Distillers Country guides / Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
A one-page guide to Liechtenstein for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Vaduz
- Official languages
- German
- Currency
- Swiss franc (CHF)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (UTC+2 in summer)
- Area
- 160 km²
People
- Population
- 41,237 (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.4% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 14.6%
- Aged under 15
- 14.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.4%
- Life expectancy
- 84.2 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$9.0 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$218,978 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 0% (2025)
- Inflation
- 0.2% (2025)
Climate
Alpine location with a continental but mild climate: cloudy cold winters with rain and snow, cool to slightly warm humid summers, and the warm foehn wind prolonging spring and autumn. Cold mountain winters can affect road access.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18 for spirits and spirit-based drinks; 16 for other alcoholic drinks (sale, possession and consumption)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Legal drinking age; Wikipedia - Liechtenstein; Embassy of Liechtenstein (US): Spirited Liechtenstein. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.