South Africa is the highest consumer of alcohol on the continent, at 11 litres per capita, second to Gabon at 10.9 litres per capita. Out of 46 countries in the WHO Africa region, Seychelles falls in at a respectable 21st place. The average for the Africa region has fallen slightly from 6.2 litres to 6.0 litres (which is now 0.2 litres under the global average), but the consumption rate in Seychelles recorded in the 2014 report is well below average. The release of the 2011 report caused shock in Seychelles as it gave the island nation the dubious honour of having the third highest total consumption rate in Africa at 10.6 litres per capita behind Nigeria (12.3 litres per capita) and Uganda (11.9 litres per capita). In the 2011 report, Moldova was the highest consumer and Belarus was in 9th place. ( Seychelles News Agency) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded a substantial drop in alcohol consumption among Seychellois, which has dropped from number 39 in 2011 to number 103 out of 191 countries in 2014.Īccording to the recently-released WHO’s Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2014, which measured average alcohol consumption in countries throughout the world between 20, litres of pure alcohol consumed by Seychellois per year dropped to 5.6 litres per capita from a whopping 10.6 litres per capita recorded in the 2011 report, which contained data from 2003 to 2005.Īccording to the 2014 figures, Belarus now consumes the highest amount of alcohol in the world, with people on average drinking 17.5 litres of pure alcohol a year, followed by the Republic of Moldova at 16.8 litres per capita.
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