Who drinks the most in Europe?

Of EU countries (including Norway and Switzerland), Lithuania had the highest alcohol per capita consumption (15.0 litres) in 2016, while Italy had the lowest (7.5 litres) (Figure 1).

Which nationality drinks the most?

Here's the top ten countries ranked by the number of times respondents from each country said they got drunk per year:
  • Finland: 23.8.
  • United States: 23.1.
  • United Kingdom: 22.5.
  • Canada: 22.
  • Ireland: 20.
  • France: 17.5.
  • Sweden: 16.
  • Netherlands: 15.7.


Which country in Europe drinks the most alcohol 2021?

Here are the 10 countries with the most alcohol consumption:
  • 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.


Do Europeans drink more alcohol?

Although alcohol consumption in Europe has declined between 2010 and 2017, the continent still leads the world in volume of alcohol consumption.

Do people in Europe drink a lot?

Drinking Rates in Europe

People in the European Union consume more alcohol than in any other part of the world, drinking an average of 8.71 liters, or around 25 beer-sized glasses of pure alcohol, per person a year, according to the latest European health report from the World Health Organization.

Country Alcohol Consumption Comparison



Why do Europeans drink more than Americans?

Westerners may be genetically programmed to eat more fatty foods and drink more alcohol than those in the east, researchers claimed today. Scientists at the University of Aberdeen said people in Europe could have evolved to make them more likely to opt for high-fat food and alcohol than those in Asia.

Is alcoholism worse in Europe?

Per capita alcohol consumption in the WHO European Region, including the European Union (EU), is the highest in the world, which results in proportionally higher levels of burden of disease attributable to alcohol use compared to other regions.

Which is the drunkest country in the world?

Australians have been named the heaviest drinkers in the world in a survey after spending more time drunk in 2020 than any other nation. The international survey found Australians drank to the point of drunkenness an average of 27 times a year, almost double the global average of 15.

Who drinks more US or UK?

UK respondents said they got drunk 51 times in the past year, compared with 50 times for people in the United States, 48 in Canada and 47 in Australia. Chilean respondents, on the other hand, reported getting drunk just 16 times a year and Colombians 22 times.

Who drinks more US or Europe?

Drinking Data Shows U.S. at the Top by Volume, but Europe Dominates Per Capita.

Why do British people drink so much?

Marketing practices in pubs, bars and clubs, including happy hours and other drinks deals, encouraged the British to drink more, too.

Do Europeans drink every day?

Alcohol consumption in Europe is the highest in the world, with over 20% of Europeans over 15 drinking heavily at least once a week.

What race drinks the most alcohol?

Across specific beverage types (i.e., wine, beer, and liquor), Puerto Rican (5.1 to 11.2 drinks/week) and Mexican-American (4.1 to 7.0 drinks/week) men drink the most and have the highest rates of binge drinking (19.6 to 35.0 percent and 13.3 to 36.8 percent, respectively) compared with Cuban (4.1 to 7.0 drinks/week; ...

What country has the lowest rate of alcoholism?

According to the World Health Organization, US has the lowest rate of alcohol dependence with only 1.93 per cent.
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Alcohol use by sex
  • Australia 2.61%
  • Russia 2.58%
  • Norway 2.55%
  • Colombia 2.55%
  • Hungary 2.27%
  • Sweden 2.27%
  • New Zealand 2.20%
  • Republic of Moldova 2.15%


What is America's drunkest city?

The drunkest city in the United States is Green Bay, Wisconsin. Approximately 26.5% of adults drink to excess. 50.5% of driving deaths in Green Bay involve alcohol. Wisconsin has a total of ten cities in the 20 drunkest cities list, four of them making the top five.

Are the English heavy drinkers?

Drinkers in the UK get drunk more than any other nation in the world, findings from a global survey suggest. Britons reported getting drunk an average of 51.1 times in a 12-month period – almost once a week – the report featuring 36 countries found. On average, respondents said they got drunk 33 times in the last year.

Do Brits drink every day?

England. 48% of adults (aged 16+) drink alcohol at least once a week. 55% of men drink alcohol at least once a week compared to 41% of women. 8% of men reported drinking alcohol almost every day compared to 5% of women.

Is American beer weaker than British?

First I asked Google about alcohol content and read that British beer is weaker than American—below 5%, although that will vary from brand to brand and from time to time. I also learned that British brewers, or at least some of them, began making their beer weaker in 2012 because it's cheaper that way.

What city has the most alcoholics?

1. Green Bay, Wis. The heaviest drinking metro area in the heaviest drinking state, Green Bay, Wis., has the highest excessive drinking rate of any U.S. metro area.

What countries drink most alcohol?

Top 10 countries with the highest alcohol consumption
  • Which country consumes the most alcohol per capita in the world? ...
  • 1) Seychelles – 20.50 litres.
  • 2) Uganda – 15.09 litres.
  • 3) Czechia – 14.45 litres.
  • 4) Lithuania – 13.22 litres.
  • 5) Luxembourg – 12.94 litres.
  • 6) Germany – 12.91 litres.
  • 7) Ireland – 12.88 litres.


Do Australians or British drink more?

Approximately 84 per cent of Australians drink alcohol at least once in a 12-month period, compared to 83.9 per cent in the UK and 68.9 per cent in the US. However, the UK leads the way with alcohol abuse problems.

Are Italians heavy drinkers?

Italy now has an extremely low rate of alcoholism compared with other European countries and the United States, reported the latest version of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health.

Why is Europe's drinking age so low?

Europe's small size is just one of the many factors that contributes to its lower drinking age. For comparison, the state of Texas can fit almost all of Europe in its boundaries. While the size of a continent may seem trivial, it ultimately affects how Europeans travel.

Do Italians drink more than Americans?

Italy also ranks second in the world (behind France) for personal wine consumption, with each Italian consuming 13.6 gallons a year. Compare that to America, which ranks 42nd in wine consumption, with the average American drinking 3.6 gallons a year. And yet, wine consumption in Italy is dwindling.