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Share of population who never drink alcohol by country

Countries reporting
187
Highest
98.63
Kuwait
Lowest
4.5
Luxembourg
Median
39.43
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
3,927

What the numbers show

Share of population who never drink alcohol is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 98.63 in Kuwait; the lowest is 4.5 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.43, and the mean is 44.71.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 36.3%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 37.9%).

Share of population who never drink alcohol: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 98.63 2020 up 0.8% flat
1 Niue 39.88 2020 down 13.0% falling
2 Somalia 98.15 2020 up 0.0% flat
2 Cook Islands 36.04 2020 down 2.0% falling
3 Comoros 98.09 2020 down 0.1% flat
4 Yemen 97.84 2020 down 0.1% flat
5 Libya 97.6 2020 up 0.5% flat
6 Mauritania 97.28 2020 down 0.0% flat
7 Syrian Arab Republic 97.14 2020 up 0.3% flat
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 97.03 2020 up 0.2% flat
9 Saudi Arabia 96.54 2020 up 0.2% flat
10 Afghanistan 96.5 2020 down 0.0% flat
11 Pakistan 94.78 2020 down 0.0% flat
12 Bangladesh 91.59 2020 down 0.5% flat
13 Djibouti 89.57 2020 down 0.1% flat
14 Iraq 88.63 2020 up 0.3% flat
15 Sudan 88.54 2020 down 0.2% flat
16 Morocco 88.1 2020 down 0.5% flat
17 Jordan 87.63 2020 down 0.2% flat
18 Niger 87.42 2020 up 0.2% flat
19 Egypt 87.3 2020 down 0.6% flat
20 Algeria 86.92 2020 down 0.4% flat
21 Senegal 86.45 2020 down 0.3% flat
22 Tunisia 85.98 2020 down 0.5% flat
23 Maldives 85.73 2020 down 0.9% flat
24 Guinea 84.45 2020 down 1.0% flat
25 Indonesia 83.94 2020 down 0.9% flat
26 Türkiye 82.8 2020 down 1.7% flat
27 United Arab Emirates 82.8 2020 down 2.0% flat
28 Lebanon 79.14 2020 up 3.3% flat
29 Mali 79.05 2020 down 1.1% falling
30 Oman 78.35 2020 up 4.7% flat
31 Tajikistan 77.98 2020 down 1.5% flat
32 Eritrea 76.29 2020 up 1.0% flat
33 Sierra Leone 74.87 2020 down 0.2% flat
34 Uzbekistan 74.03 2020 down 2.7% flat
35 Malaysia 73.62 2020 down 2.6% flat
36 Chad 72.03 2020 up 2.5% flat
37 Ethiopia 71.49 2020 down 4.0% falling
38 Zimbabwe 71.38 2020 up 2.0% flat
39 Azerbaijan 71.31 2020 down 2.0% flat
40 Kyrgyzstan 70.33 2020 up 6.3% rising
41 Gambia 70.13 2020 up 5.5% rising
42 Turkmenistan 70.01 2020 down 2.6% falling
43 Bahrain 68.5 2020 up 4.6% flat
44 Nigeria 67.29 2020 up 0.3% rising
45 Lesotho 66.46 2020 down 4.7% flat
46 Guinea-Bissau 66.39 2020 up 0.0% flat
47 Nepal 66.25 2020 up 0.4% flat
48 Mozambique 66.02 2020 down 3.3% flat
49 Namibia 63.2 2020 down 2.5% falling
50 Côte d'Ivoire 62.89 2020 down 3.5% rising
51 India 62.2 2020 up 1.2% falling
52 Bhutan 60.98 2020 down 1.6% flat
53 Burkina Faso 60.63 2020 down 6.9% falling
54 Malawi 59.92 2020 up 0.1% flat
55 Eswatini 59.78 2020 down 3.2% flat
56 Madagascar 59.6 2020 up 0.0% flat
