In litres* per capita

Country 1989 1990 1991

Germany 142.9 143.1 142.7

Czechoslovakia 131.8 135.0 135.0

Denmark 123.4 126.2 125.9

Austria 119.3 121.3 123.7

Ireland 115.6 123.9 123.0

Luxembourg 119.3 121.4 116.1

Belgium 114.9 120.7 111.3

New Zealand 116.8 110.8 109.5

Hungary 103.0 107.0 107.0

United Kingdom 110.4 109.5 106.2

Australia** 111.6 108.2 101.9

Netherlands, The 87.5 87.7 88.5

United States 88.6 90.8 87.4

Finland 79.4 83.5 85.3

Canada*** 80.6 78.3 . . .

Spain 71.7 71.8 70.9

Switzerland 69.3 69.8 70.1

Portugal 63.8 65.1 67.4

Colombia 57.7 60.7 65.0

Venezuela 61.8 63.5 63.8

Sweden 57.6 59.8 59.3

Cyprus 54.1 57.1 54.7

Japan 49.1 52.3 53.8

Norway 51.8 52.5 52.8

South Africa 52.0 c. 52.5 52.0

*One litre = 1.0567 U.S. quarts = 0.8799 imperial quart.

**Years ended June 30.

***Years ended March 31.

Source: World Drink Trends, in association with Produktschap

voor Gedistilleerde Dranken, Schiedam, The Netherlands.