Alcoholic beverage consumption: leading countries worldwide 2018

China was the global leader in alcohol consumption by volume in 2018. The nation consumed 54.29 billion liters of alcohol, nearly double the United States, the second ranked country. This consumption translates to a market value of 285.9 billion U.S. dollars for China. The landscape changes entirely when sales are looked at on a per capita basis; China’s ranking plummets to 37 with the average person buying 40.42 liters of alcohol in the year. In comparison, consumers in Czechia, ranked first, bought 164.08 liters during the year. The Chinese market China’s alcohol market is primarily driven by beer and spirits sales, with spirits sales consisting almost entirely of domestic brands. Chinese produced spirits occupied 38 percent of the overall alcohol market compared to just 4 percent of imported spirits. The overwhelmingly preferred variety of spirits is baijiu, a clear liquor, usually distilled from sorghum. In 2016, it accounted for 99 percent of China’s spirits market.

2018年，我国在酒精消费总量上位居全球首位。全国酒精消费量达到542.9亿升，几乎是排名第二的美国的两倍。这一消费量转化为我国酒精市场的价值高达2859亿美元。然而，若以人均消费量进行考量，我国排名则大幅下跌至第三十七位，人均酒精消费量为40.42升。相较之下，捷克共和国的消费者以164.08升的人均消费量位居榜首。我国的酒精市场主要由啤酒和烈酒销售驱动，其中烈酒销售几乎全部为国内品牌。中国生产的烈酒占据了整体酒精市场的38%，而进口烈酒仅占4%。最受欢迎的烈酒品种为白酒，一种通常由高粱蒸馏而成的清澈酒液。2016年，白酒占据了我国烈酒市场的99%。