Nam: Land of beer and honey

Jo-Maré Duddy – Namibia quenched its thirst with 108 litres of beer per capita in 2016, making it the country that guzzled the second most beer per person in the world.According to the latest stats released by the Kirin Beer University in Japan, only the Czech Republic had a higher per capita consumption. The African country closest to Namibia was the Seychelles, where 90 litres per person were drunk in 2016.The Kirin Beer University uses 633 ml as a benchmark for a bottle of beer. According to this, Namibia’s per capita consumption was 170.6 bottles of beer in 2016. That translates to an average of about 300 ml of beer per person every day.In 2015 and 2014, Namibia was the fifth biggest beer drinking country per capita in the world. In 2013, it held the spot for second biggest.In terms of total consumption, Namibia doesn’t feature on Kirin’s radar. The country drank 250 000 kilolitres of beer in total in 2016, way below the 41.77 million kilolitres of China, the top consumer for the year. In Africa, 13.47 million kilolitres of beer was drunk. Worldwide, 186.89 million kilolitres - equivalent to approximately 295.2 billion 633ml bottles - were enjoyed.Beer consumption in Africa grew for the sixth consecutive year, with an annual increase of 2.6% in 2016, Kirin says.

Nam: Land of beer and honey

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Namibian Sun 2025-04-08

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