European Beer Statistics
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Introduction
This page contains various European brewing industry statistics which may be of interest to the beer enthusiast. The sources from which the information has been assembled are listed at the end of each table.

I have deliberately gone no further back into history than the 1970's. As I intend to add new figures annually, the tables would become too unwieldy. If you're lucky, I will eventually add a separate page of historical beer statistics.

I have a dedicated pages with more detailed statistics on the German brewing industry, Czech brewing industry, Danish brewing industry and UK brewing industry.
Index
Beer production
Beer consumption
Breweries by country
Beer exports by country
Beer imports by country
Sales by packaging
Draught beer %age
Home beer consumption %age
Beer production by strength
Beer price by country
Beer tax by country
USA statistics
World's largest breweries Largest European breweries

European Beer Statistics
Beer production by country

The following table gives the beer production figures for Europe.

Beer Production (1000 hl)
  1976 1980 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Albania - - 100 - 237# 228# 187# - - - - - 110 - 120 - 46 46 160 390c -
Armenia - - 452# 495# 517# 567# 513# - - - - - 37 - 52 - 400 500 550* 73c -
Austria - 7,606a 8,948
9,017# 		8,638# 8,938# 9,174# 9,799# - 10,014 9,823 10,114 9,662a 9,547a 9,366a 8,830a 8,869a 8,750a 8,588a 8,731 8,891c -
Azerbaijan - - 3,462# 3,401# 4,000# 4,928# 5,876# - - - - - 8 - 15 - 60 300 340* - -
Belgium 14,000 14,291a 13,715# 13,988# 13,792# 13,164# 14,141# 13,799 14,259 14,182 14,742 14,528a 14,232a 14,014a 14,105a 14,575a 14,734a 15,039a 15,696b 15,650b 17,409f
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belorussia - - 2,746# 3,044# 3,093# 3,222# 3,283# - - - - - 1,400 - 1,214 - 2,370 2,252 2,026 2,000c -
Bosnia-Herzegovina - - - - - - - - - - - - 480 - 850 - 1,100 1,100 1,400 1,458c -
Bulgaria - - 9,000
6,023# 		6,212# 6,332# 6,720# 6,507# - - - - - 4,268 - 3,832 - 4,115 4,325 3,939 4,693c -
Croatia - - 2,553# 2,575# 2,496# 2,279# 2,800# - - - - - 3,292 - 3,831 - 3,857 3,872 3,728 3,774c -
Cyprus - - 257# 271# 296# 318# 342# - - - - - 320 - 350 - 450 400 390 440c -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Czech Republic - - 17,626# 17,476# 17,928# 18,854# 18,936# - 17,414 - - 18,242 - 18,292 - - 17,916 17,881 18,178 18,548d 18,753d
(Czechoslovakia) 22,100 23,000 22,789# 22,228# 22,670# 23,333# 21,966# - - n/a n/a - n/a n/a n/a - - - - - -
Denmark 8,400 8,169a 7,500 8,754# 9,160# 9,217# 8,922 9,672 9,775 9,435 9,410 10,058a 9,591a 9,181a 8,075a 8,024a 7,460a 7,233a 8,534 8,351c -
Estonia - - 85# 85# 88# 89# 77# - - - - - 452 - 621 - 958 943 951 970c -
Finland - 2,823a 3,238# 3,509# 3,752# 3,947# 4,255
4,151# 		4,408 4,576 4,447 4,538 4,726a 4,669a 4,804a 4,697a 4,700a 4,600a 4,586a 4,136 4,564c -
France 21,700 21,684a 20,655 - - - 21,398 20,991 21,296 20,803 20,445 20,634a 20,441a 19,483a 19,807a 19,866a 18,926a 18,866a 18,117 18,100c -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Georgia - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 - 495 - - - 550* 500c -
Germany - - - - - - 104,281 117,993 120,158 115,400 118,600 116,900a 114,200a 114,800a 111,700a 112,800a 110,429a 108,500a 108,336 106,304c -
(West)
 92,700 92,342a 94,100
88,476# 		86,962# 87,044# 87,761# 99,150# - n/a n/a n/a - n/a n/a n/a - - - - - -
(East)
 19,300 - 24,300* - - - - - n/a n/a n/a - n/a n/a n/a - - - - - -
Greece - - 3,103# 3,461# 4,524# 3,869# 3,961# - 3,900 3,900 4,250 4,005a 3,945a 3,945a 4,022a 4,359a 4,405a 4,458a 4,550 4,400c -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  1976 1980 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003  
Hungary - - 9,222
8,963# 		9,045# 9,425# 9,722# 9,918# - - - - - 7,259 - 6,979 - 7,300 7,106 7,398 7,500c -
Iceland - - 38
3# 		4# 5# 44# 35# - - - - - 54 - 84 - 106 113 121 120c -
