Russia is number four on the list of the world’s most-drinking nations presented in the newly published report by the WHO. According to the survey, Russians drink an average of 15,76 liters of pure alcohol per year. Only the Moldovans (18,22), the Czechs (16,45) and the Hungarians (16,27) and drink more.
The figures include both recorded and unrecorded consumption.
Of the other countries in the Barents Region, Finland consumes the most with an average of 12,52 litres per person, followed by Sweden with 10,40 litres and Norway with 7,81litres.
The Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health presented by the WHO on 11 February describes serious health consequences of alcohol consumption and states that “the by far the highest proportion of alcohol-attributable mortality is in the Russian Federation and neighbouring countries, where every fifth death among men and 6% of deaths among women are attributable to the harmful use of alcohol”.
