While researching some of my other coffee articles, I realised that there was a lot of conflicting figures online regarding the most fundamental statistics around coffee and the coffee industry.
I therefore spent a day digging around market research reports and industry associations to uncover the most recent and accurate data on coffee in 2022.
I tried to be as careful as possible to draw my statistics from reliable sources, and I will cite all these sources at the end of the article.
Top Coffee Statistics:
- 66% of Americans drink coffee daily [1]
- American coffee drinkers consume on average 3.1 cups of coffee each day [1]
- American coffee drinkers drink 517 million cups of coffee each day [1]
- Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world. They produce 37% of the world’s coffee. [2]
- USA are the biggest consumers of coffee. They drink 745,000 tons of coffee a year [3]
- American coffee drinkers spend on average $2,100 on coffee every year. [4]
USA Coffee Consumption Statistics
- In the USA, 517 million cups of coffee are drank each day. This is a 29% increase from 2020 (400 million cups) and a 14% increase from 2021 (445 million) [1]
- 66% of Americans drink coffee daily [1]
- Americans spend on average $2,100 on coffee every year [4]
- 53% of Americans say they will intentionally buy coffee that has a low carbon footprint or that ensures that growers get paid a fair wage. 47% of Americans say that this does not affect their consumer decision. [5]
- Espresso is twice as popular as filter coffee among millennials. This is the first generation in the US where espresso is a more popular way of preparing coffee than drip/filter coffee.
- Coffee is the most commonly drank beverage in the USA. In a typical day, more Americans will consume coffee than bottled water or tap water (see Table 1 for more information). [1]
- The most popular way of making coffee at home in the US is drip/filter coffee. 41% of coffee made at home is brewed in this way (see Table 2 for more information) [1]
- The most popular espresso based drink in the USA are cappuccino and latte with 17% of Americans preferring these two drinks (see Table 3 for more information). [1]
Table 1: Most popular drinks in the USA
| Beverage | Percentage of Americans who drink this daily |
| Coffee | 66% |
| Bottled Water | 54% |
| Tea | 48% |
| Tap Water | 42% |
| Soft drinks & Soda | 38% |
| Fruit Juice | 23% |
Table 2: Most Popular ways of making coffee at home (USA)
| Preparation Method | Percentage of coffee drinkers who prefer to make this coffee at home |
| Drip Coffee Maker | 41% |
| Pod Brewing (Nespresso, Keurig etc) | 27% |
| Instant Coffee | 18% |
| Cold Brewing | 9% |
| Espresso Machine | 8% |
Table 3: Most popular espresso based drinks in the USA
| Type of Drink | Percentage of coffee drinkers who drank this in the last week |
| Cappuccino | 17% |
| Latte | 17% |
| Espresso | 16% |
| Mocha | 13% |
| Americano | 14% |
| Macchiato | 9% |
| Flat White | 6% |
Global Coffee Statistics
- Around 2 billion cups of coffee are drank each day across the globe [2]
- 34% of all the coffee in the world is drank as instant coffee, 11% is pod coffee, and the remaining 65% is either ground or whole bean. [7] [8]
- The Netherlands is the country that drinks the most coffee per person. They drink an average of 18.25 pounds of coffee every year (see Table 4 for more information) [9]
- Coffee is the sixth most consumed commercial beverage in the world after bottled water, tea, milk, carbonated soft drinks and beer (see Table 5 for more information). [10]
- 90% of people consume caffeine to improve academic, work or athletic performance [21]
Table 4: Countries that drink the most coffee per capita
| Nation | Coffee consumed per person (in lbs) |
| The Netherlands | 18.26 lbs |
| Finland | 17.16 lbs |
| Sweden | 16.72 lbs |
| Norway | 14.52 lbs |
| Canada | 12.10 lbs |
| Lebanon | 11.66 lbs |
| Germany | 11.44 lbs |
| Brazil | 11.22 lbs |
| Qatar | 11.00 lbs |
| Switzerland | 10.56 lbs |
| Italy | 10.34 lbs |
| Estonia | 9.46 lbs |
| Portugal | 8.88 lbs |
| USA | 7.70 lbs |
| France | 7.48 lbs |
Table 5: Most popular commercial beverages in the world
| Beverage | Percentage of people who have consumed this in the last day |
| Tea | 20.9% |
| Bottled water | 15.3% |
| Milk | 12.8% |
| Carbonated soft drinks | 12.5% |
| Beer | 11.2% |
| Coffee | 8.2% |
| Still soft drinks | 2.7% |
| Fruit juice | 2.6% |
Coffee Production Statistics
- 103 million tons of coffee was produced in 2021. [11]
- Brazil is the biggest producer of coffee in the world. They produce a third of the world’s coffee (see table below for more information). [11]
- Every year Brazil produces 3,804,000 tons of coffee [11]
- Between 1991-2021, Vietnam went from producing 0.1% to 17% of the world’s coffee.
