Bahamas vs Suriname: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Bahamas
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 2.66 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.53 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Bahamas, a difference of 0.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 64th and Suriname ranks 62nd of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 5 and Suriname in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.43 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.58 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.86 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 3.31 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.47 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.839 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 3.99 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.62 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.37 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 1.61 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.81 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Suriname |
| 2000s | 2.4 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.68 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7292 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 2.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2546 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 2.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2137 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Bahamas or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 2.66 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.53 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Bahamas as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Bahamas and Suriname?
- 0.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Suriname?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Bahamas and Suriname rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Bahamas ranks 64th and Suriname ranks 62nd of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Beer consumption per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual per capita beer consumption, measured in liters of pure alcohol. Beer contains around 5% of pure alcohol per volume so that one liter of beer contains 0.05 liters of pure alcohol. This means that 5 liters of pure alcohol equals 100 liters of beer.