Alcohol consumption report: FSU holds its own; Moldovans on top

[Larry1]

Moldovans lead the pack.  Kazakhs lag behind all other FSU countries, no doubt because of the high number of Moslem non-drinkers.

Global alcohol consumption
Drinking habits

A map of world alcohol consumption

THE world drank the equivalent of 6.1 litres of pure alcohol per person in 2005, according to a report from the World Health Organisation published on February 11th. The biggest boozers are mostly found in Europe and in the former Soviet states. Moldovans are the most bibulous, getting through 18.2 litres each, nearly 2 litres more than the Czechs in second place. Over 10 litres of a Moldovan's annual intake is reckoned to be 'unrecorded' home-brewed liquor, making it particularly harmful to health. Such moonshine accounts for almost 30% of the world's drinking. The WHO estimates that alcohol results in 2.5m deaths a year, more than AIDS or tuberculosis. In Russia and its former satellite states one in five male deaths is caused by drink.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/02/global_alcohol_consumption?fb_ref=activity

[Anotherkiwi]

Moldovans lead the pack.  Kazakhs lag behind all other FSU countries, no doubt because of the high number of Moslem non-drinkers.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/02/global_alcohol_consumption?fb_ref=activity

Does whoever compiled this report not have access to computers?  These statistics are EIGHT YEARS OLD!    I know that most countries don't report any sort of statistics in the timely manner that many of us have to do to keep our jobs, but an awful lot has happened in the world in that time.
 
For crying out loud, the Moldovans could be getting through 25 litres each now - or they've had such a shock on reading these numbers that the entire country has gone teetotal (yeah, right!).  Surely there should be figures from no earlier than 2010 by now.