New Zealanders don’t drink much alcohol
WELLINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Statistics department Stats NZ said Monday that the number of alcoholic standard drinks per capita consumable in 2022 fell 1% to 1.96 per day. said.
According to international trade manager Alasdair Allen, this is the lowest number of standard alcoholic beverages per person in the last 15 years.
Total spirits availability increased by 3.2% to 103 million liters in 2022, while wine availability decreased by 5.9% to 101 million liters. This continues the trend seen over the past two years, he said, Allen said.
Available mid-strength beers have seen a long-term decline in beers with an alcohol content of 2.5 to 4.35 percent, and an increase in those with 4.35 to 5 percent alcohol content, he said.
Statistics show that beer with an alcohol content between 2.5% and 4.35% will decline by 21% to 76 million liters in 2022, while beer with an alcohol content between 4.35% and 5% will increase by 26% to 177 million liters. I was.
Overall, the total volume of beer available remained largely unchanged in 2022, at 294 million liters of consumption. Both low-strength and high-strength beers have declined, Allen said.
Beer with an alcohol content of 2.5% or less fell by 12% to 6.9 million liters, while beer with an alcohol content of more than 5% fell by 29% to 34 million liters.
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