- About 55% of the coffee produced in the world is the Arabica variety. 43% is Robusta, 1% is Liberica and <1% is Excelsa. We have a dedicated post to the different type of coffee beans.
Biggest Coffee Producers in the World 2021
| Country | Annual Coffee Production (in metric tons) | Percentage of the World's Coffee Production |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3,378,000 | 34% |
| Vietnam | 1,866,000 | 19% |
| Colombia | 828,000 | 8% |
| Indonesia | 634,000 | 6% |
| Ethiopia | 445,200 | 4% |
| Honduras | 408,000 | 4% |
| Uganda | 357,000 | 4% |
| India | 331,800 | 3% |
| Peru | 240,000 | 2% |
| Guatemala | 240,000 | 2% |
| Mexico | 215,400 | 2% |
| Nicaragua | 172,800 | 2% |
| Malaysia | 120,000 | 1% |
| China | 120,000 | 1% |
| Costa Rica | 89,100 | 1% |
| Cote D'ivoire | 88,200 | 1% |
| Tanzania | 84,000 | 1% |
| Kenya | 45,000 | 0.6% |
| Papua New Guinea | 45,000 | 0.6% |
| Thailand | 39,000 | 0.5% |
| Laos | 33,000 | 0.4% |
| Cameroon | 33,000 | 0.4% |
| El Salvador | 31,680 | 0.4% |
| Venezuela | 30,000 | 0.4% |
| Philippines | 27,000 | 0.3% |
| Rwanda | 21,000 | 0.3% |
| Madagascar | 19,500 | 0.2% |
| Burundi | 16,500 | 0.2% |
| Ecuador | 15,600 | 0.2% |
| DR Congo | 15,000 | 0.2% |
| Guinea | 8,400 | 0.1% |
| Dominican Republic | 7,500 | 0.1% |
| Cuba | 6,000 | 0.1% |
| Togo | 5,400 | 0.1% |
| Sierra Leone | 4,800 | 0% |
| Bolivia | 4,800 | 0% |
| Panama | 4,600 | 0% |
| USA | 2,100 | 0% |
| Angola | 1,800 | 0% |
| Jamaica | 900 | 0% |
| Malawi | 660 | 0% |
Coffee Industry Trends
- The global coffee market was valued at $456.9 billion in 2020 [14]
- $28.7 billion cups of coffee were dold by coffee shops in the US in 2021 [15]
- $12.9 billion was spent globally on coffee machines in 2021. [16]
- Coffee drinkers spend on average $230 a year on their habit. [14]
- 78% of coffee drinkers prefer to drink coffee at home than at a coffee shop. [1]
- 70% of people say they will not be buying regular coffees at coffee shops after the pandemic due to learning how to make high quality coffee at home. [20]
- 15% of Americans drink coffee at a coffee shop every day. [1]
How Covid-19 Has Affected The Coffee Industry
- In 2020 half of all coffee drinkers in the US purchased a device to make coffee at home. [17]
- 20% of regular coffee shop customers in the US did not go for a coffee in 2020. [18]
- 2020 was the first year that the number of coffee shops decreased in the USA. [19]
- Global coffee machine sales rose by 81% between 2019 and 2021. [14]
References
[1] https://www.ncausa.org/Portals/56/PDFs/Communication/20220315_media_highlights.pdf
[2] https://britishcoffeeassociation.org/coffee-consumption/
[3] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/coffee-consumption-by-country
[4] https://amerisleep.com/blog/caffeine-kick
[5] https://www.ncausa.org/Research-Trends/Market-Research/NCDT
[6] https://www.unleashedsoftware.com/blog/thanks-millennials-coffee-demand-growing
[7] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/07/14/almost-half-of-the-world-actually-prefers-instant-coffee/
[8] https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/coffee-pods-and-capsules-market
[9] https://www.statista.com/chart/8602/top-coffee-drinking-nations/
[10] https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.3920/978-90-8686-739-4_31
[11] https://drinkycoffee.com/history-of-coffee/
[12] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25811724
[13] https://www.cafedirect.co.uk/shop/coffee-bean-types-and-their-characteristics/
[14] https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5239776/global-coffee-market-value-volume-analysis
[15] https://www.mintel.com/press-centre/food-and-drink/us-coffee-house-sales-expected-to-reach-28-7-billion-by-2021
[16] https://www.statista.com/outlook/cmo/household-appliances/small-appliances/coffee-machines/worldwide
[17] https://swnsdigital.com/us/2020/09/nearly-half-of-americans-have-become-at-home-baristas-during-quarantine/
[18] https://www.ncausa.org/Portals/56/PDFs/Covid-19/20201013-Coffee-Covid-Highlights.pdf
[19] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1000058/number-of-coffeehouse-stores-in-the-us/
[20] https://nypost.com/2020/09/29/nearly-70-of-americans-claim-theyre-done-with-coffee-shops-after-months-of-being-at-home-baristas/
[21] https://www.precisionhydration.com/performance-advice/nutrition/should-athletes-use-caffeine/
