Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita fell 24.8% to 6.53 litres in Gambia in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Gambia reached an all time high of 42.4 litres in 1963 and an all time low of 6.53 litres in 2021. When compared to Gambia's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Guinea Bissau amounted to 26.8 litres, 35.0 litres in Mali, 0.020 litres in Mauritania and 2.35 litres in Senegal in 2021.
Gambia has been ranked 131st within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 37 places below 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 |
| Algeria | litres | 5.07 | 5.12 | 4.82 | 4.81 | 4.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | litres | 172 | 168 | 156 | 166 | 78.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | litres | 14.4 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 8.65 | 9.40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | litres | 1.54 | 2.48 | 2.59 | 2.69 | 2.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | litres | 23.5 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 24.4 | 26.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | litres | 38.3 | 35.1 | 34.4 | 35.4 | 7.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | litres | 0.040 | 0.030 | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | litres | 3.26 | 3.11 | 3.41 | 3.81 | 4.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | litres | 0.580 | 0.610 | 0.580 | 0.560 | 0.590 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | litres | 2.17 | 2.26 | 2.37 | 2.32 | 2.65 |
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