11 Worst Countries for Binge Drinking

Published on March 22, 2016 at 5:42 am by Gabriela Vatu in Lists

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8. Hungary

Average – 13.3 liters

Legal age – 18 years

Binge drinking prevalence – 26.3% out of the entire population, 32.3% out of drinkers

Hungarians find it hard to decide whether they like beer or spirits better, it seems, as WHO data reveals that similar fractions of the populations prefer both these drinks. Furthermore, 29.4%, slightly less than for the other two types of drinks, would choose wine at any hour over the others.

When it comes to binge drinking, it seems that more than half the males over 15 years old that are declared drinkers do so frequently. To make things clear, the World Health Organization considers binge drinking when one individual consumes at least 60 grams of pure alcohol on at least one occasion in the past month, which is, to say the least, a lot. The only reason why the numbers aren’t so high overall is the fact that a lot more women avoid getting heavily drunk, with only 13.2% of declared drinkers having one too many.