Beer Consumption by Country 🍺📊

This bar chart race ranks per capita beer consumption (measured in litres of pure alcohol) by country on a yearly basis from 1960 thru the most recent available data as of 2021. The map insert shows the weighted average (by population) beer consumption by region for the latest data available: Asia & Pacific, Africa, North America, South/Latin America, Arab States, Middle East, and Europe.

Per capita calculation:
Recorded APC (alcohol per capita consumption) is defined as the recorded amount of alcohol consumed per capita (15+ years) over a calendar year in a country, in litres of pure alcohol. The indicator only takes into account the consumption which is recorded from production, import, export, and sales data often via taxation. Numerator: The amount of recorded alcohol consumed per capita (15+ years) during a calendar year, in litres of pure alcohol. Denominator: Midyear resident population (15+ years) for the same calendar year, UN World Population Prospects, medium variant.

Chapters:
00:00 Origins of Beer
00:30 Beer in the Ancient World
01:00 History of Prohibition
01:30 Beer and the Founding Fathers
02:00 Origin of "Rule of Thumb"
02:30 Schlitz and the brown bottle
03:00 London Beer Flood of 1814
03:30 Temple of a Million (Beer) Bottles
04:00 Guiness beer in Nigeria
04:30 "Surge and settle" beer pouring technique

Data: World Heath Organization
WHO | https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A1022?lang=en
Data Dictionary:
WHO | https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/imr-details/462

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https://www.pri.org/stories/2009-03-17/my-goodness-my-guinness
https://blog.britishmuseum.org/a-sip-of-history-ancient-egyptian-beer/
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/this-thai-temple-built-using-millions-beer-bottles
https://www.factslides.com/s-Beer
https://facts.net/lifestyle/food/beer-facts

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