Almost 5% of people aged 16 and over in the European Union (EU) consumed alcohol daily in 2025, with daily consumption increasing significantly as age progresses, showing data released today by Eurostat.
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28/09/2026
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“In 2025, 4.8% of people aged 16 and over in the EU consumed alcohol daily. The percentage of people who consumed alcohol on a weekly basis was 19.2%, while 21.8% consumed alcohol on a monthly basis,” said the Community statistical office, Eurostat, in data published today.
Conversely, 20.7% of the EU population consumed alcohol less than once a month and 33.5% had never consumed alcohol or had not done it during 2025, he added.
Alcohol consumption was more frequent among men, since 56.5% consumed alcohol at least once a month, compared with 35.9% of women.
The difference was particularly evident in daily consumption, from 0.8% among young people aged 16 to 24 to 8.9% among people aged 65 or over, according to Eurostat.
Community data also show that “people at risk of poverty or social exclusion were less likely to consume alcohol than those who were not in this situation,” the statistical service said.
In this group, 47.5% had never consumed alcohol or had not done it during the previous year, compared with 29.9% among people who were not at risk.