Ireland - 6,000a 5,456
4,479# 		4,360# 4,624# 5,094# 5,236# - 6,680 6,910 7,186 7,402a 7.764a 8,152a 8,478a 8,648a 8,710a 8,712a 9,157 8,023c -
Italy 8,000 8,569a 11,372# 11,503# 11,589# 10,615# 11,.248# 10,.699 10,923 11,715 12,098 11,990a 11,117a 11,455a 12,193a 12,179a 12,575a 12,782a 12,592 13,672c -
Kazakstan - - 2,423# 2,736# 2,925# 2,936# 2,980# - - - - - 250 - 850 - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Latvia - - 734# 755# 814# 856# 874# - - - - - 646 - 662 - 854 886 1,337 1,453c -
Lithuania - - 1,221# 1,364# 1,469# 1,603# 1,502# - - - - - 1,125 - 1,464 - 2,146 2,530 2,587 2,466c -
Luxembourg - 729a 732# 662# 635# 618# 600# - 569 558 531 518a 484a 481a 469a 450a 438a 397a 386 375c -
Macedonia - - 750# 761# 730# 691# 958# - - - - - 622 - 578 - 660 628 657 680c -
Malta - - 135 - - - - - - - - - 156 - 131 - 91 130 150 78c -
Moldavia - - 515# 578# 646# 711# 762# - - - - - - - - - 220 380 460 566c -
The Netherlands 11,600 15,684a 17,990# 17,550# 17,437# 18,908# 20,055# - 20,659 20,431 22,175 23,118a 23,494a 24,701a 23,988a 24,502a 25,072a 25,232a 24,808 25,124c -
Norway - 2,001a 2,135 2,198# 2,238# 2,229# 2,281# - 2,186 2,146 2,202 2,256a 2,274a 2,299a 2,169a 2,222a 2,223a 2,223a 2,221 2,180c -
Poland 12,400 - 11,307# 11,897# 12,238# 12,082# 11,294# - - - - - 16,528 - 20,216 - 24,000 24,410 26,000 27,300c -
Portugal - 3,557a 3,945
4,128# 		4,977# 5,619# 6,874# 6,919# - 6,874 6,568 6,637 6,928a 6,713a 6,623a 6,784a 6,760a 6,881a 6,554a 7,129 7,350c -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  1976 1980 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003  
Roumania - - 10,603# 10,364# 10,655# 11,513# 10,527# - - - - - 8,235 - 10,250 - 12,097 12,105 11,474 12,514c -
Russian Federation - - 26,000# 25,700# 28,800# 31,600# 33,600# - - - - - 20,100 24,500 32,530 - 54,900 63,000 70,200 73,200c -
(Soviet Union) 54,000 - 55,000
48,907# 		50,711# 55,811# 60,182# 62,507# - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Slovakia - - 5,164# 4,752# 4,743# 4,538# 4,607# - - 3,986 4,536 - 4,700 - 4,485 - 4,520 4,574 4,850 4,676c -
Slovenia - - 2,184# - 2,061# 2,023# 2,456# - - - - - 2,150 - 2,100 - 2,500 2,360 2,536 2,200c -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Spain 15,400 20,027a 24,126
23,510# 		24,788# 26,141# 27,546# 27,940# 26,447 26,082 24,278 25,024 25,313a 24,716a 24,773a 24,991a 25,852a 26,414a 27,742a 27,860 30,671c -
Sweden - 3,759a 4,100
3,979# 		4,106# 4,391# 4,722# 4,711# - 4,973 5,140 5,430 5,309a 4,805a 4,858a 4,568a 4,673a 4,495a 4,449a 4,998 3,979c -
Switzerland - 4,127a 4,112
4,087#! 		4,045#! 4,049#! 4,121#! 4,227
4,143#! 		4,239 4,128 3,907 3,891 3,763a 3,627a 3,563a 3,586a 3,599a 3,631a 3,552a 3,493 3,645c -
Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7,131 - 6,903 6,967 7,360 7.840c -
Ukraine - - 10,926# 11,850# 12,951# 13,749# 13,778# - - - - - 5,500 - 6,830 - 10,270 13,100 14,900 16,645c -
United Kingdom 63,000 64,830a 59,439# 59,895# 60,156# 54,950# 61,783 59,552 57,617 54,881 58,333 56,800a 58,072a 59,139a 56,652a 57,854a 55,279a 56,802a 56,672 58,014c -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Uzbekistan - - - - - - - - - - - - 600 - 420 - - - - - -
Yugoslavia 9,400 - 10,500
11,643# 		12,054# 11,970# 4,991# 6,105# - - - - - 5,987 - 6,388 - 5,750 5,300 4,814 4,935c -
Former Soviet republics: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Moldavia, Kirgistan, Turkmenistan,Tadzikstan - - - - - - - - - - 500 - 250 - - - - 250 300* 300c -
Turkmenistan - - 3# 3# 270# 322# 442# - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tadzikstan - - 152# 148# 233# 267# 317# - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total: - - 437,659 - - - - - - - - - 430,320 - 446,099 469,365 477,859 489,710 504,861 514,612c -
Total EU:   177,728a                   317,891a 313,790a 316,776a 309,359a 314,111a 309,168a 309,900a   343,749d -
World - -             - - - -   1,295,749 1,301,485 1,365,438 1,390,707 1,421,430 1,444,285 1,478,455c -
* estimated

