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Culture > Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from Stats: compare key data on Cuba & Mexico

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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 Cuba Mexico
All drinks 5.51
Ranked 100th.
8.42
Ranked 66th. 53% more than Cuba
Beer 1.48
Ranked 93th.
3.96
Ranked 33th. 3 times more than Cuba
Homemade and illegal drinks 1.1
Ranked 92nd.
3.4
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Cuba
Legal sources 4.41
Ranked 94th.
5.02
Ranked 85th. 14% more than Cuba
Other alcoholic drinks 0.01
Ranked 97th.
0.03
Ranked 86th. 3 times more than Cuba
Spirits 2.94
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Mexico
1.09
Ranked 96th.
Wine 0.05
Ranked 122nd. 3 times more than Mexico
0.02
Ranked 138th.

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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