Consumption Statistics for Poland

[Bonobo]

Let`s start with booooze.

Popular myth says Poles are confirmed vodka drinkers. Wrong!

Vodka consumption (and production) has been steadily decreasing. Beer has already taken over, wine is catching up.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_beer_consumption_per_capita

Rank Country Beer consumption per capita (litres)

1 Czech Republic 148.6
2 Austria 107.8
3 Germany 106.1
4 Estonia 102.4
5 Poland 98.5

[Bonobo]

I still remember reading communist publications which boasted of the fact that Poland was a leading producer and consumer of potatoes in the world. I realised how pathetic it was then.


Poles eat less potatoes and flour, but drink more water and fruit juice
18.11.2015 15:53
In the last 15 years, potato consumption decreased by 50 percent and flour consumption by 40 percent, experts say.

Sugar is gradually being superseded by ready-made sweets and milk, by yoghurts and other dairy products, a recent report by BGŻ BNP Paribas said.

Bottled-water sales rose three times in the last 15 years, and are expected to rise further, as well as the consumption of fruit juice.

Milk, meat and ham consumption is forecast to grow, as well.

Unfortunately fruit and vegetables are on the decline and will stay that way, the bank specialists say.

The changes are mostly an outcome of the society becoming richer, and the growing popularity of dining out.

However, a healthy lifestyle has become fashionable in Poland, and is also contributing to the changes in the food sector
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[Bonobo]

polandin.com/38787071/poles-alcohol-consumption-on-the-rise-stats-office

Consumption of vodkas, liqueurs and other spirits increased in Poland in 2017 to 3.3 litres per person, while in 2015 the figure was 2.5 litres, the Central Statistical Office has said.

According to the Central Statistical Office, at the same time the consumption of wine and mead fell to 6.1 l per person from 8.6 litres. The consumption of beer per person increased.

While in 2015 the average Pole drank 80.7 litres of beer annually, in 2017 down from 98.5 litres per person.

According to the Central Statistical Office, since 2005, the number of cigarettes smoked by Poles has fallen from 1,974 units per person to 1,345 units in 2017.

Egg-cellent data?

The data also shows that Poles eat fewer eggs. Their consumption decreased per person from 215 to 139 eggs.

The consumption of fruit and vegetables is also down. In 2015, the average Pole ate 110 kg of vegetables and 54.1 kg of fruit annually. This consumption fell in 2017 to 105 kg and 53 kg, respectively.