Which country has the highest Beer Consumption?

China has the highest Beer Consumption in 2022, at 34,028,000 t, followed by United States (23,761,000 t) and Brazil (13,944,000 t).

Which country has the lowest Beer Consumption?

Saint Kitts and Nevis has the lowest Beer Consumption in 2022, at 1,000 t.

What is the median Beer Consumption across countries?

The median is 150,000 t across the 175 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this beer consumption by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances - Beer - FAOSTAT; Global Beer Consumption by Country in 2020 - Kirin Holdings; List of countries by beer consumption per capita - Wiki; The surprising countries that consume the most beer per capita - Telegraph UK.

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Beer Consumption by Country

Name: Beer Consumption by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Beer Consumption in 2022 (34,028,000 t), followed by United States (23,761,000 t) and Brazil (13,944,000 t). Saint Kitts and Nevis has the lowest (1,000 t).

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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Median

150,000 t

Middle half 25.5K t – 510.5K t

Average

1,030,440 t

175 countries

Highest

34,028,000 t

China

Lowest

1,000 t

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Over time · 2020–2022

The top 5 in 2022, against the median.

Median of all countries
China
United States
Brazil
Mexico
Russia

Data

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182 countries · # = rank by Beer Consumption

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1	China	34,028,000 t	23.86 kg/cap
2	United States	23,761,000 t	70.24 kg/cap
3	Brazil	13,944,000 t	64.76 kg/cap
4	Mexico	10,072,000 t	78.99 kg/cap
5	Russia	8,348,000 t	57.69 kg/cap
6	Germany	7,938,000 t	95.22 kg/cap
7	Spain	4,184,000 t	87.97 kg/cap
8	United Kingdom	4,132,000 t	61.2 kg/cap
9	Vietnam	3,811,000 t	38.81 kg/cap
10	Poland	3,501,000 t	87.84 kg/cap
11	South Africa	3,313,000 t	55.31 kg/cap
12	France	2,583,000 t	39.96 kg/cap
13	Colombia	2,568,000 t	49.51 kg/cap
14	India	2,520,000 t	1.78 kg/cap
15	Australia	2,303,000 t	87.97 kg/cap
16	Canada	2,191,000 t	56.97 kg/cap
17	Italy	2,161,000 t	36.6 kg/cap
18	Thailand	2,136,000 t	29.79 kg/cap
19	Argentina	1,919,000 t	42.16 kg/cap
20	Nigeria	1,814,000 t	8.3 kg/cap
21	South Korea	1,696,000 t	32.73 kg/cap
22	Philippines	1,628,000 t	14.08 kg/cap
23	Romania	1,600,000 t	81.4 kg/cap
24	Japan	1,539,000 t	12.42 kg/cap
25	Peru	1,522,000 t	44.69 kg/cap
26	Ethiopia	1,499,000 t	12.15 kg/cap
27	Czechia	1,467,000 t	139.82 kg/cap
28	Chile	1,354,000 t	69.08 kg/cap
29	Cambodia	1,309,000 t	78.09 kg/cap
30	Ukraine	1,239,000 t	31.2 kg/cap
31	Angola	1,188,000 t	33.39 kg/cap
32	Belgium	983,000 t	84.34 kg/cap
33	Austria	947,000 t	105.95 kg/cap
34	Turkey	889,000 t	10.41 kg/cap
35	Netherlands	841,000 t	47.88 kg/cap
36	Taiwan	757,000 t	31.7 kg/cap
37	Ecuador	708,000 t	39.36 kg/cap
38	Hungary	688,000 t	68.98 kg/cap
39	Kazakhstan	680,000 t	35.06 kg/cap
40	Dominican Republic	646,000 t	57.54 kg/cap
41	Portugal	631,000 t	61.41 kg/cap
42	Tanzania	523,000 t	7.99 kg/cap
43	Bulgaria	522,000 t	76.9 kg/cap
44	Sweden	521,000 t	49.36 kg/cap
45	DR Congo	500,000 t	5.05 kg/cap
46	Paraguay	478,000 t	70.5 kg/cap
47	Belarus	473,000 t	49.6 kg/cap
48	Venezuela	472,000 t	16.66 kg/cap
49	Switzerland	467,000 t	53.38 kg/cap
50	Serbia	465,000 t	64.37 kg/cap
51	Kenya	415,000 t	7.69 kg/cap
52	Slovakia	414,000 t	73.41 kg/cap
53	Ireland	402,000 t	80.04 kg/cap
54	Denmark	399,000 t	67.82 kg/cap
55	Uzbekistan	396,000 t	11.43 kg/cap
55	Botswana	396,000 t	150.43 kg/cap
57	Mozambique	393,000 t	11.93 kg/cap
58	Bolivia	387,000 t	31.65 kg/cap
59	Finland	379,000 t	68.39 kg/cap
60	Greece	354,000 t	34.08 kg/cap
61	Norway	352,000 t	64.83 kg/cap
62	Uganda	345,000 t	7.3 kg/cap
63	Guatemala	343,000 t	19.24 kg/cap
63	Panama	343,000 t	77.73 kg/cap
65	Croatia	339,000 t	84.16 kg/cap
66	Ivory Coast	334,000 t	11.86 kg/cap
66	Republic of the Congo	334,000 t	55.94 kg/cap
