"We know since before that today's youth drink less alcohol than previous generations' youth, but this also shows that many fewer youth drink in a risky way than before," says IQ's CEO Mojtaba Ghodsi in a comment.
In 2024, 21.9 percent in the age category 16-29 years drank so much alcohol that it was categorized as risky consumption. This is shown by IQ's compilation, which is based on statistics from the Public Health Agency.
The corresponding figure for 2004 was 36.7 percent.
In particular, young men are driving the decrease. In 2024, the proportion of young men with risky consumption amounted to 20 percent - compared to 42.8 percent in 2004.
On the other hand, an opposite trend is seen among the elderly. For people over 65 years old, the proportion with risky consumption has gone from 5.2 percent (2004) to 10 percent last year.
According to the National Board of Health and Welfare's guidelines, the limit for risky alcohol consumption is ten standard glasses per week or four standard glasses on one and the same occasion at least once a month (intensive consumption).
