Alcoholic beverage consumption per capita rose 9.50% to 3.92 litres in Ireland in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Ireland reached an all time high of 9.32 litres in 2007 and an all time low of 3.09 litres in 2016. When compared to Ireland's main peers, alcoholic beverage consumption per capita in Canada amounted to 0.240 litres, 7.26 litres in France, 1.77 litres in Iceland and 1.47 litres in United Kingdom in 2021.
Ireland has been ranked 44th 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 |
| Australia | litres | 2.96 | 3.12 | 3.16 | 2.79 | 3.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | litres | 0.580 | 0.780 | 1.32 | 1.78 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | litres | 0.040 | 0.060 | 0.370 | 0.140 | 0.050 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | litres | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3.54 | 3.63 | 3.30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | litres | 0.840 | 0.840 | 0.850 | 0.860 | 0.940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | litres | 1.14 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.18 | 1.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | litres | 2.49 | 2.27 | 1.78 | 1.89 | 1.82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | litres | 2.15 | 2.16 | 2.16 | 2.15 | 1.81 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | litres | 3.56 | 3.66 | 3.70 | 3.82 | 4.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | litres | 6.34 | 6.29 | 6.24 | 4.23 | 4.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | litres | 2.46 | 1.17 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 1.11 |
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