Statement:
An average person in Turkey drinks more alcohol than in Uruguay

In the Alcohol average daily consumption rating Turkey holds position #8 2016 out of 189 and Uruguay is #76 out of 189 2016.
Position of Turkey is worse than position of Uruguay.
Turkey is leader of the "Alcohol average daily consumption" rating. So people in Turkey are more likely to experience problems related to the consumption of alcohol in social, healthcare, and economical areas, compared to Uruguay

Referencies:

  1. Alcohol average daily consumption 2016 by WHO
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Both sexes' in descending order.
    Turkey 'Both sexes' value is 61.7
    Uruguay 'Both sexes' value is 34.0