Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita fell 78.4% to 0.420 litres in Netherlands in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Netherlands reached an all time high of 5.57 litres in 1985 and an all time low of 0.420 litres in 2021. When compared to Netherlands's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Belgium amounted to 0.850 litres, 5.55 litres in Denmark, 8.57 litres in Germany and 1.47 litres in United Kingdom in 2021.
Netherlands has been ranked 117th within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 49 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Per Capita (Distilled) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | litres | 3.39 | 2.47 | 2.32 | 2.09 | 1.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | litres | 0.580 | 0.780 | 1.32 | 1.78 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | litres | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3.54 | 3.63 | 3.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | litres | 11.3 | 9.37 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 8.55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | litres | 7.55 | 7.96 | 7.62 | 8.54 | 8.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | litres | 3.61 | 3.09 | 4.26 | 6.75 | 3.14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | litres | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | litres | 1.22 | 1.19 | 1.60 | 3.06 | 3.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | litres | 2.49 | 2.27 | 1.78 | 1.89 | 1.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | litres | 4.56 | 4.62 | 4.73 | 4.85 | 5.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | litres | 3.56 | 3.66 | 3.70 | 3.82 | 4.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | litres | 2.46 | 1.17 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 1.11 |
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