Alcohol Consumption by Country

China held 50,568 thousand tonnes of listed alcoholic beverages food supply in 2023, 20.7 percent of a 244,285-thousand-tonne total that shrank in both windows. The single-year fall of 3.0 percent was broad, with Brazil, the United States, China, Vietnam and Mexico all declining while India added 9.0 percent. Over five years the total edged down 0.9 percent as India's and Uganda's gains offset falls in China, Vietnam and Brazil. Botswana leads per person at 184.06 kilograms per person per year.

China leads at 50,568 thousand tonnes, 1.78 times the United States at 28,388, with Brazil third at 15,701 and Russia fourth at 10,777. Per capita the order is European and African: Botswana at 184.06 kilograms from 457 thousand tonnes, then Luxembourg at 167.35 and the Czech Republic at 163.06 kilograms. China, first by total, records 35.55 kilograms per person.

Alcoholic Beverages Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed alcoholic beverages food supply in 2023 at 50,568 thousand tonnes.
• The United States ranked second at 28,388 thousand tonnes, followed by Brazil at 15,701 thousand tonnes.
• Botswana had the highest per-capita food supply at 184.06 kilograms per person per year.
• The listed total was 244,285 thousand tonnes across 175 reporters with reported values.
• Among 174 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed alcoholic beverages food supply decreased by 2,214 thousand tonnes, or 0.9 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually consumed.

Key Takeaways

The alcoholic beverages aggregate covers the beverage items in the FAO Food Balances classification recorded as food, principally wine, beer, fermented beverages and other alcoholic beverages. Alcohol recorded for non-food uses sits outside this total.

