Alcohol consumption in Russia has dropped to its lowest level in almost 30 years

Alcohol consumption in Russia continued to decline in November for the eighth month in a row and approached the minimum recorded in 1997-1998. This became known on December 7 from the EMISS data.

According to an analysis of EMISS data conducted by RIA Novosti, Russians have been steadily reducing their consumption of alcoholic beverages since April of this year: the figure has dropped to 8.32 liters per capita over the past 12 months. In November, this figure was already 7.63 liters.

Such a low level of consumption was recorded in 1997-1998, when for two years the average consumption was 7.6 liters per person. It is worth noting that data before 2008 were based only on official alcohol sales, while in the 1990s a significant share was made up of the illegal market, which in some years could reach two thirds of all sales.

The regions of the North Caucasus consume the least alcohol: Chechnya has only 0.11 liters per capita, Ingushetia — 0.63 liters, Dagestan — 0.89 liters, Kabardino-Balkaria — 2.16 liters, Karachay-Cherkessia — 2.59 liters.

In Moscow in November, the average consumption was 4.76 liters per person, in St. Petersburg - 6.28 liters. In the Novosibirsk region, per capita consumption for the year was 8.35 liters, in the Sverdlovsk region — 10.34 liters, in Tatarstan — 8.27 liters.

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Earlier, on November 25, 441 alcohol markets in the Vologda Region closed or changed their format. It was clarified that 97 out of 118 outlets in Vologda either closed or stopped selling alcohol. In Cherepovets, 246 out of 265 alcohol markets were closed, changed their format or refused to sell alcoholic beverages.

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