The global top 25 consists of 22 European countries. The only non-European countries in the top 25 are Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda and the no. 1, the Cook Islands. On the Cook Islands they consume an average of 13 litres of pure alcohol per capita per year. Just behind the Cook Islands are Lithuania (12.9) and the Czech Republic (12.7). The Czech Republic is also the biggest per capita consumer of beer in the world.
The lowest per capita consumption can be found in the northern half of Africa and in the Middle East. There are 5 countries that have a reported alcohol consumption of 0: Bangladesh, Kuwait, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.
Source: Landgeist