The numbers are in: Filipinos are heavy drinkers

Filipinos consume the most gin in the world, around 1.4 liters per person a year, The Economist reports.

That’s not all, though, Filipinos drink about as much rum a year too. The Philippines places first in gin consumption against a worldwide consumption of 440 million liters of the stuff a year, data from International Wine & Spirit Research says.

Filipinos place fourth in rum consumption against global consumption of 1.47 billion a year. Although India drinks the most rum, your average Indian only drinks 0.3 liters a year against  the average 1.4 liters a year per Filipino. Your typical Cuban, though, based on the data, would drink a Filipino under the table. Their average consumption is 4.9 liters of rum per person a year.

This website is still waiting for figures on Videoke drinking spree-related injuries and deaths before making any conclusions, but we bet we’d top that too.

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Photo: Decatur Wine & Spirits