France vs Norway: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- France
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 2.73 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.67 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in France, a difference of 0.06 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 61st and Norway ranks 60th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.56 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.91 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6511 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | France |
| 1970s | 2.91 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.82 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.087 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | France |
| 1980s | 2.64 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.072 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Norway |
| 1990s | 2.45 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.84 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.391 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Norway |
| 2000s | 2.29 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.94 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.647 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Norway |
| 2010s | 2.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.69 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.474 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Norway |
| 2020s | 2.48 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.35 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, France or Norway?
- Norway, at 2.73 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.67 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in France as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between France and Norway?
- 0.06 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Norway?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do France and Norway rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- France ranks 61st and Norway ranks 60th 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.