Progress
Stagnation or regression
Stagnation or regression

Dirección deseada: Decrease

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Headline data

Alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol
Year Value Units Series
2015 10.6 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2016 11.0 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2017 10.3 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2018 9.8 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2019 10.0 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2020 9.3 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2021 10.7 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2022 11.3 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.
2023 10.8 Liters of pure alcohol Alcohol consumption per capita (age 15 and older) during a calendar year.

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Footnote:

Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Available indicator

Annual alcohol consumption in liters of pure alcohol per person aged 15 and over
Target

3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
Goal

3- Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Definition

Annual registered alcohol consumption in litres of pure alcohol (distilled spirits, wine and beer) per person aged 15 and over
Theoretical formula \[ECAR^{t} = \frac{CAR_{distilled\, spirits}^{t}+CAR_{wine}^{t}+CAR_{beer}^{t}}{P_{15+}^{t}}\]

where:

$CAR_{distilled\, spirits}^{t} =$ alcohol consumption recorded in distilled beverages in year $t$

$CAR_{wine}^{t} =$ alcohol consumption recorded in wine in year $t$

$CAR_{beer}^{t} =$ alcohol consumption recorded in beer in year $t$

$P_{15+}^{t} =$ population aged 15 and over on July 1 of year $t$
Frequency

Annual
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Indicator calculated using a methodology harmonised across the central statistical bodies of the autonomous communities
Data last updated 2025/05/08
Metadata last updated 2025/06/18

This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.

Rationale

United Nations indicator measures the harmful use of alcohol, defined according to the national context as alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol.

Alcohol consumption can have an impact not only on the incidence of diseases, injuries and other health conditions, but also on the course of disorders and their outcomes in individuals.

Alcohol consumption has been identified as a component cause for more than 200 diseases, injuries and other health conditions. Per capita alcohol consumption is widely accepted as the best possible indicator of alcohol exposure in populations and the key indicator for estimation of alcohol-attributable disease burden and alcohol-attributable deaths.

Its correct interpretation requires the use of additional population-based indicators such as prevalence of drinking, and, as a result, stimulates development of national monitoring systems on alcohol and health involving contributions from a wide range of stakeholders, including alcohol production and trade sectors.

Source: United Nations Statistics Division
Comparability between the available indicator and the UN indicator

The available indicator does not comply with United Nations metadata but provides similar information.
International results

Alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol SH_ALC_CONSPT UNSTATS
Link to UN metadata

Metadata 3-5-2.pdf
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