Which country has the highest Teetotalers?

Kuwait has the highest Teetotalers in 2024, at 98.6%, followed by Somalia (98.2%) and Comoros (98.1%).

Which country has the lowest Teetotalers?

Luxembourg has the lowest Teetotalers in 2024, at 4.5%.

What is the median Teetotalers across countries?

The median is 39.3% across the 186 countries with data in 2024.

Where does this teetotalism by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Teetotalism - Wikipedia; Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%) - World Health Organization.

Country rankings

Teetotalism by Country

Name: Teetotalism by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Kuwait has the highest Teetotalers in 2024 (98.6%), followed by Somalia (98.2%) and Comoros (98.1%). Luxembourg has the lowest (4.5%).

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 186 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

39.3%

Middle half 19.8% – 66.2%

Average

44.6%

186 countries

Highest

98.6%

Kuwait

Lowest

4.5%

Luxembourg

Data

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186 countries · # = rank by Teetotalers

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1	Kuwait	98.6%	98.2%	99.3%
2	Somalia	98.2%	97.5%	98.8%
3	Comoros	98.1%	97.4%	98.8%
4	Yemen	97.8%	97.1%	98.6%
5	Libya	97.6%	96.7%	98.5%
6	Mauritania	97.3%	96.2%	98.3%
7	Syria	97.1%	96.5%	97.8%
8	Iran	97.0%	95.9%	98.2%
9	Afghanistan	96.5%	95.3%	97.7%
9	Saudi Arabia	96.5%	95.6%	98.0%
11	Pakistan	94.8%	93.3%	96.2%
12	Bangladesh	91.6%	88.4%	94.7%
13	Djibouti	89.6%	85.9%	93.2%
14	Iraq	88.6%	84.7%	92.5%
15	Sudan	88.5%	84.6%	92.4%
16	Morocco	88.1%	83.8%	92.5%
17	Jordan	87.6%	83.6%	92.1%
18	Niger	87.4%	83.1%	91.9%
19	Egypt	87.3%	82.9%	91.8%
20	Algeria	86.9%	82.3%	91.7%
21	Senegal	86.5%	81.5%	91.1%
22	Tunisia	86.0%	80.7%	91.0%
23	Maldives	85.7%	80.8%	92.9%
24	Guinea	84.5%	79.0%	89.6%
25	Indonesia	83.9%	78.3%	89.6%
26	Turkey	82.8%	76.8%	88.8%
26	United Arab Emirates	82.8%	79.2%	92.6%
28	Mali	79.1%	72.3%	85.9%
28	Lebanon	79.1%	71.9%	85.7%
30	Oman	78.4%	73.7%	87.3%
31	Tajikistan	78.0%	71.6%	84.3%
32	Eritrea	76.3%	69.2%	83.0%
33	Sierra Leone	74.9%	66.0%	83.7%
34	Uzbekistan	74.0%	66.4%	81.5%
35	Malaysia	73.6%	65.7%	81.9%
36	Chad	72.0%	63.9%	80.1%
37	Ethiopia	71.5%	63.6%	79.3%
38	Zimbabwe	71.4%	62.8%	78.5%
39	Azerbaijan	71.3%	62.7%	79.3%
40	Kyrgyzstan	70.3%	61.9%	78.2%
41	Gambia	70.1%	60.9%	79.0%
42	Turkmenistan	70.0%	61.7%	78.0%
43	Bahrain	68.5%	62.2%	80.3%
44	Nigeria	67.3%	58.3%	76.4%
45	Lesotho	66.5%	57.1%	75.5%
46	Guinea-Bissau	66.4%	57.0%	75.3%
47	Nepal	66.3%	56.3%	74.8%
48	Mozambique	66.0%	57.1%	74.3%
49	Namibia	63.2%	53.3%	72.2%
50	Ivory Coast	62.9%	53.6%	72.4%
51	India	62.2%	52.1%	72.9%
52	Bhutan	61.0%	51.1%	72.3%
53	Burkina Faso	60.6%	50.8%	70.1%
54	Malawi	59.9%	50.4%	68.5%
55	Eswatini	59.8%	49.9%	69.4%
56	Madagascar	59.6%	50.1%	69.1%
57	Kenya	59.3%	49.7%	68.6%
58	Tonga	58.4%	48.9%	67.2%
59	Kiribati	58.2%	48.5%	67.0%
60	Tanzania	57.6%	48.0%	66.7%
61	Botswana	56.3%	46.0%	66.1%
61	Solomon Islands	56.3%	47.4%	65.4%
63	Papua New Guinea	55.9%	47.1%	65.3%
64	Kazakhstan	55.6%	44.9%	65.1%
65	Tuvalu	55.2%	45.5%	65.3%
66	Togo	54.7%	44.5%	65.0%
67	Micronesia	54.6%	45.1%	64.1%
68	Rwanda	54.5%	44.5%	63.7%
68	Vanuatu	54.5%	45.2%	63.7%
70	Timor-Leste	53.4%	43.7%	63.3%
71	Samoa	52.5%	43.0%	62.2%
72	Burundi	52.2%	42.4%	61.6%
73	Central African Republic	51.8%	42.6%	60.9%
74	Zambia	51.2%	41.5%	60.4%
75	Liberia	50.6%	40.3%	60.4%
76	Fiji	50.4%	40.4%	60.3%
