Which country likes to drink the most?
Belarus, a country that drinks the most liters of pure alcohol than any other country in the world, was also classified as having one the riskiest pattern of drinking.
Portugal recorded an alcohol consumption of 12.03 liters per person and is one of the countries that consume the most alcohol.
Rankings are based on the number of liters of pure alcohol consumed per person per year, from beer, wine and spirits combined (the three have progressively higher percentages of alcohol content). Luxembourg, where residents pound down 15.5 liters of alcohol in a year, on average, ranks first.
Russia and Australia have the highest prevalence of alcoholism dependence overall, with 2.61 per cent and 2.58 per cent, respectively. According to the World Health Organization, US has the lowest rate of alcohol dependence with only 1.93 per cent.
Europeans Are Earth's Biggest Drinkers
Europeans drink more than the inhabitants of any other continent on the planet.
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The world's biggest drinking nations (litres per capita, 2015)
| # | Country | Alcohol consumptions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldova | 17.4 |
| 2 | Belarus | 17.1 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 16.2 |
| 4 | Russia | 14.5 |
People from Australia are getting wasted at a much higher frequency than the rest of the world, according to a global drug survey. The world's largest annual drug survey has ranked Australia as the drunkest country on the planet, with Australians getting sh*tfaced almost twice as frequently as the global average.
Adult Men Drink More than Women
Almost 58% of adult men report drinking alcohol in the past 30 days compared with 49% of adult women. Men are more likely to binge drink than women.
| Country | Male | Combined |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 17.6% | 13.9% |
| Poland | 22.7% | 12.8% |
| Slovakia | 22.8% | 12.2% |
| Estonia | 22.2% | 12.2% |
Does the US have a drinking problem? While America is among first-world countries with lower rates of alcohol use, it has a higher rate of alcohol abuse. About 15 million Americans are currently struggling with alcoholism; on average, 95,000 people die yearly in the United States from alcohol-related causes.
What state is known for alcoholism?
| Rank | State | Gallons of Ethanol Per Capita* |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hampshire | 4.67 |
| 2 | Washington, D.C. | 3.77 |
| 3 | Delaware | 3.52 |
| 4 | Nevada | 3.42 |
- Comoros (0.2)
- Saudi Arabia (0.2)
- Yemen (0.2)
- Kuwait (0.1)
- Mauritania (0.1)
- Pakistan (0.1)
- Libya (0)
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A “drink” is considered to be:
- 12 ounces of beer.
- 8 ounces of malt liquor.
- 5 ounces of wine.
- 1.5 ounces of 80-proof (40% alcohol content) distilled spirits or liquor.
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 14.9%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 11.3%
- Hispanic: 8.6%
- Caucasian: 8.4%
- African American: 7.4%
- Asian: 4.6%
- Germany - 12.79 liters/year.
- Lithuania - 12.78 liters/year.
- Ireland - 12.75 liters/year.
- Spain - 12.67 liters/year.
- Uganda - 12.48 liters/year.
- Bulgaria - 12.46 liters/year.
- Luxembourg - 12.45 liters/year.
- Romania - 12.34 liters/year.
What country is the most sober? Afghanistan. According to the World Health Organization, pure alcohol consumption in Afghanistan is almost non-existent, with a record of 0.013 liters in 2019. Men consumed at least 0.022 liters, while women almost had an insignificant consumption of 0.003 liters.
Americans drink the equivalent of 470 pints of mild beer annually. The average British drinker consumes 1,100 pints of beer in a year. The USA has one of the lowest rates of drinking in the developed world. According to the WHO, the average American drinks just around 31 glasses of wine.
Belarus drinks the most alcohol in the world, with an average consumption of 17.5 liters. Russia comes in second with an average consumption of 15.1 liters. The United States consumes a a relatively reasonable average of 9.2 liters, which is also less than the UK (11.. 6 liters) and Ireland (11.9 liters).
While other countries report higher alcohol consumption, America has among the most alcohol abuse.
The country that drinks the most beer per capita is the Czech Republic. It has topped the list for almost 30 years straight, since 1993. The Czechs drink on average 181.7L of beer per year per person.
What country has no drinking age?
However, Angola (except Luanda Province), Central African Republic, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Togo have no laws on the books restricting the sale of alcohol to minors. In Libya, Somalia and Sudan the sale, production and consumption of alcohol is completely prohibited.
Mardi Gras may bring in the beads, but it also brings in the booze. On average, Americans consumed 4.5 drinks on this day, making “Fat Tuesday” the booziest of the bunch. New Year's Eve wasn't too far behind with an average of 4.4 drinks consumed.
Q: What country has the most drunk driving accidents? South Africa has the highest rate of drunk driving fatalities globally, with 25.1 deaths per 100,000 total population. In the US, Wyoming is the state with the highest drunk driving crashes, with 7.60 fatalities per 100,000 people.
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- Honorable mention: Kobayashi. OK, so he's not a drinker… but… the man has the potential to be one of the greats.
Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of total personal abstinence from the consumption of alcohol, specifically in alcoholic drinks. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler or teetotaller, or is simply said to be teetotal.
Males drinkers tend to drink more often and more heavily than females do,5 consuming nearly three times as much pure alcohol per year (19.0 liters for males, 6.7 liters for females).
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Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota have the highest rates of binge drinking in the country, while Utah, Oklahoma and Alabama had some of the lowest rates.
In Russia, the legal drinking age is usually eighteen. Usually, because there are some exceptions to that case. Technically, stronger alcohol such as cognac and vodka is sold only to those over 21.
As of 2018, the CDC reports that just 5.1% of Americans are heavy drinkers. The full stat breakdown is as follows: Heavy weekly drinker: 5.1% Moderate weekly drinker (4–14 drinks for men, 4 to 7 for women): 15.5%
Why are Americans drinking less?
More and more young people are choosing to pursue sobriety for health and wellness, instead of due to dependency. Many more are limiting their alcohol consumption for the same reasons. With that comes the rise of hip, new non-alcoholic beverages.
Travelers become ill because the water pathogens are foreign to their immune systems. At the same time, locals can drink from the same source and have no issue whatsoever because they have adapted to the water supply from a very early age.
1. Great Britain. While the Irish have one date to celebrate their country's abiding love of alcohol, the British have three: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Bourbon (whiskey), named for Bourbon County, Kentucky, is a corn whiskey aged in charred oak barrels. It was proclaimed the U.S. National Spirit by an act of Congress in 1964.
But the crown of alcohol consumption per capita goes to the Cook Islands, which leads the world with an annual per capita consumption of 13L (3.4 gallons) of alcohol.
