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List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita

List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita rather than just read about it. In short: World Health Organization (WHO) data The World Health Organization periodically publishes The Global Status Report on Alcohol: The report was first published by WHO in 1999 with data from 1996. The second report was released in 2004, published with data from 2003.

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Reference excerpt

World Health Organization (WHO) data The World Health Organization periodically publishes The Global Status Report on Alcohol:

The report was first published by WHO in 1999 with data from 1996. The second report was released in 2004, published with data from 2003. The third report was published in 2011, with data from 2010. The fourth global report was published in 2014, using data from 2010. The fifth global report was published in 2018, with data from 2016. The sixth global report was published in 2024, with data from 2019.

Worldwide

Countries Worldwide annual consumption in 2019 was equal to 5.5 litres of pure alcohol consumed per person aged 15 years or older. This is a decrease from the 5.7 litres in 2010. Distilled alcoholic beverages are the most consumed, followed by beer and wines. The regions with the highest consumption are the WHO European Region (9.2 litres) and the Region of the Americas (7.5 litres). |+Recorded annual consumption of pure alcohol (litres) per person 15 years of age and over

Consumption by type of alcoholic beverage (2019 data) The table below for 189 countries uses 2019 data (three-year average of 2017, 2018, and 2019) from the WHO report published in 2024. The recorded consumption values were based on data from government sources, statistics from economic operators, and FAOSTAT data and estimates the amount of alcohol consumption (in litres of pure alcohol) by persons 15 years of age or older. Unrecorded consumption (homebrew, moonshine, smuggled alcohol, surrogate alcohol etc.) was estimated using expert judgements and surveys. The total consumption (sum of recorded and unrecorded) is then broken down by type of alcoholic beverage. Beer refers to malt beer, wine refers to grape wine, spirits refers to all distilled beverages such as vodka and similar products, and the column "other" refers to all other alcoholic beverages, such as rice wine, soju, sake, mead, kumis, cider, kvass, and African beers (kumi kumi, kwete, banana beer, millet beer, umqombothi etc.). The last two columns represent projections for total consumption (sum of recorded and unrecorded) for the years 2025 and 2030, which are estimated using an ARIMA regression analyses.

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Alcohol-related lists, Alcohol by country, Lists of countries by consumption, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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What is List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita in simple terms?

World Health Organization (WHO) data The World Health Organization periodically publishes The Global Status Report on Alcohol: The report was first published by WHO in 1999 with data from 1996. The second report was released in 2004, published with data from 2003.

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