Malt Consumption by Country

The United States held 872,039 tonnes of listed malt food supply in 2023, 72.5 percent of a 1,203,106-tonne total, after having no reported 2019 value. The 78-reporter common total rose 53.8 percent between 2022 and 2023, driven largely by the United States' gain of 452,285 tonnes, 108.3 percent of the net increase. Over five years the 67-reporter common total fell 10.8 percent while the full listed total grew, because the United States and 13 other reporters entered without a 2019 baseline. Bhutan leads per person at 16.72 grams per person per day.

The United States leads at 872,039 tonnes, 12.05 times Guatemala at 72,397, with the United Kingdom third at 40,379 and Malaysia fourth at 21,779. Per capita Bhutan leads at 16.72 grams per person per day, followed by Sao Tome and Principe at 13.16 and Grenada at 12.00 grams. The United States, first by total, records 6.96 grams per person per day.

Malt Food Supply at a Glance

• The United States had the largest listed malt food supply in 2023 at 872,039 tonnes.
• Guatemala ranked second at 72,397 tonnes, followed by the United Kingdom at 40,379 tonnes.
• Bhutan had the highest per-capita food supply at 16.72 grams per person per day.
• The listed total was 1,203,106 tonnes across 81 reporters with reported values.
• Among 67 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed malt food supply decreased by 38,765 tonnes, or 10.8 percent.
• The FAO food supply quantity measure represents food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The FAO dataset lists 87 reporters with malt values, although only 81 have a reported 2023 quantity. The United States alone holds 72.5 percent of the listed total, and the top three reporters account for 81.9 percent combined.

The United States is excluded from the five-year common comparison because it has no reported 2019 value, which covers 67 reporters totaling 318,638 tonnes against a full 2023 total of 1,203,106. Guatemala added 71.6 percent over five years while Venezuela fell to zero, and The United States alone added 452,285 tonnes, more than the 417,445-tonne net increase across the common reporter set.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	United States US	872.04K	6.96
2	Guatemala GT	72.4K	10.94
3	United Kingdom GB	40.38K	1.61
4	Malaysia MY	21.78K	1.7
5	Philippines PH	18.69K	0.45
6	Laos LA	15.69K	5.61
7	Finland FI	14.4K	7.04
8	Azerbaijan AZ	10.8K	2.87
9	Burkina Faso BF	8.66K	1.03
10	Lebanon LB	7.85K	3.72
11	DR Congo CD	7.56K	0.2
12	Namibia NA	7.55K	6.98
13	Ivory Coast CI	6.82K	0.6
14	Lithuania LT	6.59K	6.32
15	Kyrgyzstan KG	6.25K	2.42
16	Costa Rica CR	6.16K	3.31
17	Uzbekistan UZ	5.83K	0.45
18	Haiti HT	5.55K	1.31
19	Morocco MA	5.06K	0.37
20	Bhutan BT	4.8K	16.72
21	Gabon GA	4.74K	5.23
22	Canada CA	4.14K	0.29
23	Romania RO	3.41K	0.49
24	Latvia LV	3.12K	4.54
25	Jordan JO	2.93K	0.7
26	Jamaica JM	2.42K	2.33
27	Georgia GE	2.17K	1.56
28	Italy IT	2.14K	0.1
29	Liberia LR	2.13K	1.06
30	Hungary HU	2.05K	0.58
31	Armenia AM	2.04K	1.9
32	Turkmenistan TM	2.03K	0.76
33	Kazakhstan KZ	2.02K	0.27
34	New Zealand NZ	1.98K	1.05
35	Iran IR	1.87K	0.06
36	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1.81K	3.3
37	Nepal NP	1.73K	0.16
38	Mozambique MZ	1.57K	0.13
39	Guyana GY	1.51K	5.01
40	Uganda UG	1.48K	0.08
41	Bahamas BS	1.4K	9.59
42	Iceland IS	1.26K	8.94
43	Sao Tome and Principe ST	1.11K	13.16
44	Cape Verde CV	1.1K	5.75
45	Ireland IE	932.67	0.49
46	Estonia EE	836.18	1.68
47	Grenada GD	512.62	12
48	Bangladesh BD	500	0.01
49	Israel IL	490.76	0.15
50	Timor-Leste TL	490	0.97
51	Madagascar MG	417.75	0.04
52	Pakistan PK	372.13	0
53	Belarus BY	353.54	0.11
54	Tajikistan TJ	327.49	0.09
55	Vanuatu VU	201.9	1.73
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	195.22	11.44
57	Djibouti DJ	85.5	0.2
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	82.41	0.07
59	Seychelles SC	59.1	1.27
60	Fiji FJ	57.49	0.17
61	Guinea-Bissau GW	51	0.06
62	Luxembourg LU	41.34	0.17
63	Zimbabwe ZW	33.95	0.01
64	Oman OM	18.28	0.01
65	Kuwait KW	16.11	0.01
66	Saudi Arabia SA	7.39	0
67	Iraq IQ	5.09	0
68	Malawi MW	4.75	0
69	Bahrain BH	3.43	0.01
70	Yemen YE	2.43	0
71	Macau MO	2.24	0.01
72	Libya LY	1.78	0
73	Panama PA	1.11	0
74	Afghanistan AF	0	0
75	Congo CG	0	0
76	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
77	Mexico MX	0	0
78	Qatar QA	0	0
79	Sri Lanka LK	0	0
80	United Arab Emirates AE	0	0
81	Venezuela VE	0	0

