The attitude to alcohol varies greatly in different countries - in some it’s generally not accepted to drink more glasses "for company", in others - "beer without vodka - waste of money." But in any case, alcohol poses a serious threat to the health of entire nations, and the World Health Organization always takes such statistics seriously, and this year once again published a report on the status of alcohol in the world. Including from the report we can single out the rating of the most drinking countries, which is based on the average annual consumption of pure alcohol per capita.
10. Croatia
In Croatia, a huge number of festivals are held annually: Cartoon Festival, International Puppet Theater Festival, International Folklore Festival, Zagreb Summer Festival and many, many others. Isn't this one of the reasons why Croatia is in the top ten drinking countries? :) Per capita in this country, 15.11 liters of pure alcohol are consumed annually, including beer: 6.66 liters.
9. Belarus
The ranking includes quite a few countries of the former USSR, and Belarus is one of them. According to the UN Human Development Index, Belarus ranks 52nd out of 182 countries from the UN report. Nevertheless, in this country 15.13 liters of alcohol are drunk per person, while an interesting feature is that 1.84 liters are consumed in beer, and three times as much alcohol - 4.08 liters.
8. Romania
This small country (78th in the world by area) with a population of 21 million people. It is in the 50th place in the human development index, and each of 21 million accounts for 15.30 liters of alcohol per year. The ratio of beer and spirits consumption in the country is approximately the same - 4.07 and 4.14 liters, respectively.
7. Andorra
The dwarf princedom, located between France and Spain, celebrates its national holiday - the day of Our Lady of Meritschellskaya - September 8, in the human development index is in 30th place. The population of this country is only 91 thousand people, but they drink a lot - 15.48 liters per person per year. Consumption of beer and strong alcoholic drinks are approximately correlated - 3.93 and 3.14 liters, respectively.
6. Estonia
A country in Northern Europe is famous for its slowness, however, it occupies 34th place in the ranking of the Human Development Index. Each of the 1.3 million inhabitants drinks an average of 15.57 liters of alcohol, 5.53 liters from the bottom of the beer, and twice as much alcohol - 9.19 liters.
5. Ukraine
One of the former republics of the USSR, recently often flashed in the news, takes 69th place in the ranking of the human development index. On average, every resident of Ukraine drinks 15.60 liters of alcohol per year, while mostly abusing mostly strong drinks - 5.21 liters per year per capita, but beer in the country is not popular - 2.69 liters per person.
4. Russia
Perhaps the most popular alcohol abuse in the world community is “a bottle of vodka and a cap with earflaps” - a standard stereotype of a Russian peasant. Nevertheless, Russia did not even make it into the top three, although the rating of vodka has long been compiled, but in the ranking on the human development index, Russia is only in 65th place. At the same time, alcohol consumption per capita is 15.76 liters, strong alcoholic drinks are especially popular - 6.88 liters per person per year.
3. Hungary
The country in Central Europe celebrates its main state holiday - St. Stephen's Day - August 20. It is in 5th place in the number of suicides per 100 thousand people, and in the ranking of the human development index - in 36th place. The total alcohol consumption in this country is 16.27 liters per person per year.
2. Czech Republic
The capital of Czechs - Prague - is also known as the capital of beer, hence the large amount of consumption of this drink - 8.51 liters per year per person. According to the human development index, the country is in 28th place, which is the highest among the countries in the ranking. However, alcohol consumption of 16.45 liters per person per year gave the country a silver medal in the ranking of the most drinking countries.
1.Moldova
It’s hard to explain how this small country with an area of 33,846 km? became a leader ranking of the most drinking countries, but perhaps the fact is that the country occupies only 99th place in the human development index. Whatever the reason, but on average each of the 3.5 million people in the country drinks 18.22 liters a year. An interesting fact is that of these 18 liters, only 8.22 liters is official consumption, i.e. alcohol purchased in stores that have a license to do so. The remaining 10 liters were produced and purchased in clandestine workshops.
