Statement:
An average person in Lesotho drinks more alcohol than in New Zealand

In the Alcohol average daily consumption rating Lesotho holds position #10 2016 out of 189 and New Zealand is #93 out of 189 2016.
Position of Lesotho is worse than position of New Zealand.
Lesotho is leader of the "Alcohol average daily consumption" rating. So people in Lesotho are more likely to experience problems related to the consumption of alcohol in social, healthcare, and economical areas, compared to New Zealand

Referencies:

  1. Alcohol average daily consumption 2016 by WHO
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Both sexes' in descending order.
    Lesotho 'Both sexes' value is 61.0
    New Zealand 'Both sexes' value is 30.9