Australians 消費する more alcohol than Americans, Canadians and the Japanese ? but we're far from the world's heaviest drinkers

  • The World Health Organisation has 明らかにする/漏らすd the world's heaviest drinkers
  • Australians were shown to 消費する 井戸/弁護士席 over the 全世界の 普通の/平均(する) per year
  • にもかかわらず this, they don't 登録(する) in the 最高の,を越す ten of the globe's biggest drinkers
  • ーに関して/ーの点でs of binge drinking, nearly four in ten young Australians drink to 超過

Australians 消費する more alcohol than Americans and Canadians, but are far from the world's heaviest drinkers.

New data 解放(する)d by the World Health Organisation (世界保健機構) on Friday shows that Australians 消費する more than ten litres of pure alcohol per person per year.

Australia's 普通の/平均(する) 消費 of 10.6 litres per year is 井戸/弁護士席 over the 全世界の 普通の/平均(する) of?6.4, but it doesn't place them anywhere 近づく the 最高の,を越す.

The heaviest drinking countries have been revealed, with eastern European countries dominating the top of the list. Pictured: Melbourne's Hofbrauhaus

The heaviest drinking countries have been 明らかにする/漏らすd, with eastern European countries 支配するing the 最高の,を越す of the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる). Pictured: Melbourne's Hofbrauhaus

Australia's drinking culture is synonymous with beer, but they don't register near the top 10 (stock image)

Australia's drinking culture is synonymous with beer, but they don't 登録(する) 近づく the 最高の,を越す 10 (在庫/株 image)

TOP 10 HEAVIEST DRINKING COUNTRIES

1. Moldova - 15.2 litres per year

2. Lithuania - 15.0

3. Czech 共和国 - 14.4

4. Seychelles - 13.8

5. Germany - 13.4?

6. Nigeria - 13.4

7. Ireland 13.0

8. Latvia - 12.9

9. Bulgaria - 12.7

10. フラン, Romania and Slovenia (equal at 12.6 litres)

Source: 世界保健機構 data?

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にもかかわらず Australia's international 評判 as a beer-loving nation, it does not appear in the 最高の,を越す ten.

によれば the 世界保健機構 data, the small European country of Moldova 最高の,を越すs the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる), 消費するing more than 15 litres per 年.

の中で other 激しい drinkers globally are the Czech 共和国 (14.4 litres), renowned for their 資本/首都, Prague, 存在 a party town.

The French, Germans and Irish all find themselves 近づく the 最高の,を越す of the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる), 消費するing 12.6, 13.4 and 13.0 litres on 普通の/平均(する) per year それぞれ.

In Russia, the 普通の/平均(する) was about 11.7 litres.

Young Australians were more likely to binge drink than people in other age groups.

Nearly 40 per cent of those 老年の between 15 and 19 were 設立する to drink to 超過.

French, German and Irish people all find themselves near the top of the list, consuming 12.6, 13.4 and 13.0 litres on average per year respectively (stock image)

French, German and Irish people all find themselves 近づく the 最高の,を越す of the 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる), 消費するing 12.6, 13.4 and 13.0 litres on 普通の/平均(する) per year それぞれ (在庫/株 image)

Australia also 設立する itself 近づく the 最高の,を越す in alcohol use disorders, with nearly one in every 20 people admitting to alcohol dependency.

Australia's alcohol of choice is still beer, with ワイン closely に引き続いて.

A total of 39.9 per cent of Australians said beer was their drink of choice, while 37.5 per cent chose ワインs.

にもかかわらず these 人物/姿/数字s, the 率 of Australia's drinking is on the 拒絶する/低下する.

The 普通の/平均(する) alcohol 消費 is now 概算の to be around 2.6 基準 drinks per day, 負かす/撃墜する from 2.7 in 2015-16, によれば the Australian Bureau of 統計(学).

Australians as a whole 消費するd 186 million litres of pure alcohol in 2016-17, the lowest 人物/姿/数字 since 1961-62.

Despite being well over the average consumer rate, Australia's drinking is on the decline (stock image)

にもかかわらず 存在 井戸/弁護士席 over the 普通の/平均(する) 消費者 率, Australia's drinking is on the 拒絶する/低下する (在庫/株 image)

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