Sources:
(years 1997 - 2002) Brauwelt Brevier
@ - Brauwelt 3/2004, page 86
# - United Nations Statistics Department
#! - United Nations Statistics Department sales not production
a The Brewers of Europe (2003)
b Het Brouwersblad June 2004. p.6
c Brauwelt Brevier 2005, p.65, 66
d Deutscher Brauer-Bund, Bonn
e Ceský svaz pivovarů a sladoven
f Het Brouwersblad June 2005. p.7

European Beer Statistics
Beer consumption by country

The following table gives the beer consumption per head per annum in litres.

Beer consumption per head per annum (litres)
  1976 1980 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
1 The Czech Republic n/a - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - 163 160 160 160 161.8 - 159 158& - 160@  
(Czechoslovakia)
 142 - 147.8 140.1 130.8 133.4 130 130 - - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -  
(Slovakia)
 n/a - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - 96 - - - - - 93# -  
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
2 Germany n/a - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - 138 139 137.7 131.7 131.2 127.4 127.5 125.5 123.1 - 117.7e  
(West)
 147 145.9b 148.6 144.4 145.4 156.4 144.2 144 143 - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -  
(East)
 118 - 146.7 142.2 141.6 142.1 143 143 - - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -  
3 Denmark 128 130.7b 133.9 129.7 121.2 125.7 125 125 127 - 126 126 124.4 117.6 116.7 107.7 104.6 102 99& - 96.2e  
4 Austria 104 101.9b 109.4 107.7 111.6 118.5 118.3 118 - - 118 117 115.6 116 113.2 108.1 108.9 108 106.9 - 110.6e  

