One Europe: The Dream of Unity : Drink to This
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Before unification, East Germans were among Europe’s heaviest drinkers. But Hungarians and Poles were close behind.(Annual alcohol consumption, in liters of pure alcohol per capita, 1989) Germany (East): 5.2 Hungary: 4.8 Poland: 4.5 Czechoslovakia: 3.36 Finland: 3.15 Spain: 2.8 France: 2.4 Germany (West): 2.05 Sweden: 1.84 Britain: 1.75 Japan: 2.3 United States: 2.4 Source: World Drink Trends, 1991 Edition
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