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The country in Europe where the most alcohol is consumed

2024-04-15 09:26:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
The country in Europe where the most alcohol is consumed
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Alcohol consumption in the European Union has fallen by 0.5 liters between 2010 and 2020. However, there are some countries where consumption has increased.

"No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health. However, the amount of alcohol we drink is still significant," warns the World Health Organization (WHO). 

The risk of developing cancer increases significantly when more alcohol is consumed. Health authorities urge people to stop drinking alcohol or at least reduce it. 

Total alcohol consumption is defined as the annual sale of pure alcohol in liters per person aged 15 and over. Alcoholic beverages are converted into pure alcohol. The data does not include consumption of unregistered alcohol, such as domestically produced or illegal.

There is a gradual decline in alcohol consumption in the EU and the WHO European Region. 

In the EU, total alcohol consumption per person aged 15 and over fell by 2.9 liters in the last four decades, falling from 12.7 liters in 1980 to 9.8 liters in 2020, corresponding to a 23 percent decrease.

Alcohol consumption in the WHO European Region, which covers 53 countries, including Russia and surrounding countries, fell from 12 liters in 2000 to 9.5 liters in 2020, corresponding to a decrease of 2.5 liters ( 21 percent).

Despite this decline, the WHO European Region still has the highest level of alcohol consumption per person in the world.

Each year, each person aged 15 and over in the county drinks an average of 9.5 liters of pure alcohol. This is equivalent to 190 liters of beer, 80 liters of wine or 24 liters of spirits.

Germany (10.6 liters) had the highest amount of alcohol consumption, in terms of economy and population, followed by France (10.4 liters), Spain (7.8 liters) and Italy (7.7 liters)./CNA 

 





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