Distillers Country guides / Gibraltar
Gibraltar
A one-page guide to Gibraltar for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Official languages
- English
- Currency
- Gibraltar pound (GIP), at par with sterling
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (CET); UTC+2 summer
- Area
- 10 km²
People
- Population
- 40,126 (2025)
- Population growth
- 2.0% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 100%
- Aged under 15
- 17.6%
- Aged 65 and over
- 17.8%
- Life expectancy
- 83.6 years
Climate
Mediterranean (Koppen Csa): mild rainy winters and very warm to hot, humid summers with little rain. Average annual daily high 21.7 C, low 15.8 C; January high 16.3 C, August high 28.4 C.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Gibraltar; Wikipedia - Economy of Gibraltar; EY - Gibraltar Transaction Tax and duty changes; Spirit of the Rock Distillery - our story. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.