The map below is from the World Health Organization, and shows the average amount of liters of pure alcohol consumed by people across the world in 2003-2005:


Here's more on the study, from The Economist:

The biggest boozers are mostly found in Europe and in the former Soviet states. Moldovans are the most bibulous, getting through 18.2 litres each, nearly 2 litres more than the Czechs in second place.

I have a feeling that the alcohol intake from my friends and I alone(oh, and Miguel Cabrera) over the last five years could have the upper left side of the next drinking map installment red. But for now, we don't look nearly as pathetic as we thought we were.

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