Czechia has the world’s highest per-capita alcohol consumption, yet it also has one of the strictest drink-driving laws.
The visualization above focuses on the world’s strictest blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) limits according to Autoviatest’s 2026.
In contrast, Czechia is the birthplace of pilsner and has ranked among the world’s highest alcohol-consuming countries for decades, yet its road policy maintains a strict zero-tolerance approach.
That divide between drinking culture and road policy also appears elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe, where Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia likewise enforce an absolute zero BAC limit for drivers.
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Countries ranked by blood-alcohol (BAC) limit for drivers
| wdt_ID | wdt_created_by | wdt_created_at | wdt_last_edited_by | wdt_last_edited_at | Country | BAC Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Argentina | 0 |
| 2 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Bahrain | 0 |
| 3 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Brazil | 0 |
| 4 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Czechia | 0 |
| 5 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Hungary | 0 |
| 6 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Kuwait | 0 |
| 7 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Oman | 0 |
| 8 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Qatar | 0 |
| 9 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Romania | 0 |
| 10 | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Patience | 07/10/2026 02:10 PM | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
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