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# Worldwide Beer Production at All-time High
- URL: https://ivn.us/worldwide-beer-production-at-all-time-high/
- Published: 2012-08-08T18:47:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:29:20.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

![beer](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/beers.jpg "beer")

Cheers! For the 27th year in a row, worldwide production of beer increased, says the [Associated Press](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS%5FJAPAN%5FBEER%5FPRODUCTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&ref=ivn.us). A new report commissioned by Kirin Holdings, a Japanese brewery, said 50.9 billion gallons of beer were produced last year. That's a 3.7% increase from 2010.

Who is the leading beer producer worldwide?

Hint: It's not the countries who produce Heineken, Guinness, Fosters, or Bud Light.

Turns out the Chinese are the world's largest beer producers according to the report, reports [the AP](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS%5FJAPAN%5FBEER%5FPRODUCTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&ref=ivn.us). China accounts for roughly 25% of world beer production.

The United States ranked second, followed by Brazil and Russia.