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by mudricky | February 22, 2009 at 03:18 am
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Some like a drink more than others but this can also be said for countries.
The lastest firgures from the World Health Organisation show a new list of big drinkers based on pure alcohol bought and drank in 2007.
1) Luxembourg (15.6 litres per capita)
2) Ireland (13.7 litres)
3) Hungary (13.6 litres)
4) Moldova (13.2 litres)
5) Czech Republic (13.0 litres)
6) Croatia (12.3 litres)
7) Germany (12.0 litres)
8) Scotland (11.8 litres)
9) Spain (11.7 litres)
10) France (11.4 litres)
Some other intresting facts are Russia (10.3 litres), Lithuania (9.9 litres), England & Wales (9.9 litres), Australia (9.0 litres), United States (8.6 litres), Italy (8.0 litres),Canada (7.8 litres), Japan (7.6 litres), Sweden (6.0 litres), Norway (5.5 litres) China (5.2 litres).
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at 16:34 on February 22nd, 2009
I really thought Scotland would have come top of this poll. jazzyzazzyx
at 16:34 on February 22nd, 2009
My photo was taken during a concert for Valentine's Day -- the concert was awesome by the way. I took this photo because I liked the way light lit up these bottles.
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at 17:38 on February 22nd, 2009
I think that Canada's love affair with beer hurt us in the overall standings, since beer has relatively little alcohol. Not that that's a bad thing, mind.
at 05:54 on February 23rd, 2009
The tiny country of Luxembourg drinks the most. and the larger countries drink the least, maybe there is an explanation for that.
at 14:20 on February 24th, 2009
Ireland should be top of this list. The only reason Luxembourg is top is because of their low taxes on alcohol meaning Belgians, French and Germans living near the border buy their booze in Luxenbourg. Nobody would travel to Ireland to buy booze casue it's too far and too expensive. Practically all the booze bought in Ireland is consumed here.
at 14:03 on March 8th, 2009
Ok, Luxembourg is disqualified for cheating...
Ireland is depressing and Hungarians are just plain depressed... Not sure which one is the cause and which one the effect. Most likely a self-reinforcing viscous cycle providing a continuous excuse to indulge. Moldova is the poorest country in Europe with obvious needs for a reality-bender, and as far as I know, the Czechs are still the largest beer consumers in the world.
For the rest... your guess is as good as mine...