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Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres by country

Countries reporting
167
Highest
983
Nicaragua
Lowest
1
Albania
Median
23.92
Years covered
10
2000–2009
Data points
1,657

What the numbers show

Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 983 in Nicaragua; the lowest is 1 in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.92, and the mean is 147.78.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 979.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 51,629.7%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 99.9%).

Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nicaragua 983 2009 up 57.3% flat
2 Uruguay 934 2009 up 24.0% rising
3 Madagascar 917 2009 up 34.9% rising
4 Singapore 867 2009 up 28.6% rising
5 Rwanda 828 2009 up 59.2% rising
6 El Salvador 825 2009 up 2.5% flat
7 Burkina Faso 753 2009 up 51.5% rising
8 Trinidad and Tobago 696 2009 up 73.6% rising
9 Zambia 651 2009 up 15.8% rising
10 Papua New Guinea 643 2009 up 73.8% rising
10 Zimbabwe 643 2009 up 51,629.7% volatile
12 Benin 641 2009 up 56.3% rising
13 Georgia 634 2009 up 391.5% rising
14 Botswana 602 2009 up 20.9% rising
15 North Macedonia 575 2009 down 13.7% flat
16 Sri Lanka 540 2009 up 5.5% flat
17 Jamaica 534 2009 down 6.5% flat
18 Iraq 520 2008 up 940.0% volatile
19 Azerbaijan 489 2009 up 246.8% rising
20 Cyprus 483 2009 up 20.4% rising
21 Togo 482 2009 up 93.6% rising
22 China 437.98 2009 up 96.3% rising
23 Montenegro 433 2009 up 120.9% rising
24 Luxembourg 424 2009 down 11.9% flat
25 Mauritius 381 2009 down 2.1% falling
26 Kyrgyzstan 363 2009 up 117.4% rising
27 Chad 356 2009 up 142.2% rising
28 United Arab Emirates 345 2008 up 8.8% falling
29 Lesotho 328 2009 down 2.4% falling
30 Nepal 315 2009 up 52.9% rising
31 Sierra Leone 300 2009 up 38.2% rising
32 Lebanon 249 2009 up 132.7% rising
33 United States of America 236.06 2009 up 0.4% flat
34 Tajikistan 231 2009 up 2,210.0% volatile
35 Myanmar 221 2009 up 30.8% rising
36 Iceland 211 2009 up 62.3% rising
37 Senegal 209 2009 up 17.4% rising
38 Eswatini 206 2009 down 3.7% flat
39 Bahrain 205 2008 up 7.9% rising
40 Malawi 201 2009 up 3.1% flat
41 Malta 193 2009 up 5.5% rising
42 Equatorial Guinea 190 2009 up 804.8% volatile
43 Guinea 186 2009 up 28.3% rising
44 Syrian Arab Republic 183 2009 up 79.4% rising
45 Turkmenistan 177 2009 up 293.3% rising
46 Belize 174 2009 up 128.9% rising
47 Bahamas 172 2009 up 1.2% rising
48 Fiji 162 2009 down 12.9% falling
49 Guyana 161 2009 up 10.3% rising
50 Eritrea 159 2009 down 20.5% flat
51 Haiti 155 2009 up 6.9% rising
52 Central African Republic 153 2009 down 14.0% falling
53 Armenia 152 2009 up 192.3% volatile
54 Jordan 150 2009 up 294.7% rising
55 Liberia 145 2009 up 154.4% rising
56 Barbados 142 2009 up 25.7% rising
57 Brazil 114.58 2009 up 40.0% rising
58 Mali 111 2009 up 54.2% rising
59 Russian Federation 110.18 2009 up 110.0% rising
60 Germany 87.89 2009 down 14.9% falling
61 Saint Lucia 85 2009 up 37.1% rising
62 Bhutan 84 2008 up 366.7% volatile
63 Oman 83 2008 up 130.6% rising
64 Niger 81 2009 up 14.1% rising
65 Mexico 65.3 2009 up 29.8% rising
66 Japan 61.56 2009 down 14.2% falling
67 Solomon Islands 58 2009 up 41.5% rising
67 Samoa 58 2009 down 18.3% falling
69 Grenada 53 2009 up 51.4% rising
70 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 49.95 2009 down 14.7% falling
71 Guinea-Bissau 45 2008 up 50.0% rising
72 Palau 42 2008 down 10.6% falling
73 Pakistan 40 2009 up 17.6% rising
74 Seychelles 38 2009 down 47.2% falling
75 Antigua and Barbuda 37 2009 up 68.2% rising
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37 2009 up 8.8% rising
77 Spain 36.74 2009 up 26.0% rising
78 Poland 33.18 2009 up 32.3% rising
79 Gambia 30 2009 up 11.1% rising
80 Saint Kitts and Nevis 28 2009 up 27.3% rising
