EU countries produced 34.4 billion litres of beer in 2025, down 0.7% on 2024 but 2.2% higher than in 2020.
Most of the beer made in the EU last year contained more than 0.5% alcohol, totalling 32.3 billion litres, while low-alcohol and non-alcoholic beer accounted for 2.1 billion litres, Eurostat reported on Monday.
Germany led production, Spain and Poland followed
Germany was the bloc’s biggest producer, brewing 7.4 billion litres — 21.6% of the EU’s total sold production — the figures show.
Spain ranked second with 5.3 billion litres (15.5%), followed by Poland with 3.5 billion litres (10.2%).
The Netherlands and France completed the top five producers in 2025, making 2.4 billion litres (6.9%) and 2.1 billion litres (6.0%) respectively.
