Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 64.2% to 12.9 litres in Venezuela in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Venezuela reached an all time high of 96.9 litres in 2007 and an all time low of 7.88 litres in 2020. When compared to Venezuela's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Brazil amounted to 69.6 litres, 51.5 litres in Colombia, 40.1 litres in Guyana and 48.0 litres in Trinidad and Tobago in 2021.
Venezuela has been ranked 118th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 75 places below 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 |
| Bolivia | litres | 37.2 | 36.9 | 37.3 | 37.8 | 36.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | litres | 67.8 | 64.3 | 65.0 | 65.3 | 79.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | litres | 47.8 | 48.2 | 50.7 | 50.7 | 43.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | litres | 36.3 | 29.7 | 28.8 | 38.7 | 38.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | litres | 50.8 | 51.2 | 51.8 | 51.8 | 50.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Suriname | litres | 51.0 | 44.7 | 43.9 | 48.9 | 48.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | litres | 32.8 | 38.5 | 44.1 | 46.2 | 47.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | litres | 65.0 | 38.6 | 25.3 | 16.1 | 8.51 |
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