The single-year decline was shared across the largest reporters, with five of the top six falling. The five-year picture is flatter because India's rise of 1,102 thousand tonnes and Uganda's of 1,002 partly offset the combined falls of China, Vietnam and Brazil.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	50.57K	35.55
2	United States US	28.39K	82.65
3	Brazil BR	15.7K	74.36
4	Russia RU	10.78K	74.1
5	Germany DE	9.62K	113.76
6	Mexico MX	8.45K	65.12
7	France FR	6.85K	103.17
8	India IN	6.01K	4.18
9	United Kingdom GB	5.48K	79.71
10	Spain ES	5.14K	107.17
11	Italy IT	4.53K	76.12
12	South Africa ZA	4.02K	63.54
13	Poland PL	3.9K	100.55
14	Vietnam VN	3.35K	33.39
15	Uganda UG	3.12K	64.06
16	South Korea KR	3.11K	60.08
17	Tanzania TZ	3.04K	45.64
18	Thailand TH	2.87K	39.95
19	Nigeria NG	2.82K	12.38
20	Argentina AR	2.69K	59.09
21	Colombia CO	2.56K	48.87
22	Canada CA	2.47K	62.81
23	Philippines PH	2.45K	21.36
24	Australia AU	2.41K	91.16
25	Ethiopia ET	2.08K	16.18
26	Romania RO	2.05K	107.08
27	Angola AO	1.96K	53.21
28	Burkina Faso BF	1.86K	80.87
29	Cameroon CM	1.82K	64.25
30	Czech Republic CZ	1.76K	163.06
31	Chile CL	1.76K	89.6
32	Ukraine UA	1.73K	45.74
33	Peru PE	1.68K	49.64
34	Belgium BE	1.48K	126.25
35	Cambodia KH	1.43K	81.98
36	Netherlands NL	1.36K	74.9
37	Türkiye TR	1.35K	15.51
38	Portugal PT	1.32K	126.73
39	Austria AT	1.21K	132.16
40	DR Congo CD	1.08K	10.21
41	Kenya KE	1.04K	18.79
42	Hungary HU	971	100.29
43	Taiwan TW	895	38.39
44	Kazakhstan KZ	823	40.47
45	Rwanda RW	820	58.8
46	Ghana GH	798	23.63
47	Sweden SE	790	74.85
48	Switzerland CH	769	86.73
49	Ecuador EC	739	41.08
50	Zambia ZM	687	33.15
51	Ivory Coast CI	677	21.72
52	Ireland IE	669	128.81
53	Belarus BY	655	71.85
54	Dominican Republic DO	645	56.95
55	Denmark DK	589	98.96
56	Venezuela VE	574	20.28
57	Bulgaria BG	552	81.27
58	Serbia RS	542	79.99
59	Paraguay PY	539	78.81
60	Greece GR	479	46.76
61	Slovakia SK	461	83.52
62	Botswana BW	457	184.06
63	Norway NO	438	79.37
64	Malawi MW	436	20.68
65	Bolivia BO	417	34.05
66	Finland FI	414	73.97
67	Mozambique MZ	406	12.07
68	Croatia HR	393	100.91
69	Zimbabwe ZW	381	23.3
70	Uzbekistan UZ	378	10.61
71	New Zealand NZ	377	72.91
72	Lithuania LT	373	130.62
73	Indonesia ID	368	1.31
74	Congo CG	355	57.42
75	Guatemala GT	352	19.44
76	Panama PA	331	74.14
77	Honduras HN	316	29.65
78	Nepal NP	304	10.24
79	Israel IL	289	31.22
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	288	90.36
81	Namibia NA	263	88.79
82	Uruguay UY	259	76.52
83	Myanmar MM	237	4.39
84	Tunisia TN	231	18.91
85	Costa Rica CR	229	44.84
86	Slovenia SI	226	106.8
87	Hong Kong HK	194	26.02
88	Gabon GA	190	76.6
89	Latvia LV	189	100.44
90	El Salvador SV	181	28.68
91	Mongolia MN	174	50.71
92	Malaysia MY	167	4.77
93	Georgia GE	162	42.65
94	Morocco MA	155	4.11
95	Madagascar MG	153	4.89
96	Algeria DZ	152	3.29
97	Azerbaijan AZ	147	14.26
98	Estonia EE	147	107.65
99	Haiti HT	146	12.54
100	Moldova MD	141	55.03
101	Sri Lanka LK	128	5.55
102	Albania AL	123	43.9
103	Nicaragua NI	122	17.88
104	Eswatini SZ	111	90.01
105	Luxembourg LU	111	167.35
106	Egypt EG	96	0.84
107	Iran IR	91	1
108	Kyrgyzstan KG	89	12.6
109	Laos LA	89	11.63
110	North Macedonia MK	81	44.36
111	Iraq IQ	80	2.07
112	Papua New Guinea PG	76	7.31
113	Trinidad and Tobago TT	66	43.76
114	Lesotho LS	65	28.24
115	Cyprus CY	64	47.54
116	Guinea-Bissau GW	60	27.74
117	Montenegro ME	58	91.66
118	Turkmenistan TM	55	7.47
119	Mauritius MU	52	40.91
120	Lebanon LB	51	8.87
121	Guinea GN	48	3.36
122	Armenia AM	46	15.46
123	Liberia LR	46	8.33
124	Bhutan BT	45	57.45
125	Jamaica JM	45	15.81
126	Guyana GY	42	51.17
127	Tajikistan TJ	42	4.04
128	Senegal SN	41	2.29
129	Malta MT	36	66.72
130	Bahrain BH	34	21.61
131	Iceland IS	32	82.02
132	Jordan JO	29	2.51
133	Macau MO	29	41.28
134	Bahamas BS	27	67.9
135	Fiji FJ	23	24.71
136	Belize BZ	21	50.17
137	Sierra Leone SL	21	2.52
138	Cape Verde CV	20	37.83
139	Suriname SR	20	31.34
140	Gambia GM	19	7.06
141	New Caledonia NC	17	57.72
142	Saint Lucia LC	16	90.94
143	French Polynesia PF	15	54.44
144	Oman OM	15	2.94
145	Barbados BB	14	50.09
146	Niger NE	14	0.54
147	Pakistan PK	12	0.05
148	Qatar QA	12	3.92
149	Seychelles SC	12	92.54
150	Samoa WS	8	39.07
151	Syria SY	8	0.32
152	Solomon Islands SB	7	8.76
153	Grenada GD	6	51.78
154	Timor-Leste TL	6	4.32
155	Antigua and Barbuda AG	5	49.53
156	Maldives MV	5	9.89
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	5	46.27
158	Sao Tome and Principe ST	5	22.32
159	Vanuatu VU	3	9.52
160	Bangladesh BD	2	0.01
161	Djibouti DJ	2	1.59
162	Kiribati KI	2	12.59
163	Micronesia FM	2	14.52
164	Tonga TO	2	17.8
165	Comoros KM	1	1.42
166	Marshall Islands MH	1	15.96
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	1	21.04
168	Afghanistan AF	0	0.01
169	Kuwait KW	0	0
170	Libya LY	0	0.02
171	Mauritania MR	0	0.02
172	Nauru NR	0	12.84
173	Tuvalu TV	0	24.07
174	United Arab Emirates AE	0	0
175	Yemen YE	0	0.01

China Holds 20.7 Percent of a Shrinking 244,285-Thousand-Tonne Table

The 2023 table is led by China at 50,568 thousand tonnes, with the United States second at 28,388 and Brazil third at 15,701. Russia and Germany complete the top five at 10,777 and 9,618 thousand tonnes, respectively. China holds 20.7 percent of the 244,285-thousand-tonne listed total.

