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 The Country that Drinks that Most Alcohol per Capita in 2024
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Romania is the country that drinks the most alcohol per capita in 2024, with a per capita consumption of 27.3 liters of pure alcohol in 2019. The most consumed alcoholic beverage in Romania is beer. The market for spirited drinks in Romania has reached around $800 million. The economic costs of harm due to alcohol amount to $1,306 per adult or 2.6% of the global GDP. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV has launched its Global Smart Drinking Goals initiative to reduce the harmful use of alcohol globally and ensure that low- or no-alcohol beer products make up at least 20% of its global beer volume by 2025. Anheuser-Busch InBev had a global production volume of 585 million hectoliters in 2023 and a revenue of $59.38 billion. Men in Romania consume an average of 8.2 drinks per day. The psychiatrist Dan Prelipceanu highlights the significant social costs of alcohol consumption in Romania, including medical complications, premature deaths, and domestic violence.

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/country-drinks-most-alcohol-per-184334968.html