Countries by Spirits Consumption

Complete ranking of 189 countries • liters per capita • Updated 2026

Cook Islands leads all 189 countries in Spirits with a value of 6.52, while Yemen ranks last at 0. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.

What Spirits Measures

Spirits is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the Our World in Data. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Spirits across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0 (Yemen) to 6.52 (Cook Islands) — an infinitely large difference across 189 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries lead with 8 entries in the top 20, though representation spans multiple continents. Regional factors clearly play a role, but outliers from other parts of the world show that national policy and geography matter as much as continental trends.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 0.18 to 2.12. The overall spread from 0 to 6.52 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Cook Islands and Latvia are separated by only 14%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Oceania

Cook Islands

6.52

Europe

Latvia

5.70

Asia

Thailand

4.94

North America

Saint Lucia

4.56

Africa

Mauritius

4.19

South America

Brazil

1.96

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Spirits are Cook Islands (6.52), Latvia (5.70), Lithuania (5.07), Thailand (4.94), and Bulgaria (4.75). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, Yemen (0), Somalia (0), Saudi Arabia (0), Mauritania (0), and Kuwait (0) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from Our World in Data, covering 189 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

Full Rankings

Spirits Consumption ranking for 189 countries
				Percentile
1st	Cook Islands	6.52	Oceania	100%
2nd	Latvia	5.70	Europe	99%
3rd	Lithuania	5.07	Europe	99%
4th	Thailand	4.94	Asia	98%
5th	Bulgaria	4.75	Europe	98%
6th	Belarus	4.70	Europe	97%
7th	Estonia	4.59	Europe	97%
8th	Saint Lucia	4.56	North America	96%
9th	Poland	4.36	Europe	96%
10th	Mauritius	4.19	Africa	95%
11th	Barbados	4.12	North America	95%
12th	Slovakia	4.03	Europe	94%
13th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.99	North America	94%
14th	Grenada	3.78	North America	93%
15th	Hungary	3.70	Europe	93%
16th	United States	3.63	North America	92%
17th	Antigua and Barbuda	3.58	North America	92%
18th	Philippines	3.53	Asia	91%
19th	Mongolia	3.45	Asia	90%
20th	Seychelles	3.36	Africa	90%
21st	Dominica	3.35	North America	89%
22nd	Montenegro	3.22	Europe	89%
23rd	Russia	3.17	Europe	88%
24th	Ukraine	3.09	Europe	88%
25th	Laos	2.97	Asia	87%
26th	North Korea	2.87	Asia	87%
27th	Bahamas	2.72	North America	86%
28th	Kyrgyzstan	2.64	Asia	86%
29th	United Kingdom	2.56	Europe	85%
30th	Czechia	2.51	Europe	85%
31st	China	2.49	Asia	84%
32nd	Trinidad and Tobago	2.45	North America	84%
33rd	Sri Lanka	2.41	Asia	83%
34th	Cyprus	2.40	Europe	83%
35th	Cuba	2.38	North America	82%
36th	Suriname	2.37	North America	81%
37th	Serbia	2.37	Europe	81%
38th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.31	North America	80%
39th	Guyana	2.28	North America	80%
40th	Ireland	2.27	Europe	79%
41st	Haiti	2.27	North America	79%
42nd	India	2.25	Asia	78%
43rd	France	2.23	Europe	78%
44th	Niue	2.22	Oceania	77%
45th	Canada	2.17	North America	77%
46th	Luxembourg	2.17	Europe	76%
47th	Romania	2.13	Europe	76%
48th	Germany	2.12	Europe	75%
49th	Dominican Republic	2.10	North America	75%
50th	Georgia	2.06	Europe	74%
51st	Moldova	2.05	Europe	74%
52nd	Armenia	2.04	Europe	73%
53rd	Nicaragua	2.01	North America	72%
54th	Finland	2.01	Europe	72%
55th	Brazil	1.96	South America	71%
56th	Andorra	1.93	Europe	71%
57th	Malta	1.85	Europe	70%
58th	Paraguay	1.82	South America	70%
59th	Uzbekistan	1.82	Asia	69%
60th	Liberia	1.79	Africa	69%
61st	Switzerland	1.76	Europe	68%
62nd	Peru	1.76	South America	68%
63rd	Nauru	1.72	Oceania	67%
64th	New Zealand	1.67	Oceania	67%