The top three reporters accounted for 38.7 percent of the listed total, the top five 47.1 percent and the top ten 60.2 percent. Per capita, Botswana's 184.06 kilograms per person per year from 457 thousand tonnes lead Luxembourg at 167.35 kilograms, while India, eighth by total, records 4.18 kilograms.

Brazil Leads Broad Declines in a 3.0 Percent Annual Fall

Among the 175 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply decreased from 251,785 thousand tonnes to 244,285 thousand tonnes, a decline of 7,500 thousand tonnes (3.0 percent). The two years share the same 175 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Brazil fell 1,731 thousand tonnes (down 9.9 percent), the United States fell 1,152 thousand tonnes (down 3.9 percent), China fell 1,056 thousand tonnes (down 2.0 percent), Vietnam fell 803 thousand tonnes (down 19.3 percent), Mexico fell 776 thousand tonnes (down 8.4 percent), Australia fell 443 thousand tonnes (down 15.5 percent) and South Korea fell 357 thousand tonnes (down 10.3 percent), while India added 497 thousand tonnes (up 9.0 percent).

India's gain runs against the broad decline: among the eight largest absolute movers, it is the only one that grew. Five of the top six reporters by total declined, so the 3.0 percent fall describes a broad retreat rather than a single country's movement.

India and Uganda Offset China, Vietnam and Brazil in a 0.9 Percent Five-Year Dip

For the 174 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 246,499 thousand tonnes to 244,285 thousand tonnes, a decline of 2,214 thousand tonnes (0.9 percent). The 2019 total includes 175 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 175; Cuba, with 295 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value, and the United Arab Emirates entered with a reported 2023 value of zero. China fell 2,112 thousand tonnes (down 4.0 percent), Vietnam fell 1,536 thousand tonnes (down 31.4 percent), Brazil fell 1,100 thousand tonnes (down 6.5 percent), Mexico fell 621 thousand tonnes (down 6.8 percent) and the Philippines fell 491 thousand tonnes (down 16.7 percent), while India added 1,102 thousand tonnes (up 22.5 percent), Uganda added 1,002 thousand tonnes (up 47.4 percent) and Russia added 603 thousand tonnes (up 5.9 percent).

Uganda's climb from 2,115 to 3,117 thousand tonnes and India's from 4,907 to 6,009 are the two largest absolute gains in the window. Vietnam's fall from 4,886 to 3,350 thousand tonnes (down 31.4 percent) is the steepest proportional decline among the five largest absolute declines highlighted above.

What Does the Alcoholic Beverages Food Supply Measure?

The numbers in this article come from the Alcoholic Beverages item in the FAO Food Balances, measured under the Food element as food available for human consumption during the reference year. A combined beverages total of this kind should not be read as an estimate of what people actually consumed. The aggregate sums wine, beer, fermented beverages and other alcoholic beverages recorded as food; alcohol recorded for non-food uses is treated separately.

