Highest Beer Consumption Per Capita

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This list ranks countries by their annual beer consumption per capita. The Irish and Germans may think they're the heaviest drinkers, but they're not. That honor goes to the Czechs. Beer is the most popular, widely consumed alcoholic beverage in the world, and third most popular beverage overall behind water and tea - meaning there are lots of biggest beer drinking countries. Beer may also be the oldest alcoholic beverage, with references to it found within some of humanities earliest known writings. Countries with high consumption of beer per capita likely have a culture that has been making brew for a long time.

What countries drink the most beer? What's the average beer consumption of the country you're from? Today, regional beers are distributed and enjoyed world wide... And judging from this list, some countries enjoy their beer more than others, landing them a spot on this list of beer drinking countries.

1
Czech Republic
Europe
Total consumption per person: 158.6 litres
2
Ireland
Europe
Total consumption per person: 131.1 litres
3
Germany
Europe
Total consumption per person: 110 litres
4
Austria
Europe
Total consumption per person: 108.3 litres
5
Australia
Oceania
Total consumption per person: 104.7 litres
6
United Kingdom
Florida, USA
Total consumption per person: 99 litres
7
Poland
Maine, USA
Total consumption per person: 95 litres
8
Denmark
Europe
Total consumption per person: 89.9 litres
9
Finland
Europe
Total consumption per person: 85 litres
10
Luxembourg
Wallonia, Belgium
Total consumption per person: 84.4 litres
11
Slovakia
Europe
Total consumption per person: 84.1 litres
12
Spain
Europe
Total consumption per person: 83.8 litres
13
United States of America
Americas
Total consumption per person: 81.6 litres
14
Croatia
Europe
Total consumption per person: 81.2 litres
15
Belgium
Europe
Total consumption per person: 81 litres
16
Estonia
Europe
Total consumption per person: 80 litres
17
Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Total consumption per person: 77 litres
18
Lithuania
Europe
Total consumption per person: 76 litres
19
New Zealand
Oceania
Total consumption per person: 75.5 litres
20
Hungary
Europe
Total consumption per person: 75.3 litres
21
Canada
Americas
Total consumption per person: 68.3 litres
22
Latvia
Europe
Total consumption per person: 68 litres
23
South Africa
Africa
Total consumption per person: 60 litres
24
Portugal
Europe
Total consumption per person: 59.6 litres
25
Bulgaria
Europe
Total consumption per person: 59.5 litres
26
Russia
Eurasia
Total consumption per person: 58.9 litres
27
Venezuela
Americas
Total consumption per person: 58.6 litres
28
Romania
Europe
Total consumption per person: 58.2 litres
29
Cyprus
Europe
Total consumption per person: 58.1 litres
30
Switzerland
Europe
Total consumption per person: 57.3 litres
31
Gabon
Africa
Total consumption per person: 55.8 litres
32
Norway
Europe
Total consumption per person: 55.5 litres
33
Mexico
Americas
Total consumption per person: 51.8 litres
34
Sweden
Europe
Total consumption per person: 51.5 litres
35
Japan
Asia
Total consumption per person: 51.3 litres
36
Brazil
Americas
Total consumption per person: 47.6 litres
37
Argentina
Americas
Total consumption per person: 43.2 litres
38
Namibia
Africa
Total consumption per person: 40 litres
39
South Korea
Asia
Total consumption per person: 38.5 litres
40
Colombia
Americas
Total consumption per person: 36.8 litres
41
China
Asia
Total consumption per person: 30 litres
42
Vietnam
Asia
Total consumption per person: 19 litres
43
Kenya
Africa
Total consumption per person: 12 litres
44
Uzbekistan
Asia
Total consumption per person: 11 litres
45
Tanzania
Africa
Total consumption per person: 8.4 litres
46
Uganda
Africa
Total consumption per person: 6 litres
47
Sri Lanka
Asia
Total consumption per person: 2.45 litres
48
India
Asia
Total consumption per person: 1.3 litres

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