Eritrea vs Qatar: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Eritrea
- Qatar
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 0.4018 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.3533 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Qatar, a difference of 0.0485 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 142nd and Qatar ranks 144th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 6 and Qatar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7644 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7644 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 0.5811 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2511 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.33 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 0.133 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.158 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.025 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Qatar |
| 1990s | 0.611 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.122 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.489 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 0.429 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3163 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1127 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 0.4961 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1761 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 0.4147 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3207 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.094 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Eritrea or Qatar?
- Eritrea, at 0.4018 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.3533 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Qatar as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Eritrea and Qatar?
- 0.0485 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Qatar?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Eritrea and Qatar rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Eritrea ranks 142nd and Qatar ranks 144th 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.