Based on a comparison of 163 countries in 2020, Czechia ranked the highest in beer consumption per capita with 136 litres followed by Ireland and Austria. On the other end of the scale was Afghanistan with 0.010 litres, Mauritania with 0.010 litres and Bangladesh with 0.020 litres.
Average beer consumption per capita reached 22.7 litres in 2020 in the World according to Faostat. This is 6 % less than in the previous year and -13.5 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average beer consumption per capita reached an all time high of 26.2 litres in 2014 and an all time low of 22.7 litres in 2020. The average annual growth amounted to -1.26 % since 2010.
Data for more countries are available at Beer Consumption Per Capita indicator page.
Beer Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Austria | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 103 | 102 | 104 | 106 | 107 | |||||||
Bulgaria | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75.5 | 77.7 | 79.9 | 81.9 | 74.5 | |||||||
Croatia | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 81.5 | 82.8 | 84.0 | 85.3 | 86.7 | |||||||
Czechia | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | |||||||
Gabon | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 79.0 | 71.5 | 68.7 | 69.5 | 75.2 | |||||||
Germany | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 98.3 | 98.6 | 99.0 | 95.6 | 86.3 | |||||||
Iceland | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 74.4 | 79.9 | 84.3 | 81.0 | 79.2 | |||||||
Ireland | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 117 | 119 | 126 | 126 | 124 | |||||||
Latvia | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 82.8 | 81.2 | 85.3 | 86.9 | 85.5 | |||||||
Lithuania | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 113 | 99.8 | 94.2 | 93.1 | 77.5 | |||||||
Luxembourg | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66.7 | 71.8 | 80.0 | 81.4 | 75.4 | |||||||
Poland | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.4 | 101 | 98.4 | 100.0 | 95.7 | |||||||
Romania | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 88.7 | 89.7 | 90.8 | 93.1 | 89.6 | |||||||
Spain | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75.3 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 86.0 | 87.4 | |||||||
USA | litres | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 82.6 | 82.9 | 80.8 | 75.1 | 74.2 |