Costa Rica vs Suriname: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Costa Rica
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 2.66 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Suriname ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 65th and Suriname ranks 62nd of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Suriname in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5567 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.58 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.02 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Suriname |
| 1970s | 0.686 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.47 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.79 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Suriname |
| 1980s | 0.684 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.62 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.93 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Suriname |
| 1990s | 0.907 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.81 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.9 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Suriname |
| 2000s | 2.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.68 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7418 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.26 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1997 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Suriname |
| 2020s | 2.33 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3002 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, Costa Rica or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 2.66 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Costa Rica and Suriname?
- 0.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Suriname?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Suriname rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th and Suriname ranks 62nd 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.