9.07
litres per person aged 15+, 2024
Low trust, 55 of 100 Only WHO total counts, so it cannot be checked against another source. The other 3 sources shown do not count; "Where the number comes from" says why.
- WHO total
- WHO recorded
- OECD
- World Bank
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| Year | WHO GISAH, total per capita (15+) consumption, SDG indicator 3.5.2 | WHO GISAH, recorded per capita (15+) consumption, all beverages | OECD Health Statistics, alcohol consumption in litres per capita (15+) | World Bank World Development Indicators, SH.ALC.PCAP.LI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | – | 14.93 | 14.5 | – |
| 1981 | – | 15.02 | 14.5 | – |
| 1982 | – | 15.2 | 14.7 | – |
| 1983 | – | 14.85 | 14.2 | – |
| 1984 | – | 14.33 | 13.9 | – |
| 1985 | – | 13.82 | 13.9 | – |
| 1986 | – | 13.3 | 13.2 | – |
| 1987 | – | 13.24 | 13.3 | – |
| 1988 | – | 12.77 | 12.9 | – |
| 1989 | – | 12.7 | 13 | – |
| 1990 | – | – | 13.4 | – |
| 1991 | – | 13.24 | 13.7 | – |
| 1992 | – | 12.63 | 12.7 | – |
| 1993 | – | 12.04 | 12.1 | – |
| 1994 | – | 13.02 | 10.6 | – |
| 1995 | – | 12.55 | 10.3 | – |
| 1996 | – | 12.86 | 10.7 | – |
| 1997 | – | 13.09 | 10.8 | – |
| 1998 | – | 12.13 | 10 | – |
| 1999 | – | 12.13 | 10 | – |
| 2000 | 12.3 | 11.08 | 11 | 11.09 |
| 2001 | 12.3 | 10.75 | 10.8 | 11.09 |
| 2002 | 11.92 | 10.79 | 10.8 | 10.72 |
| 2003 | 11.69 | 9.86 | 9.9 | 10.5 |
| 2004 | 11.7 | 10.04 | 10.1 | 10.5 |
| 2005 | 11.82 | 10.83 | 11 | 10.62 |
| 2006 | 11.97 | 10.29 | 10.6 | 10.78 |
| 2007 | 12.12 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.93 |
| 2008 | 12.22 | 11.39 | 11.2 | 11.03 |
| 2009 | 12.08 | 10.66 | 10.7 | 10.89 |
| 2010 | 11.74 | 10.17 | 10.1 | 10.54 |
| 2011 | 11.58 | 10.29 | 10.2 | 10.38 |
| 2012 | 11.49 | 10.16 | 10.1 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 11.49 | 9.92 | 9.9 | 10.29 |
| 2014 | 11.51 | 10.27 | 10.1 | 10.32 |
| 2015 | 11.51 | 10.28 | 10.2 | 10.32 |
| 2016 | 11.32 | 9.93 | 9.9 | 10.14 |
| 2017 | 11.26 | 9.71 | 9.7 | 10.07 |
| 2018 | 11.41 | 10.08 | 10.1 | 10.48 |
| 2019 | 11.13 | 10.45 | 10.3 | 10.48 |
| 2020 | 10.39 | 8.91 | 10.2 | 10.67 |
| 2021 | 9.65 | 7.85 | 9.6 | – |
| 2022 | 9.34 | 8.21 | 9.5 | – |
| 2023 | 9.07 | 7.97 | 9.4 | – |
| 2024 | 9.07 | 7.07 | 9.5 | – |
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Slovakia among 207 countries
47 have a higher figure and 159 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2024 to 2024.