57 Kenya 59.33 2020 up 0.1% flat
58 Tonga 58.36 2020 up 3.7% rising
59 Kiribati 58.24 2020 down 2.7% flat
60 South Africa 57.93 2020 up 2.1% falling
61 Tanzania, United Republic of 57.58 2020 up 1.6% flat
62 Solomon Islands 56.27 2020 down 2.0% flat
63 Botswana 56.26 2020 down 2.3% falling
64 Papua New Guinea 55.93 2020 down 1.2% flat
65 Kazakhstan 55.63 2020 down 3.9% flat
66 Tuvalu 55.17 2020 down 2.0% flat
67 Togo 54.7 2020 up 1.0% flat
68 Micronesia (Federated States of) 54.62 2020 up 0.6% flat
69 Rwanda 54.54 2020 down 7.4% falling
70 Vanuatu 54.52 2020 down 2.2% falling
71 Timor-Leste 53.39 2020 down 0.8% flat
72 Samoa 52.48 2020 up 0.8% rising
73 Burundi 52.19 2020 up 9.0% rising
74 Central African Republic 51.84 2020 up 6.7% rising
75 Zambia 51.16 2020 down 2.1% falling
76 Liberia 50.55 2020 up 5.2% flat
77 Fiji 50.36 2020 down 7.4% falling
78 Qatar 49.23 2020 up 36.3% falling
79 Myanmar 48.77 2020 down 6.0% falling
80 Nauru 48.37 2020 up 5.0% flat
81 Ghana 48.35 2020 up 6.4% flat
82 Sri Lanka 48.33 2020 down 3.1% falling
83 Brunei Darussalam 46.73 2020 up 7.8% flat
84 Uganda 45.66 2020 up 6.3% rising
85 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 45.43 2020 up 1.4% rising
86 Benin 44.71 2020 down 2.2% falling
87 North Macedonia 44.69 2020 up 0.7% rising
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.55 2020 down 4.1% falling
89 Guatemala 42.64 2020 down 0.6% flat
90 Mauritius 40.77 2020 up 0.2% falling
91 Philippines 40.34 2020 up 0.1% falling
92 Cameroon 40.31 2020 up 9.7% flat
93 Honduras 39.43 2020 down 2.9% flat
94 El Salvador 39.13 2020 down 6.3% flat
95 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 38.51 2020 down 2.7% falling
96 Haiti 38.22 2020 down 4.6% flat
97 Nicaragua 38.09 2020 down 3.2% falling
98 Sao Tome and Principe 37.97 2020 up 3.0% rising
99 Angola 37.64 2020 up 26.2% falling
100 Cambodia 37.33 2020 down 11.4% falling
101 China (People’s Republic of) 37.29 2020 up 3.4% falling
102 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 37.28 2020 up 35.1% rising
103 Suriname 35.68 2020 down 4.2% falling
104 Belize 35.58 2020 up 14.9% falling
105 Jamaica 35.37 2020 down 4.0% falling
106 Albania 34.65 2020 up 2.8% flat
107 Congo 34.23 2020 down 5.4% falling
108 Cabo Verde 33.55 2020 down 5.5% falling
109 Colombia 33.47 2020 down 0.7% falling
110 Thailand 33.27 2020 down 4.7% flat
111 Gabon 32.63 2020 up 3.2% rising
112 Costa Rica 32.58 2020 down 5.6% falling
113 Guyana 32.45 2020 down 5.9% falling
114 Viet Nam 31.87 2020 down 9.0% falling
115 Mexico 31.67 2020 down 2.3% falling
116 Russia 31.27 2020 up 5.2% falling
117 Dominica 31.16 2020 up 5.7% rising
118 Israel 29.96 2020 down 3.5% falling
119 Cuba 29.69 2020 down 0.4% falling
120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29.63 2020 up 1.9% falling
121 Panama 29.34 2020 down 0.9% falling
122 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29.29 2020 down 7.2% falling
