WorldWide Wine Consumption and Production Patterns

September 19, 2016

Which countries produce most wine in the world? Which countries are the biggest drinkers of wine? Which of the countries have the highest per capita consumption of wine? The Wine Institute of California brings out the statistics related to consumption and production patterns of wines across the globe. So, here are some of these interesting facts, as per the 2014 final data:

S No	Top Wine Producers	% Global Production	Top Wine Consumers	% Global Consumption
1	France	16.54	USA	13
2	Italy	15.85	France	11.3
3	Spain	13.53	Italy	8.26
4	USA	10.7	Germany	8.18
5	Argentina	5.38	China	6.4
6	Australia	4.25	UK	5.6
7	South Africa	4.01	Spain Argentina	4.05
8	China	3.96	Russia	4.01
9	Chile	3.72	Australia	3.89
10	Germany	3.01	Romania	2.19
11	Russia	2.55	Canada	2.15
12	Portugal	2.21	Portugal	2.05
13	Romania	1.81	South Africa	1.82
14	Greece	1.18	Brazil	1.46
15	New Zealand	1.13	Japan	1.42

The more recent data pertaining to the wine consumption patterns per capita as on November 2015 shows a markedly different picture. The biggies France and Italy stand at no. 5 and 10 positions respectively in terms of per capita consumption. Here is the list of per capita consumption patterns around the world.

S No	Country	Per Capita Consumption (in litres per year)
1	Vatican City	54.26
2	Andorra	46.26
3	Croatia	44.2
4	Slovenia	44.07
5	France	42.51
6	Portugal	41.74
7	Switzerland	40.49
8	Macedonia	40.41
9	Moldova	34.18
10	Italy	33.3
11	Austria	30.66
12	Uruguay	29.19
13	Greece	27.86
14	Sweden	27.51
15	Germany	24.84