Croatians rank sixth in alcohol consumption share in EU

How much do households in Croatia spend on alcohol? More than in most EU countries, according to dates released this week by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical office.

Croats are sixth in the EU when it comes to the share of total household spending spent on alcohol in the EU.

Latvia will have the highest share of total consumer spending on alcoholic beverages in 2021 at 5.0%.

Estonia (4.7%) was second, followed by Poland (3.7%), Lithuania, the Czech Republic (all 3.6%) and Croatia (3.5%).

In 2021, EU households will spend €128 billion on alcoholic beverages. This represents her 1.8% of total consumer spending. Eurostat Said.

Croatia has a well above average share of alcoholic beverages at 3.5% and is the only country with an increase from the previous year (+0.6 points).

Greece and Italy (both 1.0%), the Netherlands (1.3%) and Spain (1.4%) had the lowest spending on alcoholic beverages as a percentage of total consumption.

(Eurostat)

food and non-alcoholic beverages

When it comes to spending on food and non-alcoholic beverages as a percentage of total household spending, Croatia ranks 7th at 19.5%.

💰🥫In 2021, EU households spent more than €1.035 billion on food and non-alcoholic drinks. This accounts for her 14.3% of total household spending.
Highest share:
🇷🇴Romania (24.8%)
🇱🇹Lithuania (20.4%)
Minimum:
🇮🇪 Ireland (8.3%)
🇱🇺Luxembourg (9.0%)
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—EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) February 1, 2023

Romania (24.8%) ranked first, followed by Lithuania (20.4%), Bulgaria (20.1%), Estonia (19.9%), Poland and Slovakia (all 19.6%).