Beer consumption in the world

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According to an analysis by the Japanese beverage company Kirin, global beer consumption reached around 190 million kiloliters in 2018.

China remained the largest beer-consuming in absolute terms country in the world for 16 following years.

The Czech Republic is the nation that has topped the per capita beer drinking table for 24 following years.

Map of the world by beer consumption in liters per capita

Beer consumption per capita

Country	Per capita beer consumption (litres)
Czech Republic	148.6
Austria	107.8
Germany	106.1
Estonia	102.4
Poland	98.5
Ireland	98.3
Croatia	85.9
Venezuela	85.5
Finland	84.2
Romania	83.2
Australia	83.1
Panama	82.3
Slovenia	80.1
United States	77.1
Bulgaria	76.8
Netherlands	75.7
Russia	74.1
Belgium	74
Lithuania	72.5
Hungary	71.3
Slovakia	70.3
United Kingdom	68.5
Spain	68.4
Brazil	68.3
Canada	66.9
Latvia	66.2
New Zealand	64.7
Angola	64.2
Denmark	62.1
Ukraine	61.6
South Africa	61.1
Mexico	59.9
Switzerland	58.3
Bosnia & Herzegovina	56.1
Sweden	52.7
Argentina	49
Iceland	45
Japan	43.5
Namibia	40
China	32
Italy	29
Vietnam	19
Israel	14
Turkey	13
Kenya	12
Uzbekistan	11
Tanzania	8
Uganda	6
India	2
Sri Lanka	2