The Visual Capitalist team put together a graphic showing which nations around the world consume the most beer. They looked at data from Kirin, which found that global beer consumption in 2020 was 177.50 million kiloliters — 6.7 percent down from 2019, the first decrease in three years.
Key Takeaways
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China consumes the most beer in the world, and has been leading for 18 consecutive years. Over the last year, though, the country's consumption went down by eight percent.
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The US accounts for the second-largest global share of beer consumption at 13.60 percent, followed by Brazil (7.80 percent), Russia (4.90 percent), Mexico (4.70 percent) and Germany (4.40 percent).
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The Czech Republic consumes the most beer per capita — at 181.9 liters each — making this the 28th consecutive year it's ranked first in beer per capita.
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Via Visual Capitalist/Kirin.
