Beer consumption per person by country
Average annual per capita beer consumption, measured in liters of pure alcohol. Beer contains around 5% of pure alcohol per volume so that one liter of beer contains 0.05 liters of pure alcohol. This means that 5 liters of pure alcohol equals 100 liters of beer.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
6.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Czechia
Lowest
0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Yemen
Median
1.59 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
10,599
What the numbers show
Beer consumption per person is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 6.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Czechia; the lowest is 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.59 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year, and the mean is 1.91 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 286.1%), and the largest decrease in Nauru (down 100.0%).
Beer consumption per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechia | 6.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | Namibia | 6.7 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Austria | 6.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 4 | Gabon | 6.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 5 | Poland | 5.47 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 6 | Panama | 5.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 7 | Croatia | 5.33 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 8 | Cambodia | 5.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 155.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 5.05 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Congo | 5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Romania | 4.95 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 4.85 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 13 | Seychelles | 4.78 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 4.75 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 15 | Slovenia | 4.7 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 4.69 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 4.55 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 19 | Estonia | 4.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 4.36 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 21 | Iceland | 4.22 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 4.2 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 4.08 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Bhutan | 4.06 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Laos | 3.92 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands | 3.9 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 3.89 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 29 | United States | 3.86 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 31 | Andorra | 3.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 32 | Serbia | 3.7 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 33 | South Africa | 3.65 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 3.54 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 35 | Barbados | 3.53 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 36 | Denmark | 3.52 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 37 | Finland | 3.49 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 38 | Chile | 3.48 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 39 | Vietnam | 3.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 3.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.41 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 3.38 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.38 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Argentina | 3.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Saint Lucia | 3.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Australia | 3.3 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 47 | Botswana | 3.22 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 48 | Montenegro | 3.19 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 49 | Grenada | 3.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 50 | Belize | 3.15 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 51 | New Zealand | 3.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 52 | Canada | 3.12 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 53 | Russia | 3.07 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Guyana | 3.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 3.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 56 | Colombia | 2.92 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 57 | Slovakia | 2.85 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 58 | Peru | 2.8 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 59 | Sweden | 2.75 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 60 | Norway | 2.73 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | France | 2.67 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 62 | Suriname | 2.66 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 2.63 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahamas | 2.53 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 2.46 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Cameroon | 2.44 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.42 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritius | 2.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 70 | Belarus | 2.3 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 71 | Eswatini | 2.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 2.24 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 73 | Mongolia | 2.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Ukraine | 2.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 75 | Italy | 2.18 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 76 | Georgia | 2.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Bolivia | 2.13 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 2.1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 79 | Greece | 2.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 80 | Lesotho | 2.07 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.03 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 2.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.99 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Cyprus | 1.93 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 85 | Samoa | 1.91 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 86 | Burundi | 1.9 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 87 | Ecuador | 1.88 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 1.85 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Moldova | 1.84 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Uruguay | 1.83 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 91 | Dominica | 1.82 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 92 | Angola | 1.78 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Rwanda | 1.71 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Cuba | 1.68 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 95 | South Korea | 1.67 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Honduras | 1.51 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 98 | El Salvador | 1.5 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 1.36 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 100 | Fiji | 1.34 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 101 | Cape Verde | 1.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Jamaica | 1.28 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 103 | Singapore | 1.27 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 104 | Israel | 1.25 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 105 | China | 1.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Japan | 1.21 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 107 | Zambia | 1.19 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 45.1% | falling |
| 108 | Mozambique | 1.09 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Armenia | 1.08 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 286.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 1.05 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 159.1% | falling |
| 111 | Philippines | 1.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 0.93 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Micronesia (country) | 0.92 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Guatemala | 0.9011 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 116 | Tunisia | 0.8775 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8599 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Venezuela | 0.8594 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 82.6% | rising |
| 119 | Benin | 0.858 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 120 | Kenya | 0.8569 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.7812 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 122 | Turkey | 0.76 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Solomon Islands | 0.7571 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 124 | Uganda | 0.7031 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Tanzania | 0.6877 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Brunei | 0.6577 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Togo | 0.6522 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Nigeria | 0.615 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 0.5861 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.56 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 131 | Bahrain | 0.5495 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 132 | Ghana | 0.5122 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 133 | Malaysia | 0.5118 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 0.5005 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 0.494 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Central African Republic | 0.4793 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 137 | Lebanon | 0.4728 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 138 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.4648 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Myanmar | 0.4546 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4135 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 141 | Madagascar | 0.4032 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 142 | Eritrea | 0.4018 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Haiti | 0.3943 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 206.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Qatar | 0.3533 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Niue | 0.3498 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Nepal | 0.3376 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 156.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 0.32 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Chad | 0.3146 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 0.3082 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 150 | Maldives | 0.3007 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 151 | Guinea | 0.2972 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Liberia | 0.2961 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 0.2686 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 154 | Algeria | 0.2645 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0.2444 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 156 | India | 0.2059 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 0.1926 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 60.5% | falling |
| 158 | Oman | 0.163 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Senegal | 0.1616 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 160 | Morocco | 0.1497 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 161 | North Korea | 0.1484 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Malawi | 0.1453 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Iraq | 0.0851 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Mali | 0.0834 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 165 | East Timor | 0.081 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Jordan | 0.0607 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 0.0572 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Djibouti | 0.0538 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Indonesia | 0.0498 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Egypt | 0.0461 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 26.2% | flat |
| 171 | Niger | 0.0369 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Comoros | 0.0338 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Gambia | 0.0162 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Tuvalu | 0.01 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Tonga | 0.0071 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Syria | 0.007 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 177 | Pakistan | 0.0046 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 0.0005 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Afghanistan | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | flat |
| 179 | Iran | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Kuwait | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | flat |
| 179 | Libya | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Mauritania | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Nauru | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Sudan | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Somalia | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Yemen | 0 Litres of pure alcohol per person per year | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
Average annual per capita beer consumption, measured in liters of pure alcohol. Beer contains around 5% of pure alcohol per volume so that one liter of beer contains 0.05 liters of pure alcohol. This means that 5 liters of pure alcohol equals 100 liters of beer.