Leading 10 European countries in beer production 2022

In 2022, Germany was the leading producer of beer in Europe. German production amounted to over 88 million hectoliters and was over twice the volume of production in Spain. Russian production was the second largest in Europe with 82 million hectoliters.

Beer production in the Americas

Production across the Atlantic outpaced German production and U.S. breweries produced 173.67 million barrels in 2022 (each holding 1.17 hectoliters). Brazil and Mexico were the second and third largest producers of beer in the Americas. Both countries production in 2021 outpaced German production with 143 million hectoliters and 134.7 million hectoliters respectively.

Beer production worldwide

Chinese production numbers, however, dwarfed all other countries production numbers. In 2021, Chinese breweries produced over 359 million hectoliters of beer. Chinese production was so significant, that production in Asia was larger than that in Europe and close to that of the Americas. The only producer in Africa with an output over 20 million hectoliters was South Africa.