South Korea vs Rwanda: Beer consumption per person

South Korea
1.67 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 2022
Rwanda
1.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 2022
South Korea rank
95th
Rwanda rank
93rd

Beer consumption per person over time

  • South Korea
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.67 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in South Korea, a difference of 0.0351 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 95th and Rwanda ranks 93rd of 187 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Beer consumption per person
Unit
Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 10,599 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

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.