• Alcohol consumption since 1890 (Alexander & Holmes, 2017)

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  • Average per capita alcohol consumption in select high-income countries from 1890 to 2014.

    This is given as the average per capita level of consumption (not level per average adult); it may therefore not be directly comparable with modern statistics of per capita consumption for populations 15+ years.

    Estimates in the original paper are given for particular decades e.g. "1920s", "1940s". For this dataset we have allocated this figure to the first year in this period e.g. 1920 and 1940.

  • Entity Year Alcohol consumption since 1890 (Alexander & Holmes, 2017)
    Australia 2014 7.3
    United States 2014 7.0
    Austria 2014 10.4
    Switzerland 2014 8.3
    Belgium 2014 10.6
    Canada 2014 7.7
    Denmark 2014 8.0
    Finland 2014 7.9
    United Kingdom 2014 8.0
    France 2014 9.2
    Germany 2014 10.6
    Italy 2014 6.1
    Japan 2014 6.6
    Netherlands 2014 7.4
    New Zealand 2014 6.4
    Norway 2014 6.3
    Sweden 2014 6.1
    United Kingdom 2000 9.8
    Australia 2000 8.1
    Austria 2000 10.3
    Belgium 2000 10.0
    Canada 2000 7.5
    Denmark 2000 9.1
    Finland 2000 7.0
    France 2000 10.3
    Germany 2000 10.2
    United States 2000 7.7
    Italy 2000 8.5
    Japan 2000 6.8
    Netherlands 2000 8.9
    Switzerland 2000 9.7
    New Zealand 2000 7.5
    Norway 2000 6.2
    Sweden 2000 6.5
    Australia 1990 8.1
    Austria 1990 11.0
    Belgium 1990 10.9
    Canada 1990 6.1
    United States 1990 7.5
    Denmark 1990 10.9
    Finland 1990 6.9
    France 1990 11.2
    Germany 1990 11.3
    Italy 1990 8.4
    Japan 1990 7.2
    Switzerland 1990 10.6
    United Kingdom 1990 8.5
    Netherlands 1990 8.1
    New Zealand 1990 8.6
    Norway 1990 5.0
    Sweden 1990 6.9
    Australia 1980 10.7
    Austria 1980 11.1
    United Kingdom 1980 8.0
    Belgium 1980 12.5
    Canada 1980 8.6
    Denmark 1980 10.8
    Finland 1980 5.1
    Switzerland 1980 11.4
    France 1980 13.3
    United States 1980 8.7
    Germany 1980 13.7
    Italy 1980 11.8
    Japan 1980 7.5
    Netherlands 1980 9.6
    New Zealand 1980 9.1
    Norway 1980 5.2
    Sweden 1980 6.9
    Switzerland 1970 11.0
    Australia 1970 10.5
    Austria 1970 11.8
    Belgium 1970 11.3
    Canada 1970 8.5
    Denmark 1970 8.3
    Finland 1970 4.3
    France 1970 16.9
    Germany 1970 13.9
    United Kingdom 1970 8.7
    Italy 1970 14.0
    Japan 1970 6.6
    Netherlands 1970 8.5
    New Zealand 1970 9.9
    Norway 1970 6.5
    Sweden 1970 7.5
    United States 1970 7.4
    Australia 1960 7.1
    Belgium 1960 9.9
    Canada 1960 5.1
    Denmark 1960 6.6
    Finland 1960 2.9
    France 1960 18.7
    United States 1960 6.8
    Germany 1960 10.3
    Italy 1960 14.3
    Japan 1960 4.3
    Netherlands 1960 4.8
    New Zealand 1960 7.7
    Norway 1960 4.0
    Sweden 1960 5.2
    United Kingdom 1960 6.7
  • Sources

    Data Published By: Holmes, A. J., & Anderson, K. (2017). Convergence in national alcohol consumption patterns: New global indicators. Journal of Wine Economics, 12(2), 117-148.

    Data publisher source:

    Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-wine-economics/article/convergence-in-national-alcohol-consumption-patterns-new-global-indicators/C3E116C7FB7062BA5134E7377E8537DA

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