Table 3: Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+)
in litres of pure alcohol
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| Country |
Total |
| Iran |
0.00 |
| Kuwait |
0.00 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the) |
0.00 |
| Saudi Arabia |
0.00 |
| Somalia |
0.00 |
| Bangladesh |
0.00 |
| Mauritania |
0.01 |
| Pakistan |
0.02 |
| Algeria |
0.03 |
| Nepal |
0.08 |
| Comoros |
0.08 |
| Yemen |
0.08 |
| Indonesia |
0.10 |
| Egypt |
0.10 |
| Niger (the) |
0.11 |
| Jordan |
0.11 |
| Guinea |
0.14 |
| Sri Lanka |
0.18 |
| Iraq |
0.20 |
| Chad |
0.23 |
| Sudan (the) |
0.27 |
| Cambodia |
0.36 |
| Myanmar |
0.36 |
| Morocco |
0.41 |
| Tajikistan |
0.41 |
| Qatar |
0.44 |
| Senegal |
0.48 |
| Mali |
0.49 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
0.49 |
| Bhutan |
0.57 |
| Syrian Arab Republic (the) |
0.62 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) |
0.64 |
| Tunisia |
0.65 |
| Turkmenistan |
0.77 |
| India |
0.82 |
| Solomon Islands |
0.86 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
0.90 |
| Ethiopia |
0.91 |
| Togo |
0.95 |
| Papua New Guinea |
1.01 |
| Malaysia |
1.06 |
| Djibouti |
1.08 |
| Vanuatu |
1.11 |
| Benin |
1.22 |
| Armenia |
1.23 |
| Oman |
1.32 |
| Viet Nam |
1.35 |
| Madagascar |
1.38 |
| Samoa |
1.42 |
| Malawi |
1.44 |
| Turkey |
1.48 |
| Uzbekistan |
1.52 |
| Eritrea |
1.54 |
| Ghana |
1.54 |
| Guatemala |
1.64 |
| Central African Republic (the) |
1.66 |
| Kiribati |
1.66 |
| Mozambique |
1.67 |
| Fiji |
1.69 |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
1.71 |
| Maldives |
1.72 |
| Kenya |
1.74 |
| Lesotho |
1.83 |
| Mongolia |
1.96 |
| Israel |
1.99 |
| Ecuador |
1.99 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo |
2.01 |
| Gambia (the) |
2.27 |
| Honduras |
2.28 |
| Congo |
2.36 |
| Namibia |
2.39 |
| Georgia |
2.41 |
| Albania |
2.51 |
| Nicaragua |
2.53 |
| Bahrain |
2.63 |
| Singapore |
2.73 |
| United Arab Emirates (the) |
2.75 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2.76 |
| Kazakhstan |
2.89 |
| Angola |
2.91 |
| Zambia |
3.02 |
| Liberia |
3.12 |
| Mauritius |
3.16 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
3.22 |
| Jamaica |
3.37 |
| Bolivia |
3.43 |
| El Salvador |
3.45 |
| Seychelles |
3.61 |
| Cuba |
3.65 |
| Cameroon |
3.66 |
| Cape Verde |
3.72 |
| Philippines (the) |
3.75 |
| Ukraine |
4.04 |
| The form. Yugoslav Rep. of Mac. |
4.12 |
| Lebanon |
4.13 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
4.24 |
| Burkina Faso |
4.38 |
| China |
4.45 |
| Belize |
4.50 |
| Guam |
4.50 |
| Mexico |
4.62 |
| Peru |
4.68 |
| Zimbabwe |
5.08 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
5.29 |
| Brazil |
5.32 |
| Botswana |
5.38 |
| Costa Rica |
5.45 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5.50 |
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea |
5.68 |
| Iceland |
5.74 |
| Norway |
5.81 |
| Suriname |
5.82 |
| Guyana |
5.84 |
| Colombia |
5.92 |
| Chile |
6.02 |
| Panama |
6.04 |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
6.07 |
| Dominican Republic (the) |
6.11 |
| Haiti |
6.51 |
| Slovenia |
6.55 |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines |
6.58 |
| Sierra Leone |
6.64 |
| Paraguay |
6.66 |
| Cyprus |
6.67 |
| Barbados |
6.70 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) |
6.72 |
| Malta |
6.74 |
| Rwanda |
6.80 |
| Sweden |
6.86 |
| Azerbaijan |
6.94 |
| Uruguay |
6.96 |
| Bulgaria |
7.13 |
| Japan |
7.38 |
| Grenada |
7.39 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
7.62 |
| Romania |
7.63 |
| French Polynesia |
7.68 |
| Republic of Korea (the) |
7.71 |
| South Africa |
7.81 |
| New Caledonia |
