Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 71.9% to 4.71 litres in El Salvador in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in El Salvador reached an all time high of 4.71 litres in 2021 and an all time low of 1.31 litres in 1992. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Costa Rica amounted to 8.98 litres, 2.23 litres in Guatemala, 3.25 litres in Honduras and 3.59 litres in Nicaragua in 2021.
El Salvador has been ranked 39th within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 28 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 |
| Belize | litres | 6.04 | 6.75 | 5.84 | 5.80 | 6.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | litres | 8.54 | 6.27 | 6.71 | 6.52 | 8.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | litres | 3.22 | 3.28 | 3.35 | 3.53 | 4.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | litres | 1.84 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.54 | 1.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | litres | 2.87 | 2.61 | 2.31 | 2.60 | 2.54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | litres | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | litres | 2.40 | 2.46 | 2.53 | 2.42 | 3.37 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | litres | 2.55 | 1.90 | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 6.34 | 6.29 | 6.24 | 4.23 | 4.22 |
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