The United States Holds 72.5 Percent While Bhutan Leads Per Person

The 2023 table is led by the United States at 872,039 tonnes, with Guatemala second at 72,397 and the United Kingdom third at 40,379. Malaysia and the Philippines complete the top five at 21,779 and 18,694 tonnes, respectively.

The top three reporters accounted for 81.9 percent of the listed total, the top five 85.2 percent and the top ten 90.0 percent. The United States had no reported 2019 value. Per capita, Bhutan's 16.72 grams per person per day from 4,800 tonnes lead Sao Tome and Principe at 13.16 grams, while the United States, first by total, records 6.96 grams.

The Listed Total Rose 53.8 Percent in 2023

Among the 78 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 775,688 tonnes to 1,193,134 tonnes, a gain of 417,445 tonnes (53.8 percent). The two years share the same 78 reporters in the comparison; DR Congo, Jamaica and Panama entered with a combined 9,972 tonnes and one reporter with a fraction of a tonne left. The United States added 452,285 tonnes (up 107.8 percent), Guatemala added 16,449 tonnes (up 29.4 percent) and Gabon added 4,641 tonnes from 100 tonnes, while Laos fell 10,530 tonnes (down 40.2 percent), Hungary fell 8,423 tonnes (down 80.5 percent), the Philippines fell 8,125 tonnes (down 30.3 percent), Namibia fell 5,650 tonnes (down 42.8 percent) and Georgia fell 4,233 tonnes (down 66.2 percent).

The United States' gain of 452,285 tonnes against a net increase of 417,445 equals 108.3 percent of the net change. Guatemala's rise from 55,948 to 72,397 tonnes was the largest gain after the United States, while Gabon's move from 100 to 4,741 tonnes is large only against its tiny base.

The Five-Year Common Total Fell 10.8 Percent

For the 67 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 357,403 tonnes to 318,638 tonnes, a decline of 38,765 tonnes (10.8 percent). The 2019 universe includes 69 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 universe includes 81; two reporters with reported zero values in 2019 had no reported 2023 value, while 14 reporters with a combined 884,467 tonnes entered, led by the United States at 872,039 tonnes. Guatemala added 30,211 tonnes (up 71.6 percent), Malaysia added 21,226 tonnes from 553 tonnes, Azerbaijan added 9,464 tonnes (up 707.9 percent), Venezuela fell 28,757 tonnes (down 100.0 percent), the United Kingdom fell 26,089 tonnes (down 39.3 percent), Laos fell 13,538 tonnes (down 46.3 percent), Uganda fell 11,687 tonnes (down 88.8 percent) and Haiti fell 6,067 tonnes (down 52.2 percent).

Guatemala's rise from 42,186 to 72,397 tonnes was the largest gain in the common comparison. Venezuela's fall from 28,757 tonnes to a reported zero removed its entire 2019 supply, while Malaysia's move from 553 to 21,779 tonnes is large only against its tiny base.

What Does the Malt Food Supply Measure?

This article covers the FAO item Malt, whether or not roasted, rather than malt extract or malted beverages. Other malt products are therefore not included in this specific figure.

The per-capita value expresses the reported food supply in population terms, showing how much was available per person per day. Bhutan records the highest value at 16.72 grams.

