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For people surprised by the UK, here is the 2018 report: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241565639

It says that the recorder alcohol consumption by percentage was 35.7% wine and 35.0% beer, so a close one.

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[–] mundane@feddit.nu 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I was a bit surprised by the wine in Sweden. I sometimes feel like an outcast with my wine on AWs and other outings. It seems that most people around me prefer beer. Maybe it's a matter of selection bias since I tend to be around the same group of people.

[–] Servais@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Found this table from the source, wine seems to be quite ahead!

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The diagram is the amount of pure alcohol. Beer typilally contains 3.5 % - 5 % alcohol and wine 12 %, thus the consumption of beer in litres is larger than wine.

However, I was also surprised how much wine (with or without alcohol) is consumed in Sweden considering its price.

Edit: phrasing

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Pure" ? You mean generally 40 ethanol?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No, the calculation is like 0.5 litre beer with 5 vol.% alcohol contain 25 ml pure (100 %) alcohol and these 25 ml go into the statistics as alcohol from the consumption of beer.

[–] Muscar@discuss.online 2 points 4 months ago

I would have thought that 10 years ago, but wine has become a lot more popular since then. I know it's partly my age and the age of people I mingle with but I've noticed it for younger people too when I'm out and about, common to see groups of ~20 year olds with those 1l or 3l tetra pak wines during weekends.