China Leads Globally in Total Beer Consumption 🍻

Key Takeaways

• China is the world's top beer-consuming market, accounting for 20.1% of the global total in 2023 based on the latest available data.
• Following next in line are the U.S. and Brazil, accounting for an 11.4% and 8.1% share of total beer consumption that year.
• Germany ranked in sixth, with the highest total consumption on the continent, while Spain ranked in eighth.

China Dominates Global Beer Consumption

For the 21st year in a row, China led globally in beer consumption while Asia also ranked first on a regional basis.

Overall, Americans consumed about half as much as the Chinese market, ranking in second by a wide margin.

Between 2022 and 2023, Brazil's share of the global market increased from 7.8% to 8.1%, equaling 15.1 million kiloliters of beer.