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Alcohol consumption by country, 2020

Romania’s estimated alcohol consumption was 16.8 liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15+ in 2020.

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  • 2020: 16.8 L at 🇷🇴 Romania, 11.5 L at 🇦🇹 Austria.

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Romania’s estimated consumption was 16.8 liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15 or older in 2020. Georgia followed at 14.4 liters and Latvia at 12.9 liters. The page uses the latest broadly covered comparison year in this source, rather than presenting these estimates as measurements of drinking today. That dating matters.

The World Health Organization measure includes recorded and unrecorded consumption, with an adjustment for tourists. It averages across everyone in the age group, including abstainers. Pure alcohol is not the same as beverage volume: a liter of beer, wine or spirits contains different amounts of alcohol.

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Source: World Health Organization via Our World in Data. Retrieved November 5, 2026. Total recorded and unrecorded alcohol, adjusted for tourist consumption, per person aged 15 or older. Liters refer to pure alcohol, not beverage volume. Abstainers are included.

Alcohol consumption by country, Liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15+, 2020, 🇷🇴 Romania–🇦🇹 Austria
Date2020
🇷🇴 Romania16.8 L
🇬🇪 Georgia14.4 L
🇱🇻 Latvia12.9 L
🇱🇹 Lithuania12.1 L
🇨🇿 Czechia12.0 L
🇩🇪 Germany11.8 L
🇵🇱 Poland11.7 L
🇧🇾 Belarus11.6 L
🇧🇬 Bulgaria11.6 L
🇦🇹 Austria11.5 L

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Which country consumes the most alcohol in this comparison?

Romania leads the 2020 estimates at 16.8 liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15 or older.

Are these liters of alcoholic drinks?

No. They are liters of pure alcohol, averaged across people aged 15 or older, including those who do not drink.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization via Our World in Data. Retrieved November 5, 2026. Total recorded and unrecorded alcohol, adjusted for tourist consumption, per person aged 15 or older. Liters refer to pure alcohol, not beverage volume. Abstainers are included. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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