Dutch beer consumption 1938 - 1954

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I can't help myself. When I come across such lovely plump. ripe numbers, I can't help but harvest them. It's a sickness.

Consumption per capita, which increased greatly during the war, fell back to below the pre-war level once the nastiness was over.

You may be asking yourselves: how is this possible when beer production was higher than in 1939? It’s because Holland was exporting considerable quantities of beer. By the 1950s, around 30% of total output. This offset Dutch drinkers falling out of love with beer.

Exports were far greater, both in absolute terms and in as a percentage of output after the war. Holland quickly transformed itself into one of the world’s major beer exporters. By 1950, it had gained the no. 1 spot.  A position it still held in the early 2000s.  

Dutch per capita beer consumption (litres)
year	total population	18-65 year olds	consumption
1938	8,684,082	5,119,701	25.30
1939	8,781,273	5,200,407	27.36
1940	8,878,611	5,278,522	33.42
1941	8,965,484	5,349,754	43.21
1942	9,041,986	5,410,625	39.11
1943	9,102,410	5,446,574	42.61
1944	9,174,432	5,476,661	34.20
1945	9,262,298	5,523,879	21.24
1946	9,423,480	5,595,678	31.98
1947	9,629,275	5,668,764	28.27
1948	9,800,155	5,739,485	22.85
1949	9,955,594	5,812,519	17.36
1950	10,115,527	5,886,761	18.17
1951	10,264,511	5,953,960	18.26
1952	10,581,987	5,995,624	18.91
1953	10,455,651	6,050,000	21.41
1954	10,550,737	6,100,000	23.50
Source:
De Nederlandse Brouwindustrie in Cijfers, by Dr. H. Hoelen, Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor, 1955, held at the Amsterdam City Archives, page 51.