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How much alcohol is drunk in Qatar?

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issue 26 November 2022

Cornish pasting

Malcolm Bell, the chief executive of VisitCornwall, complained in an online interview about ‘emmets’ – an emmet being a derogatory word for an outsider, derived from a local dialect word for ‘ants’. Some more insults in Cornish dialect: Bimper, a peeping Tom; Dobeck, a fool; Gocki, stupid; Piggy-whidden, a weakling; Squallyass, a crybaby; Janjansy, a fibber; Timdoodle, a fool; Tuss, an offensive person.

Team building

Ten players in Qatar’s World Cup squad were born outside the country. Only 12% of Qatar’s population are native Qataris. Where are the rest of its citizens from?

India 22%

Bangladesh 13%

Nepal 13%

Egypt 9%

Philippines 7%

Pakistan 5%

Sri Lanka 4%

Sudan 1.9%

Syria 1.7%

Jordan 1.6%

Dry spell

How much alcohol is (officially) consumed in Qatar? The average Qatari consumes 0.96 litres of alcohol per year, giving it the 151st consumption of any country. Top is the Cook Islands on 12.97 litres, while the UK ranks 24th with 9.8 litres. Some countries where it might be harder to get a beer (estimated alcohol consumption in 2019):

Litres per capita estimate

Egypt 0.

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