Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 0.562% to 75.2 litres in Burkina Faso in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 247 litres in 1993 and an all time low of 74.8 litres in 2020. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Ghana amounted to 22.0 litres, 19.5 litres in Ivory Coast, 35.0 litres in Mali and 0.860 litres in Niger in 2021.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 42nd within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 41 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | litres | 87.5 | 85.5 | 83.1 | 81.7 | 79.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | litres | 172 | 168 | 156 | 166 | 78.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | litres | 5.12 | 4.92 | 4.74 | 4.70 | 4.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | litres | 15.9 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 19.6 | 21.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | litres | 1.54 | 2.48 | 2.59 | 2.69 | 2.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | litres | 24.7 | 18.8 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 18.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | litres | 8.76 | 8.47 | 8.96 | 9.08 | 8.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.110 | 0.020 | 0.050 | 0.070 | 0.090 | |||||||
| Mali | litres | 38.3 | 35.1 | 34.4 | 35.4 | 7.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | litres | 0.040 | 0.030 | 0.050 | 0.050 | 0.030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | litres | 0.580 | 0.610 | 0.580 | 0.560 | 0.590 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | litres | 10.3 | 9.18 | 8.73 | 8.80 | 8.52 |
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