European Beer Statistics

European Beer Statistics

Production - Consumption - Breweries - Brands

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 tax by country
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 Cesk� svaz pivovar� 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 (1,000 hl)

Country

1980

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Austria

7,651#

9,309#

9,185#

9,145#

8,736#

8,810#

8,737#

8,625#

Belgium

12,945#

11,922a

12,037a

10,513#

10,284#

10,243#

10,011#

10,203#

10,064#

10,060#
9,986a

9,901a

9,935a

9,703b

Denmark

6,698#

6,505#

6,363#

6,165#

5,707#

5,562#

5,452#

5,282#

Finland

2,738#

4,153#

4,074#

4,170#

4,084#

4,087#

4,024#

4,160#

France

23,745#

22,690#

23,133#

21,655#

22,663#

22,833#

21,420#

21,331#

Germany

89,820#

110,999#

107,987#

107,679#

104,550#

104,629#

103,055#

100,850#

Greece

4,005#

3,885#

3,940#

4,211#

4,354#

4,288#

4,181#

Ireland

4,174#

4,932#

5,196#

5,406#

5,592#

5,699#

5,595#

5,625#

Italy

9,539#

14,530#

13,758#

14,535#

15,501#

15,675#

16,289#

16,694#

Luxembourg

417#

475#

460#

466#

452#

474#

471#

445#

Netherlands

12,213#

13,265#

13,276#

13,475#

13,225#

13,309#

13,129#

12,922#

Norway

1,961#

2,284#

2,299#

2,330#

2,203#

2,305#

2,327#

2,297#

Portugal

3,534#

6,416#

6,136#

6,318#

6,494#

6,475##

6,456#

6,276#

Spain

20,065#

26,963#

26,199#

26,238#

26,677#

27,772#

29,152#

31,126#

Sweden

3,935#

5,687#

5,228#

5,459#

5,077#

5,258#

5,011#

4,932#

Switzerland

4,433#

4,431#

4,305#

4,249#

4,277#

4,212#

4,195#

4,141#

65,490#

59,129#

59,894#

61,114#

58,835#

58,917#

57,007#

58,234#

Source:
# The Brewers of Europe (2003)
a Het Brouwersblad June 2004. p.6, p.7
b Het Brouwersblad June 2005. 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	1976	1980	1981	1985	1986	1987	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Austria	-	59	-	55	-	-	-	60^	-	-	-	69@	74	80^	87	93	99!	106	115	-	-	145*
Belgium	-	143b	-	-	-	-	-	126b	126	-	-	-	115b	117#	-	-	112b	113b	117b	118b	115b	119c	124f
Czechoslovakia	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***	-	-	72*	74*	77*	80*	77*	73*	81*	71# 81*	81*	84*	84*	88*	-
Slovakia	16	16	16	16	16		16	-	-	15	-	15	15	15	15	-	-	12	-	-	20*	19*
Denmark	24?	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	15@	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25"	34"	50"
France	55?	-	-	-	33		-	-	-	-	-	26@	-	-	-	80&	113&	-	-	-	225"	-
Germany	n/a	-	n/a	-	n/a		n/a	-	1356@	1365@	1319@	1278@	1243+	1234+	1269a	1285d	1281d	1279d	1298d	1287d	1275d	1274d
(West)	1,626	-	-	-	-		-	-	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greece	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	5@	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
Ireland	7*	7*	7*	9*	8*-		7*	7*	7*	7*	7*	7@	9*	11*	12*	16*	17*	17*	18*	20*	20*	18*
Italy	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	18@	-	18**	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	168*
Lithuania												-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	88d	-
Luxemburg	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	5@	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	6*	7*	-
Netherlands	20	19e	-	25e	24	23*	27*	30e	29*	-	34*	-	44e	-	-	52$	-	-	-	-	65*	65*
Norway	17?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14@	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	26*
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8@	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-
Roumania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+-100#	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25@	-	-	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	-
Sweden	25	-	17	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	16@	-	-	-	-	34	-	-	-	31"	28*
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33@	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	93"	-
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	85#	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	-	-	-	285"	-	-	252"	243"	246"	252"	265"	289"	327"	352"	-	-	-	461"	-	-	-	519*
Sources: + Brauwelt Brevier 1998 Brauwelt nr. 8/9 (1998) ***** Cesk� svaz pivovar� 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 $ 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
	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
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	-	-	-
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 Cesk� svaz pivovar� 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	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Spain	70	-	1,019	-	96	3	15	32	1	507	0	76	-	-	136	-	-
Sweden	28	-	157	-	4	-	-	1	-	39	7	-	150	-	75	11	-
UK	380	-	1,524	133	993	22	269	157	0.5	866	1	11	1	-	-	1	-
Total EU	5,424	-	7,101	476	1,975	394	533	325	116	3,195	212	180	154	10	1,389	14	21
Norway	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	0.1	-	22	-	-	-	13	9	-	-
Switzerland	12	-	-	7	165	-	-	2	0.5	8	32	-	4	-	21	0	-
Total	5,436	2,466	9,734	484	2,140	394	533	327	117	3,225	244	180	158	23	1,419	14	22
Source: The Brewers of Europe (2003) Notes: * included in the figures for Belgium

