South Korea: people drink less alcohol than in the US
pure alcohol per person aged 15+ a year, 2020
7.8 litres of pure alcohol per person aged 15+ in 2020 against 9.9 in the US. At the peak, in 2000, it was 10.9: consumption has fallen 29% since.
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How much pure alcohol a person aged 15 or older drinks a year on average, including beer, wine, spirits and unrecorded alcohol (home-made, smuggled). One litre of pure alcohol is about 2.5 litres of vodka or 20 litres of beer.
Blue is the country of the headline, orange the one it is compared with; one scale. The ring marks when the country began to drink less.
- South Korea: Total alcohol consumption per capita litres per person aged 15+
10.9 (2000) → 7.8 (2020)
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
- United States: Total alcohol consumption per capita litres per person aged 15+
9.1 (2000) → 9.9 (2020)
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
- South Korea: GDP per capita, PPP constant 2021 international $
49,374 (2020)
- United States: GDP per capita, PPP constant 2021 international $
67,407 (2020)
WHO estimates via the World Bank (SH.ALC.PCAP.LI), recorded and unrecorded alcohol. Selection: countries of at least 5 million that drank at least 10% more than a well-known country since 2000 and now drink at least 3% less, for three years in a row; two cards.
WHO estimates unrecorded alcohol from surveys and studies, so it is less precise than sales. The last year is 2020, the first year of the pandemic.
A question for this picture
What cut drinking most: prices, night-time sales bans or the habits of the young?