Global Post: BANGKOK — The Irish and Russians have long suffered under the stereotype that their men drink excessively.

And they do. Health experts insist men should enjoy no more than two drinks per day. The average male Irish drinker has four.

Russian guys? More than five.

But World Health Organization stats show that these aren’t the only nations worthy of hard-drinking reputations.

In fact, the WHO data are surprising.

It turns out, for example, that Indians binge just as frequently as Vladimir Putin’s compatriots.

Vietnamese women are slightly more apt to get crapulous each week than that country’s men.

And in Syria — before the civil war, at least — the tiny minority of ladies who drank put away more booze than women in America.

Here are four charts that reveal surprising booze habits around the globe. (Note that our focus is on surprising findings. To get a more global view, check out the WHO data on bingeing andconsumption.)

1. Some Asian nations out-binge Russia. But not Ireland.

The chart below, for select countries, puts Russia’s reputation for soddenness in perspective.

The thirst for beer is seemingly unquenchable in fast-developing parts of Asia, which now brew more beer than Europe or America. This is largely thanks to China’s rising economy. But Vietnam is actually the fastest-growing beer market. In recent years, beer production has shot up by as much as 25 percent.

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