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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Czech Republic
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 158.6 litres2
Ireland
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 131.1 litres3
Germany
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 110 litres4
Austria
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 108.3 litres5
Australia
OceaniaTotal consumption per person: 104.7 litres6
United Kingdom
Florida, USATotal consumption per person: 99 litres7
Poland
Maine, USATotal consumption per person: 95 litres8
Denmark
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 89.9 litres9
Finland
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 85 litres10
Luxembourg
Wallonia, BelgiumTotal consumption per person: 84.4 litres11
Slovakia
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 84.1 litres12
Spain
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 83.8 litres13
United States of America
AmericasTotal consumption per person: 81.6 litres14
Croatia
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 81.2 litres15
Belgium
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 81 litres16
Estonia
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 80 litres17
Netherlands
Kingdom of the NetherlandsTotal consumption per person: 77 litres18
Lithuania
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 76 litres19
New Zealand
OceaniaTotal consumption per person: 75.5 litres20
Hungary
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 75.3 litres21
Canada
AmericasTotal consumption per person: 68.3 litres22
Latvia
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 68 litres23
South Africa
AfricaTotal consumption per person: 60 litres24
Portugal
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 59.6 litres25
Bulgaria
EuropeTotal consumption per person: 59.5 litres