The Countries That Drink the Most Beer (2024)

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The Czech Republic remains the leader in per capita beer drinking for the 29th year. In 2021, the average Czech drank more than 184 liters of beer. The Czech Republic is known for its affordable beer. In some parts of the country, beer can even cost less than bottled water.

Naturally, the most highly populated states in America are the states that consume the most beer, with California — the most populous state in the U.S. — leading the pack with 795.2 million gallons of beer drunk in 2021.

The country that drinks the most beer in the world per capita is the Czech Republic, which consumes 184.1 litres per capita annually.

TL;DR, When Adolphus Busch created his clone of the original Budweiser beer from Czechia*, he reversed the popular slogan for that beer, “the beer of kings” to “the king of beers”. American Budweiser beer is named after the Czech Budweiser beer, beer from the city of Budweis in Czechia.

The biggest shares of adults taking part in heavy drinking episodes at least once a month were found in Denmark (38 per cent), Romania (35 per cent), Luxembourg (34 per cent), Germany (30 per cent) and Belgium (28 per cent).

Snow: The best-selling beer in the world by volume, Snow is a pale lager that hails from China. It's known for its light and refreshing taste and is particularly popular in its home country.

Beer is thought to have been invented by the Sumerians, who lived in what is now Iraq, around 8,000 BC and ancient tablets have been unearthed showing the original brewers were women. The Sumerians even had a goddess of beer, Ninkasi.

Naturally, California consumes the most alcohol in raw volume with a whopping 88.6 million gallons drunk in 2021 — nearly 30 million more than runner-up Texas's 58.9 million gallons. Floridians take the bronze, with 55.2 million gallons consumed in 2021.

What is the #1 selling beer in America? ›

Bottles of Modelo Especial beer are displayed for sale in a grocery store on June 14, in Los Angeles. Modelo Especial is now officially America's best-selling beer, dethroning Bud Light from the top spot it has largely held for the past two decades.

The Czechs guzzle the most beer per capita. The world's biggest beer drinkers hail from the birthplace of pilsner: The Czech Republic. In 2015, the Czechs drank about 142.4 liters (37.6 gallons) of beer per person, according to the most recent data available from Kirin, a Japanese beverage company.

Top 10 Countries that Consume the Most Beer per Capita:

The country that tops the list is the Czech Republic, with 181.7 liters consumed per capita in 2020. Beer in the Czech Republic is cheaper than bottled water (typically $1 USD for a half-litre of beer), and the country is the birthplace of the pilsner.

For example, Coca-Cola is the most consumed soft drink in almost every country, but its consumption is the highest in Mexico, Brazil, and the United States, according to the data collected by Gitnux.

Snow: The best-selling beer in the world by volume, Snow is a pale lager that hails from China. It's known for its light and refreshing taste and is particularly popular in its home country.

Germany. As mentioned above, Germany's Reinheitsgebot has been in force since it was adopted in Bavaria in 1516. It restricts all German beers to just three ingredients — water, hops, and barley. This means that German breweries are fairly limited in what they can produce, but the quality is generally never in doubt.

Non-alcoholic and low-alcoholic beers had a volume share of more than 10 percent in Spain and Germany in 2019, making them the countries where the beverages were the most popular. Non/low-alcoholic beers are forecast to reach a similar market share in Poland by 2024.