Cape Verde vs El Salvador: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Cape Verde
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 101st and El Salvador ranks 98th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1756 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3789 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2033 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.611 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.681 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.07 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.631 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.793 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.162 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.028 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.48 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.9831 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4946 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 1.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0078 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1479 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Cape Verde or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Cape Verde as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Cape Verde and El Salvador?
- 0.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and El Salvador?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Cape Verde and El Salvador rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Cape Verde ranks 101st and El Salvador ranks 98th 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.