Statement:
An average person in Nauru drinks more alcohol than in Italy

In the Alcohol average daily consumption rating Nauru holds position #12 2016 out of 189 and Italy is #115 out of 189 2016.
Position of Nauru is worse than position of Italy.
Nauru is leader of the "Alcohol average daily consumption" rating. So people in Nauru are more likely to experience problems related to the consumption of alcohol in social, healthcare, and economical areas, compared to Italy

Referencies:

  1. Alcohol average daily consumption 2016 by WHO
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Both sexes' in descending order.
    Italy 'Both sexes' value is 25.9
    Nauru 'Both sexes' value is 59.0