List of countries with alcohol prohibition

  countries with a nationwide prohibition on alcohol

  countries with regional prohibitions on alcohol

  countries with limitations in prohibition on alcohol

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.

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Brunei
• Iran
• Iraq (except for Iraqi Kurdistan)
• Indonesia (prohibition in small business shops)
• India (prohibition in the states of Kerala, Gujarat, Bihar, Nagaland, and the union territory of Lakshwadeep)
• Libya
• Kuwait
• Maldives (excluding non-Muslims)
• Mauritania
• Pakistan (excluding non-Muslims)
• Saudi Arabia
• Sudan
• Somalia
• United Arab Emirates (prohibition in the emirate of Sharjah)
• Yemen

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