List of countries with alcohol prohibition

The following countries have or had comprehensive prohibitions against alcohol.

Present

Currently, alcohol prohibition is enforced in many Muslim-majority countries and some regions of India.^[1]

•  Afghanistan
•  Bangladesh (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Brunei
•  India (prohibition in the states of Gujarat, Bihar, Nagaland, Manipur, and the union territory of Lakshwadeep. Legal in all other states and territories.)^[2][3]
•  Indonesia (prohibition in small business shops)^[4]
•  Iran
•  Iraq ( Legal in all Kurdistan Region, Baghdad,Mosul,Karkuk)
•  Kuwait
•  Libya
•  Maldives (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Mauritania
•  Pakistan (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Qatar (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Somalia
•  Sri Lanka (Purchasing and possessing liquor is prohibited for women. Alcohol consumption is legal in every other aspect.) ^[5]
•  Sudan
•  United Arab Emirates (prohibition in the emirate of Sharjah only)
•  Yemen (legal in the areas of former communist South Yemen until 1994)

Past

•  United States – 1920–1933 (see prohibition in the United States)
•  Canada – 1918–1920 (see prohibition in Canada)
•  Faroe Islands – 1907–1992 (see Faroese alcohol referendum, 1907)
•  Russian Empire and the  Soviet Union – 1914–1923
•  Iceland – 1915–1935 (see prohibition in Iceland) – However beer with an alcohol content exceeding 2.25% was prohibited until 1989.
•  Norway – 1916–1927
•  Hungarian Soviet Republic – March 21 – August 1, 1919 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited.
•  Finland – 1919–1932
•  Pitcairn Islands
•  North Yemen – 1962-1990

References