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
5 Ireland 126 121.7b 108 108.4 77 77.3 94 94 90 - 112.6 112.6 112.7 118 123.7 124.2 126 125 125& - 118e  
6 Belgium 143 131b 128 126.3 121 119.8 122 119 115 121d 108 106 106 102 101 98 100d 99d 98& 96d 96d 93g
7 United Kingdom 117 - 110.5 110.1 108.9 108.2 110.5 111 110 - 100 103.3 104d 101.9 103.6 99.4 99 95 97& 98.6a 99.5a  
8 Luxembourg 129 115.8b 121.8 120.7 120 172# 106 117 118 - 104 104.2 99.4
118b 		114 119 111 109 108.2b 101& - 106.6e  
9 Australia 142 - 117.8 114.5 115.5 111.3 111 113 - - 96 - - 95.3 94.7 94.5 - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
10= United States 82 - 92 90.7 90.3 90.8 90.1 89 - - 86 - - - - 82 - 82 81& - -  
10= Netherlands 73 86.4b 87.5 83.4 84.5 86 84.3 83 88 - 85 85 86 85.1 86.4 84.3 84.4 82.8b- 83& - 78.8c  
12 Finland 55 56.6b 54.6 56.6 61.7 65.4 68.1 74 - - 86 82.9 80.2 79.5 81.1 79.1 79.9 78.4b 80& - 80.2e  
13 Venezuela 50 - 71.1 70.2 59.5 60.7 72.4 75 - - 77 - - - - - - - - - -  
14 Canada 86 - 83.5 82.7 81.6 81.1 - 83 - - 71 - - - - - - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
15 Sweden 60 47.4b - - - 47# - - - - 64 67.3 64.5 59 61.7 57.3 59.3 58.4b 55& - 55.4e  
16 Spain - 53.7b 58.4 59 61 62 67 69 71 - 67 66.2 66.5 66.1 66.8 66.4 68.8 72 75& - 78.3e  
17 Portugal - 35b - - - 38# - - - - 64 62.3 64.2 61.9 63.6 65.3 64.3 64.6b 61& - -  
18 Japan - - - - - 40# - - - - 56 - - - - 50 - - - - -  
19 South Africa - - - - - 43# - - - - 55 - - - - 58.1 - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
20 Norway - 48.1b - - - 49# - - - - 50 50.5 52.5 52.6 52.9 49.7 52 52 51 52 50.6e  
21 Mexico - - - - - 36# - - - - 47 - - - - 49 - - - - -  
22 Columbia - - - - - - - - - - 41 - - - - - - - - - -  
23 France - 44.3b - - - 38# - - - - 39 39.3 39.1 39.6 37 38.6 38.7 36.2b 36& - 35.5e  
24 Korea (South) - - - - - 19# - - - - 34 - - - - - - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
25 Hong Kong - - - - - 23# - - - - 28 - - - - - - - - - -  
26 Italy - 16.7b - - - 18# - - - - 25.1 26.2 25.4 24 25.4 26.9 27.1 28 29& - 30.1e  
27 Taiwan - - - - - 18# - - - - 23 - - - - - - - - - -  
28 China - - - - - - - - - - 10 - - - - 15.8 - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
New Zealand 133 - 114 116.9 115.2 120.8 122 115 - - - - - - - 84,7 - - - - -  
Switzerland 71 69.5b 70.3 68.6 69.2 69.4 69.3 69 - - 65.5 64.8 64.5 60.6 59.5 59.9 58.8 58.3b 57& - 58.7e  
Bulgaria 52 - 61.2 60 63.3 64.3 66 66 - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
- 1976 1980 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003  
Greece - - - - - 30# - - - - 42 42 40 39 39 42 42 40b 39& - 39e  
Gabon - - - - - 94# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Hungary - - 88.8 87.1 92.4 99.4 100.2 101 - - - - - - - - 70 73 - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Seychelles - - - - - 63# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Cameroon - - - - - 51# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Roumania - - - - - 50# - - - - - - - 35 - - - - - - -  
Yugoslavia - - - - - 46# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Argentina - - - - - - - - - - 18 - - 33 - - - - - - -  
Brazil - - - - - 33# - - - - - - - - - 46.3 - - - - -  
Peru - - - - - 29# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Poland - - - - - 29# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70e  
Latvia - - - - - - - - - - 31 - - 27 - - - - - - -  
Lithuania - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32 - - - - - - 75.5e  
Estonia - - - - - - - - - - - - - 34 - - - - - - -  
Malta - - - - - 29# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Soviet Union - - - - - 22#* - - - - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - - -  
Russia n/a - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - 20 - - - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Iceland - - - - - 18# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Zimbabwe - - - - - 15# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Philippines - - - - - 15# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Singapore - - - - - 15# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Israel - - - - - 10# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
Malaysia - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 9 - - - - - - - -  
Albania - - - - - 4#* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  
EU - - - - - - - - - - - - 80.6b 78.9b 79.2b 77.8b 78.3b 76.5b 76.6b - -  
World - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22.2 21.9 22.8 23 23.2   23.6f  
Europe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70f  
Australia/Oceania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   66f  
America - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 57f  
Asia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   10f  
Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7f  
* estimated figure.
Rankings are based on the 1995 figures.

