Beer as a share of total alcohol consumption by country
Beer as a share of total alcohol consumption, as measured by the share of total pure alcohol intake.
Countries reporting
182
Highest
100.0%
Brunei
Lowest
1.5%
Tuvalu
Median
41.2%
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
3,678
What the numbers show
Beer as a share of total alcohol consumption is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Brunei; the lowest is 1.5% in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.2%, and the mean is 42.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 357.7%), and the largest decrease in Tonga (down 91.9%).
Beer as a share of total alcohol consumption: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2019 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 2 | Yemen | 98.0% | 2019 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 3 | Vietnam | 92.4% | 2019 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Guinea | 92.2% | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 5 | Cambodia | 90.7% | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 6 | Congo | 90.1% | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 85.3% | 2019 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 8 | Samoa | 82.3% | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 9 | Gabon | 81.3% | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 10 | Panama | 79.3% | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 78.2% | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 12 | Ecuador | 76.8% | 2019 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.2% | 2019 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 14 | Iran | 75.4% | 2019 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Bolivia | 74.4% | 2019 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 16 | Colombia | 73.8% | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 17 | Malaysia | 73.0% | 2019 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 72.3% | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 19 | Mozambique | 72.1% | 2019 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 20 | Solomon Islands | 71.3% | 2019 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 21 | Iraq | 70.3% | 2019 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 22 | Chad | 69.7% | 2019 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 23 | East Timor | 69.1% | 2019 | up 168.6% | falling |
| 24 | Singapore | 69.0% | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 25 | Madagascar | 68.6% | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 26 | Sierra Leone | 68.0% | 2019 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 27 | Senegal | 66.7% | 2019 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 28 | Belize | 64.9% | 2019 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 29 | Kiribati | 64.1% | 2019 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 30 | Egypt | 63.6% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 31 | Brazil | 63.1% | 2019 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 32 | Togo | 63.1% | 2019 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 33 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.5% | 2019 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 34 | Tunisia | 62.1% | 2019 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 61.5% | 2019 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 36 | Burundi | 60.2% | 2019 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 37 | Cameroon | 58.6% | 2019 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 38 | Micronesia (country) | 58.5% | 2019 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 39 | Venezuela | 58.5% | 2019 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 40 | Honduras | 57.5% | 2019 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 41 | Turkey | 56.8% | 2019 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 42 | Paraguay | 56.8% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 56.3% | 2019 | up 119.6% | rising |
| 44 | South Africa | 56.3% | 2019 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 45 | Iceland | 56.2% | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 56.0% | 2019 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 55.9% | 2019 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 48 | Guatemala | 55.1% | 2019 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 49 | Lesotho | 54.7% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 50 | Angola | 54.5% | 2019 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 54.2% | 2019 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 52 | Suriname | 53.9% | 2019 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 53 | Fiji | 53.9% | 2019 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 54 | Peru | 53.5% | 2019 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 55 | Algeria | 53.5% | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 56 | Guyana | 53.1% | 2019 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 57 | Czechia | 52.7% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Austria | 52.7% | 2019 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.1% | 2019 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 51.5% | 2019 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 61 | El Salvador | 50.9% | 2019 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 62 | Germany | 50.5% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 63 | Niue | 50.4% | 2019 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 64 | Laos | 49.8% | 2019 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 65 | Romania | 49.7% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 66 | Israel | 49.3% | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 48.9% | 2019 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 68 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 48.6% | 2019 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Netherlands | 48.1% | 2019 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 70 | Rwanda | 47.9% | 2019 | up 195.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Belgium | 47.6% | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 72 | Croatia | 47.3% | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 73 | Finland | 47.2% | 2019 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 74 | Ukraine | 46.0% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 45.8% | 2019 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 77 | United States | 44.9% | 2019 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 78 | Canada | 44.3% | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 79 | Slovenia | 44.2% | 2019 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 80 | Tajikistan | 44.0% | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 81 | Argentina | 43.9% | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Serbia | 43.8% | 2019 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 83 | Norway | 43.8% | 2019 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 43.3% | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 85 | Spain | 43.2% | 2019 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 86 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.6% | 2019 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 87 | Lithuania | 42.5% | 2019 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 