Strong Ethyl Alcohol Consumption by Country
Liberia alone reports strong ethyl alcohol: 6,284 tonnes in 2023, the entire listed total in one entry. Coverage is rare: a single reporter carries the whole file, and FAO's per-capita series carries no values for this product in the window. These 2023 figures cover food available for human consumption in a single reporting country from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts for 2019-2023.
Strong Ethyl Alcohol Consumption: Key Answer
In 2023, Liberia was the only reporting country for strong ethyl alcohol, with 6,284 tonnes of food supply available for human consumption. No per-capita value was reported for the product. Liberia's 2023 figure was 28.1 percent higher than its 2022 level of 4,907 tonnes and 5.0 percent below its 2019 level of 6,618 tonnes.
Liberia is the sole reporter of strong ethyl alcohol in 2023 at 6,284 tonnes. The listed total sits entirely in that single entry. Common-country consumption eased 5.0 percent between 2019 and 2023. No per-person series exists for this product.
No second reporter exists, so the ranking begins and ends with Liberia. The full historical series runs from 2014, while the comparison table shown here covers 2019-2023: it opened at 3,885 tonnes, dipped to the series low of 3,250 in 2016, then surged to 5,187 in 2017 and 7,439 in 2018 before settling near six thousand. With only one reporter, the national series and the listed total are identical throughout the reported years. Liberia added 1,377 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, rising 28.1 percent from 4,907 tonnes. The 2022 level had been the lowest of the 2019-2023 window, sliding through 7,239 tonnes in 2020 and 6,307 in 2021 on the way down, so the slide began well before the trough; the full-series low remains 2016 at 3,250 tonnes. The rebound restores the file near its 2019 level of 6,618 tonnes and its 2018 peak of 7,439 tonnes. With one reporter, the common-country total and the listed total coincide. Between 2019 and 2023, Liberia eased from 6,618 tonnes, down 334 tonnes, or 5.0 percent. The path wobbled gently: 7,239 tonnes in 2020, 6,307 in 2021, 4,907 in 2022, then recovery. No country entered or left, because no other country ever reported this line. The 2019-2023 period shows fluctuation rather than a sustained rise or decline, and the 2018 peak remains nearly a fifth above the 2023 level. Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 percent volume or higher, for human consumption, is tracked in tonnes for each reporting country from 2019 to 2023, and Liberia is the only one. Coverage is rare by definition here: one reporter, one series, one total. FAO's per-capita series carries no values for this product in the window, so daily figures do not exist and no per-person ranking is stated. The short name above stands for the official item, pinned here and in the methodology. The 2022 dip stands out as the low of the 2019-2023 window in an otherwise flat band, and its cause is not in the file, so none is offered. The 2018 peak of 7,439 tonnes remains the series high, while the 2016 low of 3,250 tonnes undercuts even the 2022 trough. No reported zero appears anywhere in the series, so no source-check warning applies. FAO Supply Utilization Accounts tag tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown here for strong ethyl alcohol across 2019-2023. The official item reads undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 percent volume or higher, shortened above for readability. Percentages divide by the earlier year, and zero bases receive none. Coverage is rare: the universe holds a single reporter, Liberia, after aggregates are removed, and it carries a 2023 value. The 2023 listed total of 6,284 tonnes equals that one entry. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals. Per-capita cells are blank throughout, so no daily figure is stated.
Strong Ethyl Alcohol Consumption
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Strong Ethyl Alcohol Consumption by Country
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Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Who reports this product at all?
Only Liberia ever reported strong ethyl alcohol in 2023, holding the whole listed total with no second reporter anywhere in the entire official reporting file.
What was the lowest year in the series?
2016 was the lowest reported year at 3,250 tonnes. The 2022 level of 4,907 tonnes was the lowest point of the 2019-2023 comparison period, but not of the full series.
How much did Liberia add in the latest year?
Liberia alone added 1,377 tonnes, up by 28.1 percent from 4,907 tonnes in 2022, rebounding sharply off the low point of the 2019-2023 window.
Is this what people actually drank?
No. The figures measure food available for human consumption in the reference year, not actual intake, so real use sits below supply in every case.
Why is coverage called rare?
Because one lone reporter carries the entire official file: Liberia alone reported every single year from 2014, with no per-person series attached at all.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
Sources
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https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/SCL
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