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How Much Does Beer Consumption Vary by Country?


Czech Republic

 Ireland

 Germany

 Australia

 United Kingdom

 United States
Canada South Africa Mexico Japan Brazil China


The chart above displays the relative beer consumption per person for the specified countries. As you can see, there are huge variations in consumption by country. The average person in the Czech Republic, for example, consumes about seven times as much beer as the average Chinese person. The chart below shows more detailed statistics (Source: Kirin Holdings Company, 2004).


Beer Consumption by Country
Country Bottles Per Person
Per Week
Czech Replublic 8.5
Ireland 7.1
Germany 6.3
Australia 6.0
United Kingdom 5.4
United States 4.4
Canada 3.7
South Africa 3.2
Mexico 2.8
Japan 2.8
Brazil 2.6
China 1.2


 
 
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No way this list represents top drinking countries. I can say with out even checking that Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Ukrain, Austria, Serbia, Romania drink more beer than the US

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posted by Anonymous  
14 votes

So the Czech's and Irish drink more than one bottle of beer per person per day! When you consider that some people (ie. children) aren't drinking much beer at all, it makes you realize that the others in those top countries are really drinking a lot.

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I wonder if the beers shown are from the actual country that is depicted in the pilsner glass? For example, if the German Glass actually has German beer.

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In places like China, Norway and Brazil consumption is low. The more beer a country produces the more it consimes generaly. Big Beer consumers are countries that produce a large amount a beer such as Ireland, Germany and The united States. There for it varies quite a bit if you comparing China to Finland.

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Are these actual pictures of beer in pilsner glasses or did you photoshop them?

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posted by udaipur (186)
8 votes

Srsly. Spain not being listed is just outrageous.

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posted by Anonymous  
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Does the bottles / week take into account alcohol by volume or weight? If not, a country like Ireland drinking ~4-5% ABV would be lower in alcohol consumption than Germany drinking ~5-7% ABV, assuming equal measurements for 'bottles'. Or, do you only care about absolute volume of beer?

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posted by Anonymous  
7 votes

And what about Spain? I would think that's a big beer drinking country. Got any statistics or just wasn't taken into account?

7 votes

Somebody made a mistake excluding the Philippines. C'mon, we have San Miguel Beer, a consistent top 20 best beer in the world. And we Filipinos have our love affair with our beers.

6 votes

What about Austria??? I'm pretty sure we're in the top 10!!!

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posted by Anonymous  
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i'm surprised at the results. i would have thought germany and the UK would have been higher up. and what about russia and former soviet countries. thought they'd place in the top 10. i suppose they are more into liquor than beer.

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posted by apple (277)
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although a small country: austria has been skipped and does have the right to be listed (amonge the first 5 i guess).

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posted by Anonymous  
5 votes

Very nice visual. I wonder if its changed much since 2004 which is when the data was collected.

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I'd be interested to see the types of beers each is drinking. Or the country of origin. I'm betting Czech & Deutschland are drinking a lot of their own brew.

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posted by Anonymous  
5 votes

Why isn't Finland in it?

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posted by Anonymous  
4 votes

Ingenious of you to use the scientific measure "bottle" and add meaning to the study!

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posted by Anonymous  
4 votes

You should have swapped the beers for Ireland and UK! Looks like Guinness in the UK glass and one of many ales/beers in the Irish one.

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posted by Anonymous  
4 votes

Interesting data visualization, but its making me thirsty!

4 votes

Surprising to see that hotter countries (like brazil and mexico) drink less beer per person than some of the very cold countries that appear at the top of the list. I suppose that the culture of beer drinking is more important for beer consumption than weather.

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The Czech drinking age is 18, but you'd be fooling yourself if you were to think that young Czechs wait until they are 18

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posted by Anonymous  
2 votes

I didn't realise I was Czech!

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posted by Anonymous  
2 votes

Czechs drink almost 160l/person/year (roughly 40 gallons). It is the national drink for them.

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posted by Anonymous  
2 votes

ummm.... how did the czech rep. beet Ireland?!?!?!?!

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posted by Anonymous  
1 votes

good graphics! and interesting, maybe even more when you would compare the continents at large - but maybe then you should include some Asian specialties like chum-churum etc as well...

1 votes

Statistics is like that: if I eat a chicken/day and my neighbor doesn't eat at all, we both eat half a chicken each one!

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posted by Anonymous  
1 votes

Wait, this isn't the proper glasswear for some of these beers.

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posted by Anonymous  
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This is just beer right? It is not taking in to account other forms of alcohol like wine and spirits?

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posted by Anonymous  
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