Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 33.0% to 7.78 litres in Sweden in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Sweden reached an all time high of 7.80 litres in 1976 and an all time low of 1.87 litres in 1994. When compared to Sweden's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Denmark amounted to 5.55 litres, 4.97 litres in Finland, 2.17 litres in Norway and 7.91 litres in Russia in 2021.
Sweden has been ranked 19th within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 38 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 |
| Australia | litres | 2.96 | 3.12 | 3.16 | 2.79 | 3.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | litres | 7.69 | 7.05 | 7.45 | 7.56 | 7.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | litres | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3.54 | 3.63 | 3.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | litres | 3.76 | 3.88 | 3.56 | 3.22 | 5.52 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | litres | 7.55 | 7.96 | 7.62 | 8.54 | 8.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | litres | 1.46 | 2.37 | 2.58 | 1.04 | 1.44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | litres | 0.150 | 0.140 | 0.140 | 0.140 | 0.110 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | litres | 8.92 | 9.35 | 8.92 | 5.55 | 5.51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | litres | 1.22 | 1.19 | 1.60 | 3.06 | 3.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | litres | 2.78 | 2.62 | 2.20 | 2.09 | 1.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | litres | 2.49 | 2.27 | 1.78 | 1.89 | 1.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.800 | 0.650 | 1.49 | 0.640 | 0.650 | |||||||
| Russia | litres | 5.60 | 6.23 | 7.67 | 7.52 | 8.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | litres | 3.56 | 3.66 | 3.70 | 3.82 | 4.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 6.34 | 6.29 | 6.24 | 4.23 | 4.22 |
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