Who named the most drinking country in Europe
A world leader in alcohol consumption according for 2016 is Lithuania. On Tuesday, may 16, said the representative of the world health organization (who), Gauden Galea, reports “Interfax”.
Galea said that over the past year, one resident on average drank 16 liters of alcohol. “This, according to the latest estimates, making it (Lithuania — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) the biggest drinker in Europe, as well as most drinking country in the world,” he said.
In January of this year, the CPS estimated that, in comparison with 2009, the Russians began to drink less than one third. In 2017 the average per capita alcohol consumption in Russia amounted to more than 10 litres per person per year, and six years ago, everyone in the country accounted for 15 liters of alcohol.
In February 2016, experts Euromonitor has published a rating of the most drinking countries. First place in this list took South Korea from 13.7 servings of alcohol a week. Second place went to Russia from 6.3 portion, and the third for the Philippines. The citizens of this country consume about 5.4 servings of alcohol a week. Lithuania in the top 10 were not included.