European Beer Statistics

Beer imports by country

Beer imports by country (1,000 hl) and %age of total comsumption

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Country

1,000 hl

Austria

351@

3.8%@

357@

4.1%@

403@

4.6%@

425@

4.9%@

458*

5.3%@

549b

Belgium

585@

5.7%@

731@

7.3%@

703@

6.9%@

805@

8%@

877*
1,877@

19@

743a

1,023a

993c

10.2c

Denmark

92@

1.4%@

94#

79#

1.4%@

111#

2%@

83#

1.5%@

90*

1.7%@

135#

Finland

73@

1.8%@

80@

1.7%@

67@

1.6%@

65@

1.6%@

78*

1.9%@

223b

France

4,483@

21.9%@

5,302@

26.8%@

5,183@

26.1%@

4,882@

25.8%@

4,807*

25.5%@

5,082b

Germany

3,015@

2.8%@

2,823@

2.7%@

3,054@

2.9%@

3,228@

3.1%@

3,384*

3.2%@

2,738b

Greece

240@

6.2%@

190@

4.5%@

195@

4.5%@

193@

4.5%@

167*
163@

4%@

189b

Ireland

513@

9.8%@

559@

10%@

570@

10%@

741@

645*

11.9%@

Italy

3,069@

22.3%@

3,681@

23.7%@

3,875@

25%@

4,142@

25.4%@

4,414*

26.4%@

4,664b

Lithuania

125b

Luxembourg

120@

25.6%@

135@

30%@

151@

32%@

208@

44.2%@

167@

37.6%@

183b

Netherlands

900@

6.8%@

940*

950*

7.2%@

995*

7.5%@

945*

7.2%@

785*

6.1%@

900*

1,138*

Norway

39@

1.7@

45@

2%@

113@

5%@

126@

5.7%@

91@

4.1%@

14b

Portugal

195@

3.2%@

290

4.5%@

255@

3.9%@

250@

4%@

497*
310@

4.7%@

67b

Spain

1,841@

7%@

2,226@

8.3%@

2,539@

9.1%@

3,373@

11.6%@

4,007*

13%@

3,626b

Sweden

506@

9.6%@

534@

10.5%@

588@

11.2%@

600@

12%@

573*

11.6%@

Switzerland

709@

16.5%@

719@

16.8%@

633@

15%@

581@

13.8%@

611@

14.8%@

668b

Turkey

3,115b

5,591@

9.3%@

5,902@

10%

5,503@

9.3%@

5,448@

9.6%@

4,821*
4,995@

8.6%@

6,464b

Total EU

21,574@

7.2%@

23,839@

8.1%@

24,192@

8%@

22,170@

7.4%@**

26,751@

9.2%@

26,412b

Sources:
* Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor
# Bryggeriforeningen
@ The Brewers of Europe (2003)
a "Het Brouwersblad" June 2004. p.11
b Deutscher Brauer-Bund, Bonn
c Het Brouwersblad June 2005. p.7

Notes:
** excluding Ireland

Beer imports to the USA (hectolitres)
	2002	2003
Mexico	11,509,730	11,997,923
Netherlands	6,894,989	6,967,088
Canada	3,974,368	3,893,284
Germany	1,442,217	1,402,651
Ireland	711,608	958,829
United Kingdom	1,179,724	952,662
Belgium	162,817	225,310
Czech Republic	174,441	164,126
Jamaica	132,780	159,659
Dominican Republic	135,714	137,585
Poland	56,346	99,096
Italy	75,246	87,331
Source: Het Brouwersblad June 2004. p.9

