Alcohol Consumption

 Alcohol Consumption

Bangladesh=1

India =5

Ceylon=15

Russia=50

Russia 14 Litres per year

Australia 13 Litres per year

United Kingdom 12 Litres per year

While Australia's alcohol consumption is relatively high, it is lower than both Russia and the UK. Russia has a higher overall consumption and a greater proportion of spirits in its consumption, while the UK's higher consumption is reflected in the larger standard drink size and the recommended 14 units per week.

Australia: 12.6 litres of pure alcohol per person per year.

Standard drink: 10 grams of alcohol.

Australian guidelines: recommend that adults consume no more than 10 standard drinks per week and no more than 4 standard drinks on any one day, with lower recommended consumption for women.

In Australia, two standard drinks would be 25ml of pure alcohol, or 250ml of a typical 40% ABV spirit. For other types of drinks, two standard drinks would be 200ml of wine or 570ml of full strength beer.

Spirits: A standard drink of spirits (40% ABV) is 30ml (1 nip). Therefore, two standard drinks would be 60ml (2 nips).

Wine: A standard drink of wine is 100ml. Two standard drinks would be 200ml.

Beer: A standard drink of full strength beer (around 4.8% ABV) is 285ml. Two standard drinks would be 570ml (285ml x 2).

A standard drink contains 12.5ml of pure alcohol. Therefore, two standard drinks would be 25ml

Russia: 14.5 litres of pure alcohol per person per year.

United Kingdom: 11.4 litres of pure alcohol per person per year.

Standard drink: 8 grams of alcohol.

UK guidelines: recommend that adults consume no more than 14 units per week, with lower recommendations for women.