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Alcohol Consumption 🇮🇳🇮🇹
Alcohol Consumption 🇮🇳🇮🇹
| # | Country | Total alcohol per capita (age 15+), litres of pure alcohol (L/yr/capita (15+)) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 16.8 | 2020 |
| 2 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 11.3 | 2020 |
| 3 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 6.97 | 2020 |
| 4 | 🇮🇳 India | 4.1 | 2020 |
| 5 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 1.69 | 2020 |
Romania leads this card at 16.8, with Turkey at 1.69. The gap is 15.1. Romania is 9.94 times Turkey.
Romania leads because WHO counts home-distilled fruit brandy, not just shop bottles. Uganda passes Italy once home brew is included. Note: recorded plus unrecorded alcohol, adults 15+, 2020.
Source: WHO Global Health Observatory via World Bank, World Development Indicators See the source.
Inheritance Tax
Top statutory inheritance / estate tax rate
| Tier | Countries |
|---|---|
| 80% | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| 50% | 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| 0% | 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇵🇰 Pakistan |
Belgium's top rate is 80%. South Korea matches Germany's 50% top rate. These are top statutory rates: Belgium's varies by region and relationship, Sweden abolished inheritance tax, Switzerland's federal figure is 0 though some cantons tax, and Pakistan is 0.
Source: Wikipedia, List of countries by tax rates (Inheritance / Estate column) See the source.
One Clock
Most populous countries with one time zone
| # | Country | Population of countries with one time zone (people) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇳 India | 1,450,935,791 | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 1,408,975,000 | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 251,269,164 | 2024 |
| 4 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 232,679,478 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 173,562,364 | 2024 |
| 6 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 132,059,767 | 2024 |
India, at 1,450,935,791 people in 2024, is ahead of China at 1,408,975,000, and both keep a single legal time. China's row is UTC+8 because unofficial Xinjiang Time is not counted. Pakistan is third at 251,269,164. The United States is off this list: Wikipedia gives it 11 zones once Baker Island and Wake Island are included. Ethiopia, at 132,059,767, is larger than Japan and just misses this six.
Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL), 2024, via country_attributes.csv. Wikipedia, List of time zones by country. The number is the table's own count of standard UTC offsets. Dependent territories are included, Antarctic claims are not, and daylight saving is not an extra zone. Unofficial offsets count only when the table lists them, so Australia includes UTC+08:45 and China does not include Xinjiang Time. France is 12, not 13. A country is on this list only when that table says 1. See the source.