Maps Showing Beer, Wine Or Spirits: Most Popular Alcoholic Drink By European Country

Map created by LandgeistThe map above shows the preferred alcohol beverage choice by European country based on the recorded consumption of alcohol (in litres of pure alcohol) per drink per capita (15+ years) from the WHO.

The map above and the maps below were all created by the amazing Martijn at Landgeist.

The map below shows the relative share of each drink type:

Here are the top 10 for each type (based on more up to date 2020 data vs 2018 used in the maps).

Note numbers below the maps show the number litres of pure alcohol consumed via that drink choice but the maps themselves convert those numbers back to number of beers/bottles of wine.

Top 10 Biggest Drinking Countries In Europe

1. Latvia: 12.64L
2. Czechia: 11.57L
3. Lithuania: 11.32L
4. Austria: 11.21L
5. Estonia: 11.14L
6. Bulgaria: 11.09L
7. Belarus: 10.9L
8. Poland: 10.79L
9. Germany: 10.74L
10. Romania: 10.64L

Top 10 Beer Drinking Countries In Europe

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1. Czechia: 6.3L
2. Austria: 5.88L
3. Poland: 5.52L
4. Germany: 5.28L
5. Romania: 5.11L
6. Lithuania: 4.83L
7. Latvia: 4.57L
8. Bulgaria: 4.42L
9. Spain: 4.25L
10. Croatia: 4.22L

Top 10 Wine Drinking Countries In Europe

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1. France: 5.62L
2. Portugal: 5.22L
3. Slovenia: 4.6L
4. Luxembourg: 4.48L
5. Denmark: 4.39L
6. Italy: 4.3L
7. Andorra: 4.19L
8. Switzerland: 4.12L
9. Georgia: 3.92L
10. Austria: 3.69L

Top 10 Spirit Drinking Countries In Europe

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1. Latvia: 5.7L
2. Lithuania: 5.07L
3. Bulgaria: 4.75L
4. Belarus: 4.7L
5. Estonia: 4.59L
6. Poland: 4.36L
7. Slovakia: 4.03L
8. Hungary: 3.7L
9. Montenegro: 3.22L
10. Russian Federation: 3.17L

Top 10 Other Alcohol Drinking Countries In Europe

1. Belarus: 2.77L
2. Finland: 0.89L
3. Latvia: 0.8L
4. Ireland: 0.72L
5. Estonia: 0.68L
6. UK: 0.52L
7. Lithuania: 0.5L
8. Malta: 0.37L
9. Croatia: 0.37L
10. Belgium: 0.3L

Finally see all the data below:

Country	Beer	Wine	Spirits	Other alcoholic beverages	Total For All types
Albania	1.53	1.03	1.16	0.062	3.78
Andorra	3.31	4.19	1.93	0.16	9.6
Armenia	0.85	0.54	2.04	0.005	3.44
Austria	5.88	3.69	1.65	0	11.21
Azerbaijan	0.38	0.11	0.85	0.015	1.35
Belarus	2.41	1.03	4.7	2.77	10.9
Belgium	3.65	3.35	1.12	0.3	8.41
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.73	0.47	0.51	0.14	4.86
Bulgaria	4.42	1.7	4.75	0.21	11.09
Croatia	4.22	3	1.38	0.37	8.96
Cyprus	1.78	1.92	2.4	0	6.1
Czechia	6.3	2.75	2.51	0	11.57
Denmark	3.37	4.39	1.58	0	9.34
Estonia	4.04	1.83	4.59	0.68	11.14
Finland	3.64	1.71	2.01	0.89	8.25
France	2.38	5.62	2.23	0.16	10.39
Georgia	1.76	3.92	2.06	0.023	7.76
Germany	5.28	3.35	2.12	0	10.74
Greece	1.68	2.45	1.08	0.066	5.28
Hungary	3.92	2.63	3.7	0	10.24
Iceland	4.1	2.2	1.2	0	7.5
Ireland	4	3.18	2.27	0.72	10.17
Israel	1.2	0.083	1.07	0.057	2.41
Italy	1.81	4.3	0.46	0	6.57
Kazakhstan	2.6	0.15	1.11	0	3.86
Kyrgyzstan	0.4	0.13	2.64	0	3.17
Latvia	4.57	1.56	5.7	0.8	12.64
Lithuania	4.83	0.92	5.07	0.5	11.32
Luxembourg	3.83	4.48	2.17	0.08	10.56
Malta	2.94	2.25	1.85	0.37	7.42
Montenegro	3.83	2.68	3.22	0.16	9.91
Netherlands	3.53	2.9	1.29	0	7.73
North Macedonia	2	1.03	0.73	0.033	3.79
Norway	2.83	2.94	1.23	0.23	7.23
Poland	5.52	0.91	4.36	0	10.79
Portugal	2.13	5.22	0.91	0.29	8.55
Republic of Moldova	1.58	2.33	2.05	0.12	6.08
Romania	5.11	3.4	2.13	0	10.64
Russian Federation	3.06	1.06	3.17	0	7.3
Serbia	3.24	1.62	2.37	0.22	7.45
Slovakia	4.03	2.49	4.03	0	10.54
Slovenia	4.01	4.6	1.2	0	9.81
Spain	4.25	2.77	1.62	0.17	8.8
Sweden	2.68	3.51	1.13	0.14	7.46
Switzerland	2.94	4.12	1.76	0.12	8.94
Türkiye	0.66	0.15	0.37	0	1.17
Tajikistan	0.31	0.008	0.41	0.004	0.73
Turkmenistan	0.59	1.12	0.85	0.0006	2.56
Ukraine	2.56	0.37	3.09	0.06	6.08
UK	3.12	3.55	2.56	0.52	9.75
Uzbekistan	0.18	0.054	1.82	0	2.05