Benin vs Turkey: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Benin
- Turkey
How they compare
Benin currently reports 0.858 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.76 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Turkey, a difference of 0.098 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 119th and Turkey ranks 122nd of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 5 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4911 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1167 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3744 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Benin |
| 1970s | 0.682 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.278 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.404 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Benin |
| 1980s | 0.861 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.406 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.455 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Benin |
| 1990s | 0.509 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.728 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.219 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Turkey |
| 2000s | 0.6286 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7868 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1582 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Turkey |
| 2010s | 0.9238 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.739 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1848 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Benin |
| 2020s | 0.9056 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7067 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1989 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Benin or Turkey?
- Benin, at 0.858 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.76 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Turkey as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Benin and Turkey?
- 0.098 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Turkey?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Benin and Turkey rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Benin ranks 119th and Turkey ranks 122nd 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.