South Africa ranks among the worst offenders when it comes to the sheer quantity of alcohol consumed as a nation.
Pure alcohol consumption in South Africa was ranked at 11.5 litre per capita per year – nearly double the average of six litres consumed on the African continent – last year‚ according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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South Africa is ranked at number 19 on the list of boozing nations by WHO‚ out of 194 countries.
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The top five consumers of alcohol‚ per litre per capita‚ are:
Maldovia (17.4 litres)‚
Belarus (17.1)‚
Lithuania (16.2)‚
Russia (14.5) and
the Czech Republic (14.1).
