El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.36 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 98th and Nicaragua ranks 99th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3789 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.5122 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1333 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.681 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.69 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.009 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.793 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.75 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.043 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.687 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.524 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.9831 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1572 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 1.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2055 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 1.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1797 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, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
- El Salvador, at 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.36 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Nicaragua as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 0.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- El Salvador ranks 98th and Nicaragua ranks 99th 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.