The report mentions that in Central Asia, due to Islamic traditions, the population is more restrained in their consumption of alcohol.
According to the study, the average alcohol consumption in Kazakhstan is 5.4 liters per capita, in Kyrgyzstan it is 3.9 liters, and in Uzbekistan it is 2.1 liters.
The lowest alcohol consumption rates are recorded in Turkmenistan (0.3 liters) and Tajikistan (0.7 liters).
The leading positions in terms of alcohol consumption are held by countries in Eastern and Central Europe. Romania tops this list with an indicator of 17.1 liters of pure alcohol per person per year, followed by Georgia (15.5 liters) and Latvia (14.7 liters). Among the CIS countries, the highest alcohol consumption is observed in Moldova (14.1 liters), Belarus (11.4 liters), and Russia (10.5 liters).
