Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 4.86% to 46.4 litres in Vietnam in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Vietnam reached an all time high of 51.0 litres in 2019 and an all time low of 1.78 litres in 1983. When compared to Vietnam's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Cambodia amounted to 59.6 litres, 35.2 litres in China, 12.7 litres in Laos and 38.8 litres in Thailand in 2021.
Vietnam has been ranked 76th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 33 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 |
| Cambodia | litres | 29.8 | 29.9 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 30.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | litres | 11.3 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 11.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | litres | 9.11 | 9.21 | 9.35 | 9.33 | 9.10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | litres | 3.42 | 3.31 | 3.39 | 2.94 | 3.83 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | litres | 67.8 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 68.3 | 69.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | litres | 40.8 | 40.9 | 37.8 | 36.5 | 40.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 97.6 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 88.6 | 87.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | litres | 17.2 | 43.1 | 48.9 | 47.7 | 51.0 |
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