The per-capita measure converts the reported food supply into kilograms available per person during the year. It offers a population-adjusted view of the same item, which is why alcoholic beverages look concentrated in populous countries by total but in Botswana and small European reporters per person.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	52.68K	37.01	48.66K	34.12	50.67K	35.52	51.62K	36.22	50.57K	35.55
2	United States	28.84K	85.37	28.39K	83.64	28.87K	84.86	29.54K	86.49	28.39K	82.65
3	Brazil	16.8K	80.99	13.91K	66.66	17.57K	83.82	17.43K	82.89	15.7K	74.36
4	Russia	10.17K	69.43	10.35K	70.68	10.71K	73.42	10.53K	72.31	10.78K	74.1
5	Germany	9.35K	111.94	9.98K	119.3	9.66K	115.39	9.95K	118.36	9.62K	113.76
6	Mexico	9.07K	72.11	8.84K	69.71	10.02K	78.52	9.22K	71.72	8.45K	65.12
7	France	6.44K	97.93	6.58K	99.82	5.74K	86.86	6.76K	102	6.85K	103.17
8	India	4.91K	3.53	4.04K	2.88	4.92K	3.48	5.51K	3.87	6.01K	4.18
9	United Kingdom	5.87K	87.45	5.48K	81.36	6.07K	89.74	5.68K	83.32	5.48K	79.71
10	Spain	5.14K	108.36	5.02K	105.23	4.77K	99.87	5.31K	111.11	5.14K	107.17
11	Italy	4.33K	72.03	4.46K	74.5	4.62K	77.36	4.7K	78.89	4.53K	76.12
12	South Africa	3.85K	64.53	3.62K	59.75	4.01K	65.24	4.04K	64.81	4.02K	63.54
13	Poland	4.3K	112.5	4.02K	105.42	3.94K	103.67	3.96K	103.05	3.9K	100.55
14	Vietnam	4.89K	50.28	4.27K	43.56	4.45K	44.99	4.15K	41.66	3.35K	33.39
15	Uganda	2.12K	49.18	2.74K	61.61	3.17K	69.06	3.32K	70.25	3.12K	64.06
16	South Korea	3.56K	68.74	3.56K	68.62	3.2K	61.62	3.47K	66.94	3.11K	60.08
17	Tanzania	3.27K	55.29	3.57K	58.48	3.74K	59.45	3.26K	50.34	3.04K	45.64
18	Thailand	2.87K	40.18	2.84K	39.67	2.7K	37.57	3.05K	42.51	2.87K	39.95
19	Nigeria	2.62K	12.51	2.98K	13.9	2.92K	13.38	2.97K	13.3	2.82K	12.38
20	Argentina	3K	66.74	2.52K	55.8	2.89K	63.73	2.91K	63.99	2.69K	59.09
21	Colombia	2.17K	43.55	2.12K	41.92	2.65K	51.82	2.58K	49.79	2.56K	48.87
22	Canada	2.68K	70.95	2.7K	70.74	2.67K	69.4	2.47K	63.69	2.47K	62.81
23	Philippines	2.95K	26.58	2.08K	18.58	2.16K	19.12	2.42K	21.26	2.45K	21.36
24	Australia	2.49K	97.62	2.61K	101.2	2.91K	112.19	2.85K	108.93	2.41K	91.16
25	Ethiopia	2.21K	19.13	1.92K	16.14	2.18K	17.85	1.89K	15.11	2.08K	16.18
26	Romania	2.22K	113.88	2.18K	112.64	2.38K	123.41	2.24K	116.6	2.05K	107.08
27	Angola	1.85K	57.09	1.72K	51.35	1.88K	54.47	2.01K	56.28	1.96K	53.21
28	Burkina Faso	1.64K	78.04	1.61K	74.92	1.93K	87.88	1.94K	86.33	1.86K	80.87
29	Cameroon	2.15K	84.1	1.44K	54.97	1.71K	63.63	1.83K	66.34	1.82K	64.25
30	Czech Republic	1.91K	180.85	1.79K	169.94	1.73K	164.3	1.78K	166.49	1.76K	163.06
31	Chile	1.43K	74.65	1.3K	67.26	1.72K	88.22	1.84K	94.07	1.76K	89.6
32	Ukraine	2.18K	48.52	2.16K	48.23	2.11K	47.53	1.65K	40.18	1.73K	45.74
33	Peru	1.64K	50.68	1.54K	46.82	1.64K	49.44	1.73K	51.71	1.68K	49.64
34	Belgium	1.31K	113.59	1.13K	97.91	1.19K	102.47	1.14K	97.52	1.48K	126.25
35	Cambodia	1.24K	75.06	1.42K	85.12	1.42K	83.42	1.26K	73.49	1.43K	81.98
36	Netherlands	1.55K	88.58	1.26K	71.24	1.25K	70.31	1.34K	74.59	1.36K	74.9
37	Türkiye	1.02K	11.99	1.28K	14.81	1.13K	13.04	1.2K	13.77	1.35K	15.51
38	Portugal	1.13K	109.04	1.09K	105.32	1.15K	110.66	1.29K	123.37	1.32K	126.73
