Malawi vs East Timor: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Malawi
- East Timor
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.1453 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.081 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in East Timor, a difference of 0.0643 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.8 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 162nd and East Timor ranks 165th of 187 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and East Timor in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2411 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0656 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1756 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1183 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0117 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.155 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.165 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | East Timor |
| 2000s | 0.1465 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1889 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0424 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | East Timor |
| 2010s | 0.127 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.3219 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.195 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | East Timor |
| 2020s | 0.1284 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0753 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0531 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Malawi or East Timor?
- Malawi, at 0.1453 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.081 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in East Timor as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Malawi and East Timor?
- 0.0643 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and East Timor?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Malawi and East Timor rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Malawi ranks 162nd and East Timor ranks 165th 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.