• Source: 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. They can range from complete ban all the way to bans on sales during certain times.

Afghanistan
Algeria (illegal in public, legal in restaurants, bars, hotels and homes)
Bangladesh (license required; illegal during Ramadan)
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)
Canada
Yukon (in some communities)
Northwest Territories (in some communities)
Nunavut (in some communities)
Quebec (in some communities)
Chile (prohibited in public places, except for bars and restaurants. Sale is banned countrywide on election days.
Comoros (for Muslims during Ramadan)
Djibouti
Egypt illegal to drink in public places and during Ramadan.
India
Gujarat
Bihar
Nagaland
Mizoram
Indonesia ( Aceh province only; public consumption illegal, allowance in certain cases for Non-Muslims and foreign tourists that drink in private)
Iran (home production legal for Zoroastrians, Jews and Christians; commercial production illegal)
Iraq (parliamentary ban, rarely enforced)
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)
Israel (selling in stores between 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. is illegal; serving at bars, restaurants and clubs always legal)
Kuwait (excludes non-Muslims)
Libya
Malaysia (excluding non-Muslims; some states ban drinking in public)
Kelantan
Terengganu
Maldives (legal for foreigners at licensed establishments; transport of alcohol illegal)
Mauritania
Morocco (alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas as well as being sold in most major supermarkets)
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.)
Oman (legal for non-Muslim foreigners at restaurants, hotels and bars; at home with license; illegal in public)
Pakistan (legal for Non-Muslims and foreigners, served at Hotels and can be bought at Wine stores; Illegal for Muslims; public consumption illegal)
Palestine (de facto illegal in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip only, legal in the West Bank)
Philippines (sales on election day and the day before; foreigners allowed on these days on establishments with permits)
Qatar (legal for tourists at hotels and bars as well as expatriates with permits)
Saudi Arabia (excludes foreign diplomats)
Somalia
Sudan (excluding non-Muslims in private)
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)
United Kingdom
Bournville (The sale of alcohol is not permitted in the Bournville area of Birmingham and thus no licensed premisies exist in the village).
Northern Ireland (Alcohol cannot be sold after 22:00 and before 08:00.)
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)
United Arab Emirates (illegal in Sharjah; public consumption illegal)




Past



Canada – 1918–1920 (see prohibition in Canada)
Faroe Islands – 1907–1992 (see 1907 Faroese alcohol referendum)
Finland – 1919–1932
Hungarian Soviet Republic – March 21 – August 1, 1919 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited (partial ban from July 23).
Iceland – 1915–1935 (see prohibition in Iceland) – However beer with an alcohol content exceeding 2.25% was prohibited until 1989.
North Yemen – 1962–1990
Norway – 1916–1926, distilled spirits banned; 1917-1923 fortified wines banned.
Ottoman Empire – 1612–1640 (prohibition by Murad IV)
Panama – March 25 – May 8, 2020 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited as part of the social distancing measures against Covid-19.
Philippines – 1966–1986
Pitcairn Islands – 1790-2009
Russian Empire and the Soviet Union – July 19, 1914 – August 28, 1925; 1929;
South Africa (temporary ban to prevent drunken violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa)
United Arab Emirates – In November 2020, the UAE introduced reforms that include the decriminalisation of alcohol for those 21 and over, except the Emirate of Sharjah.
United States – 1920–1933 (see prohibition in the United States)




See also


Religion and alcohol




Notes






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