Eritrea vs Myanmar: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Eritrea
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 0.4546 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.4018 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0528 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 142nd and Myanmar ranks 139th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 6 and Myanmar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7644 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7544 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 0.5811 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.5711 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 0.133 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.123 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 0.611 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.026 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.585 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 0.429 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1256 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3033 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 0.4961 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.348 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1481 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 0.4147 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4777 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.063 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Eritrea or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 0.4546 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.4018 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Eritrea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Eritrea and Myanmar?
- 0.0528 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Myanmar?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Eritrea and Myanmar rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Eritrea ranks 142nd and Myanmar ranks 139th 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.