68	New Zealand	329,000 t	63.54 kg/cap
69	Indonesia	323,000 t	1.17 kg/cap
70	Ghana	318,000 t	9.51 kg/cap
71	Honduras	295,000 t	28.31 kg/cap
72	Lithuania	294,000 t	107.1 kg/cap
73	Zambia	271,000 t	13.55 kg/cap
74	Burkina Faso	244,000 t	10.75 kg/cap
74	Israel	244,000 t	27.01 kg/cap
76	Burundi	234,000 t	18.16 kg/cap
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	232,000 t	71.89 kg/cap
78	Rwanda	227,000 t	16.47 kg/cap
79	Zimbabwe	222,000 t	13.61 kg/cap
80	Tunisia	202,000 t	16.32 kg/cap
81	Nepal	189,000 t	6.17 kg/cap
82	Gabon	187,000 t	78.29 kg/cap
83	Costa Rica	177,000 t	34.14 kg/cap
84	Slovenia	176,000 t	83.21 kg/cap
85	Algeria	174,000 t	3.87 kg/cap
86	Malaysia	167,000 t	4.91 kg/cap
87	Hong Kong	153,000 t	20.48 kg/cap
88	Uruguay	150,000 t	43.82 kg/cap
89	Myanmar	145,000 t	2.68 kg/cap
89	Madagascar	145,000 t	4.91 kg/cap
91	Cuba	144,000 t	12.87 kg/cap
92	Latvia	143,000 t	77.37 kg/cap
93	El Salvador	141,000 t	22.33 kg/cap
94	Benin	139,000 t	10.4 kg/cap
95	Mongolia	131,000 t	38.46 kg/cap
96	Sri Lanka	117,000 t	5.36 kg/cap
97	Georgia	115,000 t	30.77 kg/cap
98	Malawi	107,000 t	5.26 kg/cap
99	Albania	105,000 t	36.84 kg/cap
100	Moldova	104,000 t	37.63 kg/cap
101	Morocco	101,000 t	2.71 kg/cap
102	Estonia	92,000 t	69.3 kg/cap
103	Iran	90,000 t	1.02 kg/cap
103	Togo	90,000 t	10.16 kg/cap
103	Nicaragua	90,000 t	12.94 kg/cap
106	Namibia	89,000 t	34.7 kg/cap
107	Egypt	88,000 t	0.79 kg/cap
108	Chad	85,000 t	4.78 kg/cap
109	Iraq	79,000 t	2.08 kg/cap
110	Lesotho	70,000 t	30.32 kg/cap
111	Papua New Guinea	69,000 t	6.84 kg/cap
112	Laos	55,000 t	7.36 kg/cap
113	United Arab Emirates	53,000 t	5.64 kg/cap
113	Trinidad and Tobago	53,000 t	34.34 kg/cap
115	Azerbaijan	51,000 t	4.94 kg/cap
115	North Macedonia	51,000 t	24.52 kg/cap
117	Luxembourg	50,000 t	76.47 kg/cap
118	Montenegro	45,000 t	72.11 kg/cap
119	Kyrgyzstan	44,000 t	6.56 kg/cap
120	Lebanon	39,000 t	7.08 kg/cap
120	Cyprus	39,000 t	30.97 kg/cap
122	Tajikistan	38,000 t	3.78 kg/cap
123	Guyana	37,000 t	45.14 kg/cap
124	Eswatini	36,000 t	29.93 kg/cap
124	Mauritius	36,000 t	27.67 kg/cap
126	Guinea	34,000 t	2.46 kg/cap
127	Central African Republic	33,000 t	5.93 kg/cap
127	Armenia	33,000 t	11.7 kg/cap
129	Senegal	32,000 t	1.84 kg/cap
130	Bahrain	27,000 t	18.39 kg/cap
131	Bhutan	26,000 t	32.61 kg/cap
132	Iceland	25,000 t	66.01 kg/cap
133	Mali	24,000 t	1.07 kg/cap
133	Haiti	24,000 t	2.07 kg/cap
135	Suriname	23,000 t	36.43 kg/cap
135	Malta	23,000 t	42.8 kg/cap
135	Belize	23,000 t	56.34 kg/cap
138	South Sudan	20,000 t	1.85 kg/cap
139	Sierra Leone	19,000 t	2.17 kg/cap
139	Liberia	19,000 t	3.53 kg/cap
139	Jamaica	19,000 t	6.55 kg/cap
139	Guinea-Bissau	19,000 t	8.95 kg/cap
143	Oman	18,000 t	3.87 kg/cap
144	Qatar	17,000 t	6.3 kg/cap
145	Jordan	15,000 t	1.31 kg/cap
145	Fiji	15,000 t	15.67 kg/cap
147	French Polynesia	14,000 t	46.13 kg/cap
148	New Caledonia	13,000 t	43.87 kg/cap
149	Macau	11,000 t	16.4 kg/cap
150	Cape Verde	10,000 t	17.2 kg/cap
151	Pakistan	8,000 t	0.03 kg/cap
151	Niger	8,000 t	0.29 kg/cap
151	Barbados	8,000 t	27.19 kg/cap
151	Saint Lucia	8,000 t	44.61 kg/cap
151	Seychelles	8,000 t	74.3 kg/cap
156	Timor-Leste	6,000 t	4.17 kg/cap
156	Solomon Islands	6,000 t	8.97 kg/cap
158	Syria	5,000 t	0.21 kg/cap
159	Samoa	4,000 t	17.87 kg/cap
160	Sudan	3,000 t	0.07 kg/cap
160	Maldives	3,000 t	6.37 kg/cap
160	Bahamas	3,000 t	8.42 kg/cap
160	Grenada	3,000 t	26.54 kg/cap
160	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3,000 t	30.17 kg/cap
160	Dominica	3,000 t	42.98 kg/cap
166	Cameroon	2,000 t	0.06 kg/cap
166	Turkmenistan	2,000 t	0.25 kg/cap
166	Sao Tome and Principe	2,000 t	9.39 kg/cap
166	Antigua and Barbuda	2,000 t	25.6 kg/cap
170	Bangladesh	1,000 t	—
170	Djibouti	1,000 t	1.29 kg/cap
170	Comoros	1,000 t	0.69 kg/cap
170	Kiribati	1,000 t	5.07 kg/cap
170	Micronesia	1,000 t	10.52 kg/cap
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,000 t	20.59 kg/cap
—	Somalia	—	0.01 kg/cap
—	Libya	—	0.01 kg/cap
—	Kuwait	—	0.05 kg/cap
—	Gambia	—	0.16 kg/cap
—	Vanuatu	—	0.89 kg/cap
—	Marshall Islands	—	14.11 kg/cap
—	Nauru	—	0.79 kg/cap