77	Qatar	49.2%	44.3%	65.5%
78	Myanmar	48.8%	37.8%	59.5%
79	Ghana	48.4%	37.9%	58.6%
79	Nauru	48.4%	39.0%	57.8%
81	Sri Lanka	48.3%	36.6%	58.9%
82	Brunei	46.7%	36.5%	57.7%
83	Uganda	45.7%	36.6%	54.3%
84	DR Congo	45.4%	35.7%	54.8%
85	Benin	44.7%	34.8%	54.5%
85	North Macedonia	44.7%	32.7%	56.5%
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.6%	31.0%	55.5%
88	Guatemala	42.6%	33.8%	51.1%
89	Mauritius	40.8%	29.5%	51.7%
90	Philippines	40.3%	30.4%	50.4%
90	Cameroon	40.3%	30.8%	49.6%
92	Niue	39.9%	27.7%	50.5%
93	Honduras	39.4%	30.8%	48.1%
94	El Salvador	39.1%	29.8%	47.2%
95	North Korea	38.5%	26.0%	50.5%
96	Haiti	38.2%	28.9%	47.3%
97	Nicaragua	38.1%	29.1%	46.6%
98	Sao Tome and Principe	38.0%	28.4%	47.4%
99	Angola	37.6%	28.6%	46.3%
100	China	37.3%	25.1%	49.7%
100	Venezuela	37.3%	28.1%	46.0%
100	Cambodia	37.3%	27.1%	47.1%
103	Cook Islands	36.0%	25.6%	45.2%
104	Suriname	35.7%	26.2%	45.0%
105	Belize	35.6%	26.6%	44.6%
106	Jamaica	35.4%	25.7%	44.8%
107	Albania	34.7%	25.4%	43.9%
108	Republic of the Congo	34.2%	25.4%	42.9%
109	Cape Verde	33.6%	23.7%	43.2%
110	Colombia	33.5%	24.5%	42.1%
111	Thailand	33.3%	22.5%	43.3%
112	Costa Rica	32.6%	23.6%	41.5%
112	Gabon	32.6%	23.8%	42.0%
114	Guyana	32.5%	23.6%	40.6%
115	Vietnam	31.9%	21.9%	41.3%
116	Mexico	31.7%	23.1%	39.7%
117	Russia	31.3%	19.3%	41.2%
118	Dominica	31.2%	21.9%	40.3%
119	Israel	30.0%	20.2%	39.5%
120	Cuba	29.7%	19.9%	39.3%
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29.6%	20.7%	39.0%
122	Laos	29.3%	21.1%	37.6%
122	Panama	29.3%	21.2%	37.4%
124	Bahamas	29.1%	20.2%	37.1%
125	Equatorial Guinea	29.0%	20.9%	38.6%
126	Armenia	27.7%	18.0%	35.0%
126	Trinidad and Tobago	27.7%	18.7%	36.3%
128	Saint Kitts and Nevis	27.6%	18.7%	35.8%
129	Dominican Republic	27.0%	19.1%	35.0%
130	Antigua and Barbuda	26.7%	17.9%	34.6%
131	Grenada	26.1%	17.7%	34.4%
132	Barbados	26.0%	16.9%	34.2%
133	Cyprus	24.3%	15.1%	33.5%
134	Saint Lucia	24.1%	16.1%	31.9%
135	Seychelles	23.8%	15.9%	32.8%
136	Paraguay	23.2%	16.5%	29.9%
137	Mongolia	22.7%	15.5%	29.6%
138	Greece	20.9%	12.2%	29.1%
139	Georgia	20.8%	12.9%	27.5%
140	Bulgaria	19.4%	11.0%	27.1%
141	Croatia	17.5%	9.9%	24.5%
142	Brazil	17.1%	11.2%	22.7%
143	Italy	16.5%	9.1%	23.3%
144	Ukraine	15.0%	8.3%	20.5%
145	Portugal	14.5%	7.8%	20.3%
146	Japan	14.2%	7.8%	20.2%
146	Canada	14.2%	8.3%	19.9%
146	Hungary	14.2%	7.8%	19.9%
149	Spain	14.1%	7.8%	20.0%
150	France	13.9%	7.8%	19.6%
151	Ecuador	13.5%	9%	17.8%
151	Slovakia	13.5%	7.5%	19.0%
151	Slovenia	13.5%	7.5%	19.5%
154	Malta	13.4%	7.5%	19.7%
155	Singapore	13.2%	8.1%	18.8%
156	Belgium	13.0%	7.2%	18.5%
156	Moldova	13.0%	7.5%	17.9%
158	Bolivia	12.8%	8.8%	16.8%
159	Poland	12.6%	6.9%	17.8%
160	United Kingdom	12.5%	7%	17.8%
160	Netherlands	12.5%	7.1%	17.8%
162	Sweden	12.2%	6.9%	17.6%
163	Belarus	12.0%	6.6%	16.4%
163	Finland	12.0%	6.5%	17.2%
165	Norway	11.7%	6.6%	16.8%
166	United States	11.4%	6.7%	16.0%
166	Czechia	11.4%	6.2%	16.4%
166	Uruguay	11.4%	6.8%	15.7%
166	Iceland	11.4%	6.6%	16.4%
170	South Korea	11.3%	6.4%	16.2%
170	Denmark	11.3%	6.3%	16.2%
172	Germany	11.1%	5.9%	16.1%
172	Romania	11.1%	6%	15.8%
174	Andorra	11.0%	7.9%	14.2%
175	Austria	10.8%	5.8%	15.5%
176	Peru	9.7%	6.3%	13.0%
177	Argentina	9.6%	5.9%	13.2%
178	New Zealand	9.5%	5.4%	13.5%
179	Switzerland	9.4%	5.1%	13.6%
180	Chile	9.1%	5.4%	12.7%
181	Australia	8.7%	4.9%	12.4%
182	Latvia	8.1%	4.1%	11.4%
182	Estonia	8.1%	4.2%	11.5%
184	Lithuania	7.5%	3.8%	10.6%
185	Ireland	6.2%	3.5%	8.9%
186	Luxembourg	4.5%	2.4%	6.6%

