Overview

The World Health Organization (WHO) provides data on pure alcohol consumption in 2010. To make this data more relatable, the figures were converted into standard serving sizes for wine, beer, and spirits. The results reveal the per-capita consumption of these beverages in various countries, highlighting the top consumers for each drink.

Reference article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/dear-mona-followup-where-do-people-drink-the-most-beer-wine-and-spirits/

country beer_servings spirit_servings wine_servings total_litres_of_pure_alcohol
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0.0
Albania 89 132 54 4.9
Algeria 25 0 14 0.7
Andorra 245 138 312 12.4
Angola 217 57 45 5.9
Antigua & Barbuda 102 128 45 4.9
Argentina 193 25 221 8.3
Armenia 21 179 11 3.8
Australia 261 72 212 10.4
Austria 279 75 191 9.7
Azerbaijan 21 46 5 1.3
Bahamas 122 176 51 6.3
Bahrain 42 63 7 2.0
Bangladesh 0 0 0 0.0
Barbados 143 173 36 6.3
Belarus 142 373 42 14.4
Belgium 295 84 212 10.5
Belize 263 114 8 6.8
Benin 34 4 13 1.1
Bhutan 23 0 0 0.4
Bolivia 167 41 8 3.8
Bosnia-Herzegovina 76 173 8 4.6
Botswana 173 35 35 5.4
Brazil 245 145 16 7.2
Brunei 31 2 1 0.6
Bulgaria 231 252 94 10.3
Burkina Faso 25 7 7 4.3
Burundi 88 0 0 6.3
Cote d’Ivoire 37 1 7 4.0
Cabo Verde 144 56 16 4.0
Cambodia 57 65 1 2.2
Cameroon 147 1 4 5.8
Canada 240 122 100 8.2
Central African Republic 17 2 1 1.8
Chad 15 1 1 0.4
Chile 130 124 172 7.6
China 79 192 8 5.0
Colombia 159 76 3 4.2
Comoros 1 3 1 0.1
Congo 76 1 9 1.7
Cook Islands 0 254 74 5.9
Costa Rica 149 87 11 4.4
Croatia 230 87 254 10.2
Cuba 93 137 5 4.2
Cyprus 192 154 113 8.2
Czech Republic 361 170 134 11.8
North Korea 0 0 0 0.0
DR Congo 32 3 1 2.3
Denmark 224 81 278 10.4
Djibouti 15 44 3 1.1
Dominica 52 286 26 6.6
Dominican Republic 193 147 9 6.2
Ecuador 162 74 3 4.2
Egypt 6 4 1 0.2
El Salvador 52 69 2 2.2
Equatorial Guinea 92 0 233 5.8
Eritrea 18 0 0 0.5
Estonia 224 194 59 9.5
Ethiopia 20 3 0 0.7
Fiji 77 35 1 2.0
Finland 263 133 97 10.0
France 127 151 370 11.8
Gabon 347 98 59 8.9
Gambia 8 0 1 2.4
Georgia 52 100 149 5.4
Germany 346 117 175 11.3
Ghana 31 3 10 1.8
Greece 133 112 218 8.3
Grenada 199 438 28 11.9
Guatemala 53 69 2 2.2
Guinea 9 0 2 0.2
Guinea-Bissau 28 31 21 2.5
Guyana 93 302 1 7.1
Haiti 1 326 1 5.9
Honduras 69 98 2 3.0
Hungary 234 215 185 11.3
Iceland 233 61 78 6.6
India 9 114 0 2.2
Indonesia 5 1 0 0.1
Iran 0 0 0 0.0
Iraq 9 3 0 0.2
Ireland 313 118 165 11.4
Israel 63 69 9 2.5
Italy 85 42 237 6.5
Jamaica 82 97 9 3.4
Japan 77 202 16 7.0
Jordan 6 21 1 0.5
Kazakhstan 124 246 12 6.8
Kenya 58 22 2 1.8
Kiribati 21 34 1 1.0
Kuwait 0 0 0 0.0
Kyrgyzstan 31 97 6 2.4
Laos 62 0 123 6.2
Latvia 281 216 62 10.5
Lebanon 20 55 31 1.9
Lesotho 82 29 0 2.8
