In this installment of The Coffee Shop , we bring you the latest statistics on the countries where coffee is most consumed . As we've told you on several occasions, coffee is the second most consumed beverage worldwide after water, although some say tea is second and coffee third. What is certain is that it is an essential beverage in many countries.
And speaking of countries, according to estimates from the Statista Consumer Market Outlook , in its latest bulletin, it specifies the estimated average per capita consumption in 2020 (in kg) and gives an account of the ranking of the top 15 countries where coffee is consumed the most.
As evidenced in the infographic above, the country that leads the list of countries with the highest coffee consumption is the Netherlands. There, 8.3 kilos are consumed per person each year.
Followed by two Nordic countries: Sweden and Norway. While in Sweden the amount of coffee consumed per year is around 7.6 kilos, in Norway the figure is one kilo less (exactly 6.6 per capita annually).
Canada is fourth on the list, with 5.5 kilos consumed annually. Closely followed by Lebanon, the average annual consumption is 5.3 kilograms per capita, while Germany's average is 5.2.
For its part, Brazil, despite being the world's leading coffee producer, ranks seventh in the coffee consumption list, averaging 5.1 kg of the beverage per year.
In eighth place is Italy, the country of espresso par excellence, with an average of 4.7 kilograms consumed annually by each Italian. Followed by Estonia (4.3 kilograms) and Portugal (4 kilograms per year).
Although somewhat unexpected, the United States, one of the world's largest coffee importers, occupies the eleventh position in this ranking, where 3.5 kilos of coffee are consumed per inhabitant each year.
France is the last country with an average annual consumption of more than 3 kilos per inhabitant, at exactly 3.4.
Spain ranks 13th, with a consumption rate of less than 3 kilos of coffee, while the average annual consumption of coffee per inhabitant is 2.8 kilos.
Nearing the bottom of the list is another major coffee importer, Japan, with 2 kilos per year. The United Kingdom completes the ranking, with an average of 1.3 kilograms consumed per inhabitant each year.
Coffee production
The International Coffee Organization indicates that the ten countries that produce and export the most coffee to the rest of the world are:
As you may have noticed, oddly enough, the list of the 10 countries with the highest production of this grain includes many countries that are not ranked highest in the world for consumption of this beverage.
In short, if you take into account the nations that produce the precious coffee fruit in large quantities, as well as those that import the most coffee, they are not necessarily the countries where the most coffee is consumed .
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