What country has the highest rate of alcoholism per capita?

These are the heaviest drinking countries in the world. Belarus had the world's highest level of alcohol consumption, with 17.5 liters of alcohol consumed per capita. The country's high level of consumption has had serious health consequences on its residents.
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What country has the highest alcoholism rate?

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Rates of Alcohol Use Disorder/Alcoholism (males):
  • Russia - 36.9%
  • Hungary - 36.9%
  • Belarus - 33.9%
  • Latvia - 28.8%
  • Slovenia - 23.5%
  • Slovakia - 22.8%
  • Poland - 22.7%
  • Estonia - 22.2%
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What country has the lowest alcoholism rate?

According to the World Health Organization, US has the lowest rate of alcohol dependence with only 1.93 per cent.
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Below are the top countries in the world with the high rate of alcohol use disorder in males:
  • Latvia (11.54%)
  • Belarus (11.43%)
  • Estonia (11.09%)
  • Niue (10.58%)
  • Colombia (10.33%)
  • Thailand (10.18%)
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What country drinks the most alcohol per capita 2021?

Here's the top ten countries ranked by the number of times respondents from each country said they got drunk per year:
  • Australia: 26.7.
  • Denmark: 23.8.
  • Finland: 23.8.
  • United States: 23.1.
  • United Kingdom: 22.5.
  • Canada: 22.
  • Ireland: 20.
  • France: 17.5.
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Who is the drunkest country?

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.
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Country Alcohol Consumption Comparison



Where does the US rank in alcohol consumption?

The United States had an annual consumption per person of 9.97 liters of pure alcohol in 2019, but consumption varies by state. This puts the United States at the 39th-highest spot, significantly above the worldwide average of 5.8 liters.
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Which race drinks the most alcohol?

Native Americans have the highest prevalence (12.1 percent) of heavy drinking (i.e., five or more drinks on the same occasion for 5 or more of the past 30 days; followed by Whites (8.3 percent) and Hispanics (6.1 percent).
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Does America have an alcohol problem?

More than 6 percent of adults in the U.S. have an alcohol use disorder, about 1 in 12 men and 1 in 25 women. An additional 623,000 people between the ages of 12 and 17 have alcohol use disorders. About 88,000 people die of alcohol-related causes every year in the United States.
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Which country drinks the most alcohol top 10?

The 10 countries that drink the most alcohol, in liters per capita, ranked:
  • Moldova (17.4 liters per capita over 15+ years)
  • Belarus (17.1)
  • Lithuania (16.2)
  • Russia (14.5)
  • Czech Republic (14.1)
  • Romania (12.9)
  • Serbia (12.9)
  • Australia (12.6)
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Do the Irish drink more than the English?

BRITISH people are the biggest drinkers in the world, outranking the Irish, according to a new study. Following the Brits is the USA, Canada, Australia, Denmark and India, while Mexico, Czech Republic and Finland complete the top ten.
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Who drinks more British or American?

Britons drink almost one litre more pure alcohol each year than Americans, who consume the average amount, a report revealed today. Statistics released only once every two years show Britons over the age of 15 get through some 9.7litres of pure alcohol each every year.
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Which states drink the most?

Per capita alcohol consumption of all beverages in the U.S. by state 2019. New Hampshire is currently the state with the highest per capita alcohol consumption in the United States.
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What race has the lowest alcohol tolerance?

In North America, Native Americans have the highest probability of developing an alcohol use disorder compared to Europeans and Asians. Different alcohol tolerance also exists within Asian groups, such as between Chinese and Koreans.
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What is the drunkest city in America?

The drunkest city in the United States is Green Bay, Wisconsin. Approximately 26.5% of adults drink to excess.
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Who drinks more America or Russia?

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).
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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.
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Who drinks the most alcohol in Europe?

Belarus, a small landlocked country in Europe, consumed the greatest average number of liters of pure alcohol per capita. On average, its citizens consumed 14.4 liters each year, over 1.5 times more than Americans.
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Why do Brits drink so much alcohol?

Drinking alcohol is mainly about being sociable. Us Brits love to get together in bars, clubs, restaurants and pubs to catch up on gossip, talk politics, watch sport and celebrate friends and families' successes and anniversaries, like growing another year older.
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Is American beer weaker than English?

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.
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Who drinks more Russia or Ireland?

The average male Irish drinker has four. Russian guys? More than five. But World Health Organization stats show that these aren't the only nations worthy of hard-drinking reputations.
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Why do Irish have red hair?

It is thought Ireland, Scotland and northern England have the highest concentration of Titian-haired people in the world because the Celtic colouring is genetically programmed to work better in our sun-starved countries. "It's to do with the cloudy climate," said Helen Moffat, marketing manager at IrelandsDNA.
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Do people drink a lot in Scotland?

"Alcohol is an integral part of Scottish life." Scotland's alcohol consumption is among the highest in the world, according to World Health Organization data; on average, Scots consume the equivalent of more than 13 liters (3.4 gallons) of pure alcohol a year, about 40 percent more than Americans (2.4 gallons).
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