Per capita alcohol consumption in the United States has increased in the past couple of decades to reach **** gallons of ethanol per capita in 2021. Beer has accounted for the largest share of the alcohol market in the United States over most of the last decade, but was overtaken by spirits for the first time in 2022. Health risks Constant and excessive alcohol use has been shown to cause many health complications and increase the risk of many diseases. For example, alcohol consumption increases the risk of various types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver disease. From 2017 to 2021, the rate of new alcohol-associated cancers in the United States was around *** per 100,000 population. Liver cirrhosis A common health complication from the abuse of alcohol is liver cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is scarring of the liver from repeated injury. It can cause other health complications such as high blood pressure, bleeding, and infection, and can result in early death if left untreated. In 2019, there were over ****** alcohol-related liver cirrhosis deaths in the United States, almost double the number reported 15 years earlier.

Alcohol consumption among the US public is at a relatively similar rate in the 21st century as it was in the nineteenth. The first drop in consumption appeared in the 1860s and 1870s, due to the American Civil War and the period of economic recovery that followed. After this, consumption rose again until the First World War, before it fell from 9.7 liters per person per year in 1915 to 7.4 in 1919. Following the war, the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect, which prohibited the importation, manufacturing and sale (but not consumption) of alcohol. From this point until Prohibition's end, there are no reliable figures regarding alcohol consumption in the US, however some sources suggest that consumption fell to thirty percent of its pre-prohibition levels in the first few years, but then grew to sixty or seventy percent by prohibition's end.

High spirits in the 70s and 80s

Total consumption then grew again in the 1930s and 40s, reaching 8.7 liters per person in 1946, before it plateaued at around 7.6 liters per person per year in the 1950s. Alcohol consumption then increased gradually to more than ten liters per person per year in the 1970s and 1980s, which was the highest rate of alcohol consumption in recorded US history. It then dropped to just over eight liters in the late 1990s, and gradually increased again to 8.9 liters per person in 2013, which is similar to figures recorded more than 160 years previously.

Beer moves a-head

The late 1800s also saw a major shift in the type of alcohol consumed. In 1850, 7.1 out of the eight liters consumed was through spirits, while beer and wine made up 0.5 and 0.3 liters respectively. However, by the turn of the twentieth century, alcohol was most commonly consumed through beer, and excluding a brief increase in spirits consumption in the 1960s, beer has been the most common source of alcohol since 1900. Alcohol from wine consumption has also gradually increased throughout US history, reaching its highest point in 2013, where the average US citizen consumed 1.6 liters of alcohol per year by drinking wine.

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Across generational cohorts, there is a large amount of variance in terms the frequency of alcohol consumption. In 2019, around *** percent of Millennials in the United States between the ages of 18 to 27 years consumed alcohol on a daily basis, while **** percent of U.S. members of the Silent Generation drank alcohol every day.

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Number and percentage of persons being heavy drinkers, by age group and sex.

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United States - Producer Price Index by Industry: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: Alcohol/Drug Use and Alcohol/Drug Induced Organic Mental Disorders (DISCONTINUED) was 130.50000 Index Jun 2008=100 in December of 2017, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Producer Price Index by Industry: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: Alcohol/Drug Use and Alcohol/Drug Induced Organic Mental Disorders (DISCONTINUED) reached a record high of 130.50000 in December of 2017 and a record low of 100.00000 in June of 2008. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Producer Price Index by Industry: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: Alcohol/Drug Use and Alcohol/Drug Induced Organic Mental Disorders (DISCONTINUED) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Chile's Total alcohol consumption per capita is 9.07[liters of pure alcohol] which is the 51st highest in the world ranking. Transition graphs on Total alcohol consumption per capita in Chile and comparison bar charts (USA vs. China vs. Japan vs. Chile), (Mali vs. Kazakhstan vs. Chile) are used for easy understanding. Various data can be downloaded and output in csv format for use in EXCEL free of charge.

The per capita alcohol consumption of beer in the United States has gradually decreased since the 1980s. In 2021, per capita alcohol consumption of beer was **** gallons of ethanol (pure alcohol). Binge drinking Binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women within a two-hour period. The states with the highest prevalence of binge drinking are North Dakota, Iowa, and South Dakota. In 2023, around ** percent of adults in North Dakota binge drank in the past month. Utah had the lowest rates of binge drinking at that time. Alcohol and health Long-term health risks from excessive alcohol use include heart disease, stroke, liver disease, cancer, as well as mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. Since the year 2000, the death rate from alcohol-related liver cirrhosis in the U.S. has increased. Liver cirrhosis results from long-term damage to the liver, perhaps from alcohol abuse, that results in normal tissue being replaced with scar tissue and therefore causing the liver to not function properly.

Mauritius's Total alcohol consumption per capita among women is 1.81[liters of pure alcohol] which is the 110th highest in the world ranking. Transition graphs on Total alcohol consumption per capita among women in Mauritius and comparison bar charts (USA vs. China vs. Japan vs. Mauritius), (Timor-Leste vs. Cyprus vs. Mauritius) are used for easy understanding. Various data can be downloaded and output in csv format for use in EXCEL free of charge.

United States - Employed: Workers paid hourly rates: Private wage and salary workers: Food services and drinking places industries: 16 years and over was 7256.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed: Workers paid hourly rates: Private wage and salary workers: Food services and drinking places industries: 16 years and over reached a record high of 7599.00000 in January of 2019 and a record low of 5438.00000 in January of 2000. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed: Workers paid hourly rates: Private wage and salary workers: Food services and drinking places industries: 16 years and over - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Malaysia's Total alcohol consumption per capita among men is 1.35[liters of pure alcohol] which is the 161st highest in the world ranking. Transition graphs on Total alcohol consumption per capita among men in Malaysia and comparison bar charts (USA vs. China vs. Japan vs. Malaysia), (Peru vs. Angola vs. Malaysia) are used for easy understanding. Various data can be downloaded and output in csv format for use in EXCEL free of charge.

The alcohol consumption per capita ranking is led by Romania with ***** liters, while Georgia is following with ***** liters. In contrast, Bangladesh is at the bottom of the ranking with **** liters, showing a difference of ***** liters to Romania. Depicted is the estimated alcohol consumption in the country or region at hand.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to *** countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

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