World alcohol consumption – what we drank

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2005 seems to have been a good year for drinkers. We drank the equivalent of 6.1 litres of pure alcohol per person that year according to the World Health Organization. The biggest boozers: Europeans and the former Soviet states. Moldovans top the scale drinking 18.2 litres each. Moonshine accounts for almost 30 percent of the world's alcohol intake. In the former Soviet states, booze accounts for one in five male deaths. One more note of bad news: Single Malt Scotch has risen in price since 2005!

Have a look at this booze soaked map in the Economist.