One Europe: The Dream of Unity : Drink to This

Before unification, East Germans were among Europe’s heaviest drinkers. But Hungarians and Poles were close behind.(Annual alcohol consumption, in liters of pure alcohol per capita, 1989) Germany (East): 5.2 Hungary: 4.8 Poland: 4.5 Czechoslovakia: 3.36 Finland: 3.15 Spain: 2.8 France: 2.4 Germany (West): 2.05 Sweden: 1.84 Britain: 1.75 Japan: 2.3 United States: 2.4 Source: World Drink Trends, 1991 Edition