While researching some of my other coffee articles, I realised that there were a lot of conflicting figures online regarding 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 2023.
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. That equates to 217 million people. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- People from the US 517 million cups of coffee each day. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- US coffee drinkers consume on average 3.1 cups of coffee each, each day. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world. They produce 34% of the world’s coffee. [World Atlas]
- 12% of the worlds population drink coffee. That’s around 900 million people. [Foreign Agricultural Service]
- 2.25 billion cups of coffee are drunk in the world each day. [British Medical Journal]
- People in the UK drink 98 million cups of coffee per day. [World Population Review]
- American coffee drinkers spend on average $2,100 on coffee every year. [Amerisleep]
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 cups). [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- 66% of Americans drink coffee daily. That equates to 217 million people. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- Americans spend on average $2,100 on coffee every year. [Amerisleep]
- 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. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- 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. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- Sales of espresso machines have gone up by over 50% in the USA since the start of 2020 [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- Coffee is the most commonly drunk 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). [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- The most popular espresso based drink in the USA are cappuccino and latte with 17% of Americans preferring these two drinks (see Table 2 for more information). [National Coffee Association of the USA]
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 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 Consumption Statistics
- Around 2.25 billion cups of coffee are drank each day across the globe. That’s 821 billion cups a year. [British Medical Journal]
- 12% of the worlds population drink coffee. That’s around 900 million people. [Foreign Agricultural Service]
- 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. [Washington Post] [Mordor Intelligence]
- The Netherlands is the country that drinks the most coffee per person. They drink an average of 18.26 pounds ( of coffee every year (see Table 4 for more information). [Statista]
- 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). [Wageningen Academic Publishers]
Table 3: Countries that drink the most coffee per capita
| Nation | Coffee consumed per person |
| The Netherlands | 18.26 lbs / 8.29 kg |
| Finland | 17.16 lbs / 7.78 kg |
| Sweden | 16.72 lbs / 7.58 kg |
| Norway | 14.52 lbs / 6.59 kg |
| Canada | 12.10 lbs / 5.49 kg |
| Lebanon | 11.66 lbs / 5.29 kg |
| Germany | 11.44 lbs / 5.19 kg |
| Brazil | 11.22 lbs / 5.09 kg |
| Qatar | 11.00 lbs / 4.99 kg |
| Switzerland | 10.56 lbs / 4.79 kg |
| Italy | 10.34 lbs / 4.69 kg |
| Estonia | 9.46 lbs / 4.29 kg |
| Portugal | 8.88 lbs / 4.03 kg |
| USA | 7.70 lbs / 3.49 kg |
| France | 7.48 lbs / 3.40 kg |
Table 4: 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. [Drinky Coffee]
- 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). [World Atlas]
- Every year Brazil produces 3,804,000 tons of coffee [World Atlas]
- Between 1991-2021, Vietnam went from producing 0.1% to 17% of the world’s coffee. [BBC] [World Atlas]
- 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. [Drinky Coffee]
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. [Research and Markets]
- Coffee shops sold $28.7 billion worth of coffee in the US in 2021. [Mintel]
- The average coffee shop owner makes $60,000 – $160,000 each year [Projection Hub]
- Americans spend on average $2,100 on coffee each year. [Amerisleep]
- $12.9 billion was spent globally on coffee machines in 2021. [Statista]
- Coffee drinkers around the world spend on average $230 a year on their habit. [Research and Markets]
- 78% of coffee drinkers prefer to drink coffee at home than at a coffee shop. [National Coffee Association of USA]
- 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. [New York Post]
- 15% of Americans drink coffee at a coffee shop every day. [National Coffee Association of USA]
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. [SWNS Digital]
- 20% of regular coffee shop customers in the US did not go for a coffee in 2020. [National Coffee Association of USA]
- 2020 was the first year that the number of coffee shops decreased in the USA. [Statista]
- Global coffee machine sales rose by 81% between 2019 and 2021. [Research and Markets]
- Coffee shop sales rose 16% between 2020 and 2021. 2021 coffee shop sales figures are still 3% shy of pre-pandemic levels. [National Coffee Association of USA]
- Global searches for “coffee shop near me” dropped 60% when the pandemic began (February 2020) and only returned to pre-pandemic levels in July 2022 (see image below).
UK Coffee Statistics
- People in the UK drink 98 million cups of coffee per day. That’s 35 billion cups a year. [World Population Review]
- People in the UK spend £1.46 billion a year on coffee. [Statista]
- 80% of British households buy instant coffee to drink at home. [British Coffee Association]
- UK coffee drinkers drink 2.3 cups of coffee a day on average. [Statista]
Information on How We Take Our Coffee
- 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). [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- The popularity of drip coffee makers has reduced by 24% in the last 5 years, with the popularity of espresso machines doubling and single serve brewing growing by 50% in the same time. [National Coffee Association of USA]
- The most Googled coffee recipe is “how to make a cold brew coffee” with 29,000 monthly searches. (See table 6 for more information) [Ahrefs Keywords Explorer]
- 19% of us take our coffee black. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
- 2020 was the first year where single serve coffee makers outsold drip coffee makers in the USA. [Keurig]
- One in five Americans under 40 drink a cold brew coffee at least once a week. [National Coffee Association of the USA]
Table 5: 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 6: Most commonly searched coffee recipes (USA)
| Search | Monthly Searches |
| How to make a cold brew coffee | 29,000 |
| How to make iced coffee | 26,000 |
| How to make French press coffee | 13,000 |
| How to make a latte | 10,000 |
| How to make whipped coffee (dalgona) | 6,200 |
| How to make pour over coffee | 4,300 |
Caffeine Consumption Statistics
- 85% of the US population drink at least one caffeinated beverage a day. [Journal of Food Chemistry & Toxicology]
- 72% of people’s caffeine comes in the form of coffee (see table 7 for more information). [Journal of Clinical Nutrition]
- 90% of people consume caffeine to improve academic, work or athletic performance. [Precision Hydration]
Table 7: How People Consume Caffeine
| Means of Caffeine Consumption | Proportion of Consumption Method |
| Coffee | 72% |
| Tea | 14% |
| Soft Drinks | 9% |
| Energy Drinks | 5% |
| Caffeine Pills & Supplements | <1% |
