Japan: sake consumption frequency by age 2021

According to a survey conducted in 2021 in Japan, the majority of respondents drank sake on several days per week. While around 51 percent of respondents aged 20 to 29 years consumed the fermented rice wine on at least two days a week, the share grew to 75 percent in the age group of 50 years and above.

Frequency of drinking rice wine (sake) in Japan as of February 2021, by age group

Characteristic	Four days or more per week	Two to three days per week	Around one day per week	One to two days per month	Less than one day per month
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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

January 27 to February 12, 2021

Number of respondents

1,324 respondents

Age group

20 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "How often do you drink sake?"
The source provides the following information for the age groups:
20 to 29 years: n=205
30 to 39 years: n=355
40 to 49 years: n=423
50 years and older: n=341.

Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding by the source.

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