39	Austria	1.21K	136.2	1.19K	132.86	1.22K	135.7	1.22K	134.35	1.21K	132.16
40	DR Congo	940	10.12	899	9.37	957	9.66	1.08K	10.54	1.08K	10.21
41	Kenya	1.01K	19.73	815	15.61	766	14.4	1.03K	18.93	1.04K	18.79
42	Hungary	1.01K	103.05	958	98.24	984	101.33	1.01K	104.39	971	100.29
43	Taiwan	852	35.97	852	36.02	883	37.48	892	38.07	895	38.39
44	Kazakhstan	831	43.25	829	42.56	818	41.45	915	45.69	823	40.47
45	Rwanda	767	60.03	805	61.63	840	62.92	816	59.76	820	58.8
46	Ghana	680	21.77	677	21.23	684	21.03	780	23.53	798	23.63
47	Sweden	772	75.08	787	75.99	782	75.03	771	73.5	790	74.85
48	Switzerland	791	92.25	764	88.39	738	84.77	795	90.38	769	86.73
49	Ecuador	675	38.91	653	37.21	682	38.58	739	41.46	739	41.08
50	Zambia	609	32.88	707	37.11	596	30.38	587	29.12	687	33.15
51	Ivory Coast	483	17.12	492	17	547	18.47	643	21.17	677	21.72
52	Ireland	718	145.5	756	151.71	506	100.53	717	140.33	669	128.81
53	Belarus	745	78.95	770	82.35	756	81.73	766	83.46	655	71.85
54	Dominican Republic	602	55.3	578	52.54	693	62.34	702	62.48	645	56.95
55	Denmark	530	91.07	541	92.75	537	91.75	574	97.17	589	98.96
56	Venezuela	247	8.52	225	7.9	394	13.97	589	20.89	574	20.28
57	Bulgaria	618	88.63	600	86.47	592	86.05	609	89.19	552	81.27
58	Serbia	556	79.86	533	77.18	543	79.49	554	81.6	542	79.99
59	Paraguay	523	80.21	519	78.55	548	81.99	542	80.22	539	78.81
60	Greece	605	56.44	499	46.64	546	51.57	560	53.75	479	46.76
61	Slovakia	435	79.84	459	84.18	430	79.08	488	89.25	461	83.52
62	Botswana	364	155.94	295	124.49	372	154.88	436	178.66	457	184.06
63	Norway	365	68.27	401	74.58	440	81.34	407	74.57	438	79.37
64	Malawi	324	17.02	396	20.26	418	20.83	431	20.96	436	20.68
65	Bolivia	425	36.45	415	35.11	399	33.42	403	33.38	417	34.05
66	Finland	485	87.77	499	90.27	489	88.21	477	85.63	414	73.97
67	Mozambique	405	13.54	411	13.37	408	12.88	461	14.11	406	12.07
68	Croatia	448	112.42	415	105.02	439	111.84	410	104.96	393	100.91
69	Zimbabwe	394	25.78	415	26.72	431	27.26	412	25.61	381	23.3
70	Uzbekistan	304	9.21	342	10.19	362	10.56	483	13.82	378	10.61
71	New Zealand	360	72.16	345	67.98	334	65.44	398	77.49	377	72.91
72	Lithuania	283	101.29	272	97.41	343	122.78	333	118.24	373	130.62
73	Indonesia	261	0.96	233	0.85	309	1.12	364	1.31	368	1.31
74	Congo	308	54.87	297	51.6	324	54.91	349	57.81	355	57.42
75	Guatemala	306	17.9	366	21.06	342	19.43	386	21.62	352	19.44
76	Panama	353	83.35	272	63.35	363	83.47	371	84.34	331	74.14
77	Honduras	253	25.4	273	26.99	344	33.48	330	31.55	316	29.65
78	Nepal	159	5.61	245	8.47	256	8.69	304	10.23	304	10.24
79	Israel	212	24.52	214	24.36	284	31.75	290	31.81	289	31.22
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	300	89.63	289	87.73	302	92.93	303	94.44	288	90.36
81	Namibia	206	77.85	223	81.76	186	66.01	249	86.23	263	88.79
82	Uruguay	202	59.51	212	62.23	226	66.51	238	70.06	259	76.52
83	Myanmar	203	3.86	164	3.08	197	3.68	210	3.9	237	4.39
84	Tunisia	166	13.96	211	17.61	226	18.76	238	19.66	231	18.91
85	Costa Rica	114	22.73	245	48.59	250	49.5	247	48.65	229	44.84
86	Slovenia	197	94.5	177	84.25	182	85.93	204	96.4	226	106.8
87	Hong Kong	214	28.65	215	28.71	223	29.83	205	27.43	194	26.02
