Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 1.44% to 3.52 litres in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 63.3 litres in 1969 and an all time low of 3.27 litres in 2010. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Burkina Faso amounted to 75.2 litres, 3.41 litres in Guinea, 8.94 litres in Liberia and 35.0 litres in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 141st within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | litres | 2.17 | 2.26 | 2.37 | 2.32 | 2.65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | litres | 3.33 | 3.43 | 3.50 | 3.52 | 5.12 |
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