Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 86.3% to 1.77 litres in Iceland in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Iceland reached an all time high of 5.34 litres in 1991 and an all time low of 0.950 litres in 2020. When compared to Iceland's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Denmark amounted to 5.55 litres, 2.17 litres in Norway, 7.78 litres in Sweden and 1.47 litres in United Kingdom in 2021.
Iceland has been ranked 78th within the group of 155 countries we follow in terms of alcoholic beverage consumption per capita, 31 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 |
| Belgium | litres | 0.580 | 0.780 | 1.32 | 1.78 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | litres | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3.54 | 3.63 | 3.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | litres | 3.76 | 3.88 | 3.56 | 3.22 | 5.52 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | litres | 11.3 | 9.37 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 8.55 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | litres | 7.55 | 7.96 | 7.62 | 8.54 | 8.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | litres | 1.46 | 2.37 | 2.58 | 1.04 | 1.44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | litres | 3.61 | 3.09 | 4.26 | 6.75 | 3.14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | litres | 1.22 | 1.19 | 1.60 | 3.06 | 3.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | litres | 2.49 | 2.27 | 1.78 | 1.89 | 1.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | litres | 5.60 | 6.23 | 7.67 | 7.52 | 8.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | litres | 3.56 | 3.66 | 3.70 | 3.82 | 4.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | litres | 2.46 | 1.17 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 1.11 |
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