81 Ukraine 26.42 2009 up 154.2% rising
82 South Africa 25.95 2009 up 10.5% rising
83 Djibouti 24 2008 up 14.3% rising
84 Viet Nam 23.92 2009 up 233.1% rising
85 Canada 23.15 2009 up 10.1% flat
86 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 23.13 2009 up 27.8% rising
87 Dominica 21 2009 up 23.5% rising
88 Colombia 19.12 2009 up 23.4% rising
89 France 18.06 2009 down 15.9% falling
90 Romania 17.96 2009 up 56.5% rising
91 Argentina 17.69 2009 up 44.0% rising
92 Thailand 17.61 2009 up 65.2% rising
93 Australia 17.51 2009 up 0.6% flat
94 Republic of Korea 17.49 2009 up 6.0% flat
95 Italy 16.86 2009 up 3.5% rising
96 Czechia 15.18 2009 down 8.1% flat
97 India 15.03 2009 up 165.9% rising
98 Philippines 14.59 2009 up 29.0% rising
99 Bangladesh 14 2008 down 50.0% falling
100 Comoros 13 2007 unchanged flat
101 Peru 12.48 2009 up 121.7% rising
102 Cape Verde 12 2008 down 77.4% volatile
102 Vanuatu 12 2007 unchanged flat
104 Netherlands 11.96 2009 down 9.6% falling
105 Nigeria 11.89 2009 up 116.2% rising
106 Sao Tome and Principe 11 2008 down 15.4% falling
106 Tonga 11 2007 down 8.3% falling
108 Türkiye 9.3 2009 up 28.8% rising
109 Austria 9.03 2009 up 0.7% flat
110 Belgium 8.67 2009 down 13.8% falling
111 Angola 7.1 2009 up 326.9% volatile
112 Hungary 6.43 2009 down 14.4% falling
113 Cameroon 6.14 2009 up 70.4% rising
114 Portugal 6.13 2009 down 5.4% flat
115 Chile 5.87 2009 up 46.6% rising
116 Ecuador 5.31 2009 up 155.6% rising
117 Bulgaria 5.2 2009 up 28.7% rising
118 Sweden 4.88 2009 up 11.2% rising
119 Serbia 4.88 2009 down 20.0% falling
120 Ireland 4.78 2009 down 15.8% falling
121 Kenya 4.74 2009 up 92.4% rising
122 Finland 4.65 2009 up 18.3% rising
123 Belarus 4.49 2009 up 107.5% rising
124 Switzerland 4.46 2009 up 2.8% flat
125 Kazakhstan 4.37 2009 up 145.3% rising
126 Greece 4.33 2009 down 3.3% flat
127 Dominican Republic 4.32 2009 up 44.4% rising
128 Slovakia 4.13 2009 down 14.3% falling
129 Denmark 3.96 2009 down 25.7% falling
130 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3.72 2009 up 116.0% rising
131 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.71 2009 up 92.3% rising
132 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.7 2009 up 93.8% rising
133 Croatia 3.48 2009 down 7.7% falling
134 Uzbekistan 3.2 2009 down 99.5% volatile
135 New Zealand 3.06 2009 up 0.2% flat
136 Cuba 2.95 2009 up 27.5% rising
137 Ethiopia 2.67 2009 up 104.5% rising
138 Lithuania 2.66 2009 up 25.7% rising
139 Norway 2.58 2009 up 10.7% rising
140 Paraguay 2.46 2009 up 26.0% rising
141 Panama 2.43 2009 up 71.8% rising
142 Uganda 2.36 2009 up 71.7% rising
143 Indonesia 2.27 2009 up 29.5% rising
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.15 2009 up 19.4% rising
145 Ghana 1.96 2009 down 99.8% volatile
146 Algeria 1.95 2006 — flat
147 Cambodia 1.95 2009 down 99.4% volatile
148 Costa Rica 1.76 2009 up 44.0% rising
149 Slovenia 1.71 2009 down 0.4% rising
150 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.69 2009 down 99.7% volatile
151 Congo 1.6 2009 down 99.7% volatile
152 Tunisia 1.52 2009 up 42.1% rising
153 Guatemala 1.51 2009 up 6.5% rising
154 Latvia 1.51 2009 down 99.8% volatile
155 Mozambique 1.46 2009 up 36.8% volatile
156 Burundi 1.37 2009 down 99.9% volatile
157 Côte d'Ivoire 1.36 2009 up 28.9% volatile
158 Malaysia 1.33 2009 down 9.5% falling
159 Estonia 1.15 2009 down 99.9% volatile
160 Egypt 1.14 2009 up 13.2% volatile
161 Gabon 1.13 2009 down 99.9% volatile
162 Israel 1.11 2009 up 0.7% volatile
163 Honduras 1.1 2009 down 99.9% volatile
164 Republic of Moldova 1.09 2009 down 99.6% falling
165 Namibia 1.08 2009 down 99.8% falling
166 Morocco 1.03 2009 down 99.9% volatile
167 Albania 1 2009 down 99.8% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
169 places, 1,657 data points, 2000–2009
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