Egypt vs Gambia: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Egypt
- Gambia
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 0.0461 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.0162 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Gambia, a difference of 0.0299 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Egypt's figure about 2.8 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Gambia ahead.
Egypt ranks 170th and Gambia ranks 173rd of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Gambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0467 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1056 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0589 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Gambia |
| 1970s | 0.058 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.066 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.008 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Gambia |
| 1980s | 0.068 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.054 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.014 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Egypt |
| 1990s | 0.056 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.055 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.001 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Egypt |
| 2000s | 0.0496 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1855 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1359 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Gambia |
| 2010s | 0.0612 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1425 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0813 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Gambia |
| 2020s | 0.0443 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0168 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0276 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Egypt or Gambia?
- Egypt, at 0.0461 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.0162 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Gambia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Egypt and Gambia?
- 0.0299 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Gambia?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Egypt and Gambia rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Egypt ranks 170th and Gambia ranks 173rd 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.