Ranked: The Countries That Brew the Most Beer

Ranked: The Countries That Brew the Most Beer

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Beer is consumed almost everywhere, but brewing at scale is a different story.

Behind many of the world’s biggest beer brands are countries producing billions of gallons each year for domestic drinkers and export markets.

This visualization ranks the world’s largest beer producers in 2024, measured in U.S. gallons, using data from the BarthHaas Report 2024/25.

China Still Leads by a Wide Margin

China brewed 9.0 billion gallons of beer in 2024, making it the world’s largest producer by far.

That works out to 18.2% of global beer output, or nearly one in every five beers brewed worldwide. China also produced more beer than the United States and Brazil combined.

Rank	Country	Beer Output (Billion Gallons)	Share of World (2024)
1	China	9.01	18.2%
2	United States	4.87	9.8%
3	Brazil	3.89	7.9%
4	Mexico	3.83	7.7%
5	Russia	2.40	4.8%
6	Germany	2.22	4.5%
7	Japan	1.18	2.4%
8	Spain	1.09	2.2%
9	South Africa	0.98	2.0%
10	United Kingdom	0.95	1.9%
11	Poland	0.91	1.8%
12	India	0.87	1.7%
13	Vietnam	0.83	1.7%
14	Colombia	0.74	1.5%
15	Thailand	0.60	1.2%
16	France	0.56	1.1%
17	Netherlands	0.56	1.1%
18	Belgium	0.55	1.1%
19	Canada	0.54	1.1%
20	Argentina	0.54	1.1%
21	Czech Republic	0.53	1.1%
22	Nigeria	0.51	1.0%
23	Italy	0.46	0.9%
24	Philippines	0.46	0.9%
25	Angola	0.43	0.9%
26	South Korea	0.428	0.9%
27	Cambodia	0.423	0.9%
28	Peru	0.398	0.8%
29	Romania	0.396	0.8%
30	Ukraine	0.37	0.7%
31	Australia	0.368	0.7%
32	Ethiopia	0.362	0.7%
33	Chile	0.300	0.6%
34	Turkey	0.293	0.6%
35	Austria	0.267	0.5%
36	Cameroon	0.246	0.5%
37	Ireland	0.219	0.4%
38	Portugal	0.201	0.4%
39	Ecuador	0.180	0.4%
40	Myanmar	0.170	0.3%
41	Denmark	0.169	0.3%
42	Laos	0.159	0.3%
43	Hungary	0.147	0.3%
44	DR Congo	0.142	0.3%
45	Guatemala	0.140	0.3%
46	Venezuela	0.137	0.3%
47	Kazakhstan	0.137	0.3%
48	Taiwan	0.133	0.3%
49	Tanzania	0.128	0.3%
50	Ivory Coast	0.127	0.3%
51	Bulgaria	0.124	0.3%
52	Dominican Republic	0.117	0.2%
53	Mozambique	0.112	0.2%
54	Kenya	0.111	0.2%
55	Greece	0.108	0.2%
56	Sweden	0.106	0.2%
57	Uganda	0.105	0.2%
58	Belarus	0.102	0.2%
59	Switzerland	0.0992	0.2%
60	Ghana	0.0979	0.2%
61	Congo (Brazzaville)	0.0951	0.2%
62	Bolivia	0.0948	0.2%
63	Panama	0.0893	0.2%
64	Indonesia	0.0880	0.2%
65	Serbia	0.0855	0.2%
66	Finland	0.0853	0.2%
67	Burkina Faso	0.0819	0.2%
68	Croatia	0.0796	0.2%
69	New Zealand	0.0782	0.2%
70	Slovakia	0.0766	0.2%
71	Paraguay	0.0759	0.2%
72	Lithuania	0.0734	0.1%
73	Norway	0.0721	0.1%
74	Uzbekistan	0.0713	0.1%
75	Zimbabwe	0.0650	0.1%
76	Cuba	0.0648	0.1%
77	Zambia	0.0618	0.1%
78	Sri Lanka	0.0555	0.1%
79	Gabon	0.0528	0.1%
80	Nepal	0.0528	0.1%
81	Israel	0.0526	0.1%
82	Namibia	0.0489	0.1%
83	Slovenia	0.0476	0.1%
84	Tunisia	0.0454	0.1%
85	Uruguay	0.0447	0.1%
86	Lesotho	0.0439	0.1%
87	Rwanda	0.0426	0.1%
88	Costa Rica	0.0416	0.1%
89	Moldova	0.0396	0.1%
90	Malaysia	0.0396	0.1%
91	Algeria	0.0396	0.1%
92	Honduras	0.0394	0.1%
93	Madagascar	0.0375	0.1%
94	Georgia	0.0359	0.1%
95	El Salvador	0.0350	0.1%
96	Benin	0.0338	0.1%
97	Togo	0.0328	0.1%
98	Nicaragua	0.0320	0.1%
99	Singapore	0.0317	0.1%
100	Malawi	0.0306	0.1%
101	Mongolia	0.0291	0.1%
102	Puerto Rico	0.0291	0.1%
103	Chad	0.0251	0.1%
104	Egypt	0.0249	0.1%
105	Estonia	0.0248	0.1%
106	Iran	0.0238	0.0%
107	Bosnia-Herzegovina	0.0218	0.0%
108	Morocco	0.0216	0.0%
109	Botswana	0.0208	0.0%
110	Albania	0.0199	0.0%
111	Latvia	0.0195	0.0%
112	Papua New Guinea	0.0181	0.0%
113	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0157	0.0%
114	Azerbaijan	0.0137	0.0%
115	Kyrgyzstan	0.0135	0.0%
116	Mauritius	0.0135	0.0%
117	Guyana	0.0131	0.0%
118	North Macedonia	0.0129	0.0%
119	Bhutan	0.0127	0.0%
120	Hong Kong	0.0127	0.0%
121	Cyprus	0.0113	0.0%
122	Jamaica	0.0109	0.0%
123	Guinea	0.0101	0.0%
124	Equatorial Guinea	0.00946	0.0%
125	Armenia	0.00930	0.0%
126	Turkmenistan	0.00925	0.0%
127	Tajikistan	0.00859	0.0%
128	Burundi	0.00845	0.0%
129	Lebanon	0.00845	0.0%
130	Central African Republic	0.00753	0.0%
131	Eritrea	0.00740	0.0%
132	Montenegro	0.00740	0.0%
133	Jordan	0.00663	0.0%
134	Réunion	0.00594	0.0%
135	Eswatini	0.00594	0.0%
136	Luxembourg	0.00586	0.0%
137	Malta	0.00518	0.0%
138	Haiti	0.00515	0.0%
139	Iceland	0.00507	0.0%
140	Mali	0.00502	0.0%
141	Sierra Leone	0.00499	0.0%
142	Tahiti (French Polynesia)	0.00476	0.0%
143	Senegal	0.00462	0.0%
144	St. Lucia	0.00457	0.0%
145	Liberia	0.00396	0.0%
146	New Caledonia	0.00396	0.0%
147	Bahamas	0.00386	0.0%
148	Fiji	0.00370	0.0%
149	Dutch Antilles	0.00365	0.0%
150	Seychelles	0.00267	0.0%
151	Samoa	0.00264	0.0%
152	Suriname	0.00262	0.0%
153	Niger	0.00259	0.0%
154	Pakistan	0.00211	0.0%
155	Barbados	0.00209	0.0%
156	Solomon Islands	0.00172	0.0%
157	Martinique	0.00159	0.0%
158	Aruba	0.00151	0.0%
159	Guinea-Bissau	0.00132	0.0%
160	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.00119	0.0%
161	Belize	0.00106	0.0%
162	Grenada	0.000845	0.0%
163	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.000687	0.0%
164	Antigua and Barbuda	0.000528	0.0%
165	Cayman Islands	0.000528	0.0%
166	Cape Verde	0.000423	0.0%
167	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.000317	0.0%
168	Dominica	0.000291	0.0%
169	Bangladesh	0.000264	0.0%
170	Vanuatu	0.000238	0.0%
171	North Korea	0.000211	0.0%
172	Palestine	0.000106	0.0%
173	South Sudan	0.0000528	0.0%
174	Gambia	0.0000528	0.0%

