Check out this information from the Global Health Observatory Data Repository, showing each country’s percentage of alcohol abstainers.
| Abstainers, lifetime (%) | ||||
| Both sexes | Female | Male | ||
| Afghanistan | 2010 | 92.5 | 95.0 | 90.0 |
| Albania | 2010 | 24.4 | 31.2 | 17.5 |
| Algeria | 2010 | 81.3 | 87.6 | 75.0 |
| Andorra | 2010 | 12.6 | 17.1 | 8.0 |
| Angola | 2010 | 52.0 | 65.6 | 37.8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2010 | 15.3 | 22.1 | 8.3 |
| Argentina | 2010 | 21.0 | 29.7 | 11.7 |
| Armenia | 2010 | 23.0 | 38.0 | 8.0 |
| Australia | 2010 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 5.9 |
| Austria | 2010 | 18.1 | 22.0 | 14.0 |
| Azerbaijan | 2010 | 38.7 | 51.4 | 25.1 |
| Bahamas | 2010 | 24.5 | 34.2 | 14.2 |
| Bahrain | 2010 | 85.6 | 89.4 | 83.6 |
| Bangladesh | 2010 | 89.3 | 93.2 | 85.4 |
| Barbados | 2010 | 12.3 | 18.0 | 6.5 |
| Belarus | 2010 | 12.8 | 18.0 | 6.5 |
| Belgium | 2010 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 3.8 |
| Belize | 2010 | 61.3 | 81.3 | 41.0 |
| Benin | 2010 | 51.1 | 60.0 | 42.0 |
| Bhutan | 2010 | 78.5 | 88.4 | 70.3 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2010 | 27.3 | 38.0 | 16.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2010 | 22.4 | 31.3 | 12.8 |
| Botswana | 2010 | 41.3 | 54.7 | 27.8 |
| Brazil | 2010 | 21.9 | 30.8 | 12.4 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 2010 | 66.0 | 72.0 | 60.0 |
| Bulgaria | 2010 | 14.6 | 21.0 | 7.7 |
| Burkina Faso | 2010 | 50.8 | 64.2 | 36.6 |
| Burundi | 2010 | 44.9 | 58.5 | 30.9 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 2010 | 67.9 | 83.0 | 53.8 |
| Cabo Verde | 2010 | 48.9 | 62.7 | 34.7 |
| Cambodia | 2010 | 49.3 | 62.4 | 34.8 |
| Cameroon | 2010 | 43.8 | 57.4 | 30.0 |
| Canada | 2010 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 8.7 |
| Central African Republic | 2010 | 65.9 | 78.1 | 53.2 |
| Chad | 2010 | 73.7 | 83.2 | 64.0 |
| Chile | 2010 | 16.1 | 23.2 | 8.7 |
| China | 2010 | 38.7 | 52.3 | 25.8 |
| Colombia | 2010 | 30.9 | 42.1 | 18.9 |
| Comoros | 2010 | 76.1 | 86.0 | 66.2 |
| Congo | 2010 | 62.0 | 75.0 | 48.9 |
| Cook Islands | 2010 | 33.1 | 45.6 | 21.0 |
| Costa Rica | 2010 | 27.6 | 38.8 | 16.8 |
| Croatia | 2010 | 8.1 | 11.8 | 4.0 |
| Cuba | 2010 | 17.4 | 25.3 | 9.6 |
| Cyprus | 2010 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 3.3 |
| Czech Republic | 2010 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 2010 | 66.3 | 78.3 | 53.3 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2010 | 62.8 | 75.6 | 49.7 |
| Denmark | 2010 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 1.9 |
| Djibouti | 2010 | 84.5 | 87.4 | 81.6 |
| Dominica | 2010 | 20.8 | 29.5 | 11.7 |
| Dominican Republic | 2010 | 25.2 | 35.5 | 14.9 |
| Ecuador | 2010 | 31.8 | 43.6 | 19.8 |
| Egypt | 2010 | 89.7 | 93.1 | 86.2 |
| El Salvador | 2010 | 34.4 | 45.5 | 21.3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2010 | 48.7 | 63.2 | 35.1 |
| Eritrea | 2010 | 51.1 | 56.3 | 45.7 |
| Estonia | 2010 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 11.0 |
| Ethiopia | 2010 | 71.2 | 79.9 | 62.3 |
| Fiji | 2010 | 46.0 | 60.1 | 32.4 |
| Finland | 2010 | 14.0 | 20.4 | 7.2 |
