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 10: Heavy episodic drinkers among youths
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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
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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