European Beer Statistics

Beer packaging by country

Package type by country (percentage)
	1998				2001
Country	draught	returnable bottle	non-returnable bottle	can	draught	returnable bottle	non-returnable bottle	can
Belgium	39.7%#	49.6%#	7.5%#	8.2%#	39%@	46%@	2%@	13%@
Denmark	9.9% #	90.1% #	0% #	0% #	11%@	89%@	0%@	0%@
Germany	19.9%#	59.9%#	4.7%#	15.4%#	19.5%@	55.5%@	5.1%@	19.9%@
Finland	23.2% #	71.5% #	0% #	5.3% #	20.9%@	73.5%@	-	5.6%@
France	23.5%#	12.3%#	55.7%#	8.5%#	23.5%@	11.1%@	55.7%@	9.8%@
Greece	6% #	70% #	10% #	14% #	5%@	73%@	3%@	19%@
UK	63.9%#	1.9%#	10.6%#	23.6%#	60.4%@	1.2%@	11.6%@	26.8%@
Ireland	79.8% #	3.1% #	4.4% #	12.7% #	76.9%@	4.7%@	3%@	15.4%@
Italy	16.4%#	12%#	62.6%#	9%#	16.8%@	11.6%@	63%@	8.6%@
Luxemburg	53.1% #	31.8% #	11.7% #	3.4% #	55%@	28.5%	10%@	6.5%@
Netherlands	31.1%#	68.9%*#	-	-	31.9%@	68.1%*@	-	-
Norway	27.3% #	71.8% #	0% #	0.9% #	24.4%@	42%@	5%@	33.5%@
Austria	31.6%#	53.9%#	2.2%#	12.3%#	31.5%@	50.4%@	2.3%@	15.8%@
Portugal	27.8% #	54.7% #	13.1% #	4.4% #	24.8%@	52.1%@	19.3%@	3.8%@
Sweden	12.5%#	26.7%#	0.5%#	60.3%#	12.5%@	22.6%@	1%@	63.9%@
Switzerland	32.6% #	37.5% #	24.6% #	5.3% #	33.1%@	33.5%@	24.5%@	8.9%@
Spain	33.1%#	30.6%#	23.3%#	13%#	32.3%@	27.7%@	22.6%@	17.4%@
* Includes non-returnable bottles and cans. Sources: # Brauwelt Brevier 2000, Brauwelt 31-32/2002 @ The Brewers of Europe (2003)

European Beer Statistics

Percentage of beer sold on draught by country

Draught beer percentage by country
Country	1994	1998	1999	2001
Austria	32%	31.6%	31.7%	32.2%
Belgium	40%	39.7%	39.5%	-
Czech Republic	-	-	44%	-
Denmark	-	9.9%	10.5%	-
Finland	-	23.2%	22.2%	-
France	-	23.5%	23.5%	-
Germany	22%	19.9%	19%	-
Greece	-	6%	4.4%	-
Ireland	-	79.8%	78%	-
Italy	-	16.4%	16.7%	-
Luxemburg	40%	53.1%	54%	-
Netherlands	-	31.1%	31%	-
Norway	-	27.3%	26%	-
Portugal	-	27.8%	28.8%	-
Spain	37%	33.1%	33%	-
Sweden	-	12.5%	12.6	-
Switzerland	-	32.6%	33.8%	-
UK	67%	63.9%	62.4%	-
Sources: 1994: Collins Gem Beer, Ronald Atkins, 1997 1999: Brauwelt nr. 6-7 February 2001

European Beer Statistics

Percentage of beer consumed at home

Beer consumed at home (%)
Country	1980	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2004
Austria	45%	63%	63%	64%	65%	65%	66%	65%
Belgium	-	36%	37%	38%	39%	39%	41%	42%	45%a
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark	77%	75%	75%	71%	74%	73%	75%	75%
Finland	65%	69%	70%	71%	72%	73%	72%	73%
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Germany	60%*	65%	65%	65%	65%	65%	65%	65%
Greece	-	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%	35%
Ireland	6%	11%	11%	11%	11%	11%	12%	12%
Italy	49%	58%	59%	60%	60%	60%	59%	58%
Luxembourg	-	-	-	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%
Netherlands	60%	63%	63%	63%	63%	63%	63%	63%
Norway	80%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%
Portugal	24%	35%	35%	40%	38%	37%	37%	31.2%
Spain	20%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%	32%
Sweden	85%	79%	80%	80%	79%	79%	79%	79%
Switzerland	39%	49%	51%	52%	52%	52%	52%**	52%**
UK	12%	27%	27%	28%	29%	32%	33%	35%
Sources: 1980, 1995-2001 The Brewers of Europe (2003) a "Het Brouwersblad" June 2005, p.8 Notes: * West Germany only ** estimated

