Which European country has highest alcohol prices?

The alcohol prices in Norway became the highest in Europe - 151.2% higher than the EU average, Report informs with reference to the Eurostat.

Experts studied data for 37 countries. Norway is followed by Iceland (prices are 139.4% higher than the EU average), Finland (92.7%), Ireland (80.7%) and Sweden (65.7%).

The countries with the cheapest alcohol include Hungary (the price level is lower than the EU average by 27.3%), Romania (by 26.2%), and Bulgaria (by 19.5%).

According to the Eurostat data published in early August, Denmark was the leading EU country with the highest number of alcohol abuse cases in 2019 (38% of adult Danes drank more than 60 grams of pure ethanol at one time at least once a month). In Romania and Luxembourg, these figures were 35% and 34%, respectively. More than a third of EU adults (37.2%) drink daily (8.4%) or at least once a week (28.8%). Every day, alcohol is most often consumed in Portugal (20.7% of adults), Spain (13%), and Italy (12.1%), less often in Latvia and Lithuania (about 1% each). About 16% of those older than 74 drink daily.

In April, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that alcohol consumption among Russian citizens over 15 years old has decreased by 32% since 2010 - from 15.8 to 10.8 liters per capita, according to Russian media.