Honduras vs Nicaragua: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 1.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.36 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.15 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Honduras ahead.
Honduras ranks 96th and Nicaragua ranks 99th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Honduras | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6744 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.5122 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1622 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Honduras |
| 1970s | 0.926 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.69 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.236 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Honduras |
| 1980s | 1.02 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.75 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.27 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Honduras |
| 1990s | 1.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.687 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.653 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Honduras |
| 2000s | 1.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.14 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0666 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Honduras |
| 2010s | 1.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1302 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 1.56 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2787 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Honduras or Nicaragua?
- Honduras, at 1.51 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 Honduras and Nicaragua?
- 0.15 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Nicaragua?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Honduras and Nicaragua rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Honduras ranks 96th 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.