Ecuador vs Uruguay: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Ecuador
- Uruguay
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1.88 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Uruguay, a difference of 0.05 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.
Ecuador ranks 87th and Uruguay ranks 90th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6822 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.73 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.04 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 1.33 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.97 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.639 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 1.59 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.38 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.207 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 1.08 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.551 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.79 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4499 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 2.64 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.93 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7114 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 1.78 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.81 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0258 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Ecuador or Uruguay?
- Ecuador, at 1.88 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Uruguay as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Ecuador and Uruguay?
- 0.05 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Uruguay?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Ecuador and Uruguay rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Ecuador ranks 87th and Uruguay ranks 90th 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.