What correlates with Beer Consumption (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,446 other country metrics sharing at least 105 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Beer Consumption tend to score higher on these

Chicken ConsumptionChicken Consumption by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 175
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Total CarsCars by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 153
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Total Meat ConsumptionMeat Consumption by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 116
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Total Plastic ConsumptionPlastic Pollution by Country
r = +0.94 · very strong · n = 174
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Beef ConsumptionBeef Consumption by Country
r = +0.92 · very strong · n = 162
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Gross Capital FormationGovernment Budget by Country
r = +0.92 · very strong · n = 162
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Beer Consumption tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.59 · strong · n = 174
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Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
r = −0.38 · moderate · n = 117
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.34 · moderate · n = 134
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Oldest Park Founding YearNational Parks by Country
r = −0.31 · moderate · n = 113
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LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 169
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Brain DrainFailed States
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 164
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Beer Consumption?: China has the highest Beer Consumption in 2022, at 34,028,000 t, followed by United States (23,761,000 t) and Brazil (13,944,000 t).
Which country has the lowest Beer Consumption?: Saint Kitts and Nevis has the lowest Beer Consumption in 2022, at 1,000 t.
What is the median Beer Consumption across countries?: The median is 150,000 t across the 175 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this beer consumption by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food Balances - Beer - FAOSTAT; Global Beer Consumption by Country in 2020 - Kirin Holdings; List of countries by beer consumption per capita - Wiki; The surprising countries that consume the most beer per capita - Telegraph UK.