{"id":31071,"date":"2023-07-25T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=78232"},"modified":"2023-07-25T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T08:38:30","slug":"top-10-countries-that-drink-the-most-beer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/top-10-countries-that-drink-the-most-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 countries that drink the most beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK doesn’t even rank in the top 10. <\/p>

By Sara Rigby\n \t\t<\/p>

2023-07-25 07:55:00<\/p>

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Different countries have different claims to fame, including being the happiest on Earth, but there\u2019s one questionable prize that many clamour for \u2013 being the nation that drinks the most beer. What countries drink the most beer in the world?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been out on the town in Cardiff, Newcastle, or Bristol, you may think the UK is near the top of the list \u2013 the island nation certainly has a reputation for binge drinking \u2013 but we don\u2019t even make it into the top 20 in terms of the total amount of beer drunk per capita.<\/p>\n

No matter its reputation for being heavy drinkers, the UK doesn\u2019t appear in the top ten countries that drink the most beer in the world. The latest rankings have the UK down as low 25th place, with the USA up in 17th.<\/p>\n

The latest poll by Kirin Brewery Company<\/a> examines the total per-capita beer consumption by country in 2021, and without further ado, here are the top ten countries that drink the most beer.<\/p>\n

10. Croatia \u2013 82.4 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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9. Namibia \u2013 85.7 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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8. Spain- <\/strong>88.5 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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7. Germany \u2013 <\/strong>90.4 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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6. Estonia \u2013 <\/strong>91.4 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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5. Poland \u2013 <\/strong>94.1 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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4. Romania \u2013 <\/strong>95.6 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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3. Lithuania \u2013 <\/strong>96.3 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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2. Austria- <\/strong>98.7 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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1. Czech Republic \u2013 184.1 litres per capita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The country that drinks the most beer in the world per capita is the Czech Republic, which consumes 184.1 litres per capita <\/strong>annually. That\u2019s close to double the amount of beer consumed per capita compared to Austria\u2019s 98.7 litres in second place.<\/p>\n

This marks the 29th year in a row that the Czech Republic has consumed the most beer in the world per capita. It\u2019s the equivalent of each person drinking 290.8 633ml bottles of beer a year. That\u2019s\u2026 a lot of beer.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly enough, this makes up around 1.1 per cent of the global beer market share (19th place in the world), with the Czechs downing 1,969 thousand kilolitres of the stuff in 2021. Thanks to its population of just under 10.5 million<\/a>, this makes its beer drunk per capita statistic skyrocket.<\/p>\n

To put this in perspective, China drinks the most beer in terms of total volume \u2013 38,093 thousand kilolitres \u2013 and doesn\u2019t even break the top 35 countries in beer drunk per capita owing to its population<\/a> of 1.425 billion people.<\/p>\n

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