European Beer Statistics

Beer production by strength

Beer production by strength
	2001
	< 11º Plato		> 11º Plato		average gravity
Country	1000 hl	%	1000 hl	%	º Plato
Austria	675	7.9%	7,913	92.1%	11.5º
Belgium	496	3.3%	14,543	96.7%	-
Czech Republic		-		-	-
Denmark	5,050	69.8%	2,183	30.2%	11º
Finland	3,801	81.5%	863	18.5%	-
France	1,527	8%	17,339	92%	12.5º
Germany	5,797	5.4%	101.981	94.6%	11º
Greece		-	4,458	100%	11.4º
Ireland	8,102	93%	610	7%	-
Italy	217	1.7%	12,565	98.3%	11.2º
Luxemburg		-	397	100%	-
Netherlands	270	2.2%	11,867	97.8%	-
Norway	2,210	99.6%	13	0.4%	10.5º
Portugal	479	7.3%	6,055	92.7%	11.8º
Spain	5,180	18.7%	22,522	81.3%	12º
Sweden	2,519	56.6%	1,930	43.4%	4.1% ABV
Switzerland	54	1.5%	3,498	98.5%	11.5º
UK	38,625*	68%*	18,177*	32%*	4.15% ABV
Sources: @ The Brewers of Europe (2003)

European Beer Statistics

Beer tax by country

Tax per hectolitre on beer of 5% alc.vol. or 12� Plato
	1998		2001		2003
Country	tax in euros	VAT %age	tax in euros	VAT %age	tax in euros	VAT %age
Finland	142.95@	22%@	143.00#	-	142.95*	22%*
Ireland	99.35@	21%@	99.36#	-	99.35*	21%*
UK	81.15@	17.5%@	95.64#	-	95.50*	17.5%*
Sweden	77.45@	25%@	81.00#	-	81.20*	25%*
Denmark	46.41@	25%@	46.48#	-	46.43*	25%*
The Netherlands	21.28@	17.5%@	-	-	25.11*	19%*
Austria	17.40@	20%@	25.03#	-	25.08*	20%*
Belgium	20.53@	21%@	20.53#	-	20.53*	21%*
Italy	16.80@	20%@	16.80#	-	16.80*	20%*
Portugal	14.07@	17%@	14.85#	-	14.45*	19%*
Greece	14.52@	18%@	14.06#	-	14,04*	18%*
France	13.00@	20.6%@	13.00#	-	13.00*	19.6%*
Germany	9.48@	16%@	8.41#	-	9.48*	16%*
Spain	8.38@	16%@	8.38#	-	8.87*	16%*
Norway	257.23@	23%@	219.71#	-	-	-
Switzerland	14.80@	7.5%	15.75#	-	-	-
Sources: * Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor # Brewers of Europe @ The Brewers of Europe (2003) Notes: Austria also has a 10% beverage tax More details are shown here

