Booziest Countries Of The World

10. Brazil

Due to the rise in family income as well as economic development, the consumption of Alcohol has also shot up. 56% of all alcoholic drinks sold in the country are consumed by 20% of the citizens who drink, according to some studies .

Their most popular drink is Caipirinha, which is also their national cocktail, and is made with a combination of sugar and lime. If you want to try out some other drinks, check this link out.

9. United States of America

When in the 20's American government banned alcohol, depression followed, for alcoholics as well the economy. To date, many adjudicators cite this prohibition era of America as a reason for not banning alcohol in their country or state.

Prohibition in America gave rise to underworld crime syndicates, vastly decreased tax collections, as well as lowered fun quotients at most parties statewide.

Grab a bud , frat-boy.

8. Canada

Somehow, the Canadians beat their brothers to the south when it comes to alcohol consumption. It seems unlikely when you think of the difference in population, however you must keep in mind that most of Canada is a lot colder than most of America... Also, many more Punjabis there.

Canada's most popular beer is Budweiser . They also smoke a lot of weed, as they have the biggest celebration of April 20th (or '420' day) in the world. They know the bud's wiser.

7. United Kingdom

Of course a lot of you were wondering when this country was going to make an appearance. Given that, they are notorious for their Pub culture all around. This is where they lose their gentlemen stereotype, and start breaking pint glasses in order to alert their tables' server.

Why wouldn't they drink though? They have the best hangover cure in the world - The English breakfast! Or as we Indians know it, the Jain families' nightmare.

Have a nice glass of ale... piss-warm or otherwise.

6. Germany

Ah, yes, the home to the Oktoberfest, a tradition going from 1811 in Bavaria, Germany is one of the biggest beer loving countries in the world. That and sausages, cakes and coffee.

6 million people from around the world go to Oktoberfest , to drink, to ferment, to sin, etc... It's like the reverse of the Kumbh Mela, except you have more chances of getting lost while on those beer goggles.

Go ahead and buy a Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier beer. The guy who named it that probably should have waited till the ethanol was completely out of his system.

5. Australia

We have finally arrived at a beer drinking country! Even though more recently, the trend in Australia seems to be shifting towards wine drinking... still, Indians and most other people worldwide would likely consider Fosters as being Australia's favourite beer.

To give you perspective on how much they really appreciate the booze, check this out - Their ex prime minster, Mr. Robert Hawke once guzzled down 1.4 litres of beer in 11 seconds...

And then, he became Prime Minister.

4. France

The French love their wine more than any other wine in the world. Wine is used to wash down almost all their meals. Despite the fact that they lose wine taste tests year in and year out, they remain guzzling their domestic vineyards wine.

France is probably where the term "wining and dining" emanated. Or maybe it is a colloquial term used to describe toddlers eating food they don't like.

Chateauneuf-du-Pape is the wine to try over there. I'm so glad I had to just type that word and not pronounce it.

3. South Korea

Like their Eastern European cousins, Koreans also drink like it's a competition or a sport. Koreans drink to know one another in long-drawn shot guzzling sessions. They believe that the best way to know another person is to get drunk together with them.

The most popular drink is called "Soju" , which is cheap as well as strong. It is akin to our Old Monk. Also the nomenclature of the drink itself shows that Koreans wanna get drunk and pass out soon.

Korean: Yaar , thoda Soju pila de. Phir so jaunga

2. Russia

As of 2012, 30.5% of all deaths in Russia were due to consumption of alcohol. According to The Lancet, a British medical journal, "Russian males have extraordinarily high rates of premature death " . Incidents like road rage, drunk driving etc., have been rampant.

Till some time back, drinking and driving in Russia was hardly considered a crime by society, it was taken more like a challenge.

Go there and take huge Vodka shots between meals, my friend. Something's gotta keep you warm when you go horse riding shirtless in the freezing cold.

1. Belarus - 17.5 litres per capita

Belarus has the highest consumption of alcohol per capita in the world. Also, while this percentage seems steep enough, the Belarusian males drink up to 27.5 litre per capita . The only thing they save for the females I guess is the chakhna.

1.8% of the whole population is alcoholics. and only about 11% of the population abstains from alcohol completely... Those must be the Brahmin Belarusians. They also have the highest alcohol related deaths in the world at 34.7%

It is part of the "Vodka Belt" of Europe and it's most popular drink is Zubrovka, a dry, herb flavoured Vodka.