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This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of beer as of 2004.
Consumption per capita[1]
| Rank |
Country |
in Litres |
Year-on-year increase in 633 mL bottles |
Total annual consumption in ML[B] |
| 1 |
 Czech Republic |
156.9 |
-3.2 |
1,878 |
| 2 |
 Ireland |
131.1 |
-7.1 |
521 |
| 3 |
 Germany |
115.8 |
-3.2 |
9,555 |
| 4 |
 Australia |
109.9 |
-7.6 |
1,678 |
| 5 |
 Austria |
108.3 |
-3.6 |
855 |
| 6 |
 United Kingdom |
99.0 |
-3.6 |
5,920 |
| 7 |
 Belgium |
93.0 |
-4.7 |
970 |
| 8 |
 Denmark |
89.9 |
-9.8 |
486 |
| 9 |
 Finland |
85.0 |
11.7 |
437 |
| 10 |
 Luxembourg |
84.4 |
-0.5 |
39 |
| 11 |
 Slovakia |
84.1 |
-8.5 |
456 |
| 12 |
 Spain |
83.8 |
0.9 |
3,376 |
| 13 |
 United States |
81.6 |
-0.3 |
23,974 |
| 14 |
 Croatia |
81.2 |
-4.3 |
365 |
| 15 |
 Netherlands |
79.0 |
-2.7 |
1,269 |
| 16 |
 New Zealand |
77.0 |
-1.9 |
313 |
| 17 |
 Hungary |
75.3 |
2.8 |
755 |
| 18 |
 Poland |
69.1 |
-2.7 |
2,670 |
| 19 |
 Canada |
68.3 |
-0.2 |
2,183 |
| 20 |
 Portugal |
59.6 |
3.6 |
627 |
| 21 |
 Bulgaria |
59.5 |
4.4 |
448 |
| 22 |
 South Africa |
59.2 |
3.0 |
2,530 |
| 23 |
 Russia |
58.9 |
9.3 |
8,450 |
| 24 |
 Venezuela |
58.6 |
0.0 |
1,525 |
| 25 |
 Romania |
58.2 |
1.4 |
1,302 |
| 26 |
 Cyprus |
58.1 |
1.7 |
45 |
| 27 |
 Switzerland |
57.3 |
-2.2 |
426 |
| 28 |
 Gabon |
55.8 |
-0.9 |
76 |
| 29 |
 Norway |
55.5 |
8.7 |
249 |
| 30 |
 Mexico |
51.8 |
0.6 |
5,435 |
| 31 |
 Sweden |
51.5 |
-3.9 |
464 |
| 32 |
 Japan |
51.3 |
0.6 |
6,549 |
| 33 |
 Brazil |
47.6 |
1.3 |
8,450 |
| 34 |
 South Korea |
38.5 |
0.0 |
1,897 |
| 35 |
 Colombia |
36.8 |
0.3 |
1,658 |
| --[A] |
 China |
22.1 |
3.8 |
28,640 |
[edit] See also
- ^ In the original cited data, China was not, strictly speaking, ranked. However, it is included here as a reference point, as it was in the Kirin report.[1]
- ^ Combination of per capita rates with respective populations at time of study. Data taken verbatim from the Kirin report.
[edit] References
