This statistic depicts the distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, broken down by world region. In that year, nearly 95 percent of individuals aged 15 years and older living in the Eastern Mediterranean Region were lifetime abstainers of alcohol.
Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region
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Lifetime abstainers
Former drinkers
Current drinkers
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Source provides the following information:
"Lifetime abstainers: people who have never consumed alcohol.
Former drinkers: people who have previously consumed alcohol but who have not done so in the previous 12-month period."
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WHO. (September 21, 2018). Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO. "Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region ." Chart. September 21, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO. (2018). Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO. "Distribution of Current Alcohol Drinkers, Former Drinkers, and Lifetime Abstainers Worldwide in 2016, by World Region ." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
WHO, Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Distribution of current alcohol drinkers, former drinkers, and lifetime abstainers worldwide in 2016, by world region [Graph], WHO, September 21, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/917303/global-alcohol-drinkers-abstainer-region/
