This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of beer. Information not provided for some countries is not given in the available sources. Note: The row number column is fixed. So you can choose what column to rank by clicking its header to sort it.
* indicates "Beer in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
Country | Consumption per capita [1] (litres per year) | 2018 change (litres per year) | Total national consumption [lower-alpha 1] (million litres per year) | Year | Sources |
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Czech Republic * | 140.0 | 1,498 | 2020 | [2] | |
Austria * | 107.8 | 0.2 | 949 | 2019 | [1] |
Romania * | 100.3 | 1.4 | 1,956 | 2019 | [1] |
Germany * | 99.0 | -2.1 | 8,160 | 2019 | [1] |
Poland * | 97.7 | -0.5 | 3,713 | 2019 | [1] |
Namibia | 95.5 | 14.2 | 248 | 2019 | [1] |
Ireland | 92.9 | -2.9 | 446 | 2019 | [1] |
Spain * | 88.8 | 1.5 | 4,119 | 2019 | [1] |
Croatia * | 85.5 | 5.0 | 351 | 2019 | [1] |
Latvia | 81.4 | 4.6 | 155 | 2019 | [1] |
Estonia * | 80.5 | 7.9 | 105 | 2019 | [1] |
Slovenia * | 80.0 | -0.2 | 168 | 2019 | [1] |
Netherlands * | 79.3 | 1.2 | 1,357 | 2019 | [1] |
Bulgaria * | 78.7 | 2.3 | 551 | 2019 | [1] |
Panama * | 78.3 | 1.5 | 329 | 2019 | [1] |
Slovakia * | 76.1 | -0.9 | 418 | 2019 | [1] |
Australia * | 75.1 | -1.2 | 1,885 | 2019 | [1] |
Lithuania * | 74.4 | -2.1 | 216 | 2019 | [1] |
Hungary * | 73.7 | -1.1 | 715 | 2019 | [1] |
United States * | 72.7 | -0.8 | 23,920 | 2019 | [1] |
Finland * | 72.0 | -3.2 | 403 | 2019 | [1] |
Mexico * | 70.5 | 1.8 | 9,324 | 2019 | [1] |
United Kingdom * | 70.3 | -1.4 | 4,712 | 2019 | [1] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina * | 68.6 | 0.8 | 240 | 2019 | [1] |
Gabon | 67.0 | -0.4 | 141 | 2019 | [1] |
Belgium * | 65.9 | -1.0 | 765 | 2019 | [1] |
New Zealand * | 61.0 | -1.6 | 293 | 2019 | [1] |
South Africa * | 60.1 | 1.1 | 3,447 | 2018 | [1] |
Denmark * | 59.8 | 0.2 | 347 | 2019 | [1] |
Cambodia * | 59.2 | 2.3 | 976 | 2019 | [1] |
Brazil * | 58.4 | -1.6 | 12,401 | 2019 | [1] |
Russia * | 57.7 | 0.7 | 8,306 | 2019 | [1] |
Switzerland * | 55.1 | -0.4 | 474 | 2019 | [1] |
Portugal * | 54.9 | 2.3 | 565 | 2019 | [1] |
DR Congo | 54.8 | -2.2 | 302 | 2019 | [1] |
Canada * | 53.5 | -2.1 | 1,994 | 2019 | [1] |
Puerto Rico | 54.8 | -3.0 | 203 | 2018 | [1] |
Serbia * | 54.7 | 3.1 | 481 | 2018 | |
Cyprus * | 47.0 | 2021 | [3] | ||
South Korea * | 39.4 | 0.1 | 2,022 | 2019 | [1] |
Vietnam * | 45.1 | 2,600 | 2020/21 | [4] [5] | |
Japan * | 38.4 | -0.4 | 4,869 | 2019 | [1] |
Laos | 41.4 | 2015 | [6] | ||
France * | 33 | 2016 | [7] | ||
Italy * | 31 | 2016 | [8] | ||
China * | 29 | 43,266 | 2018 | [9] | |
Thailand * | 27 | 2015 | [6] | ||
Taiwan * | 23.2 | 2015 | [6] | ||
Hong Kong * | 21.2 | 159 | 2018 | [10] | |
Singapore * | 20.9 | 2015 | [6] | ||
Israel * | 17.4 | 2013 | [11] | ||
Turkey * | 10.9 | 2020 | [12] | ||
Kenya * | 12 | [13] | |||
Myanmar * | 11.3 | 2015 | [6] | ||
Uzbekistan | 11 | [14] | |||
Papua New Guinea | 10.9 | 2015 | [6] | ||
Tanzania * | 8 | [13] | |||
Uganda | 6 | [13] | |||
Malaysia * | 5.8 | 2015 | [6] | ||
Sri Lanka * | 2 | 50 | [15] | ||
India * | 2 | 2015 | [6] | ||
Indonesia * | 0.7 | 2015 | [6] |
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A standard drink or unit of alcohol is a measure of alcohol consumption representing a fixed amount of pure alcohol. The notion is used in relation to recommendations about alcohol consumption and its relative risks to health. It helps to educate alcohol users. A hypothetical alcoholic beverage sized to one standard drink varies in volume depending on the alcohol concentration of the beverage, but it always contains the same amount of alcohol and therefore produces the same amount of drunkenness. Many government health guidelines specify low to high risk amounts in units of grams of pure alcohol per day, week, or single occasion. These government guidelines often illustrate these amounts as standard drinks of various beverages, with their serving sizes indicated. Although used for the same purpose, the definition of a standard drink varies from country to country.
