Beer industry: Top facts and figures

14 August, 2017
By Shay Waterworth

Here are some key global stats surrounding the beer industry sourced by Euromonitor International, the world's leading independent provider of strategic market research.

1 - The World drank 193 bn litres of beer in 2016.

2 – Stout is the fastest growing category of beer with a +5.8% increase in global consumption in 2016.

3 - China is set to overtake the US as the largest stout market in the world in 2017.

4 - China is also officially the largest beer market in the world.

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