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WE’RE ALL WELL aware the country has a not-entirely-healthy relationship with drink.
But how does our consumption compare with the rest of the world?
Well, there are obviously a few ways of measuring it — the most reliable being the comparative figures supplied by the OECD.
This is interesting too though: the US website financesonline.com has put together an infographic of the ten countries that spend the most on beer per person per year.
As you can see, Ireland comes in second on the list — just behind those thirsty Australians, and well ahead of our neighbours in the UK…
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Of course, the cost of living is a major factor here.
Just because we spend so much on beer doesn’t necessarily mean we drink the most…
No, we’re sixth on that particular list…
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There are also some interesting stats on the price of beers in different countries…
Most expensive versus least expensive:
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The figures used by the site come from the Numbeo cost of living database and the Kirin Holdings report on global beer consumption (both pretty legit sources).
The latest alcohol consumption figures from the OECD show Ireland is sixth in the group of 34 nations, with the average Irish adult consuming 11.6 litres per year, compared to the OECD average of 9.4.
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Brilliant,middle east countries where alcohol is against
their religion make the most prophets.Oops!
…eh…Ok, I must’ve missed something if Denmark is in the Middle East…
(look at the map people, before you dislike what I say)
Apparently there are only two of us who read the article.
Sat Singh that because it’s very expensive, you need to buy an annual licence to purchase it and only foreigners drink it,
Any chance ye want to post more articles about how drink is bad and how we spend loads on it ? I dont think theres been enough in the last few days.
We need to up our game and at least try break into the top 3
277 bottles a year is a bit on the low side for us.
But how big are our bottles, we drink pint bottles they drink smaller ML bottles ! Shuu….don’t tell anyone.
We’re one the the few parts of the world that drinks proper manly 500ml cans, too.
So remember, kids, alcohol is bad and wrong and it’s not clever. We’ll be back later today to explain to you again why it’s bad and wrong.
So zee Germans are bigger drinkers than us but they don’t have the bad rep attached. Interesting how stereotypes work out eh.
Could one of you ‘journalists’ maybe just once venture away from your computer and try bring us something different, house prices are up, we drink to much seems to be the daily template, this site really has taken a nose dive in the past year.
Imagine wher we’d be on the list if we weren’t so destitute & penniless…
4.45 dollars for a bottle of beer in Australia all the proof I need to know this is makey up
Its jus cus pints are so dear here. No other reason lads, no other reason at all…
No indeed, ‘cos we hardly touch the stuff….
Australia is ahead of Ireland cause have if Ireland is over there…
…embarrassing us by making drunken fools of themselves
How are we sixth if we consume exactly the same number as Poland who are ranked fifth?
Where is Austria? They’re usually right up there on these beer lists.
Stupid enough study anyway. No schit we spend so much if a pint is 5 eur.
If we could prove that they were all P****d on the night of the Bank Guarantee would it help the Germans to understand a bit better, after all they were out of their heads all through the 1930s and got forgiven for it financially after the war.
Hold on a second !!! How is Saudi Arabia which is supposed to be a “dry” country, one of the cheapest places for Beer when a huge number of it’s neighbouring countries in the Middle East are the most expensive for Beer ??? I’m fairly certain that in large parts of Saudi, you can’t buy ANY type of alcohol ! (Surely some mistake with this survey)
I know for a fact that about 300k Saudis go across the Bahraini border (which is more permissive) every weekend to party including to be able to drink & the price of Beer in Bahrain isn’t far off the most expensive in the region !!
Bottles are for girls.
Let’s not forget we pay the highest excise. Still, that’s a lot of beer. Well done Ireland
Pathetic fall down drunk, alcoholic country! You idiots want to buy a house, the market has “turned the corner” then we can go and have a “few” drinks to celebrate. Sure nothing wrong with a few drinks. Few is the Irish word for 35.
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