Key:Alcohol Belts of Europe

Most popular type of alcoholic beverage				Advantage over the second-most popular type in percentage points
Wine	Beer	Vodka and other spirits	Other
				0–10%
				10–20%
				20–30%
				30–40%
				40–50%
				50–60%
				60–70%
				70–80%
				80–90%
	No data, very low overall alcohol consumption or country not in Europe

Country key

Abbreviation	Country
AL	Albania
ARM	Armenia (part of the Soviet Union until 1991, but separate data available since 1990)
AUT	Austria
AZE	Azerbaijan (part of the Soviet Union until 1991)
BE	Belgium
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina (part of Yugoslavia until 1992, but separate data available since 1990)
BLR	Belarus (part of the Soviet Union until 1991, but separate data available since 1999)
BUL	Bulgaria
CZ	Czech Republic (part of Czechoslovakia until 1993, but separate data available)
DDR	East Germany (part of Germany since 1991)
DEU	Germany (West Germany until 1991)
DNK	Denmark
ESP	Spain
EST	Estonia (part of the Soviet Union until 1991, but separate data available since 1990)
FIN	Finland
FRA	France
GEO	Georgia (part of the Soviet Union until 1991)
GRC	Greece
HRV	Croatia (part of Yugoslavia until 1991, but separate data available since 1987)
HUN	Hungary
IRL	Ireland
ISL	Iceland
ITA	Italy
KAZ	Kazakhstan (part of the Soviet Union until 1991, but separate data available since 1990)
LAT	Latvia (part of the Soviet Union until 1991, but separate data available since 1980)
LT	Lithuania (part of the Soviet Union until 1991, but separate data available since 1990)
LUX	Luxembourg
MDA	Moldova (part of the Soviet Union until 1991)
ME	Montenegro (part of former Yugoslavia until 2006)
MK	North Macedonia (part of Yugoslavia until 1991)
NL	Netherlands
NOR	Norway
POL	Poland
PRT	Portugal
ROM	Romania
RUS	Russia (part of the Soviet Union until 1991)
SLO	Slovenia (part of Yugoslavia until 1991, but separate data available since 1981)
SRB	Serbia (part of former Yugoslavia until 2006)
SU	Soviet Union (until 1991)
SUI	Switzerland
SVK	Slovakia (part of Czechoslovakia until 1993, but separate data available)
SWE	Sweden
UK	United Kingdom
UKR	Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union until 1991, but separate data available since 1975)