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

In the Alcohol average daily consumption rating New Zealand holds position #93 2016 out of 189 and Malaysia is #148 out of 189 2016.
Position of New Zealand is worse than position of Malaysia.
Both countries holds average positions in the "Alcohol average daily consumption" rating. So Both sexes is an average for both New Zealand and Malaysia, compared to most countries of the World.

Referencies:

  1. Alcohol average daily consumption 2016 by WHO
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Both sexes' in descending order.
    Malaysia 'Both sexes' value is 6.7
    New Zealand 'Both sexes' value is 30.9