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The cost of a pint of beer around the world
The cost of a pint of beer around the world
Are Aussies getting a raw deal on beer? We scoured the internet to get the cost of a pint in the most populated cities around the world. Our comparison of 157 countries has found a huge range of prices: from $0.98 in Freetown, Sierra Leone to $19.00 in Doha. Sydney sits at $11.00, which is the 21st most expensive place to buy a pint. Still cheaper than Canada. Explore the rest of our findings with our interactive map below.
The 5 cities with the most expensive beer
1. Doha, Qatar $19.00 2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates $18.15 3. Reykjavik, Iceland $15.47 4. Muscat, Oman $15.23 5. Beirut, Lebanon $14.91
The numbers in this piece are based on data taken from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo on 17 October 2023. To compare a range of ways to pay for a pint compare travel money cards.
On Numbeo, the metric used was "Restaurants: Domestic Beer, (0.5 liter draught)". On Expatistan, it was "1 beer in neighbourhood pub (500ml or 1pt.)". Where possible, the figures provided by both sites were averaged.
The average price of $5.28 shown above is the mean of all the cities' prices.
Matt Corke is Finder’s head of publishing ventures. Prior to this he was head of publishing for Australia, New Zealand and emerging markets. Matt built his first website in 1999 and has been building computers since he was in his early teens. In that time, he has survived the dot-com crash and countless Google algorithm updates.
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