European Beer Statistics

World's largest breweries

Beer production of the world's largest breweries (1,000,000 hl)
	1976	1987	1990	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Anheuser Busch	39.8	90.1	92.1	102	105	102	110.7	108*	121.3	-	115@	138.5	126.7b	-	152g
Heineken	21.5	43	-	53.7	56	54.4	70.6	56.1* 79.8d	83.1d***	90.9d***	97.9d* 74.8h	105.1d* 81h	108.9d* 84.8h	109d* 99h	101g 121.8h* 112.6h
Miller	19.8	47.2	48.3	50.3	52	52	52.8	63.2*	52.9	-	-	55.2	-	-
South African Breweries	-	-	-	22.9	24	23.9	38.8	38.4*	43.1	-	-	52.5	-	115a
SABMiller															133g
Brahma	-	18	-	28	25	30	38.3	39.5*	41.3	-	-	58.7	-	-
Inbev (Interbrew + Ambev)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	191g
Interbrew	-	-	-	16.5	36	30	37.4f	39.4f	45.1f	55.7f	76.4f	97.1f	97.0f 190b	107.7f
Carlsberg	-	16.3	-	34	27	22.6	32.3	31.3*	33.7	37e	39.8e	67.9e	78.6e	81.4e	54g
Kirin	22.8	30.4	-	35	34	32.4	32.3	32.5*	29.2	-	-	34.0	-	-	34g
Grupo Modelo (Mexico)	-	-	-	22.1	19.6	27.5	-	-	30	-	-	34.5	-	-	42g
Foster's (formerly Elders)	-	21.1	-	26	31	29.8	27.3	26.2*	26.7	-	-	31.0	-	-
Danone (BSN/Alken Maes)	-	19.8	-	25	28	-	-	28.3*	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guinness	-	11.4	-	11.4	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	22.7	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scottish & Newcastle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36.9	-	49c	48g
Schlitz	-	-	-	-	26.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pabst	19.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coors	15.2	19.2	19.7	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26.6	-	-
Coorsmolson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59g
Santo Domingo (Columbia)	-	-	-	23.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.0	-	-
Moctezuma (Mexico)	-	-	-	20.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antarctica	-	-	-	19.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asahi	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25.5	-	-
Stroh	-	25.8	21.9	18.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bond (Australia)	-	29.9	-	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Polar (Venzuela)	-	-	-	15.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.0	-	-
San Miguel (Philippines)	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13.7	-	-
Heileman	-	-	17.5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Labatt	-	-	-	11.5	-	n/a	n/a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bass	11.5	13.8	-	13.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21.2	-	-
Allied Breweries	9.7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carling (1990 part of Molson)	9.4	-	-	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sources: 1976 - World Guide to Beer, Michael Jackson, 1977 1987 - New World Guide to Beer, Michael Jackson, 1988 1993 - The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Beer, Roger Protz, 1995 1994 - The Confederation of Belgian Brewers. 1995/1996 - Brauwelt 1998 issues 6.7 * Brauwelt International 2 (1998) - figures are provisional (from Canadian Beer Services) # Brauwelt International 2 (1998) @ Brauwelt nr. 6-7 February 2001 1998 Brauwelt Brevier 2000 2001 - The Confederation of Belgian Brewers. a Brauwelt 22/2004 p. 649 b All About Beer Vol 25, No.3 page 7 (Interbrew figure includes Ambev {Brahma}) c Brauwelt 2004/22 p. 645 d Heineken annual report 2003 e Carsberg annual report 2003 f Inbev website g "Het Brouwersblad" June 2005, p.20 h Heineken annual report 2004 Heineken group sales (beer brewed by Heineken and under licence) * Heineken total sales (group sales + associated brewery sales)

The world's largest breweries in 2004 (million hl, %age of world beer output)
position	Brewery	country	output	%age
1	Inbev	Belgium/Brazil	193.4	12.5%
2	Anheuser-Busch	USA	159.7	10.3%
3	SABMiller	South Africa/USA	148.3	9.6%
4	Heineken	Netherlands	112.6	7.3%
5	Carlsberg	Denmark	92.0	5.9%
6	Molson-Coors	USA/Canada	59.4	3.8%
7	Modelo	Mexico	42.8	2.8%
8	Tsingtao	China	36.9	2.4%
9	BBH	Russia	36.0	2.3%
10	Scottish & Newcastle	UK	30.2	1,9%
	Total		911.3	58.8%
19	Radeberger Gruppe	Germany	14.2	0.9%
31	Bitburger	Germany	8.6	0.6%
35	Oettinger	Germany	6.4	0.4%
38	Krombacher	Germany	5.5	0.4%
Sources: Brauwelt 2005/31-32 p. 919

European Beer Statistics

Largest European breweries

Output of the largest breweries in Eurpore (million hl)
Brewery	2003	2004
Heineken	73 65a	75a
Interbrew/Ambev	66
Carlsberg	56
S & N	49
SABMiller	33
Radeberger Gruppe	18
Coors	12
Anadolou Group	11
Mahou S.A.	10
Bitburger	9
Total	337
Total all breweries	500
Sources: 2003 - Brauwelt 2004/22 p. 645 a Heineken annual report 2004 (sales NOT production) Note: the figures only include beer sold in Europe

Scottish Courage overview (2003)
Country	Company	no.breweries	pos.	share	output (hl)
UK	Scottish Courage	6	1	27%	15,000,000
Belgium	Alken-Maes	2	2	16%	2,000,000
Finland	Hartwall	2	2	42%	2,000,000
France	Kronenbourg	2	1	39%	8,000,000
Russia	BBH*	10	1	33%	--
Ukraine	BBH*	3	2	22%	--
Baltic States	BBH*	4	1	44%	--
Kazakhstan	BBH*	1	1	21%	15,500,000
Greece	Mythos	1	2	11%	500,000
Portugal	Central de Cervesas	1	2	39%	3,000,000
India	Millennium	5	3	8%	700,000
Total	-	37	-	-	46,700,000
Source: Scottish Courage Notes: * BBH is a joint venture 50-50 with Carlsberg. The BBH output is for Russia, Ukraine, Baltic States and Kazakhstan combined

