Malawi vs Senegal: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Malawi
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 0.1616 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.1453 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Malawi, a difference of 0.0163 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 162nd and Senegal ranks 159th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2411 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2233 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0178 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.311 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.181 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Senegal |
| 1980s | 0.135 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.252 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.117 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Senegal |
| 1990s | 0.155 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.27 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.115 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Senegal |
| 2000s | 0.1465 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.159 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0125 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Senegal |
| 2010s | 0.127 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1675 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0405 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Senegal |
| 2020s | 0.1284 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.2016 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0732 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Malawi or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 0.1616 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.1453 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Malawi as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Malawi and Senegal?
- 0.0163 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Senegal?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Malawi and Senegal rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Malawi ranks 162nd and Senegal ranks 159th 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.