The Czech Republic has the fourth-highest level of pure alcohol consumption
in the OECD, at 11.6 litres per person annually, according to official 2017
sales data in the 36 member states.
Overall alcohol consumption averaged 8.9 litres per person across OECD
countries in 2017, roughly the equivalent of 100 bottles of wine annually
or 400 pints of 4 percent strength beer.
Lithuania reported the highest consumption (12.3 litres), followed by
Austria (11.8 litres) and France (11.7 litres). Neighbouring Germany ranked
tenth (10.9 litres), Poland twelfth (10.6 litres) and Slovakia fifteenth
(9.7 litres).
Alcohol dependence is most common in Latvia, Hungary, and Russian
Federation (more than 9% of adults), according to the OECD data.