Tag: global consumption

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  World consumes more alcohol largely because of heavier drinking in China and India

  

  The world consumed 10% more alcohol per adult in 2017 than in 1990, due in large part to heavier and more widespread drinking in China and India, researchers said on Wednesday. On current trends, global consumption per capita will rise another 17% over the next decade, they reported in The Lancet.