Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 4.43% to 8.73 litres in Nepal in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Nepal reached an all time high of 8.73 litres in 2021 and an all time low of 0.050 litres in 1975. When compared to Nepal's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Bangladesh amounted to 0.020 litres, 63.7 litres in Bhutan, 35.2 litres in China and 3.00 litres in India in 2021.
Nepal has been ranked 126th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 18 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | litres | 40.3 | 41.1 | 40.5 | 35.6 | 34.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | litres | 3.42 | 3.31 | 3.39 | 2.94 | 3.83 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nepal | litres | 3.77 | 5.10 | 5.61 | 5.55 | 5.53 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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