It seems it was a big thing in the Faeroe Islands/NZ/Hungary/Iceland as well. How orthodoxly were these followed, or were they as widely flouted as the USA?
My question generally deals with the Anglophone world/Europe/leftover parts of the world, not the parts of the arab world that already essentially discouraged alcohol use.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_alcohol_prohibition
What was the cause of this? Was it just a global movement?
I can't cite sources, however as a student of NZ history I know the difference here was our soldiers were allowed to vote in a second referendum on the matter which led to national prohibition being pretty quickly repealed by 1919/20ish (I'm working from memory here, I invite anyone with more proximate knowledge to correct me).
However, several towns went on to enact local prohibition laws, leaving us with "wet" and "dry" regions, Oamaru being one of the last strongholds of prohibition in New Zealand.
Can only answer for Iceland.
During the late 19th century/ early 20th the Order Of Good Templars became a force in Icelandic life. One of their main causes at the time was prohibition. There was also a substantial group of youth clubs (Ungmennafélögin), both religious, athletic and even communistic that made temperance a major fighting point.
In 1908 a ban on any form of alcoholic consumption, brewing and selling was pushed through parliament with about 60% of the votes. Despite this it only came into force in 1915, and it only took seven years for the ban on wines to be lifted.
After that it become a bit of a joke. For example you could by certain spirits for "medicinal" purposes and home brewing became common place.
The legacy of prohibition is still felt here. The ban was officially lifted in 1939 but beer was officially forbidden until 1989. Despite this there was a litany of exceptions, for examples at one point sailor could bring home a six pack per tour, the captain could bring four.
Home brewing is still fairly commonplace, before beer was legalized people would mixed non-alcoholic beer and moonshine to make a truly awful drink to have casually. There is still a ban on alcohol in stadiums.
Sources: I'm Icelandic and have a few school books that I dug up. Also stories told to me by older people and articles in newspapers printed online, for example this
Very good sources of the temperance movement can be found in the "Anti-Saloon League Year Book", which is a series of yearly reports by the league and it contains an enormous amount of data and analysis for not only the USA, but also countries around the world.