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, 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 American and Indigenous Australian communities and certain northern communities in the Canadian territories. They can range from bans on sales during certain times to complete bans.- *
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- illegal to drink in public places and during Ramadan.
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- it is illegal to sell alcohol to anyone under 18; serving alcohol in restaurants and bars is illegal between 3 am and 6 am; the sale in stores and supermarkets is prohibited from midnight to 6 am.
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- * Northern Ireland
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Past
- – 1918–1920
- – 1907–1992
- – 1919–1932
- – March 21 – August 1, 1919 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited.
- – 1915–1935 – However beer with an alcohol content exceeding 2.25% was prohibited until 1989.
- – 1962–1990
- – 1916–1926, distilled spirits banned; 1917-1923 fortified wines banned.
- – 1612–1640
- – March 25 – May 8, 2020 – Sale and consumption of alcohol was prohibited as part of the social distancing measures against Covid-19.
- – 1966–1986
- – 1790-2009
- and the – July 19, 1914 – August 28, 1925; 1929;
- – In November 2020, the UAE introduced reforms that include the decriminalisation of alcohol for those 21 and over, except the Emirate of Sharjah.
- – 1920–1933