Beer has a long history in what is now the Czech Republic, with brewing taking place in Břevnov Monastery in 993. The city of Brno had the right to brew beer from the 12th century, while Plzeň and České Budějovice, had breweries in the 13th century.
Brazil is the world's third largest beer market with total volume at 139 million hectoliters, and per capita consumption 61 liters in 2016.
Beer in Japan mostly comes from the country's four major breweries, Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory, which mainly produce pale lagers around 5% ABV. Beer is immensely popular, far ahead of sake consumption.
Finland has a long history of beer dating back to the Middle Ages. The oldest still-existing commercial brewery in Finland and the other Nordic countries is Sinebrychoff, founded in 1819. The Finnish Beer Day is celebrated on 13 October to commemorate the founding of the Sinebrychoff brewery and the birth of Finnish beer. The largest Finnish brewers are Hartwall, Olvi and Sinebrychoff. Most of the beers brewed in Finland are pale lagers. As of 2022, Finland's standing is 23rd in per capita consumption of beer: Finnish people consume 70.2 litres of beer annually per capita, while the total annual consumption is 393 million litres.
Beer is a popular beverage in Venezuela. The country produces a variety of beers and beer-related products, and though not very varied, they are very popular in Venezuela. According to The Wall Street Journal, Polar beer was shut down in April 2016 as the Venezuelan government restriction shortened the supply of malted barley necessary to produce beer.
Although death rates have decreased in Hungary since 1985, life expectancy remains low by European standards, particularly among Romani people. Almost half the deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease. A tax on some high-sugar foods, introduced in 2011, has encountered opposition from the confectionery trade. Drinking remains a major health problem, while smoking prevalence has greatly decreased. Health, in general, is poorer in the southern and eastern parts of the country.
Alcohol consumption in Russia remains among the highest in the world. According to a 2011 report by the World Health Organization, annual per capita consumption of alcohol in Russia was about 15.76 litres of pure alcohol, the fourth-highest volume in Europe. It dropped to 11.7 litres in 2016, dropping further to about 10.5 litres in 2019. Another general trait of Russian alcohol consumption pattern was the high volume of spirits compared with other alcoholic drinks.
Health in Russia deteriorated rapidly following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and particularly for men, as a result of social and economic changes.
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Beer has been brewed in Sri Lanka from five hundreds of years. In the 19th century, the British introduced British beer to Ceylon. The most popular beers in Sri Lanka are Lager-style beer.
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The commercial brewing of beer in Fiji only commenced in 1958 and the market is dominated by a single producer, Paradise Beverages (Fiji) Limited.
Switzerland has a long tradition of brewing, with significant domestic beer production and a growing craft brewing sector.
Alcohol in the United Kingdom is legal to buy, sell and consume. Consumption rates within the country are high among the average of OECD nations however average among European countries but consistently ranks highest on binge drinking culture. An estimated 29 million people in the United Kingdom drank alcohol in 2017.