However, its dominance has declined over time. In 2013, China accounted for 25.7% of global beer production.

The Americas Remain Beer Heavyweights

The United States ranked second with 4.9 billion gallons, followed by Brazil and Mexico.

Together, these three countries brewed more than 12.5 billion gallons in 2024.

The U.S. market remains large, but production fell 4.8% as craft brewery closings outpaced openings for the first time since 2005.

Mexico’s position is also notable. With 3.8 billion gallons brewed, it nearly matched Brazil and remains a major export hub for global beer brands.

Russia Overtakes Germany in Europe

Russia produced 2.4 billion gallons of beer in 2024, moving ahead of Germany to become Europe’s largest beer producer.

This shift reflects major changes in the Russian beer market after several Western brewers exited the country. Carlsberg’s Baltika unit was seized by the state in 2023 and later sold to local management.

Domestic production rose 9% as import substitution supported local brewers. Germany, long associated with beer culture, ranked sixth globally with 2.2 billion gallons.

Africa Posts the Fastest Growth

Africa was the fastest-growing beer region in 2024, with output rising 6.7%.

South Africa remained the continent’s largest beer producer, ranking ninth globally with 977 million gallons. Nigeria also made the top 25, producing 506 million gallons.

Angola stood out with a 35% production surge, reaching 428 million gallons.

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