India vs Kiribati: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- India
- Kiribati
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 0.2444 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.2059 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in India, a difference of 0.0385 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.2 times India's.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.
India ranks 156th and Kiribati ranks 155th of 187 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Kiribati | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4167 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4167 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 0.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.884 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.874 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 0.017 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.535 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.518 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 0.023 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.524 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.501 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Kiribati |
| 2000s | 0.0876 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3316 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.244 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 0.1993 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.275 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0757 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 0.1714 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2471 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0757 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, India or Kiribati?
- Kiribati, at 0.2444 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.2059 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in India as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between India and Kiribati?
- 0.0385 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Kiribati?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do India and Kiribati rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- India ranks 156th and Kiribati ranks 155th 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.