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Culture > Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from Stats: compare key data on Poland & United Kingdom

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  • All drinks: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually from legally and illegally produced alcohol, by the population above 14 years of age. The consumption of tourists is excluded for countries with more tourists per year than resident population.
  • Beer: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually in the form of beer, by the population above 14 years of age.
  • Homemade and illegal drinks: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually in the form of “unrecorded alcohol” by the population above 14 years of age. The consumption of tourists is excluded for countries with more tourists per year than resident population.
    “Unrecorded alcohol” is not taxed and is outside of governmental control. It includes alcohol that is homemade (legally or illegally), smuggled or obtained through cross-border shopping. Data is collected through investigations and expert judgment.
  • Legal sources: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually in the form of “recorded alcohol” by the population above 14 years of age. The consumption of tourists is excluded for countries with more tourists per year than resident population. “Recorded alcohol” is taxed and within governmental control. It excludes alcohol that is homemade (legally or illegally), smuggled or obtained through cross-border shopping.
  • Other alcoholic drinks: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually from beverages other than wine, beer and spirits, by the population above 14 years of age.
  • Spirits: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed annually in the form of spirits, by population above 14 years of age (excludes illegally produced spirits).
  • Wine: Average liters of pure alcohol consumed in the form of wine by population above 14 years of age.
STAT Poland United Kingdom
All drinks 13.25
Ranked 20th.
13.37
Ranked 17th. 1% more than Poland
Beer 5.27
Ranked 12th. 7% more than United Kingdom
4.93
Ranked 15th.
Homemade and illegal drinks 3.7
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
1.7
Ranked 68th.
Legal sources 9.55
Ranked 35th.
11.67
Ranked 15th. 22% more than Poland
Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 111th.
0.67
Ranked 30th.
Spirits 2.97
Ranked 34th. 23% more than United Kingdom
2.41
Ranked 49th.
Wine 1.23
Ranked 50th.
3.53
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Poland

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. 

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