Lebanon vs Sri Lanka: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Lebanon
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5005 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.4728 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Lebanon, a difference of 0.0277 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lebanon ahead.
Lebanon ranks 137th and Sri Lanka ranks 134th of 187 countries.
Lebanon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2989 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0489 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.25 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Lebanon |
| 1970s | 0.371 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.04 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.331 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Lebanon |
| 1980s | 0.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.037 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.403 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Lebanon |
| 1990s | 0.334 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.054 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Lebanon |
| 2000s | 0.3326 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.206 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1266 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Lebanon |
| 2010s | 0.4188 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3416 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0772 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Lebanon |
| 2020s | 0.4526 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4357 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0169 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Lebanon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Lebanon or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5005 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.4728 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Lebanon as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Lebanon and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0277 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Sri Lanka?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Lebanon and Sri Lanka rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Lebanon ranks 137th and Sri Lanka ranks 134th 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.