Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita fell 7.79% to 19.4 litres in Guatemala in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Guatemala reached an all time high of 21.1 litres in 2020 and an all time low of 6.36 litres in 1962. When compared to Guatemala's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Belize amounted to 52.8 litres, 23.3 litres in El Salvador, 29.4 litres in Honduras and 23.0 litres in Nicaragua in 2021.
Guatemala has been ranked 106th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 7 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 97.6 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 88.6 | 87.8 |
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