Alcohol consumption varies widely around the world: residents of some countries (often where alcohol is illegal) effectively drink none at all while a number of countries in Europe drink more than 10 litres (2.6 gallons) a year. That's measured in terms of the amount of pure alcohol the average person drinks each year — not the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed.
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The 15 countries in the world with the highest alcohol consumption…
According to a 2018 report by the World Health Organization Moldova is the world’s biggest drinking country in Eastern Europe. The average Moldovan drinks 15.2 liters of pure alcohol per year or a fraction over 4 gallons. (For comparison a standard 12-ounce can of beer contains just 0.6 ounces or 17 ml of pure alcohol.) But alcohol consumption in the country is highly gendered: According to the same report the average Moldovan man drinks 25.2 liters of pure alcohol per year compared to just 6.2 liters for women. Wine is the most popular beverage accounting for 56.6% of consumption compared to 25.2% and 16.2% for spirits and beer respectively.
Moldova is no exception and there are certainly other countries with similarly high consumption: the same report suggests that Lithuanians are next on the list with an average of 15 liters per year followed by the Czech Republic with 14.4 liters. Keep in mind that these are just averages: the statistics are an average calculated from a mix of people that likely includes non-drinkers and individuals who drink much more than that average.
Calculating how much people drink in an entire country is no easy task: In addition to the fact that these numbers are usually averages researchers have noted a number of challenges in collecting data on alcohol consumption. For example different countries have different amounts of drinks and because this data is often collected through surveys in which people report how much they drink the information they provide can be flawed. They may say they drank more or less than they actually did or they may not even be able to accurately measure it (after all different bars serve different amounts of alcohol in mixed drinks).
