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Who's the Major Beer Drinker?

Beer Consumption Per Capita (litres), 2020 or latest
Food & Drink | June 18, 2023
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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