Malt Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	419.75K	3.37	872.04K	6.96
2	Guatemala	42.19K	6.76	46.6K	7.36	55.3K	8.61	55.95K	8.59	72.4K	10.94
3	United Kingdom	66.47K	2.71	21.44K	0.87	30.89K	1.25	40.08K	1.61	40.38K	1.61
4	Malaysia	552.75	0.05	559.63	0.05	16K	1.28	22.66K	1.79	21.78K	1.7
5	Philippines	20.48K	0.51	11.72K	0.29	20.98K	0.51	26.82K	0.64	18.69K	0.45
6	Laos	29.23K	11.06	25.71K	9.59	20.27K	7.45	26.22K	9.5	15.69K	5.61
7	Finland	10.17K	5.04	28.66K	14.2	15K	7.42	18.34K	9.02	14.4K	7.04
8	Azerbaijan	1.34K	0.36	1.31K	0.35	10.7K	2.86	11.62K	3.09	10.8K	2.87
9	Burkina Faso	6.54K	0.85	9.27K	1.18	7.87K	0.98	10.86K	1.32	8.66K	1.03
10	Lebanon	9.87K	4.66	7K	3.36	8.31K	3.98	8.98K	4.28	7.85K	3.72
11	DR Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.56K	0.2
12	Namibia	7.1K	7.34	7.07K	7.1	10.95K	10.67	13.2K	12.52	7.55K	6.98
13	Ivory Coast	12.29K	1.19	20.68K	1.96	31.88K	2.95	2.61K	0.24	6.82K	0.6
14	Lithuania	5.11K	5.01	5.19K	5.08	5.12K	5.02	6.9K	6.71	6.59K	6.32
15	Kyrgyzstan	3.99K	1.68	4.98K	2.05	5.26K	2.11	6.11K	2.4	6.25K	2.42
16	Costa Rica	9.5K	5.21	1.95K	1.06	7K	3.79	7.21K	3.89	6.16K	3.31
17	Uzbekistan	5.07K	0.42	5.16K	0.42	5.2K	0.42	5.61K	0.44	5.83K	0.45
18	Haiti	11.62K	2.87	6.77K	1.65	9.9K	2.38	9.71K	2.31	5.55K	1.31
19	Morocco	5.51K	0.42	4.38K	0.33	5.11K	0.38	6.81K	0.5	5.06K	0.37
20	Bhutan	7.65K	27.42	6.27K	22.29	6.01K	21.24	6.39K	22.43	4.8K	16.72
21	Gabon	3.55K	4.29	463.19	0.55	2.28K	2.63	100.02	0.11	4.74K	5.23
22	Canada	5.94K	0.43	6.04K	0.43	28.68	0	4.09K	0.29	4.14K	0.29
23	Romania	6K	0.84	6.63	0	3.73K	0.53	3.38K	0.48	3.41K	0.49
24	Latvia	2.76K	3.95	3.38K	4.88	4.99K	7.25	3.65K	5.31	3.12K	4.54
25	Jordan	2.53K	0.65	1.45K	0.37	2.56K	0.63	2.76K	0.67	2.93K	0.7
26	Jamaica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.42K	2.33
27	Georgia	1.13K	0.82	771.16	0.56	566.49	0.41	6.4K	4.62	2.17K	1.56
28	Italy	2.17K	0.1	2.15K	0.1	2.15K	0.1	2.15K	0.1	2.14K	0.1
29	Liberia	1.32K	0.71	1.32K	0.7	1.66K	0.87	2.12K	1.08	2.13K	1.06
30	Hungary	2.27K	0.64	1.86K	0.52	2.05K	0.58	10.47K	2.96	2.05K	0.58
31	Armenia	2.87K	2.71	4.1K	3.88	1.72K	1.64	2.02K	1.92	2.04K	1.9
32	Turkmenistan	3.12K	1.26	7.59K	2.99	3.57K	1.38	309	0.12	2.03K	0.76
33	Kazakhstan	1.61K	0.23	1.59K	0.22	2.39K	0.33	226.99	0.03	2.02K	0.27
34	New Zealand	1.8K	0.99	1.92K	1.04	2.1K	1.12	1.96K	1.05	1.98K	1.05
35	Iran	3.6K	0.11	3.64K	0.11	3.9K	0.12	3.79K	0.12	1.87K	0.06
36	Trinidad and Tobago	5.38K	9.92	1.97K	3.64	2.51K	4.62	3.14K	5.76	1.81K	3.3
37	Nepal	362.02	0.03	2.49K	0.24	2.12K	0.2	1.73K	0.16	1.73K	0.16
38	Mozambique	10.64	0	3.87K	0.34	417.99	0.04	1.52K	0.13	1.57K	0.13
39	Guyana	1.13K	3.83	649.38	2.2	1.44K	4.83	1.27K	4.23	1.51K	5.01
40	Uganda	13.17K	0.84	1.87K	0.12	13.93K	0.83	3.74K	0.22	1.48K	0.08
41	Bahamas	3.21K	22.29	2.65K	18.3	2.29K	15.82	1.71K	11.75	1.4K	9.59
42	Iceland	-	-	-	-	2.18K	16.05	1.67K	12	1.26K	8.94
43	Sao Tome and Principe	1.26K	16.2	1.07K	13.53	1.36K	16.8	1.19K	14.42	1.11K	13.16
44	Cape Verde	1.23K	6.55	608.44	3.24	845.99	4.49	1.08K	5.68	1.1K	5.75
45	Ireland	-	-	-	-	894.26	0.49	917.13	0.49	932.67	0.49
46	Estonia	168.33	0.35	1.48K	3.04	800.81	1.65	811.73	1.65	836.18	1.68
47	Grenada	416.22	9.83	352.06	8.29	339.42	7.97	762.08	17.86	512.62	12
48	Bangladesh	400.12	0.01	100	0	244.66	0	495.55	0.01	500	0.01
49	Israel	1.56K	0.49	1.6K	0.5	1.57K	0.48	1.63K	0.49	490.76	0.15
50	Timor-Leste	16	0.03	66	0.14	576.06	1.17	947.45	1.9	490	0.97
51	Madagascar	379.04	0.04	386.84	0.04	397.29	0.04	407.59	0.04	417.75	0.04
