A report from The World Health Organisation reveals the heaviest drinking nations. To the surprise of many North Americans, Canada nor the United States even cracked the Top 10. It turns out that all the heaviest drinking nations can be found in Europe.

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The average U.S. resident drinks 9.2 liters of pure alcohol a year, according to the Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2014. Compare that to the 17.5 litres drunk by the hard-partying population of Belarus.

List: The World’s Heaviest-Drinking Nations

  1. Belarus – 17.5 litres
  2. Republic of Moldova – 16.8 litres
  3. Lithuania – 15.4 litres
  4. Russian Federation – 15.1 litres
  5. Romania – 14.4 litres
  6. Ukraine – 13.9 litres
  7. Andorra – 13.8 litres
  8. Hungary – 13.3 litres
  9. Czech Republic and Slovakia – 13 litres
  10. Portugal – 12.9 litres

[WHO via Independent]

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