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Romania has seen the largest increase in alcohol spending in the EU in the last decade, according to Eurostat.
In 2019, EU households spent 117 billion euros (equivalent to 0.8% of EU GDP) on “alcoholic beverages”, which means 1.6% of total consumer spending, Mediafax reports.
Eurostat said on Thursday that the data did not include alcoholic beverages paid for in restaurants and hotels.
Among the EU Member States, Latvia (4.8%), Estonia (4.7%) and Lithuania (3.7%) exceed the 1.6% average. By contrast, alcohol costs are below 1% in Greece and Italy.
Over the last decade, the share of spending on alcohol has decreased in 13 EU Member States. The largest decrease was recorded in Lithuania (from 5.5% to 3.7%, i.e. a decrease of 1.8 percentage points), followed by Latvia (1.5 percentage points), Bulgaria (1.3 pp) and Estonia (1.1 pp.).
In contrast, household spending on alcohol increased in seven EU Member States, with the largest increases in Romania (from 2.1% of total spending in 2009 to 2.6% in 2019, an increase of 0, 5%). percentage points) and Portugal (from 1.1% to 1.4%, +0.3 pp).
In six EU Member States (Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Slovenia), this proportion remained stable.
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