The research compared the drinking habits of 15 year olds between 2002 and 2014.

It found that in most nations - including those of the UK - the proportion of teens who have been drunk on at least two occasions has fallen.

But teenage girls in the UK remain among the heaviest drinkers.

While those in Denmark were the most likely to have been drunk at least twice - with 37.6 per cent falling into this category, Welsh girls were next, followed by Hungary, Scotland, Lithuania and England. In all these nations, at least 30 per cent of teenage girls had been repeatedly drunk - around twice the rates in Italy and France.

The study led by the University of St Andrews shows that while drinking among British boys has fallen so far that it has vastly improved their rankings in European league tables, British girls are still among the heaviest drinkers.