Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 3.81% to 3.00 litres in India in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in India reached an all time high of 3.55 litres in 2019 and an all time low of 0.340 litres in 1963. When compared to India's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Bangladesh amounted to 0.020 litres, 35.2 litres in China, 0.190 litres in Pakistan and 5.19 litres in Sri Lanka in 2021.
India has been ranked 144th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 5 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 |
| Afghanistan | litres | ... | ... | 0.870 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.030 | |||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | litres | ... | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.030 | 0.030 | |||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 63.5 | ||
| China | litres | 43.9 | 41.8 | 41.4 | 37.3 | 37.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | litres | 1.94 | 1.72 | 1.45 | 2.08 | 3.55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | litres | 0.010 | 2.41 | 2.38 | 0.830 | 0.830 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | litres | 40.3 | 41.1 | 40.5 | 35.6 | 34.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | litres | 9.11 | 9.21 | 9.35 | 9.33 | 9.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | litres | 6.62 | 6.89 | 7.16 | 7.96 | 8.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | litres | 3.42 | 3.31 | 3.39 | 2.94 | 3.83 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | litres | 0.180 | 0.180 | 0.170 | 0.170 | 0.210 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | litres | 67.8 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 68.3 | 69.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | litres | 5.82 | 6.89 | 6.53 | 6.77 | 7.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 97.6 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 88.6 | 87.8 |
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