Poles Are Cutting Back on the Booze
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Poles are drinking alcohol less and less. Only 0.5% of respondents drink it daily, and 35% have never had a drink in the past year. Poland is one of the EU countries where alcohol consumption is declining most rapidly.
Poland is one of the EU leaders in terms of the decline in alcohol consumption. In 2025, abstainers were arriving faster in only two EU countries. This may partly explain the budgetary problems with excise tax revenues - reports in Tuesday's edition of “Puls Biznesu”. In Poland, 0.5% of respondents report drinking alcohol daily, less than 3% weekly, in turn, once a year.
Poles are drinking alcohol less and less, according to the latest Eurostat study. Poland is among the EU leaders in terms of the increase in the number of teetotalers, which translates into a significant decline in excise tax revenues, reports Puls Biznesu.
Poland is among the EU leaders in terms of declining alcohol consumption. In 2025, the number of abstainers increased faster in only two EU countries. As reported in "Puls Biznesu," the scale of the trend is so large that it's becoming a problem for the tax authorities.
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