Nigeria vs Tanzania: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.6877 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.615 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0727 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.
Nigeria ranks 128th and Tanzania ranks 125th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 4 and Tanzania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.12 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.16 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.04 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 0.426 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.358 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.068 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 1.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.255 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.834 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 0.693 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.366 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.327 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 0.5083 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4842 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0242 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 0.6455 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6805 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.035 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 0.6059 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6727 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0668 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beer consumption per person, Nigeria or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.6877 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.615 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Nigeria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Nigeria and Tanzania?
- 0.0727 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Tanzania?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Nigeria and Tanzania rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Nigeria ranks 128th and Tanzania ranks 125th 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.