What correlates with Teetotalers (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,419 other country metrics sharing at least 112 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Teetotalers tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

% of PopulationMuslim Population by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 184
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% Muslim via PewMuslim Population by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 175
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% MuslimsReligious People by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 178
Plot
Average Household SizeNumber of Households by Country
r = +0.79 · very strong · n = 161
Plot
6+ Member HouseholdNumber of Households by Country
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 164
Plot
ObjectiveLists Conservative Country ScoreMost Conservative Countries
r = +0.77 · very strong · n = 153
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Teetotalers tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Alcohol ConsumptionAlcohol Consumption by Country
r = −0.79 · very strong · n = 175
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Legal IndexLGBT Rights by Country
r = −0.79 · very strong · n = 181
Plot
Inclusive SocietySocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.78 · very strong · n = 163
Plot
Homophobic Climate Index Rank (UN)Most Homophobic CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the worst
r = −0.78 · very strong · n = 153
Plot
2-3 Member HouseholdNumber of Households by Country
r = −0.78 · very strong · n = 165
Plot
LP Natural EnvironmentLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 161
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Teetotalers?: Kuwait has the highest Teetotalers in 2024, at 98.6%, followed by Somalia (98.2%) and Comoros (98.1%).
Which country has the lowest Teetotalers?: Luxembourg has the lowest Teetotalers in 2024, at 4.5%.
What is the median Teetotalers across countries?: The median is 39.3% across the 186 countries with data in 2024.
Where does this teetotalism by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Teetotalism - Wikipedia; Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%) - World Health Organization.

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