88	Gabon	177	77.86	191	82.21	192	80.78	193	79.44	190	76.6
89	Latvia	200	104.65	186	97.59	172	91.43	184	97.69	189	100.44
90	El Salvador	135	21.67	124	19.85	151	24.12	192	30.64	181	28.68
91	Mongolia	131	40.4	130	39.63	164	49.02	175	51.77	174	50.71
92	Malaysia	298	8.92	261	7.7	178	5.21	182	5.23	167	4.77
93	Georgia	175	46.03	136	35.95	145	38.31	154	40.64	162	42.65
94	Morocco	145	4.01	125	3.43	135	3.66	156	4.17	155	4.11
95	Madagascar	174	6.15	173	5.99	154	5.19	145	4.78	153	4.89
96	Algeria	182	4.2	144	3.27	195	4.35	158	3.47	152	3.29
97	Azerbaijan	183	18.1	192	18.81	179	17.53	173	16.85	147	14.26
98	Estonia	134	100.77	136	102	143	107.29	142	104.83	147	107.65
99	Haiti	171	15.38	149	13.25	153	13.48	150	13.06	146	12.54
100	Moldova	162	62.03	172	66.89	174	69.08	160	62.98	141	55.03
101	Sri Lanka	159	7.1	124	5.5	115	5.05	120	5.24	128	5.55
102	Albania	103	35.68	93	32.5	91	32	120	42.32	123	43.9
103	Nicaragua	101	15.63	158	24.04	121	18.22	110	16.41	122	17.88
104	Eswatini	111	94.24	102	85.14	112	92.95	107	87.97	111	90.01
105	Luxembourg	100	160.99	99	156.47	110	171.58	107	163.32	111	167.35
106	Egypt	126	1.17	90	0.83	92	0.83	97	0.86	96	0.84
107	Iran	72	0.82	43	0.49	101	1.15	91	1.02	91	1
108	Kyrgyzstan	68	10.51	51	7.69	58	8.49	72	10.29	89	12.6
109	Laos	76	10.51	70	9.5	82	10.98	77	10.15	89	11.63
110	North Macedonia	87	45.78	86	45.69	98	52.85	85	46.06	81	44.36
111	Iraq	69	1.94	81	2.23	83	2.26	101	2.66	80	2.07
112	Papua New Guinea	97	10.12	87	8.83	67	6.71	74	7.29	76	7.31
113	Trinidad and Tobago	72	48.23	72	48.28	73	48.87	62	41.18	66	43.76
114	Lesotho	80	36.36	62	27.56	67	29.52	89	39.11	65	28.24
115	Cyprus	69	53.27	54	41.71	60	45.45	65	48.91	64	47.54
116	Guinea-Bissau	55	27.89	51	25.52	58	28.38	65	31.03	60	27.74
117	Montenegro	56	90.95	54	88.55	55	90.42	58	93.94	58	91.66
118	Turkmenistan	52	7.67	54	7.72	58	8.18	55	7.66	55	7.47
119	Mauritius	52	40.7	48	37.37	47	37.1	53	41.8	52	40.91
120	Lebanon	53	9.15	34	6.02	51	8.91	47	8.11	51	8.87
121	Guinea	32	2.48	42	3.11	46	3.33	39	2.75	48	3.36
122	Armenia	41	14.15	38	13.21	44	15.4	40	13.73	46	15.46
123	Liberia	44	8.67	45	8.73	47	9.02	44	8.19	46	8.33
124	Bhutan	49	63.73	48	62.46	24	31.03	27	34.12	45	57.45
125	Jamaica	84	29.84	78	27.51	21	7.44	28	9.69	45	15.81
126	Guyana	31	38.37	27	33.01	36	44.74	40	49.25	42	51.17
127	Tajikistan	43	4.54	42	4.33	39	3.89	40	3.92	42	4.04
128	Senegal	42	2.59	36	2.14	41	2.39	39	2.19	41	2.29
129	Malta	33	65.07	28	54.79	30	58.07	35	65.73	36	66.72
130	Bahrain	31	21.18	30	19.98	29	19.15	34	22.13	34	21.61
131	Iceland	34	94.07	34	93.69	29	78.16	31	82.12	32	82.02
132	Jordan	13	1.22	12	1.12	12	1.12	23	2.06	29	2.51
133	Macau	26	39.39	23	33.07	24	34.02	28	39.19	29	41.28
134	Bahamas	11	28.05	11	26.62	13	32.38	27	67.39	27	67.9
135	Fiji	24	26.59	23	24.88	18	19.41	20	21.56	23	24.71
136	Belize	23	58.59	21	54.84	22	56.19	21	50.94	21	50.17
137	Sierra Leone	41	5.33	29	3.61	31	3.8	22	2.65	21	2.52
138	Cape Verde	20	39.49	19	36.8	18	34.67	17	32.39	20	37.83
139	Suriname	29	48.42	29	47.18	29	46.32	24	37.94	20	31.34
140	Gambia	24	9.6	22	8.89	17	6.59	17	6.42	19	7.06
141	New Caledonia	18	64.08	18	63.44	17	59.61	17	59.14	17	57.72
