Beer — Production by country

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...

Countries reporting
158
Highest
36,493 1000 t
China
Lowest
0 1000 t
Yemen
Median
180 1000 t
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,589

What the numbers show

Beer — Production is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 36,493 1000 t in China; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 180 1000 t, and the mean is 1,233 1000 t.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 3,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 100.0%).

Beer — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 36,493 1000 t 2023 down 28.7% falling
2 China, mainland 35,908 1000 t 2023 down 29.1% falling
3 Brazil 15,337 1000 t 2023 up 13.9% rising
4 Mexico 12,267 1000 t 2023 up 44.0% rising
5 Germany 8,489 1000 t 2023 down 1.9% flat
6 Russian Federation 8,340 1000 t 2023 down 6.3% falling
7 Spain 4,130 1000 t 2023 up 26.3% rising
8 Poland 3,580 1000 t 2023 down 9.5% flat
9 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,420 1000 t 2023 down 18.5% falling
10 Viet Nam 3,100 1000 t 2023 up 158.3% volatile
11 India 2,934 1000 t 2023 up 463.1% volatile
12 Colombia 2,795 1000 t 2023 up 38.4% rising
13 Belgium 2,300 1000 t 2023 up 27.3% rising
14 Thailand 2,105 1000 t 2023 down 7.4% flat
15 Canada 2,082 1000 t 2023 up 8.6% rising
16 France 2,067 1000 t 2023 up 43.4% rising
17 Argentina 2,064 1000 t 2023 up 11.0% rising
18 Czechia 2,000 1000 t 2023 up 10.3% rising
19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,941 1000 t 2023 down 17.9% falling
20 Italy 1,840 1000 t 2023 up 45.0% rising
21 Australia and New Zealand 1,718 1000 t 2023 down 15.2% falling
22 Nigeria 1,717 1000 t 2023 down 35.2% falling
23 Philippines 1,660 1000 t 2023 up 60.7% rising
24 Republic of Korea 1,558 1000 t 2023 down 25.5% falling
25 Cambodia 1,500 1000 t 2023 up 240.9% volatile
25 Romania 1,500 1000 t 2023 down 14.4% falling
27 Peru 1,452 1000 t 2023 up 7.6% rising
28 Australia 1,437 1000 t 2023 down 17.2% falling
29 Ukraine 1,334 1000 t 2023 down 51.3% falling
30 Ethiopia 1,267 1000 t 2023 up 171.9% rising
31 Angola 1,200 1000 t 2023 up 14.3% rising
32 Chile 1,194 1000 t 2023 up 92.3% rising
33 Türkiye 1,144 1000 t 2023 up 15.1% flat
34 Austria 1,011 1000 t 2023 up 11.5% rising
35 Ireland 810 1000 t 2023 up 1.1% falling
36 Portugal 770 1000 t 2023 up 5.2% falling
37 Caribbean 725 1000 t 2023 up 18.1% rising
38 Ecuador 686 1000 t 2023 up 14.3% rising
39 Kazakhstan 612 1000 t 2023 up 32.8% rising
40 Denmark 600 1000 t 2023 down 2.8% falling
41 Serbia 583 1000 t 2023 up 9.6% rising
42 Hungary 565 1000 t 2023 down 5.8% falling
43 Dominican Republic 538 1000 t 2023 up 29.3% rising
44 China, Taiwan Province of 535 1000 t 2023 up 3.7% flat
45 Democratic Republic of the Congo 520 1000 t 2023 down 13.3% falling
46 United Republic of Tanzania 499 1000 t 2023 up 24.8% rising
47 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 470 1000 t 2023 down 76.4% volatile
48 Côte d'Ivoire 460 1000 t 2023 up 39.4% rising
49 Kenya 450 1000 t 2023 down 11.4% flat
50 Bulgaria 437 1000 t 2023 down 14.3% falling
51 Mozambique 410 1000 t 2023 up 230.6% rising
51 Sweden 410 1000 t 2023 down 11.3% falling
53 Greece 400 1000 t 2023 up 5.3% flat
54 Belarus 397 1000 t 2023 down 6.1% flat
55 Uganda 374 1000 t 2023 up 18.7% rising
56 Switzerland 360 1000 t 2023 up 6.8% flat
57 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 359 1000 t 2023 up 4.4% rising
58 Congo 350 1000 t 2023 up 16.7% rising
59 Lithuania 348 1000 t 2023 up 20.4% rising
60 Ghana 347 1000 t 2023 up 38.8% rising
61 Burkina Faso 345 1000 t 2023 up 187.5% rising
62 Indonesia 340 1000 t 2023 up 21.4% rising
63 Croatia 338 1000 t 2023 down 2.3% falling
64 Finland 325 1000 t 2023 down 19.2% falling
65 Paraguay 307 1000 t 2023 up 104.7% rising
66 Slovakia 300 1000 t 2023 up 4.2% flat
67 New Zealand 281 1000 t 2023 down 2.8% flat
68 Uzbekistan 268 1000 t 2023 up 34.7% rising
69 Panama 263 1000 t 2023 down 4.4% flat
70 Norway 256 1000 t 2023 up 9.4% rising
70 Zambia 256 1000 t 2023 up 84.2% rising
72 Guatemala 236 1000 t 2023 up 27.6% rising
73 Slovenia 220 1000 t 2023 up 11.1% rising
73 Zimbabwe 220 1000 t 2023 unchanged falling
75 Honduras 206 1000 t 2023 up 112.4% rising
