Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita fell 1.63% to 23.0 litres in Nicaragua in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 23.4 litres in 2020 and an all time low of 7.28 litres in 1961. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Costa Rica amounted to 50.3 litres, 23.3 litres in El Salvador, 29.4 litres in Honduras and 79.2 litres in Mexico in 2021.
Nicaragua has been ranked 99th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 15 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Per Capita (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | litres | 41.6 | 41.6 | 40.2 | 40.8 | 52.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | litres | 24.6 | 22.8 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 22.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | litres | 24.7 | 25.1 | 25.6 | 26.8 | 21.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | litres | 17.0 | 17.4 | 16.0 | 17.8 | 17.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | litres | 19.6 | 21.5 | 23.6 | 25.0 | 25.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | litres | 62.4 | 62.6 | 63.4 | 64.4 | 72.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | litres | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.9 | 16.2 | 15.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | litres | 87.7 | 85.0 | 88.9 | 86.3 | 83.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 97.6 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 88.6 | 87.8 |
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