South Africa is the ‘drunkest’ country on the African continent, but still falls well short as an international contender for most inebriated country.
According to a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) South Africa consumed 11.0 litres of pure alcohol in 2010, tipping them as the African country who consumes the most alcohol per capita.
On the Africa spectrum, Gabon came in second with 10.9 and in third South Africa’s beer drinking neighbour Namibia with 10.8.
Africa’s most sober country is a small island on the eastern coast of Africa called Comoros where they consume 0.2 litres of pure alcohol per capita.
Internationally, Canadians drink more than their American counterparts and keep par with most European countries. While Ireland with 11.9 managed to top the U.K with 11.6, both enjoy their beer.
However it is the European countries that are setting the drinking pace, with Belarus taking the drinking crown at 17.5 followed by the Republic of Moldova at 16.8 and Lithuania consuming 15.4 litres per capita.
The vodka drinking Russians maintain their status quo as one of the most plastered countries in the world, consuming 15.1 litres of pure alcohol.
South Africa as a drinking country does not feature in the top 20 of the world’s most committed drinking countries…
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