Drunkest country in the world: official results

Dots1982

Guess where we come??

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-204_162-10011155-11.html?tag=page

SEPT 23 1989

Hang your heads in shame:(

AngryBollix

Love the gargle

Nulty

No surprise there: I saw people running for fun the other day....for fun. This country has gone down the tubes in the last 15 years

jimmycrackcorm

Only 15th place????

Must try harder and drink more.

TheZohanS

A 2011 report by the World Health Organization states that 2.5 million deaths per year are caused by alcohol. "Almost 4% of all deaths worldwide," the report says, "are attributed to alcohol, greater than deaths caused by HIV/AIDS, violence or tuberculosis." Taking into account government data, surveys conducted by WHO, and other sources, the report provides a snapshot of alcohol consumption in the organization's 193 member countries. According to WHO, rates of consumption are generally highest in the developed world and rates of abstention are generally lowest in countries with large Muslim populations.

The report looked at alcohol consumed in various forms (including beer, wine and spirits), but the numbers listed are given in terms of the average amount of pure alcohol consumed annually per capita in each country.

1. Germany
2. Australia
3. Cameroon
4. England
5. Switzerland
6. Canada
7. Wales
8. Czech Republic
9. Latvia
10. Italy
11. Portugal
12. Brazil
13. Holland
14. Denmark
15. Ireland

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Meauldsegosha

We're only 15th. Come on lads we need to do better. Let's aim for top 10 next year.

hidinginthebush

Is that the Iranian president drinking in Hungary?

Leeg17

15th place?

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

CardBordWindow

The only reason other countries are ahead of us is because of emigration!
Too many Irish in those countries is all!

Raytown Rocks

Are the minister's for health for those 14 in front of us also insisting on "minimum price" fr alcohol

Chuck Stone

I'm off the booze. Pizza and Coke (cola) for the super bowl.

I'm going to pretend I'm a morbidly obese American for authenticity Might even hire a mobility scooter to collect the pizza.

FatherLen

the photo for romania is funny.

Seachmall

They forgot WHO's caveat,

The World Health Organization was quick to point out that those countries that placed 14 and above have either the highest rates of Irish Immigrants or are considered the top countries in which Irish holiday makers set sail for the sun.

ASOT

Sure the majority of the people from the countries ahead of us live in ireland.

Poll is flawed.

luckyfrank

eastern europeans drunk feckers

Sam Kade

Dots1982 wrote: »

Drunkest country in the world: official results

Never knew that a country could get drunk

Bigcheeze

TheZohan wrote: »

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Why is that listing nothing like the listing in the article........even though you seem to have quoted the artilce

44leto

Only 15th

I am sorry boards, but I quit till march, but when I take it back up again that will lift us into the top 5.

ronjo

I am shocked that slovenia is 9th...... I lived there for 3 years and in a pub on a Saturday night half the people would be drinking tea or coffee !

TheZohanS

Bigcheeze wrote: »

Why is that listing nothing like the listing in the article........even though you seem to have quoted the artilce

I made it up. That's the beauty about the OP not quoting the actual article.

SEPT 23 1989

Cameroon???

sensibleken

The next time some prick in the Dail starts going on about raising the price of alcohol because we drink too much and we should be more like the continent. Can we just shove this down their fúcking throat

leggit

Not suprised about the eastern european countries being miles ahead of us but Andorra, South Korea and PORTUGAL, flippin' PORTUGAL!

Duckworth_Luas

I don't mind getting beaten at our national pastime by eastern European countries, but getting beaten by a fagg0tty assed Latin country like Portugal! Portugal FFS!

orchidsrpretty

Love the choice of pictures, as the numbers get higher the scences become more "drunken"

Pacifist Pigeon

TAKE THAT, STEREOTYPES!!!

recyclebin

TheZohan wrote: »

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The positions Zohan quoted don't match the link in the OP.

yesno1234

Don't worry lads we really came 2nd, our emigrated folks are flying the flag for us in OZ:D

Gee Bag

Right lads and lassies,

Theres to be no more pussy footing around with beer and wine, from now on we have to start drinking Ethanol.

Beefy78

Never been so proud to be English

Seachmall

Beefy78 wrote: »

Never be proud to be English

FYP

gurramok

Did they take account of alcohol purchases by the hordes travelling to the North? Under the radar stuff!

bodhrandude

Im was pretty sure that Finland was going to be in that poll too, any movie Ive seen from Finland everyone depicted was completely pissed.

token101

There's no way the Canadians beat us!! :eek: And Cameroon? They complain about clean water and they're supping away make fools of Trocaire!!

