What country has the fewest alcoholics per capita?
Alcoholics Anonymous World Headquarters has compiled AA group membership data in countries around the world. In 1991 (the last year for which data were kept), the western country with the fewest AA groups per capita was Portugal, with 0.6 groups per million population. The highest was Iceland, with almost 800 groups per million. This is a strong indicator of greater perceived alcohol problems in Iceland–even though Portugal consumes 2 1/2 times as much alcohol per capita as Iceland! (Peele, S. “Utilizing Culture and Behaviour in Epidemiological Models of Alcohol Consumption and Consequences for Western Nations ,” Alcohol & Alcoholism, 1997, Vol. 32, 51-64 (Table 1).) Sources: http://www.peele.net/lib/sociocul.
