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British largest drunk barges in the world

By Editorial
Posted in Research, Remarkable
Tags: , ,
May 16, 2019

Some prejudices seem to be quite correct. British drinkers, for example, are three times more drunk per year than any other nationality. British people report that they are drunk on average 51,1 times a year, almost once a week. British expats also like a sip in Thailand, in my experience.

The study, the Global Drug Survey, looked at alcohol consumption in 36 countries. Researchers from London surveyed 5.400 people from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and more than 120.000 people worldwide, making this the largest survey ever.

It is striking that especially many countries where English is the official language score high when it comes to alcohol abuse. After the British come the Americans, followed by Canada and Australia. With a 21st place, the Netherlands occupies a modest place on the drink ladder. Our southern neighbours, the Belgians, are doing a lot worse with an eleventh place. The average Belgian is drunk 35 times a year.

The researchers do conclude that people are slowly drinking less alcohol.

Source: Daily Mail

Number of times read: 258

15 responses to “British largest drunkards in the world”

  1. Thiswriter says up
    16 May 2019 at 13: 41

    I visited Prague a while ago. They pride themselves on being the world's top consumers of beer. (Their own beer of course)

  2. John Chiang Rai says up
    16 May 2019 at 14: 44

    Well, I am British myself, and admit that I am sometimes deeply ashamed of the drinking behavior of my own compatriots.
    Only the reliability, and in particular where exactly the research was held, I have my doubts.
    Certainly if we only look at where this drinking public prefers to hang out, the British do not always come away positively in terms of drinking.
    Places such as Mallorca, Ibiza, but also Pattaya and Patong, among many others, are the places that attract this drinking crowd.
    Many Germans who spend their entire holiday on Ballerman (Mallorca) are of course also pre-eminently a group that can influence the statistics considerably.
    If you read the name “Global Drug Survey”, you get the impression from the figures that the research is far from being global.
    Where can you find Russia with the enormously high Vodka consumption on the link below, which belongs to the top of the world in the number of deaths due to liver disorders.
    Thailand and many other countries, which I thought drank quite a bit, are not listed at all.
    I haven't noticed that they drink much less in the area where I am most.
    Can someone tell me where the missing countries have been during this research?
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7031677/UK-adults-drunk-world.html

    • theos says up
      17 May 2019 at 04: 22

      How about the Finns? Those are real suckers. Norwegians and Poles can also do something about it. Brits always want to fight when they're drunk.

  3. Johnny B.G says up
    16 May 2019 at 16: 08

    The Daily Mail does not have a good score in terms of reliability anyway, but so what?

    Being drunk or intoxicated is something very natural for many ancient and indigenous peoples. Now that the vast majority are programmed to disapprove of this, a problem is created.
    The greatest singers in pop music fell apart because of “resources” and many people love that music to this day.

    A day is not intoxicated a day was not lived should be the starting point, that makes the world a lot calmer.
    For the negativals; what's worse now? More than half of the population overweight and obese due to overeating with high medical costs or a few percent suffering from a hangover the next morning?

  4. Jacques says up
    16 May 2019 at 18: 05

    To my knowledge, the nuisance of drunk people is unparalleled. Of course there are people who give a happy expression to excessive use, but the majority is not happy about it. It goes without saying what it does to your health.

  5. Sir Charles says up
    16 May 2019 at 18: 30

    What's worse? That is not difficult to answer, in other words overweight and obesity and, moreover, a hangover every day in the morning.
    Occurs frequently.

  6. Leo Th. says up
    16 May 2019 at 19: 04

    What nonsense to claim that the world would become a lot quieter by drinking your hard. Nightlife violence in particular is caused by machos under the influence of alcohol, who are not susceptible to any reason, while a lot of violence due to alcohol abuse also takes place behind the front door. Being overweight is not healthy, but of course neither is your daily intake. Moreover, alcohol contains a lot of calories, so that also causes obesity. Don't think I'm a teetotaller, I like a glass every now and then, but drinking yourself drunk is a different story. I do not use other stimulants, but this article was not about that.

  7. pyotrpatong says up
    16 May 2019 at 21: 59

    Agree with John Chang Rai, ever noticed Scandinavians? At 10 o'clock in the morning they are already lying on the beach vacuuming their bottle of beer and this continues all day until they fall into a coma in the sun and at the end of the day look like a tomato. Scol !

    • Joost M says up
      17 May 2019 at 08: 57

      We always see the scandinviers drunk… Reason, if they drink on holiday they earn money because it is not affordable in their own country.

  8. chris says up
    17 May 2019 at 04: 10

    Forget the Daily Mail.
    https://ourworldindata.org/alcohol-consumption

    • Hans Pronk says up
      17 May 2019 at 11: 23

      Nice overview Chris!
      Muslims do indeed drink little according to that study and so do the Thai:
      85.1% of Thai women have not drunk in the last 12 months, compared to only 16.4% of Dutch women. And:
      54.6% of Thai men have not drunk in the last 12 months, compared to only 7.1% of Dutch men.
      So all those stories about Thai drunkards are highly exaggerated.

      Something similar also applies to smoking:
      Only 1.9% of Thai women smoke, but 24.4% of Dutch women (https://ourworldindata.org/smoking). Many farangs will be surprised by those numbers.

      • John Chiang Rai says up
        17 May 2019 at 14: 34

        As far as Muslims are concerned, that may indeed be true.
        I can't see that the Thais also drink little here in the North.
        Many Thais I see here in the North, and I'm certainly no exception there, drink as long as they're drunk.
        Quickly drinking a beer for fun, as we know it, is not possible for many Thais.
        For them it gets really sanoek at first, when everyone is completely drunk, and they look very strange when a Farang, who has had enough after a few Beers, goes home.
        Go and live somewhere in the country for a few years, then you will soon find out that the above research is also very unreliable.
        My wife herself Thai, at least had a hearty laugh about it.

        • Hans Pronk says up
          17 May 2019 at 15: 33

          It is a bit strange to conclude on the basis of our own findings that the research is very unreliable. But when it comes to my own findings: I know very few people here in my area who continue to drink. It does happen, of course, but then few people (mostly men) and not often. For example, my football team usually stops after 1 beer. That is a bit different in the Netherlands.

  9. fred says up
    17 May 2019 at 16: 26

    It never ceases to amaze me that how strict people always are when it comes to those 'other' drugs, how lenient they are when it comes to a heavy drug like alcohol.
    Alcohol is one of the toughest and most addictive drugs there is. Why a weed farmer should be punished and a wine farmer should be awarded prizes is beyond me.

  10. Jack S says up
    17 May 2019 at 16: 42

    I agree with Joost... most Scandinavians I know drink, don't drink, really drink and mix beer with gin, underberg, vodka...as long as it's alcohol. Whether Norwegians, Swedes or Danes…

    When I used to work as a flight attendant and flew on the short flights to Scandinavia, strong drink was requested in the morning, by both men and women and not just one…

    The English were always very polite guests.


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