And how is Russia not in there? I mean, I'm not being stereotypical in any of these assumptions, but don't they all wear fluffy earred hats and carry hip flasks of pure alcohol? :P

jomc

Cameroon came third? Fair play lads, anyone else thinking Cameroon could be the cheapo drink sun holiday destination of the year?

Martyn1989

Dont go to Yemen

ejmaztec

I'm not surprised the Moldovans are the worst out of the 25, drink is all they've got to look forward to.

Crazy Horse 6

Bloody foreigners

pickarooney

Andorra is obviously skewed by the tens of thousands of people who go there from France and Spain to by tax-free booze. 24 out of 25 in the list are European countries - pretty impressive.

amacachi

Moldova!? Hungary!? This country is ****ing pathetic.

D_D

TheZohan wrote: »

A 2011 report by the World Health Organization states that 2.5 million deaths per year are caused by alcohol. "Almost 4% of all deaths worldwide," the report says, "are attributed to alcohol, greater than deaths caused by HIV/AIDS, violence or tuberculosis." Taking into account government data, surveys conducted by WHO, and other sources, the report provides a snapshot of alcohol consumption in the organization's 193 member countries. According to WHO, rates of consumption are generally highest in the developed world and rates of abstention are generally lowest in countries with large Muslim populations.

The report looked at alcohol consumed in various forms (including beer, wine and spirits), but the numbers listed are given in terms of the average amount of pure alcohol consumed annually per capita in each country.

1.Germany
2Australia
3Cameroon
4England
5Switzerland
6Canada
7Wales
8Czech Republic
9Latvia
10Italy
11Portugal
12Brazil
13Holland
14Denmark
15Ireland

Em, I dunno what list you are referring to, but that is not the list linked in the OP... This confused the hell out of me.

John Doe1

I demand a recount:mad:

ejmaztec

pickarooney wrote: »

Andorra is obviously skewed by the tens of thousands of people who go there from France and Spain to by tax-free booze. 24 out of 25 in the list are European countries - pretty impressive.

We should call it the AA instead of the EU.

davet82

Jaysus! can we not finish first in anything ffs

tatabubbly

Wha??? 15th???


That sucks


Good job its rag week in LYIT.... time to get messyaaaaa

John Doe1

tatabubbly wrote: »

Wha??? 15th???


That sucks


Good job its rag week in LYIT.... time to get messyaaaaa

If you are in lyit, you cant afford to lose any more brain cells.




I'm sorry:p

policarp

We'll be further down the list soon when Joan Burton does away with the First Communion beer money.

syklops

Czech Republic No. 2.

Comes as no surprise what so ever.

StephenHendry

surprised we're only 15th. i thought we'd be in the top 10.

Ellis Dee

bodhrandude wrote: »

Im was pretty sure that Finland was going to be in that poll too, any movie Ive seen from Finland everyone depicted was completely pissed.

The figure for Finland is greatly distorted by the figure for nearby Estonia, which came sixth in the table. And the figure for Estonia was probably even more distorted by the hordes of Finnish visitors who descend on Tallinn every day (the fastest ferry takes only 1 hour 20 minutes) and return home with massive quantities of booze. When Estonia joined the EU in 2004, duty-free went by the board, but the amount that you can buy in shops in Estonia, paying the local tax, is virtually unlimited. One fellow I know bought 90 litres of vodka "for personal use" and the Finnish customs accepted that. There are enormous booze supermarkets conveniently beside the ferryport in Tallinn, and anyone who buys large quantities of booze can have it delivered right to their vehicle on the car deck.

The low price of booze in Estonia has also helped keep the price lower in Finland than it would otherwise be. In fact, the Government cut alcohol taxes two or three years ago because sales in the State-owned Alko monopoly stores were suffering badly in southern Finland owing to the amount of cheap stuff coming in from Estonia. I recently bought a litre of Tullamore Dew in a supermarket there for €25 (including a small hip flask that came with the bottle). Marlboro Red cigarettes cost €3.:)

Duty free also still exist on the ferries to Sweden, although both Finland and Sweden are in the EU. That is because the autonomous Åland Islands, which lie east of Stockholm, are exempt from EU rules and duty free is available on ferries between them and Sweden or mainland Finland and the ferries now make a slight detour and dock there for a few minutes to qualify.;)

Where there's a will there's a way!:D