76 Botswana 200 1000 t 2023 up 207.7% rising
77 Israel 197 1000 t 2023 up 71.3% rising
78 Tunisia 193 1000 t 2023 up 10.9% rising
79 Gabon 180 1000 t 2023 up 44.0% rising
79 Nepal 180 1000 t 2023 up 227.3% volatile
81 Namibia 174 1000 t 2023 down 30.4% falling
82 Uruguay 169 1000 t 2023 up 77.9% rising
83 Costa Rica 158 1000 t 2023 up 187.3% volatile
84 Algeria 155 1000 t 2023 up 52.0% rising
85 Malaysia 153 1000 t 2023 down 48.8% falling
86 Rwanda 150 1000 t 2023 up 25.0% rising
87 Madagascar 141 1000 t 2023 up 25.9% rising
88 Sri Lanka 138 1000 t 2023 up 10.4% rising
89 El Salvador 130 1000 t 2023 down 17.2% falling
90 Georgia 122 1000 t 2023 up 154.2% rising
91 Nicaragua 120 1000 t 2023 up 55.8% rising
92 Malawi 110 1000 t 2023 up 423.8% rising
93 Melanesia 107 1000 t 2023 down 15.1% falling
94 Estonia 98 1000 t 2023 down 33.3% falling
95 Mongolia 94 1000 t 2023 up 42.4% rising
96 Egypt 90 1000 t 2023 down 10.0% falling
96 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 90 1000 t 2023 down 54.5% volatile
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86 1000 t 2023 up 4.9% rising
98 Latvia 86 1000 t 2023 down 43.0% falling
100 Morocco 84 1000 t 2023 up 5.0% flat
101 Albania 77 1000 t 2023 up 32.8% rising
102 Papua New Guinea 71 1000 t 2023 down 15.5% flat
103 Republic of Moldova 70 1000 t 2023 down 25.5% falling
104 Trinidad and Tobago 61 1000 t 2023 up 41.9% rising
105 Lao People's Democratic Republic 58 1000 t 2023 up 23.4% flat
106 Bhutan 53 1000 t 2023 falling
107 Azerbaijan 52 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
108 North Macedonia 51 1000 t 2023 down 17.7% falling
109 Kyrgyzstan 50 1000 t 2023 up 108.3% rising
109 China, Hong Kong SAR 50 1000 t 2023 up 19.0% rising
111 Mauritius 49 1000 t 2023 up 25.6% rising
112 Jamaica 41 1000 t 2023 down 56.8% falling
113 Lesotho 40 1000 t 2023 down 4.8% rising
114 Cyprus 38 1000 t 2023 up 15.2% rising
114 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 38 1000 t 2018 up 26.7% rising
116 Guinea 37 1000 t 2023 up 48.0% rising
116 Tajikistan 37 1000 t 2023 up 3,600.0% volatile
118 Lebanon 35 1000 t 2023 down 5.4% falling
119 Guyana 30 1000 t 2023 up 76.5% rising
119 Montenegro 30 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% falling
121 Armenia 28 1000 t 2023 up 40.0% rising
122 Polynesia 27 1000 t 2023 up 12.5% rising
123 Cuba 26 1000 t 2019 unchanged flat
123 Iraq 26 1000 t 2023 volatile
125 Luxembourg 25 1000 t 2023 down 10.7% falling
126 Eswatini 23 1000 t 2023 up 64.3% rising
127 Haiti 20 1000 t 2023 volatile
127 Iceland 20 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
127 Suriname 20 1000 t 2023 down 69.2% falling
130 Malta 19 1000 t 2023 up 72.7% rising
130 Sierra Leone 19 1000 t 2023 up 5.6% rising
132 Saint Lucia 18 1000 t 2023 up 28.6% rising
132 French Polynesia 18 1000 t 2023 down 5.3% flat
134 Senegal 17 1000 t 2023 up 13.3% rising
135 Fiji 15 1000 t 2023 down 37.5% falling
135 Liberia 15 1000 t 2023 down 6.2% falling
135 New Caledonia 15 1000 t 2023 up 7.1% rising
138 Belize 14 1000 t 2023 up 27.3% rising
139 Jordan 11 1000 t 2023 up 22.2% falling
140 Niger 10 1000 t 2023 up 66.7% falling
141 Samoa 9 1000 t 2023 up 80.0% rising
142 Barbados 8 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
142 Pakistan 8 1000 t 2023 unchanged rising
144 Solomon Islands 7 1000 t 2023 up 75.0% flat
145 Seychelles 6 1000 t 2023 up 20.0% rising
146 Guinea-Bissau 5 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
146 Syrian Arab Republic 5 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% falling
149 Grenada 3 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 1000 t 2023 up 50.0% rising
151 Antigua and Barbuda 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
152 Sao Tome and Principe 1 1000 t 2023 down 50.0% volatile
152 Turkmenistan 1 1000 t 2023 falling
152 Cabo Verde 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged flat
155 Cameroon 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
155 Gambia 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
155 Libya 0 1000 t 2023 flat
155 Yemen 0 1000 t 2020 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Beer — Production
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
189 places, 2,589 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.