Namibia vs Sweden: Wine consumption per person
Namibia
3.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 2022
Sweden
3.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
in 2022
Namibia rank
14th
Sweden rank
17th
Wine consumption per person over time
- Namibia
- Sweden
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 3.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 3.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Sweden, a difference of 0.19 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Namibia ranks 14th and Sweden ranks 17th of 187 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6378 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.6378 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.12 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.12 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.261 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 1.54 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sweden |
| 2000s | 2.66 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2.76 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.1017 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sweden |
| 2010s | 3 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 3.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.4128 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sweden |
| 2020s | 3.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 3.49 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 0.0779 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wine consumption per person, Namibia or Sweden?
- Namibia, at 3.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year against 3.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Sweden as of 2022.
- What is the difference in wine consumption per person between Namibia and Sweden?
- 0.19 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Sweden?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Namibia and Sweden rank globally for wine consumption per person?
- Namibia ranks 14th and Sweden ranks 17th 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 Wine consumption per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Average per capita consumption of wine, as measured in liters of pure alcohol per year. 1 liter of wine contains around 0.12 liters of pure alcohol.