Tanzania vs Uganda: Beer consumption per person
Beer consumption per person over time
- Tanzania
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.7031 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.6877 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Tanzania, a difference of 0.0154 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.
Tanzania ranks 125th and Uganda ranks 124th of 187 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tanzania | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.16 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.02 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Uganda |
| 1970s | 0.358 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.252 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.106 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 0.255 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.097 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.158 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 0.366 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.235 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.131 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 0.4842 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.5698 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0856 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.6805 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.8368 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1563 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.6727 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6514 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0214 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, Tanzania or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.7031 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 0.6877 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Tanzania as of 2022.
- What is the difference in beer consumption per person between Tanzania and Uganda?
- 0.0154 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Uganda?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Tanzania and Uganda rank globally for beer consumption per person?
- Tanzania ranks 125th and Uganda ranks 124th 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.