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....more
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Russia
EurasiaTotal consumption per person: 58.9 litres27
Venezuela
AmericasTotal consumption per person: 58.6 litres28
Romania
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 58.2 litres29
Cyprus
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 58.1 litres30
Switzerland
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 57.3 litres31
Gabon
AfricaTotal consumption per person: 55.8 litres32
Norway
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 55.5 litres33
Mexico
AmericasTotal consumption per person: 51.8 litres34
Sweden
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 51.5 litres35
Japan
AsiaTotal consumption per person: 51.3 litres36
Brazil
AmericasTotal consumption per person: 47.6 litres37
Argentina
AmericasTotal consumption per person: 43.2 litres38
Namibia
AfricaTotal consumption per person: 40 litres39
South Korea
AsiaTotal consumption per person: 38.5 litres40
Colombia
AmericasTotal consumption per person: 36.8 litres41
China
AsiaTotal consumption per person: 30 litres42
Vietnam
AsiaTotal consumption per person: 19 litres43
Kenya
AfricaTotal consumption per person: 12 litres44
Uzbekistan
AsiaTotal consumption per person: 11 litres45
Tanzania
AfricaTotal consumption per person: 8.4 litres46
Uganda
AfricaTotal consumption per person: 6 litres47
Sri Lanka
AsiaTotal consumption per person: 2.45 litres48
India
AsiaTotal consumption per person: 1.3 litres