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Top 10 Countries in Beer Production per Capita

Can you name the countries that produce the most beer per capita? 🍺🍺🍺
For the year 2018. Derived from UN data.
Hint. The country in red is in Africa, and has a specific colonial history.
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Last updated: February 25, 2021
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First submittedFebruary 15, 2017
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kg / person
Country
199.4
Czech Republic
182.9
Belgium
166.0
Ireland
145.2
Netherlands
110.3
Namibia
kg / person
Country
110.2
Lithuania
109.4
Poland
106.0
Denmark
104.1
Germany
102.2
Norway
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Level 74
Oct 19, 2017
Source please
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Level ∞
Oct 29, 2019
http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
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Level 68
Nov 24, 2019
One for rum would be nice
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Level 47
Dec 10, 2021
infinite level...
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Level 72
Oct 29, 2019
"Holland" as a type in for Netherlands!?
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Level 69
Oct 29, 2019
It's like approving Catalonia for Spain and Carolina for the USA
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Level 86
Oct 30, 2019
No it isn't -- Holland is commonly used to mean all of the Netherlands, while Catalonia is never used to mean all of Spain.
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Level 69
Oct 30, 2019
I do agree that it is commonly (mis)used, even by my fellow country people. But it does not change the fact that it is not the official name, or recognized as an alternative.
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Level 73
Dec 22, 2019
Its more like typing "England" for the UK. Both England and Holland have almost everything which we think of the UK and the Netherlands respectively and there really are people addresses the UK as England unlike how there are really no one who calls the US Carolina or Spain as Catalonia
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Level 53
Dec 22, 2019
In a lot of languages the Netherlands are called Holland like in hungarian, danish, estonian, turkish and most slavic languages
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Level 64
Dec 22, 2019
our national tourist website is holland.com however :)
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Level 63
Mar 22, 2021
The US is often called America, but this doesn't mean it suddenly conquered both Americas.
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Level 72
Jul 21, 2021
@Peter3, you my friend are a muppet!
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Level 65
Sep 2, 2021
I'm Dutch. The idea that "Holland" is wrong for the whole country is a myth that's often repeated by American tourists and foreigners in general as a bit of trivia but Dutch people use it to mean the whole country all the time. I don't live in the Holland region technically, but I still say I'm "from Holland" all the time.
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Level 66
Sep 2, 2021
I don't do that and most people I know don't do that. We say we are from the Netherlands.
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Level 59
Sep 4, 2021
If there is anything more cringeworthy than tourists saying "Holland", it is Dutch people saying "Holland".
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Level 57
Jan 22, 2023
I'm Dutch and frankly, people calling the Netherlands Holland is incredibly annoying and I would almost call it insulting even.

The Netherlands was formed as a unification between all Dutch provinces (including North and South Holland).

And no, comparing it to many people calling the USA America is not the same as America is part of the full name.

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Level ∞
Oct 29, 2019
Standard type-ins have now been applied.
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Level 50
Jul 9, 2022
I always thought it was “New Holland”, I guess I was wrong
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Level 84
Sep 25, 2023
That’s Australia
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Level 90
Oct 29, 2019
I'm about to go on a deep-dive into the history of that red one.
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Level 82
Oct 29, 2019
I just went through former German colonies :) Excellent hint!
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Level 61
Nov 2, 2019
Togo, Cameroon and Namibia
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Level 88
Oct 29, 2019
I guess that's what happens when I figure there's no need to read the qualifiers on a simple quiz and don't scroll down to the answers being displayed.

It doesn't seem very good beer region knowing what I do about the environment.

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Level 69
Oct 29, 2019
Got Namibia, forgot Germany.
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Level 50
Jul 13, 2022
wut, how?
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Level 86
Oct 30, 2019
Got everything but the Baltics, even Namibia (thanks to the hint!).
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Level 83
Oct 30, 2019
Me too. Probably would have missed Namibia without the hint, though.
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Level 83
Dec 22, 2019
I got the Baltics, too, though. missed that part of the comment somehow.
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Level 74
Sep 2, 2021
Correct. I missed Namibia without the hint. Damn.
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Level 62
Oct 30, 2019
too easy with the hint...
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Level 78
Oct 30, 2019
Probably all the Finns going to Estonia to get cheaper beer...
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Level 84
Nov 2, 2019
They do. Finns carry as much as possible on the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki but I think they drink most of their savings on the ferry itself. In Tallinn, not only Finns but tourists from Germany, Sweden, etc spend their days drinking on patio bars throughout the old town.
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Level 68
Oct 30, 2019
When it said red is in africa I already thought either tanzania or namibia
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Level 73
Nov 6, 2019
Great quiz and like the shorter time limit -- this was quite challenging.
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Level 82
Dec 22, 2019
i submit this as an example of an excellent hint: enough to make it possible to answer, without making it too easy
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Level 70
Dec 22, 2019
i really should start reading hints, caveats etc.
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Level 47
Dec 22, 2019
My go to were to name all the Germanic country and the only one I forgot to name was literally Austria, one of the larger ones.
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Level 65
Dec 23, 2019
Mildly surprised not to see Iceland, given its population of, like, eight and popularity of drinking. Perhaps they like spirits more.
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Level 84
Feb 25, 2021
Guessed them as well. Your explanation sounds probable, too.
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Level 84
Sep 2, 2021
It's production, not consumption. I don't expect that they grow much barley or hops in Iceland.
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Level 67
Mar 23, 2020
Surprised Malawi and Niger aren't here. Biere Niger is located in Niger, and Carlsburg has a brewery in Malawi.
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Level 78
Jul 30, 2021
Namibia, big suprise
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Level 84
Sep 25, 2023
They brew Windhoek Lager there, which is also popular in South Africa. Gives you a bit of a headache if you ask me…
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Level 63
Sep 2, 2021
Really surprised that Australia didn't make the list - we are all a bunch of piss-pots.
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Level 74
Sep 2, 2021
Are people drinking foreign beers then?
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Level 45
Sep 4, 2021
Aussie brands of beer are by far the most consumed brands in the country.