| France | 2010 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| Gabon | 2010 | 37.9 | 50.9 | 24.8 |
| Gambia | 2010 | 87.9 | 93.2 | 82.4 |
| Georgia | 2010 | 51.3 | 71.0 | 28.0 |
| Germany | 2010 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 4.3 |
| Ghana | 2010 | 64.1 | 76.5 | 51.0 |
| Greece | 2010 | 14.7 | 19.5 | 9.7 |
| Grenada | 2010 | 30.7 | 42.5 | 18.7 |
| Guatemala | 2010 | 36.1 | 47.9 | 22.8 |
| Guinea | 2010 | 82.5 | 90.0 | 75.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2010 | 60.5 | 73.6 | 47.1 |
| Guyana | 2010 | 20.3 | 28.8 | 11.5 |
| Haiti | 2010 | 24.2 | 33.8 | 14.1 |
| Honduras | 2010 | 31.8 | 43.5 | 19.7 |
| Hungary | 2010 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 3.6 |
| Iceland | 2010 | 14.1 | 20.6 | 7.5 |
| India | 2010 | 74.2 | 90.0 | 59.3 |
| Indonesia | 2010 | 82.1 | 90.0 | 74.2 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2010 | 93.2 | 95.7 | 90.8 |
| Iraq | 2010 | 90.8 | 93.9 | 87.7 |
| Ireland | 2010 | 6.7 | 9.5 | 3.7 |
| Israel | 2010 | 41.3 | 52.0 | 30.0 |
| Italy | 2010 | 25.7 | 37.5 | 13.0 |
| Jamaica | 2010 | 32.4 | 44.1 | 20.0 |
| Japan | 2010 | 12.0 | 18.5 | 5.0 |
| Jordan | 2010 | 92.8 | 94.3 | 91.4 |
| Kazakhstan | 2010 | 48.3 | 61.0 | 34.0 |
| Kenya | 2010 | 64.6 | 77.1 | 51.8 |
| Kiribati | 2010 | 57.1 | 70.9 | 43.5 |
| Kuwait | 2010 | 79.3 | 85.8 | 75.4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2010 | 49.4 | 64.0 | 34.0 |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 2010 | 31.3 | 42.8 | 19.3 |
| Latvia | 2010 | 14.3 | 20.2 | 7.2 |
| Lebanon | 2010 | 78.8 | 85.2 | 72.8 |
| Lesotho | 2010 | 58.2 | 71.2 | 44.4 |
| Liberia | 2010 | 63.1 | 75.2 | 50.8 |
| Libya | 2010 | 95.4 | 97.0 | 93.9 |
| Lithuania | 2010 | 16.8 | 24.0 | 8.0 |
| Luxembourg | 2010 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
| Madagascar | 2010 | 72.6 | 83.4 | 61.5 |
| Malawi | 2010 | 67.9 | 79.8 | 55.8 |
| Malaysia | 2010 | 81.0 | 89.2 | 73.1 |
| Maldives | 2010 | 80.1 | 88.7 | 71.5 |
| Mali | 2010 | 93.6 | 96.0 | 91.1 |
| Malta | 2010 | 19.2 | 27.6 | 10.7 |
| Marshall Islands | 2010 | |||
| Mauritania | 2010 | 95.0 | 96.0 | 94.0 |
| Mauritius | 2010 | 55.8 | 69.4 | 41.8 |
| Mexico | 2010 | 22.6 | 31.3 | 12.8 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2010 | 46.7 | 60.7 | 33.1 |
| Monaco | 2010 | |||
| Mongolia | 2010 | 32.5 | 44.3 | 20.2 |
| Montenegro | 2010 | 16.8 | 24.1 | 9.1 |
| Morocco | 2010 | 86.6 | 92.0 | 80.8 |
| Mozambique | 2010 | 69.6 | 80.7 | 57.3 |
| Myanmar | 2010 | 84.1 | 91.1 | 76.5 |
| Namibia | 2010 | 48.7 | 61.8 | 34.2 |
| Nauru | 2010 | 62.6 | 75.7 | 49.6 |
| Nepal | 2010 | 84.4 | 91.2 | 76.8 |
| Netherlands | 2010 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 2.4 |
| New Zealand | 2010 | 11.1 | 14.0 | 8.0 |
| Nicaragua | 2010 | 29.8 | 41.0 | 18.1 |
| Niger | 2010 | 92.4 | 94.8 | 90.0 |
| Nigeria | 2010 | 39.2 | 52.5 | 26.1 |
| Niue | 2010 | 34.2 | 46.9 | 21.9 |
| Norway | 2010 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 2.7 |
| Oman | 2010 | 89.9 | 94.0 | 87.3 |
| Pakistan | 2010 | 92.1 | 94.8 | 89.6 |
| Palau | 2010 | 24.7 | 34.9 | 14.5 |
