Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 25.0% to 0.100 litres in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 0.160 litres in 1967 and an all time low of 0 litres in 2001. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Burkina Faso amounted to 0.240 litres, 0.080 litres in Guinea, 3.63 litres in Liberia and 0.120 litres in Mali in 2021.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 141st within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 3 places above 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 |
| Algeria | litres | 0.140 | 0.140 | 0.140 | 0.140 | 0.130 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | litres | 0.240 | 0.240 | 0.240 | 0.250 | 0.250 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | litres | 0.170 | 0.480 | 1.11 | 0.850 | 0.700 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | litres | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | litres | ... | 0.020 | ... | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.040 | |||||||||||||||
| Liberia | litres | 3.55 | 3.46 | 3.48 | 3.53 | 4.14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | litres | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | litres | 0.020 | 0.010 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.020 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | litres | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.070 | 0.050 | 0.020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | litres | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | litres | 0.040 | 0.040 | 0.040 | 0.050 | 0.080 |
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