Table 1.

Overview of country demographic and drinking pattern indicators

Country	Pop. in 2012 (millions)a	Percentage age 0–14 yearsa	GNI per capita, 2013b	Education Index (0–1)c	Adult PCC 2010d	Percentage of current drinkerse			Percentage of HED (monthly or more frequently)f
						Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Australia	22.0	19	$65,500	0.927	12	88	84	86	41	16	28
Ireland	4.7	21	$44,450	0.887	12	80	77	78	58	37	47
Chile	17.4	23	$15,270	0.746	10	81	66	73	47	25	36
Thailand	69.9	21	$5,830	0.608	7	66	28	47	27	3	15
Sri Lanka	21.2	25	$3,490	0.738	4	67	3	34	29	1	15
Nigeria	170.1	44	$2,680	0.425	10	61	24	43	20	3	12
Vietnam	89.0	24	$1,750	0.513	7	85	29	57	29	2	15
Lao PDR	6.5	38	$1,490	0.436	7	86	64	75	24	9	17

Notes: Pop. = population; GNI = gross national income; PCC = per capita consumption; HED = heavy episodic drinkers; PDR = People’s Democratic Republic.

^aPopulation figures taken from the 2012 World Population Data Sheet (Population Reference Bureau, 2012).

^bGNI per capita: converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas method, divided by the midyear population in 2013 (World Bank, 2013).

^cUnited Nations Development Program (2013). The index, based on mean years and expected years of schooling, ranges from 0 to 1—in real terms for 2013, from 0.198 for Niger to 0.927 for Australia.

^dAdult PCC includes estimated unrecorded alcohol consumption, as well as the recorded alcohol consumption (Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health [WHO, 2014]).

^ePercentage of current drinkers from the harm-to-others cross-national survey for each country; percentages are weighted for all countries except Ireland.

^fPercentage of HED: five or more drinks on the one occasion monthly or more frequently—as recorded from the harm-to-others cross-national survey for each country; percentages are weighted for all countries except Ireland.