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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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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Saketimes. (March 2, 2021). Frequency of drinking rice wine (sake) in Japan as of February 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231647/japan-sake-consumption-frequency-by-age/
Saketimes. "Frequency of drinking rice wine (sake) in Japan as of February 2021, by age group." Chart. March 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231647/japan-sake-consumption-frequency-by-age/
Saketimes. (2021). Frequency of drinking rice wine (sake) in Japan as of February 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231647/japan-sake-consumption-frequency-by-age/
Saketimes. "Frequency of Drinking Rice Wine (Sake) in Japan as of February 2021, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231647/japan-sake-consumption-frequency-by-age/
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Frequency of drinking rice wine (sake) in Japan as of February 2021, by age group [Graph], Saketimes, March 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1231647/japan-sake-consumption-frequency-by-age/
