Which European Country Drinks The Most Wine?

Map created by Landgeist

The map above shows which European countries consume the most wine per capita and which consume the least.

No surprise France is number 1 with 54 litres of wine per person per year, followed by Portugal (50L) and somewhat surprisingly Slovenia (44L).

At the other extreme you have Turkey (1L), Ukraine (3L) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (4L) consuming the least.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is Spain, which produces a huge amount of wine, but consumes more beer per capita.

The data comes from the WHO for 2019.

Note:

The WHO calculates the wine consumption in litres of pure alcohol. For this map, I’ve used those number and converted them to actual litres. As we’re not comparing different types of alcohol, the amount in litres of pure alcohol is less relevant. For this map, I’ve used an ABV of 12% as the standard.

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