Global Beverage Trade and Company Overviews
Beverages are a huge global market spread across a wide range of products; however, in terms of final litres
consumed, the key products are tap water, tea, packaged water, beer and carbonated soft drinks
TOTAL HUMAN FLUID CONSUMPTION
Litres; t; 2016
GLOBAL PURCHASED BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION BY FINAL VOLUME
Litres; b; 2016
Purchased
Tap water
60%
40%
Packaged water
19%
See dairy
report
Drinking milk
10%
Hot drinks
-28%
Coffee
6%
TOTAL 4.4 trillion litres
See processed
foods report
Carbonated soft drinks
14%
Fruit & veg juices
4%
Tea
22%
Other
10%
Packaged
Non-Alcoholic
Ready-to-Drink
(NARTD)
~47%
Beer
12%
Alcoholic
Beverages
(On & Off Trade)
-15%
Wine
2%
Spirits
1%
Cider
RTDs
0%
0%
TOTAL 1,800 billion litres
Note: Both tea and coffee will use tap water; drinking milk includes dairy-based drinks; tea includes mate and herbal blends
Source: UN FAO Aquastat database; UN "Water for People, Water for Life"; OIV; Can Markets; Drinks Business; Kirin Beer University Report; Euromonitor; Statista; Coriolis estimates & analysis
CORIOLIS
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