
176 Niger 0.09 2005
177 Indonesia 0.06 2005
178 Saudi Arabia 0.05 2005
179 Iran 0.02 2005
=180 Libya 0.01 2005
=180 Mauritania 0.01 2005
=180 Pakistan 0.01 2005
=183 Afghanistan 0.0 2005
=183 Bangladesh 0.0 2005
=183 Yemen 0.0 2005
=183 Somalia 0.0 2005
=183 Kuwait 0.0 2005

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