Alcohol per capita consumption is one of the key indicators of alcohol exposure in populations and is used for estimating the disease burden attributable to alcohol worldwide. In recent years, the public health importance of data on alcohol consumption has increased significantly in view of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the WHO Global Monitoring Framework for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), and the WHO Thirteenth General programme of Work which include alcohol per capita consumption as an indicator.
For many years, FAO, OIV, and economic operators (GlobalData, IWSR, IARD) have collected and/or made available to WHO information on production and trade of alcoholic beverages that formed the basis of WHO alcohol per capita consumption estimates for many Member States where other data sources were not available.
- Existing data sources on alcohol production and trade as well as data gaps;
- Recorded and unrecorded alcohol per capita consumption data;
- Alcoholic beverage types and strength (% alcohol by volume);
- Future monitoring and strengthening of data on alcohol production and distribution.
- New issues or emerging data related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For further information, please contact:
Dr Alexandra Fleischmann
Scientist
Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours
World Health Organization
e-mail:
[email protected]