Data source: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/levels-of-consumption

Tool: Tableau

Interactive version: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/alex.l6463/viz/AlcoholSmallMultiples/TrellisOfAlcoholConsumption

Biggest factors are probably aging population and increasing population share of minorities that don't drink as much as indigenous Europeans.

Yeah actually that sounds quite fair. Also in my experience in many countries there is now a push towards healthy lifestyle

It is not known whether soft drugs haven't come to replace alcohol

... per capita average is not telling the whole story. Important part is also HOW this average is achieved - norway and greece have the same average, but greeks have a cup of retzina for lunch and then an ouzo digestive in the evening, and maybe a coffee with cognac in the morning - and do this every day. In norway, people are not drinking at all during the weekdays, only to get completely shitfaced on friday night...

Spot on. Primarily the ageing demographics

It would be interesting to see where populations do their drinking, (bars, restaurants, home, work, etc.) I only have anecdotal evidence for this, but in the UK the notorious public drinking of the young adults during the 90s - 00s has been replaced with home drinking by the middle aged.

Is one better than the other?

Public drinking is probably less harmful and has a less bad culture... But it's way more obvious, drunk people on the streets and sick and stuff.

True, I only show what the data shows but it would be a good idea to include alcohol alternatives too

Oh that’s kinda interesting, it would be cool to have some country level qualitative insights

Good point. Unfortunately this who dataset has only very basic dimensions but it’s still interesting data in my opinion

Yes, certainly. Drinking a bit, but regularly is much less damaging than getting completely shitfaced once/twice a week. If you compare e.g. spain, france vs. poland, estonia, you again see more-or-less the same average in alcohol consumption. On the other hand, deaths from alcohol-related diseases are 0.6; 3.8; 8.2; 12.2 (!!) per 100k, respectively. Binge drinking damages health WAY more than regular modest drinking.

It would be surprising data

We're older each year... Youngsters and adults keep drinking, but they're not enough. That's It.

My hangover leads me to think we arent drinking less

Malta: my habits are BEYOND your understanding

Can i please have an idea about the tool/ software used for this graphic?

Sure, it was created with Tableau. More specifically Tableau Public 2022.3 :)