Czech beer sales by region

You guessed it - more Czech beer statistics. And why not?I would be a shame to waste such lovely juicy numbers.

This set shows beer sales by region. And I have to admit that I was shocked by what I saw. I was aware that Slovakia was more of a beer wine country. But I wasn't prepared for just how little beer was consumed there before the war.

To put the numbers into context, it's handy to know how many people lived in each bit of the country. Bohemia and Moravia had a population of around 10 million, Slovakia 5 million and Silesia just 1 million. That comes out to very roughly 7.8 litres per head in Bohemia and Moravia, 18.7 litres in Silesia and just 0.9 litres in Slovakia. That's a pretty huge difference. On an annual basis, that's 94, 225 and 11 litres approximately on an annual basis.

That gap closed considerably after WW II. In the early 2000's, Czech beer consumption was 160 litres per head, Slovak 93 litres.

Beer consumption was, overall, 15% on June 1935. Which must have been pretty worrying for Czech brewers.

Beer sales for domestic consumption by district
	Bohemia & Moravia		Silesia		Slovakia and Ruthenia		In total
	hl	%	hl	%	hl	%
June_1935	705,887	75.23%	187,295	19.96%	45,148	4.81%	938,330
June_1936	596,596	75.25%	158,752	20.02%	37,440	4.72%	792,788
fall in hl.	109,291		28,543		7,708		145,542
fall in %	15.5		15.2		17.1		15.5
Source:
Przegląd Piwowarsko-Słodowniczy: organ Związku Piwowarów w Polsce 1936 wrzesień R.2 Nr3, page 66.