123 Bahamas 29.12 2020 up 6.6% flat
124 Equatorial Guinea 28.97 2020 up 27.8% falling
125 Trinidad and Tobago 27.7 2020 up 4.9% falling
126 Armenia 27.66 2020 down 1.8% falling
127 Saint Kitts and Nevis 27.61 2020 up 5.4% falling
128 Dominican Republic 27.02 2020 down 5.3% falling
129 Antigua and Barbuda 26.71 2020 down 4.1% falling
130 Grenada 26.06 2020 down 6.4% falling
131 Barbados 25.99 2020 up 3.3% falling
132 Cyprus 24.33 2020 up 9.4% rising
133 Saint Lucia 24.12 2020 down 1.5% flat
134 Seychelles 23.79 2020 down 22.4% falling
135 Paraguay 23.18 2020 down 0.7% falling
136 Mongolia 22.72 2020 down 3.3% falling
137 Greece 20.91 2020 up 28.0% rising
138 Georgia 20.83 2020 down 5.6% falling
139 Bulgaria 19.35 2020 down 11.6% falling
140 Croatia 17.46 2020 up 1.9% flat
141 Brazil 17.09 2020 down 3.2% falling
142 Italy 16.45 2020 up 0.2% flat
143 Ukraine 14.98 2020 up 4.3% flat
144 Portugal 14.48 2020 up 10.1% flat
145 Japan 14.2 2020 down 1.9% flat
146 Canada 14.18 2020 down 2.8% falling
147 Hungary 14.18 2020 down 9.4% falling
148 Spain 14.08 2020 down 0.2% flat
149 France 13.94 2020 up 1.2% flat
150 Slovenia 13.52 2020 down 8.1% falling
151 Ecuador 13.48 2020 up 9.6% flat
152 Slovak Republic 13.45 2020 down 8.0% falling
153 Malta 13.36 2020 down 20.5% falling
154 Singapore 13.16 2020 down 21.2% falling
155 Republic of Moldova 13.02 2020 down 7.7% falling
156 Belgium 12.98 2020 up 0.2% falling
157 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 12.79 2020 up 2.2% falling
158 Poland 12.57 2020 down 15.0% falling
159 United Kingdom 12.52 2020 down 5.7% falling
160 Netherlands 12.5 2020 down 2.6% falling
161 Sweden 12.23 2020 down 8.8% falling
162 Belarus 11.98 2020 up 7.5% falling
163 Finland 11.95 2020 down 0.9% falling
164 Norway 11.67 2020 down 6.6% falling
165 Uruguay 11.44 2020 down 4.2% falling
166 Czechia 11.4 2020 down 9.1% falling
167 United States 11.4 2020 down 16.5% falling
168 Iceland 11.37 2020 down 19.4% falling
169 Korea 11.33 2020 down 5.6% falling
170 Denmark 11.32 2020 down 10.0% falling
171 Germany 11.13 2020 down 11.8% falling
172 Romania 11.1 2020 down 13.4% falling
173 Andorra 11 2020 up 3.4% rising
174 Austria 10.79 2020 down 9.4% falling
175 Peru 9.68 2020 up 5.2% falling
176 Argentina 9.62 2020 down 7.2% falling
177 New Zealand 9.53 2020 down 11.9% falling
178 Switzerland 9.42 2020 down 10.8% falling
179 Chile 9.12 2020 down 7.7% falling
180 Australia 8.72 2020 down 9.1% falling
181 Estonia 8.11 2020 down 5.3% falling
182 Latvia 8.07 2020 down 22.3% falling
183 Lithuania 7.49 2020 down 19.1% falling
184 Ireland 6.23 2020 down 37.9% falling
185 Luxembourg 4.5 2020 down 25.8% falling

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Indicator
Share of population who never drink alcohol
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 3,927 data points, 2000–2020
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