Table 4: Top 20 countries with highest beverage-specific adult per capita [APC] consumption
[in liters of pure alcohol]
Beer
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| Country |
APC
in liters of pure alcohol |
| Czech Republic (the) |
9.43 |
| Ireland |
9.24 |
| Swaziland |
7.49 |
| Germany |
7.26 |
| Austria |
6.42 |
| Luxembourg |
6.16 |
| Uganda |
6.14 |
| Denmark |
6.02 |
| The United Kingdom |
5.97 |
| Belgium |
5.90 |
| Venezuela |
5.69 |
| Lithuania |
5.53 |
| Slovakia |
5.34 |
| Australia |
5.20 |
| Croatia |
5.16 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
4.96 |
| Netherlands (the) |
4.91 |
| Finland |
4.89 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
4.85 |
| Gabon |
4.77 |
Wine*
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| Country |
APC
in liters of pure alcohol |
| Luxembourg |
9.43 |
| France |
8.38 |
| Portugal |
7.16 |
| Italy |
6.99 |
| Croatia |
6.42 |
| Switzerland |
6.23 |
| Argentina |
5.63 |
| Spain |
5.07 |
| Bermuda |
4.95 |
| Greece |
4.78 |
| Denmark |
4.57 |
| Austria |
4.47 |
| Hungary |
4.47 |
| Uruguay |
4.35 |
| Germany |
3.38 |
| Romania |
3.37 |
| Chile |
3.25 |
| French Polynesia |
3.10 |
| Bulgaria |
3.05 |
| Republic of Korea (the) |
2.99 |
*Throughout the report, fermented beverages are included in the wine category. However, for this table only average wine has been used to present the countries with the highest adult per capita wine consumption. If the fermented beverages were included, countries such as Uganda, Nigeria, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe would appear to be among the top 'wine' drinking countries.
Spirits
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| Country |
APC
in liters of pure alcohol |
| Republic of Moldova (the) |
10.94 |
| Reunion |
8.67 |
| Russian Federation (the) |
7.64 |
| Saint Lucia |
7.27 |
| Dominica |
7.20 |
| Thailand |
7.13 |
| Bahamas (the) |
7.05 |
| Latvia |
6.62 |
| Haiti |
6.46 |
| Belarus |
6.34 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic |
6.09 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6.03 |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines |
5.98 |
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea |
5.48 |
| Slovakia |
5.44 |
| Grenada |
5.06 |
| Lithuania |
4.92 |
| Azerbaijan |
4.66 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
4.61 |
| Czech Republic (the) |
4.41 |
Source: WHO "
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.13"
