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

In the Alcohol average daily consumption rating South Korea holds position #71 2016 out of 189 and New Zealand is #93 out of 189 2016.
Position of South Korea is worse than position of New Zealand.
Both countries holds average positions in the "Alcohol average daily consumption" rating. So Both sexes is an average for both South Korea and New Zealand, 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.
    New Zealand 'Both sexes' value is 30.9
    South Korea 'Both sexes' value is 34.6