A new online, interactive map has been developed which proves once and for all that while Argentina are predominantly wine drinkers and those Russians can’t get enough of their spirits, Australians drink a lot of beer.
The map, created by Italian designer and developer Piero Ciarfaglia and published on Ghost in the Data, uses data provided by the World Health Organisation to show how much and what type of alcohol is drunk in each country of the world, over a week.
The map shows which of the three drinks – wine, beer or spirits – are favoured in each country, with each type of alcohol represented by red, yellow and blue respectively. The colour’s intensity shows how much of that drink is consumed. The dark yellow of Namibia therefore proves that they actually enjoy a schooner more often than the average Australian.
You can then head into full interactive mode, where you’ll find the actual average weekly consumption of alcohol in each country. According to the map, on average an Australian over the age of 15 consumes 1761ml of beer, 612ml of wine and 63ml of spirits each week.
Interestingly, while us Australians have bested our New Zealand neighbours in the wine and beer department, the map shows our Kiwi counterparts actually guzzle, on average, 5ml more spirits than us each week.
Check out the full map here!