| Panama | 2010 | 20.0 | 28.8 | 11.4 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2010 | 53.0 | 67.0 | 39.3 |
| Paraguay | 2010 | 17.9 | 26.0 | 10.0 |
| Peru | 2010 | 25.1 | 35.3 | 14.8 |
| Philippines | 2010 | 34.0 | 46.2 | 21.5 |
| Poland | 2010 | 27.3 | 37.8 | 15.8 |
| Portugal | 2010 | 22.5 | 31.7 | 12.6 |
| Qatar | 2010 | 88.7 | 94.0 | 87.3 |
| Republic of Korea | 2010 | 33.5 | 45.7 | 20.9 |
| Republic of Moldova | 2010 | 15.7 | 22.3 | 8.2 |
| Romania | 2010 | 14.3 | 20.7 | 7.6 |
| Russian Federation | 2010 | 13.0 | 18.5 | 6.5 |
| Rwanda | 2010 | 42.8 | 55.8 | 28.7 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2010 | 35.7 | 48.2 | 22.8 |
| Saint Lucia | 2010 | 26.9 | 37.3 | 15.9 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2010 | 23.8 | 33.9 | 13.9 |
| Samoa | 2010 | 42.1 | 56.1 | 28.8 |
| San Marino | 2010 | |||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2010 | 50.7 | 64.2 | 36.4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2010 | 90.1 | 94.0 | 87.3 |
| Senegal | 2010 | 90.2 | 95.0 | 85.0 |
| Serbia | 2010 | 16.0 | 23.0 | 8.6 |
| Seychelles | 2010 | 34.1 | 46.9 | 21.6 |
| Sierra Leone | 2010 | 42.7 | 56.1 | 29.0 |
| Singapore | 2010 | 34.5 | 54.0 | 14.3 |
| Slovakia | 2010 | 14.4 | 20.2 | 8.4 |
| Slovenia | 2010 | 55.6 55.6 | 69.3 69.3 | 42.0 42.0 |
| Solomon Islands | 2010 | 92.5 92.5 | 95.0 95.0 | 90.0 90.0 |
| Somalia | 2010 | 42.0 42.0 | 54.9 54.9 | 28.0 28.0 |
| South Africa | 2010 | |||
| Spain | 2010 | 12.6 | 17.1 | 8.0 |
| Sri Lanka | 2010 | 69.1 | 80.5 | 56.9 |
| Sudan | 2010 | 75.9 | 82.6 | 69.2 |
| Suriname | 2010 | 27.1 | 37.9 | 16.2 |
| Swaziland | 2010 | 43.7 | 56.8 | 29.7 |
| Sweden | 2010 | 12.1 | 17.8 | 6.2 |
| Switzerland | 2010 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 3.8 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2010 | 83.2 | 88.3 | 78.3 |
| Tajikistan | 2010 | 82.5 | 90.0 | 75.0 |
| Thailand | 2010 | 59.5 | 75.5 | 42.5 |
| The former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia | 2010 | 22.6 | 32.1 | 13.0 |
| Timor-Leste | 2010 | 84.7 | 91.7 | 77.9 |
| Togo | 2010 | 33.1 | 37.9 | 28.1 |
| Tonga | 2010 | 54.8 | 68.4 | 40.7 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2010 | 28.0 | 38.9 | 16.7 |
| Tunisia | 2010 | 86.3 | 91.9 | 80.5 |
| Turkey | 2010 | 79.6 | 92.4 | 65.9 |
| Turkmenistan | 2010 | 46.6 | 70.0 | 21.9 |
| Tuvalu | 2010 | 62.8 | 75.9 | 50.1 |
| Uganda | 2010 | 41.4 | 54.9 | 27.9 |
| Ukraine | 2010 | 12.5 | 16.4 | 7.9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2010 | 84.4 | 94.4 | 80.8 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2010 | 15.1 | 18.0 | 12.0 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 2010 | 45.1 | 58.7 | 31.2 |
| United States of America | 2010 | 12.0 | 17.4 | 6.2 |
| Uruguay | 2010 | 21.1 | 29.6 | 11.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 2010 | 47.8 | 70.0 | 25.0 |
| Vanuatu | 2010 | 56.0 | 69.8 | 42.2 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2010 | 20.7 | 29.6 | 11.8 |
| Viet Nam | 2010 | 49.3 | 62.9 | 34.9 |
| Yemen | 2010 | 92.1 | 94.7 | 89.5 |
| Zambia | 2010 | 59.8 | 73.1 | 46.4 |
| Zimbabwe | 2010 | 49.8 | 63.3 | 35.6 |
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