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Worldwide consumption in 2019 was equal to 5.5 litres of pure alcohol consumed per person aged 15 years or older. [6] This is a decrease from the 5.7 litres in 2010. Distilled alcoholic beverages are the most consumed, followed by beer and wines .
Countries in Europe in which wine is historically the most popular alcoholic drink, informally known as the wine belt, are located to the south of beer belt and vodka belt. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The wine belt has been variously defined as approximately spanning 41–44°N, [ 31 ] 30–50°N, [ 32 ] and 35–50/51°N.
Wine shop in Lavaux. Swiss wine is produced from nearly 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) of vineyards, and the wines are mainly produced in the west and in the south of Switzerland, in the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, Ticino, Valais and Vaud. White grape varieties are grown on 43% of the country's vineyard area, and red grape varieties on 57%. [1]
This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of beer. Information not provided for some countries is not given in the available sources. Note: The row number column is fixed. So you can choose what column to rank by clicking its header to sort it. * indicates "Beer in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
On a per capita scale, 10.3 litres of pure alcohol were consumed by each Australian in 2010. The average amongst OECD countries was 9.1 litres. Beer was the most preferred beverage, followed by wine, spirits and pre-mixed beverages. [12] Retail sales for alcohol including GST in the 2011/12 financial year totalled A$18,135 million. [13]
According to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, annual per capita consumption of alcohol in Russia was about 15.76 litres of pure alcohol, the fourth-highest volume in Europe. [1] It dropped to 11.7 litres in 2016, [2] dropping further to about 10.5 litres in 2019. [3]
In 2022 the majority of wines were exported, being sent to 75 countries, with 60% of wine produced being exported to European Union countries. [4] The same year, there was a decrease in per-capita income from wine sales (US$331.42 in 2021 versus US$297.23 in 2022), although during 2023 the figure increased to US$350.57. [5]
Wine consumption per person, 2014 [115] Wine as a share of total alcohol consumption, 2010 [116] Wine-consumption data from a list of countries by alcohol consumption measured in liters of pure ethyl alcohol consumed per capita in a given year, according to the most recent data from the World Health Organization.