Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 0.2961 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.2686 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0275 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 152nd and Sierra Leone ranks 153rd of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 6 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3933 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1533 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Liberia |
| 1970s | 0.574 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.243 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.331 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Liberia |
| 1980s | 0.554 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.163 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.391 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Liberia |
| 1990s | 0.269 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.179 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Liberia |
| 2000s | 0.2456 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2728 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0271 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.4034 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1754 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2281 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Liberia |
| 2020s | 0.3157 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.162 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1537 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Liberia or Sierra Leone?
- Liberia, at 0.2961 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.2686 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Sierra Leone as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0275 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Liberia and Sierra Leone rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Liberia ranks 152nd and Sierra Leone ranks 153rd 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.