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Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days (%), age-standardized - Sex: both sexes

Name: Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days (%), age-standardized - Sex: both sexes by country, 2020
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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2020

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185 countries · 2020

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Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days (%), age-standardized - Sex: both sexes league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Angola	84.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
2	Congo, Rep.	83.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
3	Equatorial Guinea	78.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
4	Congo, Dem. Rep.	78.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Gabon	75.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
6	Central African Republic	71.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Cabo Verde	68.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
8	Sao Tome and Principe	68.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
9	Zambia	63.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	Naoero	62%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Vanuatu	60.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
12	Samoa	60.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
13	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	60.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
14	Solomon Islands	59.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
15	Lao PDR	59.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
16	Korea, Rep.	57.7%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
17	Papua New Guinea	57.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
18	Tuvalu	56.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Burundi	55.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Cameroon	55.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Rwanda	54.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
22	Viet Nam	54.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
23	Peru	54.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
24	Uganda	54.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
25	Kiribati	53.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
26	Benin	53.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Luxembourg	53.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Burkina Faso	52.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Japan	52.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
30	Armenia	52.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Seychelles	51.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
32	Ireland	51.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Mali	50.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Andorra	50.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Iceland	50.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Eswatini	50.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	St. Lucia	50.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
38	Bolivia	50.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
39	Liberia	50.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Ghana	50%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
41	Mongolia	49.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
42	Botswana	49.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
43	Romania	49.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Fiji	49%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Lesotho	49%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Dominican Republic	48.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Namibia	48.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Grenada	48.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Cambodia	48.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
50	Malta	48.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
51	Guinea-Bissau	47.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
52	Tonga	47.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	New Zealand	47.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
54	Nigeria	47.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Zimbabwe	47.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Chad	47.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Portugal	47.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Barbados	47.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Malawi	47.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Antigua and Barbuda	47.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	Poland	46.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Tanzania	46.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Czechia	46.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Slovak Republic	46.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Belize	46.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Cote d'Ivoire	46.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Dominica	46.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Haiti	46%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
69	Ecuador	45.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Madagascar	45.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Hungary	45.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Kenya	45.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Australia	44.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
74	St. Kitts and Nevis	44.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
75	Cuba	44.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Togo	44.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
77	Finland	44.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Georgia	43.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Jamaica	43.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Bahamas, The	43.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
81	United States	42.1%	North America	High income
82	Mozambique	42.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
83	South Africa	42%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
84	Philippines	41.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Nicaragua	41.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
86	Argentina	41.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
87	Ethiopia	41.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
88	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Honduras	41.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
90	Mexico	41%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Chile	40.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
92	Panama	40.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
93	Colombia	40.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	El Salvador	39.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Switzerland	39.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Thailand	39.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
97	Spain	39.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	India	39%	South Asia	Lower middle income
99	Guinea	38.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Denmark	38.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Austria	38.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Norway	38.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Mauritania	38.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Nepal	37.9%	South Asia	Lower middle income
105	United Kingdom	37.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Costa Rica	37.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
107	Croatia	37.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Senegal	37.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Uruguay	37.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
110	Germany	37.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Sweden	37%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Moldova	36.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Canada	36.2%	North America	High income
114	Netherlands	36.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Guatemala	36%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
116	Eritrea	36%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Slovenia	35.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
118	Belarus	35.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Belgium	35.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Myanmar	35.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
121	Brazil	35.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
122	Venezuela, RB	35.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
123	France	35%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Lithuania	34.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Latvia	34.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	Guyana	34.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
127	Kyrgyz Republic	34.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
128	Italy	34.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Estonia	34.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Trinidad and Tobago	33.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Mauritius	33.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
132	United Arab Emirates	33.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
133	Bhutan	33.4%	South Asia	Lower middle income
134	Gambia, The	32.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
135	Niger	32.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Comoros	32.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	Turkmenistan	32.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
138	Sri Lanka	32.2%	South Asia	Upper middle income
139	Paraguay	32.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	Greece	32%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Kazakhstan	32%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	Uzbekistan	31.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
143	Maldives	31.9%	South Asia	Upper middle income
144	Suriname	31.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
145	Azerbaijan	31.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
146	Russian Federation	30.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Sierra Leone	30.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Singapore	30.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	30%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
150	Djibouti	29.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
151	Ukraine	29.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
152	Bulgaria	29.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Timor-Leste	29.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
154	Tajikistan	28.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
155	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	26.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
156	Cyprus	26.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	Tunisia	25.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
158	Iran, Islamic Rep.	25.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
159	Turkiye	25.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
160	Lebanon	24%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
161	Pakistan	23.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
162	Kuwait	23.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
163	Bahrain	23.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
164	Israel	23%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
165	Saudi Arabia	22.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
166	Malaysia	22.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
167	China	22.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
168	Algeria	22.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
169	Morocco	22%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
170	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
171	Qatar	21.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
172	Oman	21.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
173	North Macedonia	21.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
174	Syrian Arab Republic	21.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
175	Iraq	20.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
176	Bangladesh	20.3%	South Asia	Lower middle income
177	Jordan	20.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
178	Yemen, Rep.	19.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
179	Brunei Darussalam	19.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
180	Egypt, Arab Rep.	17.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
181	Albania	17.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
182	Indonesia	15.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
183	Afghanistan	15.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
184	Libya	15.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
185	Sudan	11.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

Alcohol, heavy episodic drinking (15+), drinkers only, past 30 days (%), age-standardized - Sex: both sexes