Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 12.0% to 13.1 litres in Bahamas in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Bahamas reached an all time high of 19.9 litres in 1966 and an all time low of 10.7 litres in 1962. When compared to Bahamas's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Cuba amounted to 16.9 litres, 0.590 litres in Dominican Republic, 10.5 litres in Haiti and 5.02 litres in USA in 2021.
Bahamas has been ranked 7th within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Per Capita (Distilled) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahamas | litres | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 13.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | litres | 0.040 | 0.060 | 0.370 | 0.140 | 0.050 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | litres | 7.69 | 7.05 | 7.45 | 7.56 | 7.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cuba | litres | 7.96 | 7.92 | 8.00 | 8.09 | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | litres | 3.60 | 3.27 | 3.30 | 3.06 | 3.11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Haiti | litres | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 14.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamaica | litres | 5.33 | 4.70 | 5.30 | 2.47 | 3.88 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | litres | 8.92 | 9.35 | 8.92 | 5.55 | 5.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | litres | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | litres | 6.34 | 6.29 | 6.24 | 4.23 | 4.22 |
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