Cameroon vs Mauritius: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Cameroon
- Mauritius
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 2.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Mauritius, a difference of 0.1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritius ahead.
Cameroon ranks 67th and Mauritius ranks 69th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Mauritius in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5578 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6289 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0711 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 1.29 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.87 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.423 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 2.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 1.49 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.96 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.468 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 2.39 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.88 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.5106 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2.68 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6702 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 2.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.3 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.038 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Cameroon or Mauritius?
- Cameroon, at 2.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Mauritius as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Cameroon and Mauritius?
- 0.1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mauritius?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Cameroon and Mauritius rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Cameroon ranks 67th and Mauritius ranks 69th 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.