Liberia 19 152 2 3.1
Libya 0 0 0 0.0
Lithuania 343 244 56 12.9
Luxembourg 236 133 271 11.4
Madagascar 26 15 4 0.8
Malawi 8 11 1 1.5
Malaysia 13 4 0 0.3
Maldives 0 0 0 0.0
Mali 5 1 1 0.6
Malta 149 100 120 6.6
Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0.0
Mauritania 0 0 0 0.0
Mauritius 98 31 18 2.6
Mexico 238 68 5 5.5
Micronesia 62 50 18 2.3
Monaco 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolia 77 189 8 4.9
Montenegro 31 114 128 4.9
Morocco 12 6 10 0.5
Mozambique 47 18 5 1.3
Myanmar 5 1 0 0.1
Namibia 376 3 1 6.8
Nauru 49 0 8 1.0
Nepal 5 6 0 0.2
Netherlands 251 88 190 9.4
New Zealand 203 79 175 9.3
Nicaragua 78 118 1 3.5
Niger 3 2 1 0.1
Nigeria 42 5 2 9.1
Niue 188 200 7 7.0
Norway 169 71 129 6.7
Oman 22 16 1 0.7
Pakistan 0 0 0 0.0
Palau 306 63 23 6.9
Panama 285 104 18 7.2
Papua New Guinea 44 39 1 1.5
Paraguay 213 117 74 7.3
Peru 163 160 21 6.1
Philippines 71 186 1 4.6
Poland 343 215 56 10.9
Portugal 194 67 339 11.0
Qatar 1 42 7 0.9
South Korea 140 16 9 9.8
Moldova 109 226 18 6.3
Romania 297 122 167 10.4
Russian Federation 247 326 73 11.5
Rwanda 43 2 0 6.8
St. Kitts & Nevis 194 205 32 7.7
St. Lucia 171 315 71 10.1
St. Vincent & the Grenadines 120 221 11 6.3
Samoa 105 18 24 2.6
San Marino 0 0 0 0.0
Sao Tome & Principe 56 38 140 4.2
Saudi Arabia 0 5 0 0.1
Senegal 9 1 7 0.3
Serbia 283 131 127 9.6
Seychelles 157 25 51 4.1
Sierra Leone 25 3 2 6.7
Singapore 60 12 11 1.5
Slovakia 196 293 116 11.4
Slovenia 270 51 276 10.6
Solomon Islands 56 11 1 1.2
Somalia 0 0 0 0.0
South Africa 225 76 81 8.2
Spain 284 157 112 10.0
Sri Lanka 16 104 0 2.2
Sudan 8 13 0 1.7
Suriname 128 178 7 5.6
Swaziland 90 2 2 4.7
Sweden 152 60 186 7.2
Switzerland 185 100 280 10.2
Syria 5 35 16 1.0
Tajikistan 2 15 0 0.3
Thailand 99 258 1 6.4
Macedonia 106 27 86 3.9
Timor-Leste 1 1 4 0.1
Togo 36 2 19 1.3
Tonga 36 21 5 1.1
Trinidad & Tobago 197 156 7 6.4
Tunisia 51 3 20 1.3
Turkey 51 22 7 1.4
Turkmenistan 19 71 32 2.2
Tuvalu 6 41 9 1.0
Uganda 45 9 0 8.3
Ukraine 206 237 45 8.9
United Arab Emirates 16 135 5 2.8
United Kingdom 219 126 195 10.4
Tanzania 36 6 1 5.7
USA 249 158 84 8.7
Uruguay 115 35 220 6.6
Uzbekistan 25 101 8 2.4
Vanuatu 21 18 11 0.9
Venezuela 333 100 3 7.7
Vietnam 111 2 1 2.0
Yemen 6 0 0 0.1
Zambia 32 19 4 2.5
Zimbabwe 64 18 4 4.7

The following graph represents the consumption of wine vs. beer in 2010.

Top 5 countries with the highest beer & wine consumption.

Conclusion

The high beer and wine consumption in Andorra, Slovenia, Portugal, Germany, and Belgium in 2010 can be attributed to several factors, including cultural traditions, economic factors (not necessarily positive), a robust tourism sector, the wide availability and variety of beers and wines, and social norms that embrace alcohol consumption.