7.83 |
| Gabon |
7.97 |
| Belarus |
8.12 |
| Canada |
8.26 |
| Thailand |
8.47 |
| United States of America (the) |
8.51 |
| Argentina |
8.55 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
8.62 |
| Poland |
8.68 |
| Venezuela |
8.78 |
| Italy |
9.14 |
| Australia |
9.19 |
| Dominica |
9.19 |
| Bahamas (the) |
9.21 |
| Greece |
9.30 |
| Latvia |
9.31 |
| Burundi |
9.33 |
| Swaziland |
9.51 |
| Netherlands (the) |
9.74 |
| New Zealand |
9.79 |
| Estonia |
9.85 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
9.94 |
| Nigeria |
10.04 |
| Belgium |
10.06 |
| United Kingdom (the) |
10.39 |
| Finland |
10.43 |
| Saint Lucia |
10.45 |
| Russian Federation (the) |
10.58 |
| Switzerland |
11.53 |
| Hungary |
11.92 |
| Denmark |
11.93 |
| Spain |
12.25 |
| Lithuania |
12.32 |
| Slovakia |
12.41 |
| Portugal |
12.49 |
| Austria |
12.58 |
| Croatia |
12.66 |
| Germany |
12.89 |
| Bermuda |
12.92 |
| Reunion |
13.39 |
| France |
13.54 |
| Republic of Moldova (the) |
13.88 |
| Ireland |
14.45 |
| Czech Republic (the) |
16.21 |
| Luxembourg |
17.54 |
| Uganda |
19.47 |
Source & © WHO
Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004, p.11
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Table 6: Rate of last year abstainers among the adult population
Table 7: Heavy drinkers among the adult population
Table 8: Heavy episodic drinkers among the adult population
Table 9: Alcohol dependence among adult population
Table 10: Heavy episodic drinkers among youths
Table 11: Heavy episodic drinkers among young adults aged 18-24 years old
Table 13: Relative risks for beneficial alcohol-related health effects for different drinking categories (compared to abstainers)
Table 15: Attributable fractions of acute alcohol-related health effects in the adult general population
Table 16: Global burden of disease in 2000 attributable to alcohol according to major disease categories (DALYs in 000s)
Table 17: Burden of disease in 2000 attributable to tobacco, alcohol and drugs by developing status and sex
Table 18: Characteristics of adult alcohol consumption in different regions of the world 2000 (population weighted averages)
Table 19: Alcohol-related harm in different regions of the world (population weighted averages), DALYs (000s)
Table 20: Selected population alcohol-attributable fractions, by disease category, sex and level of development (% DALYs for each cause) in 2000
Table 21: Standardized mortality rates (per 100 000) for acute and chronic disease and injury, by WHO regional subgroupings (data shown is for most recent year available)
Table 21 [bis]: Social and economic costs of alcohol abuse for selected countries
Figure 3: Population weighted means of the recorded adult per capita consumption in the WHO Regions 1961-1999
Figure 4: Model of alcohol consumption, mediating variables, and short-term and longterm consequences
Figure 5: Global disease burden (in DALYs) in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex
Figure 6: Global deaths in 2001 from alcohol use disorders, by age group and sex
Footnote on the meaning of "adults"
Table 3: Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+)
Table 5: Estimated volume of unrecorded consumption in litres of pure alcohol per capita for population older than 15 for the years after 1995
Case example 1: India
Case example 2: Venezuela
Case example 3: Malaysia
Case example 4: Uganda
Case example 5: Botswana
Case example 6: Ethiopia
Case example 7: Egypt
Case example 8: Ghana
Case example 9: Kenya
Case example 10: United Republic of Tanzania
Case example 1: Botswana
Case example 2: Nepal
Case example 3: Cameroon
Case example 4: India
Case example 5: Malaysia