Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 3.19% to 1.94 litres in India in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in India reached an all time high of 1.94 litres in 2021 and an all time low of 0.310 litres in 1963.
India has been ranked 74th within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 17 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 |
| Afghanistan | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.010 | |||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | litres | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.010 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.540 | ||
| China | litres | 7.69 | 7.05 | 7.45 | 7.56 | 7.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | litres | 1.79 | 1.57 | 1.30 | 1.92 | 1.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Japan | litres | 8.92 | 9.35 | 8.92 | 5.55 | 5.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | litres | 0.350 | 0.210 | 0.210 | 0.220 | 0.170 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | litres | 1.27 | 1.37 | 0.970 | 1.16 | 1.31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | litres | 0.310 | 0.240 | 0.390 | 0.390 | 0.380 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Russia | litres | 5.60 | 6.23 | 7.67 | 7.52 | 8.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | litres | 0.220 | 0.220 | 0.210 | 0.270 | 0.310 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 6.34 | 6.29 | 6.24 | 4.23 | 4.22 |
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