What this number counts
- Counts
- All pure alcohol drunk per person aged 15 or over, both sexes, in a year
- Where
- Slovakia
- When
- WHO total 2024, WHO recorded 2024, OECD 2024, World Bank 2020 (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (4 sources)
| Source | Figure and year | Definition | Quality | Counts for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
WHO GISAH, total per capita (15+) consumption, SDG indicator 3.5.2World Health Organization (WHO) · Model-based estimateRetrieved 2026-11-02 | 9.072024 | Three-year average of recorded consumption, plus three-year average of unrecorded consumption, adjusted for tourist consumption; both sexes.WHO's 2023 and 2024 rows hold the same value in every country; its metadata does not explain this. WHO's parts for this row: unrecorded 1.25 litres, tourist adjustment 0.07 litres. Raw file: SA_0000001688.json from xmart-api-public.who.int/GHO/FACT (WHO data last updated June 2026). | 3 of 5 checks
| 100% |
WHO GISAH, recorded per capita (15+) consumption, all beveragesWorld Health Organization (WHO) · Administrative recordsRetrieved 2026-11-02 | 7.072024 | Recorded alcohol only: production, import, export and sales data, often through taxation, in one calendar year, divided by people aged 15 and over.It leaves out unrecorded alcohol and is not adjusted for tourists. Sources in WHO's order: government statistics, then alcohol industry statistics, then FAOSTAT, where unrecorded alcohol may be included. WHO's file does not say which source this row uses. Raw file: SA_0000001400.json (ALCOHOLTYPE SA_TOTAL) from xmart-api-public.who.int/GHO/FACT, WHO data last updated July 2026. Shown, not counted: it measures recorded sales only, which feed WHO's total. | 5 of 5 checks
| Not counted |
OECD Health Statistics, alcohol consumption in litres per capita (15+)Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) · Administrative recordsRetrieved 2026-11-02 | 9.52024 | Annual consumption of pure alcohol per person aged 15 and over.OECD says most countries report sales as a proxy for consumption; treatment of tourists, cross-border trade and unrecorded alcohol varies by country. OECD names Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic as its source (page 29 of its Sources and Methods). WHO puts government statistics first, but neither publisher says whether WHO's recorded line uses this same figure, so the lineage is unresolved. Raw file: alcohol_ac.csv from https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_LVNG@DF_HEALTH_LVNG_AC,/all?format=csvfilewithlabels. Values to one decimal, as OECD publishes them. Shown, not counted: it comes from national sources with their own definitions and age limits, so it cannot be converted to WHO's total. | 4 of 5 checks
| Not counted |
World Bank World Development Indicators, SH.ALC.PCAP.LIWorld Bank · Model-based estimateRetrieved 2026-11-02 | 10.672020 | The World Bank republishes WHO's total alcohol per capita consumption and names WHO as its source.It ends in 2020 and most of its figures differ from WHO's current file, which points to an earlier WHO release. Not counted. Raw file: SH.ALC.PCAP.LI.json from api.worldbank.org. | 3 of 5 checks
| Not counted |
- WHO total100%
Shown but not counted: WHO recorded (measures recorded sales only, which feed WHO's total); OECD (comes from national sources with their own definitions and age limits, so it cannot be converted to WHO's total); World Bank (republishes WHO total).
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality24 / 40
How well the sources are made
- Agreement15 / 30
Unknown with one source, so set to half
- Independence6 / 20
How many separate ways the number was measured
- Freshness10 / 10
How recent the newest data is
Who reports it, and since when
- Single source: nothing to check it against
- World Bank: no figure here after 2020, while others reach 2024
- WHO recorded: no figure here for 1990
figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change
Why the numbers differ
- The total includes the recorded figure. WHO adds its recorded average, its unrecorded estimate and its tourist adjustment, so recorded lines are parts of the total, not independent measures of it. Only the WHO total is counted. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- Unrecorded alcohol. Recorded figures count what shows up in production, trade, sales and tax data. WHO adds home-made, smuggled and surrogate alcohol and cross-border shopping as an estimate. Its largest estimates in the 2024 rows are Vietnam (7.34 of 10.71 litres), Cameroon (7.08 of 12.94 litres), Georgia (6.90 of 14.39 litres). (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- Tourists. WHO subtracts what visitors drink and adds what residents drink abroad, so a recorded figure can be higher than the total. The largest subtractions in the 2024 rows are Estonia (-3.43 litres), British Virgin Islands (-1.92 litres), Cook Islands (-1.46 litres). (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- Averaging. WHO's total uses three-year averages, while its recorded line and the OECD lines give single years. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- Sales years. OECD reports Canada by fiscal year (April to March) and Australia by financial year (July to June); this page stores each under the year it ends in. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- People counted. OECD's country notes give other bases for some rows: people aged 18 and over in Denmark, 20 and over in Japan and 14 and over in the United States. Its method note for Mexico divides by people who reported drinking. Each line's unit says which. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- Luxembourg. OECD's figure is the average of France and Germany, calculated from WHO data, not a measurement for Luxembourg. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- WHO's recorded series uses government statistics first, then industry statistics, then FAOSTAT. WHO says unrecorded alcohol may be included where FAOSTAT is the source, so recorded and unrecorded do not always separate cleanly.
- Where OECD names WHO as its source, its line is marked as a copy. Elsewhere OECD names a national source, and neither publisher says whether WHO uses the same figure, so that lineage is unresolved.
Common mistakes
- A litre here is a litre of pure alcohol, not of beer or wine. WHO converts beer at about 5% and grape wine at 12%, for example. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- The figure is an average over everyone aged 15 or over, including people who do not drink, not the amount a drinker drinks.
- Sales are not drinking. OECD warns that most countries give sales as a proxy for consumption and advises caution. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- A recorded zero says only that WHO lists no recorded alcohol. By definition that series leaves out unrecorded alcohol. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
- WHO's rows for 2023 and 2024 hold the same total in every country, and its metadata does not explain why. Do not read the flat last step as a measured trend. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
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Cite as: RealStats, “Alcohol consumption in Slovakia”, updated 2026-11-02, with the original sources listed on the page.