65th	Austria	1.65	Europe	66%
66th	Spain	1.62	Europe	66%
67th	Chile	1.59	South America	65%
68th	Denmark	1.58	Europe	65%
69th	Australia	1.54	Oceania	64%
70th	United Arab Emirates	1.53	Asia	63%
71st	Jamaica	1.43	North America	63%
72nd	Croatia	1.38	Europe	62%
73rd	El Salvador	1.38	North America	62%
74th	Fiji	1.36	Oceania	61%
75th	Netherlands	1.29	Europe	61%
76th	Norway	1.23	Europe	60%
77th	Myanmar	1.22	Asia	60%
78th	Iceland	1.20	Europe	59%
79th	Slovenia	1.20	Europe	59%
80th	Albania	1.16	Europe	58%
81st	Equatorial Guinea	1.15	Africa	58%
82nd	Sweden	1.13	Europe	57%
83rd	Vanuatu	1.12	Oceania	57%
84th	Belgium	1.12	Europe	56%
85th	Kazakhstan	1.11	Asia	56%
86th	Angola	1.11	Africa	55%
87th	Greece	1.08	Europe	54%
88th	Japan	1.08	Asia	54%
89th	Israel	1.07	Asia	53%
90th	Honduras	1.07	North America	53%
91st	South Africa	1.07	Africa	52%
92nd	Cabo Verde	1.03	Africa	52%
93rd	Botswana	1.01	Africa	51%
94th	Venezuela	0.95	North America	51%
95th	Portugal	0.91	Europe	50%
96th	Azerbaijan	0.85	Europe	50%
97th	Turkmenistan	0.85	Asia	49%
98th	Panama	0.78	North America	49%
99th	Kenya	0.76	Africa	48%
100th	North Macedonia	0.73	Europe	48%
101st	Uruguay	0.70	South America	47%
102nd	Guatemala	0.67	North America	47%
103rd	Colombia	0.63	North America	46%
104th	Argentina	0.61	South America	46%
105th	Belize	0.58	North America	45%
106th	Bahrain	0.57	Asia	44%
107th	Qatar	0.57	Asia	44%
108th	Gabon	0.55	Africa	43%
109th	Congo	0.52	Africa	43%
110th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.51	Europe	42%
111st	Mexico	0.50	North America	42%
112nd	Micronesia	0.49	Oceania	41%
113rd	Guinea-Bissau	0.46	Africa	41%
114th	Maldives	0.46	Asia	40%
115th	Italy	0.46	Europe	40%
116th	Namibia	0.46	Africa	39%
117th	Bolivia	0.46	South America	39%
118th	Ecuador	0.45	South America	38%
119th	Nepal	0.45	Asia	38%
120th	Uganda	0.43	Africa	37%
121st	Lebanon	0.43	Asia	37%
122nd	Tajikistan	0.41	Asia	36%
123rd	Nigeria	0.41	Africa	35%
124th	Tanzania	0.39	Africa	35%
125th	Ghana	0.38	Africa	34%
126th	Cambodia	0.37	Asia	34%
127th	Turkey	0.37	Europe	33%
128th	Solomon Islands	0.35	Oceania	33%
129th	Costa Rica	0.34	North America	32%
130th	Zambia	0.33	Africa	32%
131st	Singapore	0.32	Asia	31%
132nd	Burkina Faso	0.28	Africa	31%
133rd	Papua New Guinea	0.27	Oceania	30%
134th	Lesotho	0.27	Africa	30%
135th	Tuvalu	0.26	Oceania	29%
136th	Malawi	0.24	Africa	29%
137th	Zimbabwe	0.21	Africa	28%
138th	Côte d'Ivoire	0.21	Africa	28%
139th	Togo	0.21	Africa	27%
140th	Benin	0.20	Africa	26%
141st	Mozambique	0.19	Africa	26%
142nd	Vietnam	0.18	Asia	25%
143rd	South Korea	0.17	Asia	25%
144th	Samoa	0.17	Oceania	24%
145th	Rwanda	0.16	Africa	24%
146th	Sao Tome and Principe	0.16	Africa	23%
147th	Jordan	0.15	Asia	23%
148th	Djibouti	0.15	Africa	22%
149th	Madagascar	0.15	Africa	22%
150th	Eswatini	0.14	Africa	21%
151st	Ethiopia	0.14	Africa	21%
152nd	Oman	0.14	Asia	20%
153rd	Kiribati	0.12	Oceania	20%
154th	Malaysia	0.11	Asia	19%
155th	Tonga	0.10	Oceania	19%
156th	Morocco	0.08	Africa	18%
157th	Tunisia	0.07	Africa	17%
158th	Algeria	0.07	Africa	17%
159th	Bangladesh	0.07	Asia	16%
160th	Comoros	0.06	Africa	16%
161st	Syria	0.06	Asia	15%
162nd	Congo, Democratic Republic	0.05	Africa	15%
163rd	Niger	0.05	Africa	14%
164th	Sierra Leone	0.04	Africa	14%
165th	Iraq	0.04	Asia	13%
166th	Egypt	0.04	Africa	13%
167th	Pakistan	0.03	Asia	12%
168th	Timor-Leste	0.03	Asia	12%
169th	Iran	0.02	Asia	11%
170th	Mali	0.02	Africa	11%
171st	Guinea	0.01	Africa	10%
172nd	Senegal	0.01	Africa	10%
173rd	Central African Republic	0.01	Africa	9%
174th	Cameroon	0.01	Africa	8%
175th	Gambia	0.01	Africa	8%
176th	Indonesia	0.01	Asia	7%
177th	Afghanistan	0.01	Asia	7%
178th	Sudan	0.00	Africa	6%
179th	Chad	0.00	Africa	6%
180th	Libya	0.00	Africa	5%
181st	Burundi	0.00	Africa	5%
182nd	Brunei	0	Asia	4%
183rd	Bhutan	0	Asia	4%
184th	Eritrea	0	Africa	3%
185th	Kuwait	0	Asia	3%
186th	Mauritania	0	Africa	2%
187th	Saudi Arabia	0	Asia	2%
188th	Somalia	0	Africa	1%
189th	Yemen	0	Asia	1%