Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2017
346. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will provide alcohol consumption statistics here and across EU member states since 2005, including those from the World Health Organization; if he will cite the source of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30901/17]
View answerThe data requested by the Deputy is provided in the table.
Ireland's level and pattern of harmful drinking has a huge impact on our nation’s physical and mental health. We cannot reduce alcohol harm in Ireland without reducing alcohol consumption, particularly among those who drink the most. Although consumption in Ireland declined between 2007 and 2013, it remains too high. Indeed, provisional figures from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners indicate that our consumption levels increased in 2016 to 11.46 litres per capita.
The Public Health Alcohol Bill aims to reduce per capita average consumption in Ireland to a level of 9.1 litres of pure alcohol.
Average consumption ( litres of pure alcohol) per adult (aged 15 and over)
|
COUNTRY/REGION |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
|
Austria |
12.4 |
12.4 |
12.5 |
12 |
11.3 |
12.1 |
12 |
12.3 |
11.8 |
12.3 |
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|
Belgium |
12.3 |
11 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
10.1 |
10.2 |
10.1 |
10.1 |
11.8 |
12.6 |
||
|
Bulgaria |
10.5 |
10.4 |
10.9 |
11 |
10.9 |
10.8 |
10.7 |
11 |
12.1 |
12 |
||
|
Croatia |
11.6 |
11.8 |
12.6 |
12.1 |
12.2 |
12.1 |
12.2 |
11.5 |
12.4 |
12.1 |
||
|
Cyprus |
11.4 |
11.5 |
11.6 |
12 |
10.8 |
11.3 |
10.7 |
10.6 |
9 |
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|
Czechia |
13.2 |
13 |
13.4 |
13.3 |
13.2 |
12.7 |
12.4 |
12.7 |
12.4 |
12.7 |
||
|
Denmark |
11.3 |
11 |
11 |
10.7 |
10.1 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
9.3 |
9.5 |
9.6 |
||
|
Estonia |
13.1 |
13.4 |
14.7 |
14.2 |
11.9 |
11.4 |
11.6 |
|||||
|
Finland |
9.9 |
10.2 |
10.4 |
10.3 |
10 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
9.2 |
9 |
8.8 |
||
|
France |
12.2 |
12.4 |
12.2 |
11.9 |
11.8 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
11.5 |
11.1 |
11.5 |
||
|
Germany |
11.7 |
11.8 |
11.5 |
11.4 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
10.9 |
11 |
||
|
Greece |
9.9 |
9.4 |
9.7 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
9 |
8 |
8.2 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
||
|
Hungary |
12.9 |
13.2 |
12.6 |
11.6 |
11.5 |
10.8 |
11.5 |
11.3 |
10.9 |
|||
|
Ireland |
13.3 |
13.4 |
13.6 |
12.7 |
11.4 |
11.9 |
11.7 |
11.5 |
10.5 |
10.8 |
10.9 |
11.5 |
|
Italy |
8.7 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
8 |
7.3 |
7 |
7 |
7.5 |
7.3 |
7.6 |
||
|
Latvia |
9.9 |
10.4 |
12.1 |
11.8 |
9.8 |
9.8 |
10.1 |
10.2 |
10.4 |
|||
|
Lithuania |
12.3 |
12.7 |
13.4 |
13.3 |
12.4 |
12.9 |
12.7 |
15.1 |
15 |
15.2 |
||
|
Luxembourg |
11.8 |
12 |
11.8 |
11.5 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
11.5 |
11.3 |
11 |
11.1 |
||
|
Malta |
6.4 |
8.8 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
7.4 |
7.9 |
6.9 |
7.7 |
8.6 |
8.5 |
||
|
Netherlands |
9.7 |
9.8 |
9.5 |
9.6 |
9.2 |
9.3 |
9 |
9.1 |
8.7 |
|||
|
Poland |
9.5 |
10.4 |
10.9 |
11.4 |
10.7 |
10.6 |
10.9 |
10.8 |
11.6 |
10.7 |
||
|
Portugal |
13.3 |
13.1 |
12.6 |
12.3 |
12 |
12.3 |
11.9 |
12 |
10 |
9.9 |
||
|
Romania |
7.7 |
8.5 |
10.6 |
11.9 |
10.4 |
9 |
9.1 |
9.6 |
9.6 |
|||
|
Slovakia |
10.8 |
10.3 |
10.6 |
11.4 |
10.6 |
10.1 |
10.2 |
10.1 |
9.9 |
10.6 |
||
|
Slovenia |
11.1 |
12.3 |
11 |
10.9 |
10.5 |
10.3 |
10.6 |
10.9 |
9.5 |
10.5 |
||
|
Spain |
11.9 |
11.9 |
11.1 |
10.2 |
10 |
9.8 |
9.6 |
9.3 |
9.3 |
|||
|
Sweden |
6.5 |
6.5 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
7.3 |
7.2 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.3 |
||
|
United Kingdom |
12.1 |
11.6 |
11.8 |
11.5 |
10.8 |
10.9 |
10.7 |
10.4 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
10.7 |
|
|
EU MEMBERS |
11 |
11 |
11 |
10.8 |
10.4 |
10.3 |
10.3 |
10.2 |
10.1 |
10.2 |
Source: World Health Organization (Ireland values for 2015 and 2016 included from Revenue and CSO figures).
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main-euro.A1025?lang=en&showonly=GISAH.
