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Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Per Capita (Total) rose 9.84% to 127 litres in Botswana in 2021

Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Per Capita (Total) (litres), 2021
Food & Drink | Botswana | March 31, 2024
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Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 9.84% to 127 litres in Botswana in 2021, according to Faostat.

Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Botswana reached an all time high of 145 litres in 2019 and an all time low of 28.7 litres in 1978. When compared to Botswana's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Namibia amounted to 93.9 litres, 68.5 litres in South Africa, 33.2 litres in Zambia and 25.5 litres in Zimbabwe in 2021.

Botswana has been ranked 5th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 60 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
Angola litres 64.2 59.8 60.1 57.6 57.1
Botswana litres 80.6 90.0 140 133 145
Dem. Republic of the Congo litres ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13.3 11.6 11.4 10.6 10.5
Lesotho litres 26.7 24.9 36.1 52.1 36.1
Mozambique litres 12.7 13.1 12.9 12.0 13.4
Namibia litres 94.7 91.6 78.6 85.3 84.3
South Africa litres 69.9 67.5 68.0 65.6 66.2
Swaziland litres 76.0 84.4 86.9 95.6 95.1
Tanzania litres 65.4 58.5 53.5 50.5 54.7
Zambia litres 41.1 41.6 36.4 38.1 33.1
Zimbabwe litres 25.0 26.7 25.2 25.8 26.7