The cost of a pint of beer around the world
The cost of a pint of beer around the world
Are Aussies getting a raw deal on beer? We scoured the internet to get the cost of a pint in the most populated cities around the world. Our comparison of 157 countries has found a huge range of prices: from $0.98 in Freetown, Sierra Leone to $19.00 in Doha. Sydney sits at $11.00, which is the 21st most expensive place to buy a pint. Still cheaper than Canada. Explore the rest of our findings with our interactive map below.
The 5 cities with the most expensive beer
1. Doha, Qatar $19.00
2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates $18.15
3. Reykjavik, Iceland $15.47
4. Muscat, Oman $15.23
5. Beirut, Lebanon $14.91
The 5 cities with the cheapest beer
1. Sierra Leone, Freetown $0.98
2. Nigeria, Lagos $1.04
3. Laos, Vientiane $1.08
4. Burundi, Bujumbura $1.12
5. Malawi, Lilongwe $1.24
The full list of countries
| Country | Most populated city | Average cost of a pint |
|---|---|---|
| Qatar | Doha | $19.00 |
| UAE | Dubai | $18.15 |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | $15.47 |
| Oman | Muscat | $15.23 |
| Bahrain | Manama | $14.91 |
| Norway | Oslo | $14.75 |
| United States | New York | $13.83 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | $13.48 |
| Switzerland | Zürich | $13.02 |
| Singapore | Singapore | $12.78 |
| Finland | Helsinki | $12.68 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | $12.63 |
| Jordan | Amman | $12.07 |
| France | Paris | $11.83 |
| United Kingdom | London | $11.82 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | $11.64 |
| Ireland | Dublin | $11.41 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | $11.25 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | $11.24 |
| New Zealand | Auckland | $11.12 |
| Australia | Sydney | $11.00 |
| Canada | Toronto | $10.19 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | $9.50 |
| French Guiana | Cayenne | $9.00 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | $9.00 |
| Belgium | Brussels | $8.68 |
| Italy | Rome | $8.66 |
| Greece | Athens | $8.66 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | $8.00 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | $8.00 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | $8.00 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | $7.97 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | $7.66 |
| Latvia | Riga | $7.34 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | $7.29 |
| Austria | Vienna | $7.25 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | $7.00 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | $7.00 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | $7.00 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | $6.84 |
| Germany | Berlin | $6.83 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | $6.51 |
| Spain | Madrid | $6.50 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | $6.38 |
| Morocco | Casablanca | $6.32 |
| Turkey | Istanbul | $6.06 |
| East Timor | Dili | $6.00 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | $5.78 |
| South korea | Seoul | $5.74 |
| Poland | Warsaw | $5.35 |
| Guinea | Conakry | $5.23 |
| Chile | Santiago | $5.21 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | $5.14 |
| Japan | Tokyo | $5.12 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | $5.08 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | $5.04 |
| Russia | Moscow | $4.93 |
| India | Mumbai | $4.90 |
| Costa Rica | San José | $4.83 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | $4.79 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | $4.78 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | $4.73 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | $4.67 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | $4.59 |
| Peru | Lima | $4.58 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | $4.56 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | $4.50 |
| Panama | Panama City | $4.43 |
| Pakistan | Karachi | $4.41 |
| Rep. of the Congo | Brazzaville | $4.32 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | $4.31 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | $4.29 |
| Albania | Tirana | $4.24 |
| Senegal | Dakar | $4.22 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | $4.11 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | $4.05 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | $4.03 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | $4.02 |
| Egypt | Cairo | $3.99 |
| Czech Rep. | Prague | $3.93 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | $3.92 |
| Brazil | São Paulo | $3.90 |
| Sri lanka | Colombo | $3.88 |
| Belize | Belize City | $3.88 |
| Romania | Bucharest | $3.80 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | $3.78 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | $3.71 |
| Algeria | Algiers | $3.70 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | $3.61 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | $3.58 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | $3.58 |
| Central african republic | Bangui | $3.56 |
| Hungary | Budapest | $3.44 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | $3.44 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | $3.43 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | $3.37 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | $3.36 |
| Gabon | Libreville | $3.36 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | $3.28 |
| Bolivia | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | $3.24 |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | $3.14 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | $3.14 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | $3.14 |
| South africa | Johannesburg | $3.09 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Bata | $3.06 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | $3.06 |
| Paraguay | Asuncion | $2.95 |
| Kosovo | Prishtina | $2.92 |
| China | Shanghai | $2.90 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | $2.88 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | $2.86 |
| Cuba | Havana | $2.76 |
| Moldova | Chişinău | $2.74 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | $2.73 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | $2.71 |
| Belarus | Minsk | $2.61 |
| Niger | Niamey | $2.56 |
| Guinea Bissau | Bissau | $2.56 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | $2.54 |
| Mali | Bamako | $2.54 |
| Ecuador | Guayaquil | $2.50 |
| Cameroon | Douala | $2.50 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | $2.40 |
| DRC | Kinshasa | $2.37 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | $2.36 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Abidjan | $2.36 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | $2.36 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | $2.32 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | $2.28 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | $2.27 |
| Benin | Cotonou | $2.23 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | $2.22 |
| Ukraine | Kiev | $2.16 |
| Philippines | Quezon City | $2.16 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Yangon | $2.16 |
| Angola | Luanda | $2.14 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | $2.06 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | $2.06 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | $2.04 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | $1.97 |
| Uganda | Kampala | $1.97 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | $1.95 |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | $1.80 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | $1.80 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | $1.67 |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | $1.64 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | $1.58 |
| Ghana | Accra | $1.57 |
| Togo | Lome | $1.55 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | $1.35 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | $1.31 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | $1.26 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | $1.24 |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | $1.12 |
| Laos | Vientiane | $1.08 |
| Nigeria | Lagos | $1.04 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | $0.98 |
methodology
The numbers in this piece are based on data taken from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo on 17 October 2023. To compare a range of ways to pay for a pint compare travel money cards.On Numbeo, the metric used was "Restaurants: Domestic Beer, (0.5 liter draught)". On Expatistan, it was "1 beer in neighbourhood pub (500ml or 1pt.)". Where possible, the figures provided by both sites were averaged.
The average price of $5.28 shown above is the mean of all the cities' prices.
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