Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 30.1% to 3.20 litres in Latvia in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Latvia reached an all time high of 20.8 litres in 2007 and an all time low of 2.00 litres in 2014. When compared to Latvia's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Belarus amounted to 14.5 litres, 20.4 litres in Estonia, 8.13 litres in Lithuania and 7.91 litres in Russia in 2021.
Latvia has been ranked 56th within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 35 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 |
| Belarus | litres | 13.3 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 15.8 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | litres | 7.69 | 7.05 | 7.45 | 7.56 | 7.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | litres | 21.7 | 21.7 | 21.3 | 20.0 | 18.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | litres | 3.76 | 3.88 | 3.56 | 3.22 | 5.52 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | litres | 7.55 | 7.96 | 7.62 | 8.54 | 8.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | litres | 8.92 | 9.35 | 8.92 | 5.55 | 5.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | litres | 7.45 | 7.48 | 7.55 | 7.61 | 4.58 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | litres | 11.4 | 8.17 | 8.93 | 7.88 | 8.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | litres | 4.56 | 4.62 | 4.73 | 4.85 | 5.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | litres | 5.60 | 6.23 | 7.67 | 7.52 | 8.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 6.34 | 6.29 | 6.24 | 4.23 | 4.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | litres | 6.83 | 5.16 | 4.70 | 6.32 | 6.73 |
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