Sources:
1976 - World Guide to Beer, Michael Jackson,
1983 - 1989 Bier in Belgie, Geert van Lierde,
1986 - # Larousse la bière,
1993 and 1994 - The Confederation of Belgian Brewers.
1995 - Economics Department, German Brewers' Association.
1997,1998 - Brauwelt Brevier 2000
2000 - Brauwelt 31-32/2002
2001 - & Bryggeriforeningen (Norway)
2002 - # Brauwelt 18/2004 page .513
2003 - @ Brauwelt 3/2004, page 86
a Brauwelt 22/2004, page 651
b The Brewers of Europe (2003)
c Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor
d Het Brouwersblad June 2004. p.6
e Deutscher Brauer-Bund, Bonn
f Brauwelt Brevier 2005, p.20
g Het Brouwersblad June 2005. p.7


Beer consumption by country (hl)
Beer consumption 1980 1985 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Austria 7,651,000 - - 9,309,000 9,185,000 9,145,000 8,736,000 8,810,000 8,737,000 8,625,000 8,734,000 8,979,000 8,881,000
Belgium 12,945,000 11922000a 12037000a 10,513,000 10,284,000 10,243,000 10,011,000 10,203,000 10,064,000 10,060,000 9,901,000 9,935,000 9,703,000
Denmark 6,698,000 - - 6,505,000 6,363,000 6,165,000 5,707,000 5,562,000 5,452,000 5,282,000 5,202,000 5,181,000 4,862,000
Finland 2,738,000 - - 4,153,000 4,074,000 4,170,000 4,084,000 4,087,000 4,024,000 4,160,000 4,135,000 4,179,000 4,370,000
France 23,745,000 - - 22,690,000 23,133,000 21,655,000 22,663,000 22,833,000 21,420,000 21,331,000 20,629,000 21,168,000 20,200,000
Germany 89,820,000 - - 110,999,000 107,987,000 107,679,000 104,550,000 104,629,000 103,055,000 100,850,000 100,385,000 97,107,000 95,548,000
Greece - - 4,005,000 3,885,000 3,940,000 4,211,000 4,354,000 4,288,000 4,181,000 4,247,000 3,905,000  
Ireland 4,174,000 - - 4,932,000 5,196,000 5,406,000 5,592,000 5,699,000 5,595,000 5,625,000 5,536,000 5,315,000 5,206,000
Italy 9,539,000 - - 14,530,000 13,758,000 14,535,000 15,501,000 15,675,000 16,289,000 16,694,000 16,340,000 17,452,000 17,194,000
Lithuania - - - - - - - - - - - 2,613,000 2,790,000
Luxembourg 417,000 - - 475,000 460,000 466,000 452,000 474,000 471,000 445,000 440,000 373,000  
Malta - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Netherlands 12,213,000 - - 13,265,000 13,276,000 13,475,000 13,225,000 13,309,000 13,129,000 12,922,000 11,985,000 12,771,000 12,687,000
Norway 1,961,000 - - 2,284,000 2,299,000 2,330,000 2,203,000 2,305,000 2,327,000 2,297,000 2,420,000 2,270,000 2,490,000
Poland - - - - - - - - - - - 27,260,430 -
Portugal 3,534,000 - - 6,416,000 6,136,000 6,318,000 6,494,000 6,475,000 6,456,000 6,276,000 5,948,000 6,007,800 6,266,000
Spain 20,065,000 - - 26,963,000 26,199,000 26,238,000 26,677,000 27,772,000 29,152,000 31,126,000 30,715,000 33,451,000 -
Sweden 3,935,000 - - 5,687,000 5,228,000 5,459,000 5,077,000 5,258,000 5,011,000 4,932,000 4,998,000 4,969,000 4,635,000
Switzerland 4,433,000 - - 4,431,000 4,305,000 4,249,000 4,277,000 4,212,000 4,195,000 4,141,000 4,127,000 4,334,000 4,262,000
Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - 8,030,000 -
UK 65,490,000 - - 59,129,000 59,894,000 61,114,000 58,835,000 58,917,000 57,007,000 58,234,000 59,384,000 60,302,000 59,195,000
Sources:
# The Brewers of Europe (2003)
a Het Brouwersblad June 2004. p.6, p.7

