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World Alcohol consumption per person Ranking Compare alcohol consumption per person by country, including the top and bottom results, Japan's position and country details.
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Compare alcohol consumption per person across the world. Compare alcohol consumption per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 6.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year
Japan, world rank 69 for Alcohol consumption per person, 6.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year
Fiji: 3.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Tanzania: 11 L of pure alcohol/person/year Western Sahara: No data Canada: 9.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year United States: 9.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Kazakhstan: 4.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Uzbekistan: 2.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Papua New Guinea: 1.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Indonesia: 0.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Argentina: 8.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Chile: 7.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Congo, Dem. Rep.: 1.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Kenya: 2.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Sudan: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Chad: 2.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Haiti: 3.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Dominican Republic: 6.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Russian Federation: 10.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Bahamas, The: 3.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 7.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Greenland: No data Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 0.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year South Africa: 7.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Lesotho: 4.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Mexico: 4.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Uruguay: 5.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Brazil: 7.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Bolivia: 3.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Peru: 6.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Colombia: 4.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Panama: 4.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Costa Rica: 3.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Nicaragua: 3.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Honduras: 3.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year El Salvador: 3.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Guatemala: 1.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Belize: 3.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Venezuela, RB: 2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Guyana: 5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Suriname: 5.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year France: 10.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Ecuador: 2.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Puerto Rico (US): No data Jamaica: 3.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Cuba: 5.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Zimbabwe: 2.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Botswana: 7.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Namibia: 5.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Senegal: 0.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Mali: 5.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Mauritania: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Benin: 8.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Niger: 0.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Nigeria: 3.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Cameroon: 9.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Togo: 1.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Ghana: 4.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Cote d'Ivoire: 2.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Guinea: 0.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Guinea-Bissau: 3.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Liberia: 2.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Sierra Leone: 0.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Burkina Faso: 11.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Central African Republic: 1.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Congo, Rep.: 6.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Gabon: 8.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Equatorial Guinea: 6.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Zambia: 3.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Malawi: 3.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Mozambique: 1.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Eswatini: 6.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Angola: 4.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Burundi: 4.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Israel: 2.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Lebanon: 1.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Madagascar: 1 L of pure alcohol/person/year West Bank and Gaza: No data Gambia, The: 0.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Tunisia: 1.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Algeria: 0.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Jordan: 0.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year United Arab Emirates: 2.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Qatar: 1.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Kuwait: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Iraq: 0.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Oman: 0.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Vanuatu: 2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Cambodia: 6.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Thailand: 8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Lao PDR: 10.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Myanmar: 1.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Viet Nam: 8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 3.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Korea, Rep.: 7.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Mongolia: 7.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year India: 4.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Bangladesh: 0.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Bhutan: 0.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Nepal: 1.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Pakistan: 0.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Afghanistan: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Tajikistan: 0.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Kyrgyz Republic: 3.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Turkmenistan: 2.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Iran, Islamic Rep.: 0.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Syrian Arab Republic: 0.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Armenia: 4.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Sweden: 9.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Belarus: 11.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Ukraine: 9.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Poland: 11.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Austria: 11.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Hungary: 9.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Moldova: 11.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Romania: 16.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Lithuania: 12.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Latvia: 12.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Estonia: 10.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Germany: 11.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Bulgaria: 11.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Greece: 5.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Turkiye: 1.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Albania: 4.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Croatia: 7.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Switzerland: 10.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Luxembourg: 10.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year Belgium: 9.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Netherlands: 8.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Portugal: 8.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Spain: 9.2 L of pure alcohol/person/year Ireland: 10.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year New Caledonia: No data Solomon Islands: 1.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year New Zealand: 10 L of pure alcohol/person/year Australia: 10.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Sri Lanka: 2.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year China: 4.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Taiwan: No data Italy: 7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Denmark: 9.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year United Kingdom: 10.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Iceland: 7.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Azerbaijan: 2.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Georgia: 14.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Philippines: 5.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Malaysia: 0.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Brunei Darussalam: 0.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Slovenia: 10.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Finland: 9.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Slovak Republic: 10.7 L of pure alcohol/person/year Czechia: 12 L of pure alcohol/person/year Eritrea: 1.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Japan: 6.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Paraguay: 5.6 L of pure alcohol/person/year Yemen, Rep.: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Saudi Arabia: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 6.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Morocco: 0.5 L of pure alcohol/person/year Egypt, Arab Rep.: 0.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Libya: 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year Ethiopia: 3.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year Djibouti: 0.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Somaliland: No data Uganda: 11.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Rwanda: 2.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Bosnia and Herzegovina: 5.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year North Macedonia: 4.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year Serbia: 7.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year Montenegro: 10.3 L of pure alcohol/person/year Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 6 L of pure alcohol/person/year South Sudan: No data Japan Romania 1 Georgia 2 Latvia 3 Lithuania 4 Czechia 5 Sudan 183 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 184 Mauritania 184 Kuwait 184 Saudi Arabia 184 Tanzania Move map + − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Alcohol consumption per personRankings 69/187 6.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #69 for alcohol consumption per person. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Romania 16.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year 2 Georgia 14.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year 3 Latvia 12.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year 4 Lithuania 12.1 L of pure alcohol/person/year 5 Czechia 12 L of pure alcohol/person/year
184 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year 184 Saudi Arabia 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year 184 Mauritania 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year 184 Kuwait 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year 183 Sudan 0 L of pure alcohol/person/year 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the World Alcohol consumption per person Ranking Compare alcohol consumption per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 187 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Romania (16.8 L of pure alcohol/person/year), #2 Georgia (14.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year), #3 Latvia (12.9 L of pure alcohol/person/year)
Japan’s position World #69 (6.4 L of pure alcohol/person/year)
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