89 | Seychelles | 42.0% | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 90 | Eritrea | 42.0% | 2019 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 91 | Grenada | 41.4% | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 92 | Russia | 41.4% | 2019 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 93 | Niger | 41.3% | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 94 | Botswana | 41.0% | 2019 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 41.0% | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 40.1% | 2019 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 97 | Latvia | 40.1% | 2019 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 98 | Albania | 39.6% | 2019 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 99 | Australia | 38.9% | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 100 | Bahamas | 38.7% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 38.3% | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 102 | Montenegro | 38.3% | 2019 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 103 | Zambia | 37.9% | 2019 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 104 | Cuba | 37.8% | 2019 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 105 | Bahrain | 37.6% | 2019 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 106 | Uruguay | 37.4% | 2019 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 107 | Hungary | 37.3% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 108 | Denmark | 37.2% | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 109 | New Zealand | 37.1% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 110 | Sweden | 37.0% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 36.6% | 2019 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 112 | Barbados | 36.5% | 2019 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 113 | Slovakia | 35.9% | 2019 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 114 | Morocco | 35.6% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 35.4% | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 117 | Estonia | 35.3% | 2019 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 118 | Eswatini | 34.7% | 2019 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 119 | Jamaica | 34.6% | 2019 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 120 | Ghana | 34.5% | 2019 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 121 | Oman | 34.5% | 2019 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 34.2% | 2019 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 34.1% | 2019 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 124 | Switzerland | 33.9% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 32.7% | 2019 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 126 | Lebanon | 32.3% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 127 | Kenya | 32.1% | 2019 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 128 | Greece | 32.0% | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 129 | Andorra | 31.7% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 130 | Cyprus | 30.6% | 2019 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 131 | Mongolia | 29.9% | 2019 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 132 | Qatar | 29.6% | 2019 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 133 | Thailand | 29.5% | 2019 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 134 | Cook Islands | 28.8% | 2019 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 135 | Dominica | 28.7% | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 136 | Mauritius | 28.6% | 2019 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 137 | Philippines | 28.5% | 2019 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 138 | China | 28.4% | 2019 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 139 | Namibia | 28.4% | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 140 | Nepal | 28.3% | 2019 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 141 | Djibouti | 28.1% | 2019 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 142 | Jordan | 27.6% | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 143 | Sudan | 27.0% | 2019 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Myanmar | 26.9% | 2019 | up 68.6% | falling |
| 145 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26.3% | 2019 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 146 | Italy | 25.7% | 2019 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 147 | Portugal | 25.6% | 2019 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 148 | Georgia | 24.3% | 2019 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 149 | Moldova | 24.2% | 2019 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 23.1% | 2019 | up 159.4% | rising |
| 151 | Maldives | 22.9% | 2019 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 152 | South Korea | 22.3% | 2019 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 153 | Nigeria | 22.1% | 2019 | up 73.2% | rising |
| 154 | Nauru | 22.0% | 2019 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Comoros | 21.7% | 2019 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 156 | Belarus | 21.3% | 2019 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 157 | France | 21.1% | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 158 | Japan | 21.0% | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 159 | Armenia | 20.3% | 2019 | up 119.8% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 20.2% | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 161 | Bhutan | 19.7% | 2019 | down 70.9% | falling |
| 162 | Gambia | 17.9% | 2019 | up 205.6% | rising |
| 163 | Haiti | 17.2% | 2019 | up 357.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.1% | 2019 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 165 | Benin | 17.0% | 2019 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.4% | 2019 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 14.5% | 2019 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 168 | Liberia | 14.1% | 2019 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 169 | Tanzania | 14.0% | 2019 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 170 | Uganda | 12.9% | 2019 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 171 | Syria | 12.8% | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 11.1% | 2019 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 10.5% | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.2% | 2019 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 175 | Sri Lanka | 8.5% | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 7.8% | 2019 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 177 | Pakistan | 7.7% | 2019 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 178 | India | 7.1% | 2019 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 179 | Libya | 6.8% | 2019 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 6.1% | 2019 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Tonga | 4.3% | 2019 | down 91.9% | falling |
| 182 | Malawi | 4.2% | 2019 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 183 | North Korea | 3.2% | 2019 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 184 | Mali | 2.7% | 2019 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 1.5% | 2019 | down 81.7% | volatile |
About this data
Beer as a share of total alcohol consumption, as measured by the share of total pure alcohol intake.