Notes:
1980 figure for West Germany only.

European Beer Statistics
number of breweries by country

The following table gives the number of breweries in various European countries.

Number of breweries per country
Country 1956 1976 1980 1981 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Austria 98g - 59 - 55 - - - 60^ - - - 69@ 74 80^ 87 93 99! 106 115 - - 145*   170*
Belgium 563g - 143b - - - - - 126b 126 - - - 115b 117# - - 112b 113b 117b 118b 115b 119c 124f  
Czechoslovakia 330g 96 - - - - - - - - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -    
Czech Republic   80 - - - - - 71*** - - 76* 79* 84* 86* 83* 78* 80* 71#
77* 		75* 79* 81* 82* 94* 96*  
Slovakia
   16 16 16 16 16   16 - - 15 - 15 15 15 15 - - 12 - - 20* 19*    
Denmark
 155g 24? - - - -   - - - - - 15@ - - - - - - - - 25* 34* 51* 55*
France
 390g 55? - - - 33   - - - - - 26@ - - - 80& 113& - - - 225* -    
Germany
 3,218g n/a - n/a - n/a   n/a - 1356@ 1365@ 1319@ 1278@ 1243+ 1234+ 1269a 1285d 1281d 1279d 1298d 1287d 1275d 1274d 1280d 1284d
(West)
 2,928g 1,626 - - - -   - - n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - - - - - - -    
Greece
 3g - - - - -   - - - - - 5@ - - - - 6 - - - - -    
Ireland
 14g 7* 7* 7* 9* 8*-   7* 7* 7* 7* 7* 7@ 9* 11* 12* 16* 17* 17* 18* 20* 20* 18*    
Italy
 32g - - - - -   - - - - - 18@ - 18** - - 15 - - - - 168*    
Lithuania                         - - - - - - - - - 88d -    
Luxemburg
 11g - - - - -   - - - - - 5@ 5 5 5 5 5 5 - 6* 7* -    
Netherlands
 48g 20 19e - 25e 24 23* 27* 30e 29* - 34* - 44e - - 52$ - - - - 65* 65*    
Norway
 25g 17? - - - - - - - - - - 14@ - - - - 16 - - - - - 26*  
Portugal 4g - - - - - - - - - - - 8@ - - - - 7 - - - - -    
Roumania 19g - - - - - - - - - - - - - +-100# - - - - - - - -    
Spain 40g - - - - - - - - - - - 25@ - - - - 22 - - - - -    
Sweden 130g 25 - 17 - 10 - - - - - - 16@ - - - - 34 - - - 31* 28*    
Switzerland 58g - - - - - - - - - - - 33@ - - - - - - - - 93* -    
Ukraine   - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85# - - - - - - - -    
United Kingdom 404g 142i 191i 210i 305i 281i 277i 277i 279i 288i 306i 396i 410i 481i 499i 545i 551i 498i 500i 486i - - 519*   633*
USA 305g                                             1,448h 1,409h
Canada 65g                                                
Australia 31g                                                
New Zealand 34g                                                
Sources:
+ Brauwelt Brevier 1998
** Brauwelt nr. 8/9 (1998)
*** Ceský svaz pivovarů a sladoven
# Brauwelt nr. 87(1998)
@ Die Deutsche Brauwirtschaft in Zahlen, 1994
^ Unser Bier, Conrad Seidl, 1991, 1995, 1996
a Brauwelt 10/11 (1998)
b Het Brouwersblad June 2004. p.6
c Zythos (thanks Casimir!)
& The Beers of France (1998 & 1999)
! Brauwelt nr. 6-7 February 2001
d Deutscher Brauer-Bund, Bonn
e Nederlands Etiketten Logboek, 1998
f Tim Webb's calculation
g Almanach für das deutsche Brauwesen 1957, pages 54 and 55
h Brewers Association
i BBPA Statistical Handbook 2003, p. 92
$ PINT homepage, 1998
"  my calculation
*  my calculation

