No beer, no civilization.
No surprise, European countries top beer consumption stats
| Rank | Country | Consumption [a] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumption(L) | Number (633-mL) bottles per capita | Year-on-year increase (bottles) per capita | ||
| 1 |  Czech Republic | 156.9 | 247.9 | -3.2 |
| 2 |  Ireland | 131.1 | 207.1 | -7.1 |
| 3 |  Germany | 115.8 | 182.9 | -3.2 |
| 4 |  Australia | 109.9 | 173.6 | -7.6 |
| 5 |  Austria | 108.3 | 171.1 | -3.6 |
| 6 |  United Kingdom | 99.0 | 156.4 | -3.6 |
| 7 | .svg) Belgium | 93.0 | 146.9 | -4.7 |
| 8 |  Denmark | 89.9 | 142.0 | -9.8 |
| 9 |  Finland | 85.0 | 134.3 | 11.7 |
| 10 |  Luxembourg | 84.4 | 133.3 | -0.5 |
| 11 |  Slovakia | 84.1 | 132.9 | -8.5 |
| 12 |  Spain | 83.8 | 132.4 | 0.9 |
| 13 |  United States | 81.6 | 128.9 | -0.3 |
| 14 |  Croatia | 81.2 | 128.3 | -4.3 |
| 15 |  Netherlands | 79.0 | 124.8 | -2.7 |
| 16 |  New Zealand | 77.0 | 121.6 | -1.9 |
| 17 |  Hungary | 75.3 | 119.0 | 2.8 |
| 18 |  Poland | 69.1 | 109.2 | -2.7 |
| 19 |  Canada | 68.3 | 107.9 | -0.2 |
| 20 |  Portugal | 59.6 | 94.2 | 3.7 |
| 21 |  Bulgaria | 59.5 | 94.0 | 4.4 |
| 22 |  South Africa | 59.2 | 93.5 | 3.0 |
| 23 |  Russia | 58.9 | 93.0 | 9.3 |
| 24 |  Venezuela | 58.6 | 92.6 | 0.0 |
| 25 |  Romania | 58.2 | 91.9 | 1.4 |
| 26 |  Cyprus | 58.1 | 91.8 | 1.7 |
| 27 |  Switzerland | 57.3 | 90.5 | -2.2 |
| 28 |  Gabon | 55.8 | 88.2 | -0.9 |
| 29 |  Norway | 55.5 | 87.7 | 8.7 |
| 30 |  Mexico | 51.8 | 81.8 | 0.6 |
| 31 |  Sweden | 51.5 | 81.4 | -3.9 |
| 32 |  Japan | 51.3 | 81.0 | 0.6 |
| 33 |  Brazil | 47.6 | 75.2 | 1.3 |
| 34 |  South Korea | 38.5 | 60.8 | 0.0 |
| 35 |  Colombia | 36.8 | 58.1 | 0.3 |