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In 2022, Saint Lucia had the highest level of alcohol consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean among its population aged 15 years and older, with around ** liters of pure alcohol per capita consumed yearly. Barbados was the second country with the highest per capita alcohol consumption in the region, with an estimated *** liters of alcohol per person, followed by Antigua and Barbuda, and Brazil.

Worldwide deaths related to alcohol use

Alcohol use beyond certain limits is commonly associated with chronic conditions such as liver disease, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and mental health conditions. As of 2022, the estimated number of deaths due to alcohol use worldwide amounted to ***, representing around **** percent of all deaths globally during that year. While Saint Lucia and Barbados led the ranking of alcohol consumption in Latin America in 2022, Romania was the country that reported the highest consumption per capita of alcohol worldwide that same year, with an average of more than ** liters per person annually.

Heavy episodic drinking in the region

According to a survey carried out in 2024, around ** percent of respondents from selected nations indicated alcohol abuse was among the biggest health challenges faced by people in their countries. From a regional perspective, it was estimated that around one in every four women and four in every ten men experienced heavy episodic drinking during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease in comparison to 2019 figures and impacted by contention measures carried out during the beginning of the outbreak. * of the people who did experience heavy episodic drinking did not seek any help.