Mozambique vs Zambia: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Mozambique
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 1.19 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Mozambique, a difference of 0.1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Mozambique's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
Mozambique ranks 108th and Zambia ranks 107th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2278 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.7078 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.48 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Zambia |
| 1970s | 0.464 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Zambia |
| 1980s | 0.196 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.839 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Zambia |
| 1990s | 0.291 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.682 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.391 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Zambia |
| 2000s | 0.5318 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4845 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0473 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Mozambique |
| 2010s | 0.8939 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.9813 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0874 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Zambia |
| 2020s | 1.07 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.23 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1627 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Mozambique or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 1.19 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 1.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Mozambique as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Mozambique and Zambia?
- 0.1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Zambia?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Mozambique and Zambia rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Mozambique ranks 108th and Zambia ranks 107th 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.