List of countries with alcohol prohibition

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

•  Afghanistan
•  Bahrain (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Bangladesh
•  Brunei Darussalam
•  Djibouti
• Some parts of India (prohibition in the states of Gujarat, Bihar, Nagaland, Manipur, and the union territory of Lakshadweep. Legal in all other states and territories.)[2][3]
•  Indonesia (total prohibition in the province of Aceh only, excluding non-Muslims elsewhere)
•  Iran
•  Kuwait
•  Libya
•  Maldives (legal for Foreigners at licensed establishments)
•  Mauritania
•  Pakistan (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Qatar (excluding non-Muslims)
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Somalia
•  South Africa [4]
•  Sudan
•  United Arab Emirates (total prohibition in the emirate of Sharjah only, excluding non-Muslims elsewhere)
•  Yemen (legal in the areas of former communist South Yemen until 1994)

•  Ottoman Empire – (1612 - 1640) prohibition by Murad IV
•  United States – 1920–1933 (see prohibition in the United States)
•  Canada – 1918–1920 (see prohibition in Canada)
•  Faroe Islands – 1907–1992 (see 1907 Faroese alcohol referendum)
•  Russian Empire and the  Soviet Union – July 19, 1914 – August 28, 1925; 1929;
•  Iceland – 1915–1935 (see prohibition in Iceland) – However beer with an alcohol content exceeding 2.25% was prohibited until 1989.
•  Iraq a proposal to ban alcohol was proposed in 2016. It was then dropped less than a year later, but a 200% tax on alcohol was introduced in 2018 budget.
•  Norway – 1916–1927
•  Hungarian Soviet Republic – March 21 – August 1, 1919 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited.
•  Finland – 1919–1932
•  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 – until 2009
•  North Yemen – 1962-1990