South Koreans drink twice as much alcohol as Russians.
South Koreans, on average, consume nearly 14 shots of liquor each week. Compare that to Germans who consume about 10 to 11 drinks, 6½ for Russians and 4 for Americans.
That means South Koreans consume the most alcohol in the world.
However, we have to take alcohol content by volume (ABV) into consideration here. While Koreans may consume the most amount of alcohol per week, this is mostly soju.
This distilled rice spirit, which dominates 97% of the liquor market, has a very low ABV.
The average 375ml bottle runs in the range of 7% to 28%. There are some as high as 40%, but that’s very rare.