Less than two percent of Icelandic teens consume alcohol regularly, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. According to the latest statistics from the WHO three percent of Icelandic teenagers, 15 years or younger, report that they had consume alcohol weekly and two percent of girls. Teens of no other European country were less likely to drink.
Teenagers in Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Malta, where more than a quarter consume alcohol weekly, were most likely to drink. Teens in the Nordic countries, with the exception of Denmark, were least likely to drink, with Icelandic teens drinking least.
The report found that teenage drinking has dropped all over Europe in the past years. In 2002 46% of all European teens had first consumed alcohol before the age of 13. In 2014 this figure had dropped to 28%. Teenage drinking has been reduced most in the UK, where half of all teenagers consumed alcohol at least once a week in 2002, but in 2014 less than 10% said that they drank at least once a week.
Less than two percent of Icelandic teens consume alcohol regularly, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. According to the latest statistics from the WHO three percent of Icelandic teenagers, 15 years or younger, report that they had consume alcohol weekly and two percent of girls. Teens of no other European country were less likely to drink.
Teenagers in Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Malta, where more than a quarter consume alcohol weekly, were most likely to drink. Teens in the Nordic countries, with the exception of Denmark, were least likely to drink, with Icelandic teens drinking least.
The report found that teenage drinking has dropped all over Europe in the past years. In 2002 46% of all European teens had first consumed alcohol before the age of 13. In 2014 this figure had dropped to 28%. Teenage drinking has been reduced most in the UK, where half of all teenagers consumed alcohol at least once a week in 2002, but in 2014 less than 10% said that they drank at least once a week.