SABMiller overview (2003)
Region	no. breweries	market share	capacity (hl)	sales (hl)
Canary Islands	2	-	1,200,000
Czech Republic	3	-	9,300,000
Hungary	1	-	2,600,000
Italy	4	-	5,720,000
Poland	3	-	12,500,000
Romania	3	-	2,300,000
Russia	1	-	3,600,000
Slovakia	1	-	1,000,000
Europe	18	-	38,220,000	30,925,000
North America	8	19.7%	59,829,000	47,258,000
Central America	2	-	2,650,000	1,839,000
Africa	14	-	10,090,000	32,492,000
South Africa	7	100.1%*	30,598,000	25,261,000
Asia	32	-	45,831,000	32,492,000
Total	-	-	187,218,000	170,267,000
Source: SABMiller Notes: * SAB really do claim to sell more beer in South Africa than the size of the market

Heineken sales overview (1,000 hl)
Region	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Spain				10,000	10,400	10,000	10,800
Poland				7,700	7,900	8,400	9,400
Germany					4,500	4,500	8,000
France				8,000	7,900	7,500	7,400
Italy					5,800	5,700	6,000
Netherlands				6,700	6,500	6,300	6,000
Greece				3,900	3,700	3,700	3,400
Russia						2,800	3,300
Slovakia				1,978	2,100	2,200	2,100
Bulgaria					1,000	1,000	1,300
Ireland				1,000	1,100	1,100	1,100
Austria							1,100
Croatia							800
Hungary				543	516	500	800
Switzerland				782	761	800	800
Roumania							700
Macedonia				500	500	500	500
Czech Republic							200
UK					2,300
Europe	34,900	38,200	45,400	50,700	55,400	57,900	65,300
USA				5,300	5,500	6,200	6,000
South America				389	408	400	4,200
Carribean							1,400
Central America				725	725	790	1,500
Americas	5,600	6,100	6,600	7,400	7,800	8,400	12,500*
Africa/Middle East	7,400	7,700	8,800	9,200	9,900	10,600	12,700
Asia/Pacific	6,500	6,200	7,000	7,500	7,800	8,000	8,400
Total	79,800	83,100	90,900	97,900	105,100	108,900	109,000**
Source: Heineken annual report 2001 Heineken annual report 2002 Heineken annual report 2003 Heineken website Notes: * The Heineken figures for the Americas don't add up. They come from the same report, so you'll have to ask Heineken why. ** Unless Heineken is selling well in Atlantis, I can't see how they arrive at this figure. The total I get from the other figures is 98,900,000 hl.

Carslberg sales (1,000 hl)
	1987/88	1988/89	1989/90	1990/91	1991/92	1992/93	1993/94	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	2000	2001	2002	2003
Denmark	5,200	5,600	5,500	5,300	5,300	5,200	4,800	4,800	4,700	4,500	4,200	4,000	3,800	3,900	3,900	3,800
Rest of the world	12,300	13,100	13,400	16,100	15,900	22,200	23,100	24,500	25,100	26,800	31,100	33,000	36,000	63,100	74,700	77,600
Western Europe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24,400	23,700
Eastern Europe	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23,600	25,600
Europe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27,500	27,900	-	-	51,900	53,100
Asia															4,200	5,100
Total	17,500	18,700	18,900	21,400	21,200	27,400	27,900	29,300	29,800	31,300	35,300	37,000	39,800	67,000	78,600	81,400
Sources: Carsberg annual report 2003 Carsberg annual report 1996-97 Carsberg annual report 1997-98 Carsberg annual report 1998-99

Interbrew sales (1,000 hl)
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Western Europe	16,600	14,300	13,500	14,400	23,100	27,200	37,400	42,400
Central & Eastern Europe	--	--	--	--	17,900	22,900	23,100	28,400
Total Europe	--	--	--	--	41,000	50,100	60,500	70,800
Emerging markets*	4,500	5,200	8,500	17,200	--	--	--	--
Asia Pacific	--	--	--	--	8,100	8,400	8,500	10,300
The Americas	16,300	12,300	13,300	13,700	14,200	14,600	16,800	16,800
Total	37,400	39,400	45,100	55,700	76,400	97,100	97,000	107,700
Sources: Inbev website Notes: * "Emerging markets" was split into "Central & Eastern Europe" and "Asia Pacific" after 2000.

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