Burkina Faso vs Nicaragua: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Burkina Faso
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.36 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 97th and Nicaragua ranks 99th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3144 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.5122 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1978 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.342 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.69 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.348 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.665 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.75 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.085 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 0.416 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.687 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.271 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.4125 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7278 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.7945 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6139 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 1.4 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1168 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Burkina Faso or Nicaragua?
- Burkina Faso, at 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.36 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Nicaragua as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Burkina Faso and Nicaragua?
- 0.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Nicaragua?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Burkina Faso and Nicaragua rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Burkina Faso ranks 97th and Nicaragua ranks 99th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) β 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.