„On average, more than one-third (37 %) of European adolescents aged 15 and 16 years old reported heavy episodic drinking at least once in the last 30 days in 2019, despite the legal drinking age in most EU countries being 18.“
OECD (Hrsg.), Health at a Glance: Europe 2022 (2022), S. 112.
In Österreich waren es sogar 51%, womit Österreich europäischen Spitzenfeld liegt. (Quelle: ibidem, Figure 4.6.)