Share of global consumers who drink alcohol in 2016, by region
This statistic depicts the distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, broken down by world region. In that year, nearly 95 percent of individuals aged 15 years and older living in the Eastern Mediterranean Region were lifetime abstainers of alcohol.
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WHO. (September 21, 2018). Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 21, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO. "Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region ." Chart. September 21, 2018. Statista. Accessed October 21, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO. (2018). Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 21, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO. "Distribution of Current Alcohol Drinkers, Former Drinkers, and Lifetime Abstainers Worldwide in 2016, by World Region ." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO, Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/ (last visited October 21, 2019)