Definitions

Data refer to the total (sum of three-year average recorded alcohol per capita consumption (APC) and unrecorded APC adjusted for tourist consumption) amount of pure alcohol consumed per adult aged 15 years and above, in a calendar year, in litres of pure alcohol.
Refer to SDG global metadata for more information.

Concepts

Recorded APC (15+) consumption of pure alcohol is calculated as the sum of beverage-specific alcohol consumption of pure alcohol (beer, wine, spirits, other) from different sources.
Unrecorded APC is estimated using a regression analysis. The litres of alcohol consumed by tourists (15 years of age and older) in a country are based on the number of tourists who visited a country, the average amount of time they spent in the country, and how much these people drink on average in their countries of origin (estimated based on per capita consumption of recorded and unrecorded alcohol).
Refer to SDG global metadata for more information.

Computational Method

[Sum of the amount of recorded alcohol consumed per capita (15+ years), average during three calendar years, in litres of pure alcohol, and the amount of three-year average unrecorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+ years), during a calendar year, in litres of pure alcohol, adjusted for tourist consumption] / (Mid-year resident population (15+ years) for the same calendar year, UN World Population Prospects, medium variant).
Refer to SDG global metadata for more information.

Disaggregation

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Data Source

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Data Collection

The Global Survey on Alcohol and Health is conducted periodically in collaboration with all six WHO regional offices. Data submitted from countries is triangulated with data from key industry-supported data providers at annual meetings organised by WHO with an objective to identify discrepancies and solutions.
Refer to SDG global metadata for more information.

Time Period

2005 onwards

Frequency

Every 5 years

SDG Global Metadata

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-05-02.pdf

Indicator 3.5.2

Series