Norway vs Peru: Beer consumption per person

Norway
2.73 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 2022
Peru
2.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 2022
Norway rank
60th
Peru rank
58th

Beer consumption per person over time

  • Norway
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 2.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 2.73 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Norway, a difference of 0.0703 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 60th and Peru ranks 58th of 187 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Beer consumption per person
Unit
Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 10,599 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

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.