52	Pakistan	225.8	0	225.86	0	275.89	0	353.97	0	372.13	0
53	Belarus	335.9	0.1	333.34	0.1	397.48	0.12	348.05	0.1	353.54	0.11
54	Tajikistan	3.11K	0.89	4.18K	1.18	390.89	0.11	127.33	0.03	327.49	0.09
55	Vanuatu	204.56	1.92	212.16	1.94	170.66	1.53	221	1.93	201.9	1.73
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	195.22	11.44
57	Djibouti	100	0.25	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	85.5	0.2
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	202.44	0.17	704.76	0.59	1.75K	1.48	74.13	0.06	82.41	0.07
59	Seychelles	52.32	1.22	57.12	1.3	57.25	1.28	57.98	1.27	59.1	1.27
60	Fiji	55.8	0.17	53.67	0.16	0	0	56.38	0.17	57.49	0.17
61	Guinea-Bissau	204	0.28	-	-	34	0.05	51	0.07	51	0.06
62	Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	465.28	1.95	41.34	0.17
63	Zimbabwe	26.98	0	7.43	0	61.82	0.01	33.28	0.01	33.95	0.01
64	Oman	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.84	0.02	18.28	0.01
65	Kuwait	46.08	0.03	41.81	0.03	56.22	0.04	96.92	0.06	16.11	0.01
66	Saudi Arabia	0	0	11.76	0	2.09	0	7.14	0	7.39	0
67	Iraq	0.59	0	1.03	0	1.59	0	3.23	0	5.09	0
68	Malawi	0	0	6.29	0	2.51	0	4.63	0	4.75	0
69	Bahrain	1.12	0	-	-	1.87	0	4.44	0.01	3.43	0.01
70	Yemen	-	-	-	-	2.45	0	6.7	0	2.43	0
71	Macau	-	-	0	0	1.02	0	0.61	0	2.24	0.01
72	Libya	6.6	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	1.78	0
73	Panama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.11	0
74	Afghanistan	-	-	90	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	Congo	0	0	4.91K	2.34	4.91K	2.28	147.92	0.07	0	0
76	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0	0	0
77	Mexico	30.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	Qatar	20.85	0.02	24.24	0.02	8.74	0.01	16.09	0.02	0	0
79	Sri Lanka	0	0	2.89K	0.35	1.28K	0.15	1.34K	0.16	0	0
80	United Arab Emirates	-	-	165.03	0.05	82.97	0.02	0	0	0	0
81	Venezuela	28.76K	2.72	21.36K	2.06	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	Mauritania	-	-	-	-	25.72	0.01	-	-	-	-
83	Maldives	0	0	1.36	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-
84	Gambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.36	0	-	-
85	Kiribati	0	0	-	-	0.1	0	-	-	-	-
86	Comoros	-	-	-	-	0.05	0	-	-	-	-
87	Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.03

Malt Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, FAO data recorded 1,203,106 tonnes of listed malt food supply across 81 reporters. The United States had the largest total at 872,039 tonnes, followed by Guatemala at 72,397 tonnes and the United Kingdom at 40,379 tonnes. Bhutan had the highest per-capita food supply at 16.72 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption rather than a direct measure of how much malt people actually consumed.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity (Element 5141, tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 665, g/capita/day) for Malt, whether or not roasted from 2019 through 2023. The food supply quantity measure represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually consumed, because food available for human consumption is not the same as actual intake. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 87 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Table quantities are shown in tonnes as reported, without additional rounding. The FAO dataset reports food supply quantity in tonnes and in grams per capita per day. The listed total of 1,203,106 tonnes is the sum of the 81 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.