Notes:
The figures for Denmark include 2 breweries on the Faroes.


European Beer Statistics
Beer exports by country


Worlds's largest beer exporting countries (1,000 hl)
Country 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Exports %age exported Exports %age exported Exports %age exported Exports %age exported Exports Production %age exported Exports Production %age exported Exports Production %age exported Exports Production %age exported Exports Production %age exported Exports Production %age exported
Austria 710@ 7.4%@ 508@ 5.8%@ 483@ 5.4%@ 481@ 5.5%@ 414@ - 4.8%@ - 8,731a 5.6%a 460b 8,891b 5.2%b - - -            
Belgium 4,229@ 29.7%@ 4,825@ 34.2%@ 5,072@ 34.8%@ 5,474@ 37.2%@ 5,857* 15,039+ 38.9% - 15,696a 41.66%a 6,728b 15,650b 43%b 8,699d 17,409d 50%d            
Czech Republic - - - - - - 1,589c 8.9% 1,855* 17,881+ 10.4% 2,034a 17,987a 11.31%a 2,130c 18,548c 11.5%c 2,638c 18,753c 14.1%c            
Denmark 2,835@ 30%@ 2,379@ 29.5%@ 2,303@ 28.7%@ 2,837@ 38%@ 2,466* 7,233+ 34.1% 2,719# 7,786#
8,534a 		35%
31.9%a 		- - - - - -            
Finland 294@ 6.3%@ 316@ 6.7%@ 286@ 6.1%@ 274@ 6%@ 275@ - 6%@ - 4,797a 5.7%a 239b 4,464b 5.4%b - - -            
France 1,791@ 8.8%@ 2,448@ 12.4%@ 2,216@ 11.2%@ 2,388@ 12.6%@ 2,342* 18,866+ 12.4% - 18,117a 13%a 2,046b 18,132b 11.3%b - - -            
Germany 8,999@ 7.9%@ 8,930@ 8%@ 9,464@ 8.4%@ 10,747@ 9.8%@ 10,797* 108,500+ 10% - 108,400a 10.2%a 12,095b 105,300b 11.5%b 14,555b 108,366b 13.4%b 13,859 107,678b 12.9%b 14,799b 107,174b 13.8%b
Greece 300@ 7.6%@ 300@ 7.5%@ 200@ 4.6%@ 310@ 7%@ 440@ - 10%@ - 4,443a 8.6%a 364b 4,080b 8.9%b - - -            
Ireland 3,300@ 41.2%@ 3,445@ 40.6%@ 3,519@ 40.7%@ 2,142@ 24.6%@ 3,520*
2,442@ 		8,712+ 40.4%
28%@ 		- 8,113a 47.32%a - 8,315b - - - -            
Italy 428@ 3.8%@ 373@ 3.1%@ 379@ 3.1%@ 428@ 3.4%@ 502* 12,571+ 4% - 12,592a 5.47a 884b 13,672b 6.5%b - - -            
Lithuania - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50b 2,538b 2%b - - -            
Luxembourg 120@ 24.8%@ 128@ 29%@ 117@ 27%@ 155@ 35.4%@ - - - - 386a 21.76%a 79b 391b 20.2%b - - -            
Norway 14@ 0.6%@ 11@ 0.5%@ 34@ 1.6%@ 22@ 1%@ 17@ - 0.8%@ - 2,300a 0.86%a 10b 2,197b 0.5%b - - -            
Poland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1b 28,613b 0%b - - -            
Portugal 721@ 10.7%@ 552@ 8.1% 494@ 7.3%@ 688@ 10%@ 775* 6,555+ 11.8% - 7,121a 18%a 1,397b 7,350b 19%b - - -            