142	Saint Lucia	12	70.09	14	77.19	12	69.66	15	83.58	16	90.94
143	French Polynesia	18	62.98	16	55.61	17	60.64	16	56.44	15	54.44
144	Oman	30	6.44	17	3.82	23	5.22	28	5.89	15	2.94
145	Barbados	12	44.26	12	41.77	12	42.83	13	45.98	14	50.09
146	Niger	14	0.6	17	0.74	9	0.38	11	0.44	14	0.54
147	Pakistan	46	0.2	43	0.18	12	0.05	12	0.05	12	0.05
148	Qatar	16	5.84	14	4.93	18	6.32	25	8.58	12	3.92
149	Seychelles	12	101.55	11	87.49	10	83.3	9	73.48	12	92.54
150	Samoa	8	39.36	4	19.12	6	29.28	4	19.85	8	39.07
151	Syria	13	0.64	11	0.51	9	0.44	8	0.37	8	0.32
152	Solomon Islands	7	10.2	7	9.63	7	8.85	7	8.64	7	8.76
153	Grenada	4	37.56	4	35.78	4	32.23	6	55.11	6	51.78
154	Timor-Leste	1	0.97	1	0.96	1	1.11	6	4.57	6	4.32
155	Antigua and Barbuda	5	49.69	5	53.07	4	42.37	5	52.54	5	49.53
156	Maldives	4	8.74	3	6.86	6	10.71	6	10.83	5	9.89
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4	41.02	4	39.06	4	40.47	4	43.04	5	46.27
158	Sao Tome and Principe	6	29.23	6	29.85	6	27.58	6	25.09	5	22.32
159	Vanuatu	2	5.43	1	3.71	1	3.92	2	5.21	3	9.52
160	Bangladesh	5	0.03	3	0.02	4	0.02	2	0.01	2	0.01
161	Djibouti	2	1.77	3	2.5	3	2.36	3	2.52	2	1.59
162	Kiribati	0	3.84	1	8.82	2	14.07	1	6.1	2	12.59
163	Micronesia	2	15.36	2	15.24	2	14.22	1	12.2	2	14.52
164	Tonga	1	10.15	1	14.16	2	14.91	2	17.92	2	17.8
165	Comoros	1	1.11	1	1.21	1	1.23	1	1.21	1	1.42
166	Marshall Islands	1	12.41	1	12.77	1	16.44	1	13.45	1	15.96
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	26.03	2	32.55	1	28.91	1	23.11	1	21.04
168	Afghanistan	1	0.03	1	0.02	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.01
169	Kuwait	0	0.11	2	0.51	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0
170	Libya	1	0.09	1	0.15	0	0.05	0	0.02	0	0.02
171	Mauritania	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.02
172	Nauru	0	4.29	0	4.56	0	6.69	0	5.96	0	12.84
173	Tuvalu	0	13.43	0	12.66	0	17.31	0	19.47	0	24.07
174	United Arab Emirates	-	-	51	5.41	53	5.42	0	0.01	0	0
175	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
176	Cuba	295	26.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alcohol Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed alcoholic beverages food supply among the 175 reporters with reported values, at 50,568 thousand tonnes. The United States ranked second at 28,388 thousand tonnes, while Brazil ranked third at 15,701 thousand tonnes. Botswana had the highest per-capita alcoholic beverages food supply at 184.06 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of alcoholic beverages actually consumed.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Alcoholic Beverages from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually consumed, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 176 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities are shown in thousand tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The listed total of 244,285 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 175 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value. This article covers the alcoholic beverages aggregate; wine, beer and other beverage items are treated in separate articles.