Litres of pure alcohol per person aged 15+, WHO country values, 2022.
Adult alcohol consumption is ranked by nation using WHO country values for people aged 15 and older in 2022. The leaderboard contains 10 nations measured in litres of pure alcohol per adult, with regional and income-group aggregates excluded. Romania ranked first at 17.1 litres per adult, ahead of Georgia at 15.5 litres. The values include WHO uncertainty intervals, so the ranking is best read as a comparable health indicator rather than a retail-sales total.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 17.1 L | 2022 |
| 2 | Georgia | 15.5 L | 2022 |
| 3 | Latvia | 14.7 L | 2022 |
| 4 | Moldova | 14.1 L | 2022 |
| 5 | Czechia | 13.7 L | 2022 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 12.2 L | 2022 |
| 7 | Namibia | 12.0 L | 2022 |
| 8 | Poland | 11.9 L | 2022 |
| 9 | Austria | 11.8 L | 2022 |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 11.5 L | 2022 |
Source 1: World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
Publisher: World Health Organization
Dataset/table: Global Health Observatory
Units: litres of pure alcohol per adult aged 15+
Date checked: 2026-05-26
Evidence: Provides the 2022 country rows for total alcohol consumption per adult used in MSQ-091.
Source 2: World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
Publisher: World Health Organization
Dataset/table: Global Health Observatory
Units: various
Date checked: 2026-05-26
Evidence: Documents the WHO Global Health Observatory API used for indicator-level country extracts.
Source 3: World Health Organization Global Health Observatory
Publisher: World Health Organization
Dataset/table: Global Health Observatory
Units: litres of pure alcohol per adult; percent
Date checked: 2026-05-26
Evidence: Supports the WHO alcohol source family and the 2022 global alcohol-consumption context.
Source 4: World Bank World Development Indicators
Publisher: World Bank
Dataset/table: World Development Indicators
Units: litres of pure alcohol per adult aged 15+
Date checked: 2026-05-26
Evidence: Defines total alcohol consumption per adult as the sum of recorded and unrecorded alcohol adjusted for tourist consumption.
WHO values are expressed as litres of pure alcohol per adult aged 15+. Regional and classification aggregates are excluded from the ranking.
Rank country rows by total alcohol consumption per adult aged 15+ for 2022 and keep the 10 highest values.
All ranked rows use the same WHO country indicator, period and unit. Values include uncertainty intervals.
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