How much does beer cost in Hungary compared to the rest of the world?

Everybody likes to drink beer, but nobody likes to pay for it. Still, the price of beer can vary greatly from country to country.

Local beers make an important part of the gastronomic experience in a foreign country, but sometimes prices can greatly influence this experience. Expensivity’s beer price map, which compares beer prices from 58 countries (including Hungary), is made for those who do not want to be in trouble when it comes to paying.

With the use of the World Health Organisation’s statistics, Expensivity’s map shows the average prices of a 330ml bottle of beer in supermarkets and hotels all around the world. All the prices of the best-known brands on the map are in US dollars.

Calculations show that the most expensive beer in the world is in Qatar, where a can costs an average of $11.26 (about HUF 3,300). This is probably due to the fact that before the 2022 World Cup, Qatar will have to pay 100 per cent tax on alcohol imports. Qatar is followed by Jordan, China, France, Switzerland, Japan, Britain, Italy, Denmark, and Singapore.

On the other end of the spectrum, South Africa has the cheapest beer. Here, we can get a bottle of beer for as little as $1.68. South Africa is followed by Ukraine, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ghana, Tunisia, Georgia, Northern Macedonia, Chile, and the Czech Republic.