Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 5.23% to 3.22 litres in Myanmar in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Myanmar reached an all time high of 3.83 litres in 2019 and an all time low of 0.170 litres in 1975. When compared to Myanmar's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in China amounted to 35.2 litres, 3.00 litres in India, 12.7 litres in Laos and 38.8 litres in Thailand in 2021.
Myanmar has been ranked 143rd within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 2 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 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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