Slovenia - - - - - - - - 908* 2,360+ 38.5% - - - - - - - - -            
Spain 358@ 1.4%@ 539@ 2.2%@ 619@ 2.4%@ 635@ 2.4%@ 626* 27,710+ 2.3% - 27,860a 2.7%a 845b 30,671b 2.8%b - - -            
Sweden 49@ - 41@ - 58@ - 63@ - 34@ - - - 4,376a 0.87%a - 4,192b - - - -            
Switzerland 30@ 0.8%@ 28@ 0.8%@ 20@ 0.6%@ 17@ 0.5%@ 22@ - 0.6%@ - 3,494a 0.6%a 26b 3,666b 0.7%b - - -            
The Netherlands 11,118@ 46.9%@ 11,713@ 48.8%@ 12,188@ 49.7%@ 12,887@ 51.4%@ 13,095* 25,072+ 52.2% 12,913* 24,898* 51.9% 13,491* 25,123* 53.7% - - -            
Turkey - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 420b 8,447b 5% - - -            
UK 3,654@ 6.3%@ 3,851@ 6.8%@ 3,704@ 6.4%@ 3,647@ 6.6%@ 3,111* 56,802+ 5.5% - 56,672a 7.3%a 3,506b 58,014b 6%b - - -            
EU 38,906@ 12.5%@ 40,346@ 13%@ 41,102@ 12%@ 43,156@ 13.4%@ 43,259@ - 14.3%@ - - - 45,727b 343,749b 13.3% - - -            
Canada - - - - - - - - 4,381* 23,916+ 18.3% - - - - - - - - -            
China - - - - - - - - 835* 227,000+ 0.4% - 235,853a 0.18%a - - - - - -            
Mexico - - - - - - - - 11,383* 62,307+ 18.3% - - - - - - - - -            
Singapore - - - - - - - - 554* 1,000+ 55.4% - - - - - - - - -            
USA - - - - - - - - 1,873* 231,000+ 0.8% - 234,563a 2.18% - - - - - -            
Sources:
* Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor
+ Brauwelt Brevier 2003
# Bryggeriforeningen
@ The Brewers of Europe (2003)
a "Het Brouwersblad" June 2004. p.10
b Deutscher Brauer-Bund, Bonn
c Ceský svaz pivovarů a sladoven
d Het Brouwersblad June 2005. p.7

Notes:
EU figures exclude Sweden



Beer exports within the EU (1,000 hl) 2001
  Exporting Country
Consuming
Country		 B DK D E F GR IRL I L NL A P SF S UK N CH
Austria 16 - 270 - - - - 4 - 23 - - - - 6 - 1
Belgium - - 140 3 275 35 - 6 96 115 1 2 - - 31 0 -
Denmark 6 - 26 - 1 125 - 0 - 11 - - 1 3 19 2 -
Finland 4 - 11 - - 4 - 0 - 8 - - - 1 10 0 -
France 2,399 - 843 64 - 12 7 28 18 431 1 31 1 - 472 - 5
Germany 575 - - 15 328 - 24 30 - 219 67 24 1 3 35 0 1
Greece 32 - 136 4 8 - - 50 - 156 1 - - - 9 - -
Ireland 14 - 47 2 16 - - 1 - 307 - - - - 280 - -
Italy 280 - 2,088 84 74 35 - - - 466 134 10 - - 285 0 15
Luxembourg 83 - * - - - - - - * - 25 - - 1 - -
Netherlands 1,517 - 748 20 155 158 218 1 - - - - - 3 28 0 -
Portugal 20 - 92 151 25 - - 15 - 47 - -