List of countries by beer consumption per capita

A map of the world coloured by per-capita beer consumption

This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of beer.

Rank	Country	Consumption (L/yr)[a]	US Gallon/yr	Keg/yr
1	Ireland	156.9	41.5	2.67
2	Czech Republic	131.1	34.7	2.24
3	Germany	115.8	30.6	1.97
4	Australia	109.9	29.0	1.87
5	Austria	108.3	28.6	1.85
6	United Kingdom	99.0	26.2	1.69
7	Slovenia[c]	93.3	24.7	1.59
8	Belgium	93.0	26.6	1.59
9	Denmark	89.9	23.8	1.53
10	Finland	85.0	22.5	1.45
11	Luxembourg	84.4	22.3	1.44
12	Slovakia	84.1	22.2	1.43
13	Spain	83.8	22.1	1.43
14	United States	81.6	21.6	1.39
15	Croatia	81.2	21.5	1.38
16	Netherlands	79.0	20.9	1.35
17	New Zealand	77.0	20.4	1.31
18	Hungary	75.3	19.9	1.28
19	Poland	69.1	18.3	1.18
20	Canada	68.3	18.1	1.16
21	Iceland[d]	59.7	15.8	1.02
22	Portugal	59.6	15.8	1.02
23	Bulgaria	59.5	15.7	1.01
24	South Africa	59.2	15.6	1.01
25	Russia	58.9	15.6	1.00
26	Venezuela	58.6	15.5	1.00
27	Romania	58.2	15.4	0.99
28	Cyprus	58.1	15.4	0.99
29	Switzerland	57.3	15.1	0.98
30	Gabon	55.8	14.7	0.95
31	Norway	55.5	14.7	0.95
32	Mexico	51.8	13.7	0.88
33	Sweden	51.5	13.6	0.88
34	Japan	51.3	13.6	0.87
35	Brazil	47.6	12.6	0.81
36	South Korea	38.5	10.2	0.66
37	Colombia	36.8	9.7	0.63
38	France	33.7[b]	8.9	0.57
-	Chile	28[1]

Notes:

^a Source, unless otherwise noted: Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country, Kirin Holdings company, Limited, 2004, retrieved 2007-10-16

^b France: Qui sont les champions de... la bière (in French), Journal du Net, 2 January, 2006, retrieved 2007-12-09 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

^c Slovenia: Janja Blas (21 June, 2004), Omamna zvestoba Laškemu ali Unionu, GfK Gral-Iteo, retrieved 2007-12-09 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

^d Iceland: Consumption of alcoholic beverages per inhabitant 15 years and over (in Icelandic), Icelandic Bureau of Statistics, 1 Dec, 2007, retrieved 2008-03-17 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)