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Food Statistics > Alcohol consumption > Current (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1     Luxembourg: 15.5 litres per capita 
# 2     France: 14.8 litres per capita 
# 3     Ireland: 13.5 litres per capita 
# 4     Hungary: 13.4 litres per capita 
# 5     Czech Republic: 12.1 litres per capita 
# 6     Spain: 11.7 litres per capita 
# 7     Denmark: 11.5 litres per capita 
# 8     Portugal: 11.4 litres per capita 
# 9     United Kingdom: 11.2 litres per capita 
# 10     Austria: 11.1 litres per capita 
# 11     Switzerland: 10.8 litres per capita 
# 12     Belgium: 10.7 litres per capita 
# 13     Germany: 10.2 litres per capita 
# 14     Australia: 9.8 litres per capita 
# 15     Netherlands: 9.7 litres per capita 
= 16     Korea, South: 9.3 litres per capita 
= 16     Finland: 9.3 litres per capita 
# 18     Greece: 9.2 litres per capita 
# 19     New Zealand: 8.9 litres per capita 
# 20     United States: 8.3 litres per capita 
# 21     Poland: 8.1 litres per capita 
# 22     Italy: 8 litres per capita 
# 23     Canada: 7.8 litres per capita 
= 24     Slovakia: 7.6 litres per capita 
= 24     Japan: 7.6 litres per capita 
# 26     Sweden: 7 litres per capita 
# 27     Iceland: 6.5 litres per capita 
# 28     Norway: 6 litres per capita 
# 29     Mexico: 4.6 litres per capita 
# 30     Turkey: 1.5 litres per capita 
Weighted average: 9.6 litres per capita  



DEFINITION: Alcohol consumption - Litres per capita by population aged above 15. (Data for 2003).

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Smegma
29th September 2011
Russia was being kind to not participate, giving us hope.
Numa
21st September 2011
Wanna know if is there anyone who has any idea about how to launch a new product
Chris
3rd August 2011
Hi, I am trying to find some as recent as possible figures regarding total alcohol sales for different countries, especially Japan, US and UK. In other terms, total spend on alcohol as % of GDP for different countries?
Does anyone have any idea where I can find this data. Any help much appreciated. Thanks.
Tristan Egarr
1st August 2011
"Luxembourg sells the most alcohol in Europe per capita. However, the large proportion of alcohol purchase by customers from neighbouring countries contributes to the statistically high level of alcohol sales per capita; this level of alcohol sales is thus not representative of the actual alcohol consumption of the Luxembourg population."

In terms of problematic "binge" drinking, the following study puts Ireland on top with a third of its people binging, with Finland, Britain and Denmark also high (each are about 1/4 bingers). http://www.finfacts.com/irishfinancenews/article_10009454.shtml
Aaron
9th July 2011
This is PER YEARLY consumption of PURE ALCOHOL.

Edward M. Rizzo
27th June 2011
I am having trouble accessing your archives for alcohol consumption - litres per capita for 1960, 70, 80, 90, 2000.
pastoredrizzo@juno.com
eu
20th January 2011
What about moldova?
des
17th December 2010
@Wine Lover, at 14% alc/vol, a 750ml bottle of wine has 105ml of pure alcohol, bringing it to about 0.4 bottles of wine per day, which is a lot but not unrealistic.

Interesting that Russia and Australia are actually not that high despite their respective reputations
des
17th December 2010
Wine Lover, dude, where did you get those 7.5 ml bottles of wine, from a dollhouse?
Wine Lover
15th December 2010
France has a 14.8 liter per capita alcohol consumption ... that equals 14,800 ml. The typical bottle of wine has 7.5 ml of pure ethanol in it (at 12% alcohol). 14,800 ml divided by 7.5 ml equals 1,973 bottles of wine per person per year. That's 5 bottles of wine per person per day. That is not even believable.
Jon
18th November 2010
So does the data measure litres of pure alcohol or litres of drinks that contain alcohol? That would make a BIG difference.
xxYxx
20th September 2010
YES! but in Russia or Poland etc. they drink 8.1 litres per capita of VODKA and in Luxemburd or Fance they drink vine or beer :)
simple guy
30th July 2010
Really where is Russia? I once heard a russian said Cameroon was the first... hahaha, funny.
Kate
15th June 2010
Russia is not OECD members. Look. This is 'OECD Health Data 2005'!!
Carlos Eduardo Lopez Palacios
15th April 2010
Is this a monthy consumption or what?
Haha
27th March 2010
Boris, actually Russia is at 10 litres
better straighten up your sources
Dilip Parekh
26th March 2010
I am interested in finding out statistics about Alcohol Consumption of India compared to Other countries
Dilip Parekh
26th March 2010
I am trying to find out comparative alcohole consumption statistics betwwen India and othe rmajor countries
Boris
24th March 2010
Russia is currently at 18 litres
Vasya
8th March 2010
I think Russia played no contest at all ;)
Andre´
13th February 2010
Unlike the Seattle comment, *this* is the only reasonable, adequate, and sensible way to analyse alcohol consumption.
Portuguese drink wine, but the % alcohol differs from the Italian ones.
Czechs drink beer, but the % alcohol differs from the Belgian ones.
Even with vodka, there are 38% and 80%! So shut up and quit the booze!
Stoltz
11th February 2010
+1 to Giacomo. Where is Russia in graph?
Giacomo Gasperini
5th February 2010
What about russia?
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