List of countries with alcohol prohibition

The following countries or territories have or had comprehensive prohibitions against alcohol. Particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Present

Currently, alcohol prohibition is enforced in many Muslim majority countries, in parts of India, and in some Indigenous Australian communities and certain northern communities in the Canadian territories.[1] They can range from complete ban all the way to bans on sales during certain times.[2]

  •  Afghanistan[3]
  •  Algeria (illegal in public, legal in restaurants, bars, hotels and homes)[4]
  •  Bangladesh (license required; illegal during Ramadan)[5]
  •  Brunei (Non-Muslims over 17 years of age may have a limited amount of alcohol, but must declare it to the customs authorities on arrival, and must consume it in private)[6]
  •  Canada
  •  Chile (prohibited in public places, except for bars and restaurants. Sale is banned countrywide on election days)[9]
  •  Comoros (for Muslims during Ramadan)[10]
  •  Djibouti[citation needed]
  •  Egypt illegal to drink in public places and during Ramadan.
  •  India[11]
  •  Indonesia ( Aceh province only; public consumption illegal, allowance in certain cases for Non-Muslims and foreign tourists that drink in private)[15][16][17]
  •  Iran (home production legal for Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians; commercial production illegal)[18]
  •  Iraq (parliamentary ban, rarely enforced)[19]
  •  Ireland (selling in stores between 10 p.m. and 10:30 a.m (12:30 p.m. on Sundays) is illegal, pubs are confined to set hours for sale of alcohol)[20]
  •  Israel (selling in stores between 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. is illegal; serving at bars, restaurants and clubs always legal)[21][22]
  •  Kuwait (forbidden even for non-Muslims and tourists)[23]
  •  Libya[24]
  •  Malaysia (excluding non-Muslims; some states ban drinking in public)
  •  Maldives (legal for foreigners at licensed establishments; transport of alcohol illegal)[27]
  •  Mauritania[28]
  •  Mexico (illegal to drink alcohol in public streets and to carry open alcohol containers in public)[29]
  •  Morocco (illegal in public; alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas, and is sold in most major supermarkets[30])
  •  Norway (only sold in stores within a certain time period on weekdays. Illegal to drink in public, except at bars and restaurants. Nightclubs and bars are not allowed to serve after 3 a.m. Alcohol stronger than 4.7% is only sold in designated stores (Vinmonopolet), but beer or cider of 4.7% or less can be bought in grocery stores.)[31]
  •  Oman (legal for non-Muslim foreigners at restaurants, hotels and bars; at home with license; illegal in public)[32]
  •  Pakistan (legal for Non-Muslims and foreigners, served at Hotels and can be bought at Wine stores; Illegal for Muslims; public consumption illegal)[33]
  •  Palestine (illegal in some localities - such as the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip -, but legal in Palestine’s West Bank)[34]
  •  Philippines (forbidden sales on election day and the day before; foreigners allowed on these days on establishments with permits)[35]
  •  Qatar (legal for tourists at hotels and bars as well as expatriates with permits)[36]
  •  Saudi Arabia[37][38] (sale and possession completely illegal for all residents and tourists, including non-Muslims; exception only to foreign diplomats)
  •  Somalia[39]
  •  Sudan (excluding non-Muslims in private)[40]
  •  Tunisia (sales only banned on Fridays and during Ramadan)
  •  Turkmenistan (illegal on trains, airplanes, and ferries as well as sports facilities; sales banned on weekends and holidays unless at bars and restaurants)[41]
  •  United Kingdom
    • Birmingham Bournville (The sale of alcohol is not permitted in the Bournville area of Birmingham and thus no licensed premisies exist in the village).[42]
    • Northern Ireland (Alcohol cannot be sold after 22:00 and before 08:00.)[43]
    •  Scotland (Alcohol cannot be sold in shops before 10:00, or after 22:00, sales in bars, pubs, nightclubs and other licensed establishments is permitted)
  •  United States (dry counties for sales)
  •  Yemen (illegal; before the war, there were exceptions for tourists at certain hotels in Aden and Sana'a)[44]
  •  United Arab Emirates (illegal in Sharjah; public consumption illegal)[45]

Past

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In 2020, South Africa reimposed a ban on alcohol sales in July[52] after an initial ban ended on June 1.[53] In August, South Africa lifted its second ban on alcohol.[54]

References

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  6. ^ "Local laws and customs - Brunei travel advice". gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
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