Walk up to an average UK bar, and an average pint of beer will cost you, on average, £4.68.
At least, that is according to the latest statistics from price comparison website, finder.com, which also noted that this average UK drinking experience is no less than 80% more expensive than the global average of £2.60 per pint.
And that level of price disparity is just for those of us outside London – go for a pint of beer there and you should expect it to set you back 127% more than that global £2.60.
Nonetheless, Reykjavik still holds the dubious honour of selling the most expensive beer in Europe, with an average price of £7.81 per pint.
These statistics were based on figures collated from the most populated cities around the world, taking in no less than 166 countries.
The most expensive pints of beer in the world, on average, are sold in Doha in Qatar. Despite decreasing in price by 7.9% from £11.37 in 2022, they are still at an eye-watering £10.47 in 2023.
The next most expensive beers in the world can be found in Abu Dhabi in UAE (£9.93) and Muscat in Oman (£8.68).
In Europe, Reykjavik is followed by Oslo in Norway (£7.13), Zürich in Switzerland (£6.54) and Helsinki in Finland (£6.33).
New York in the United States is the 9th most expensive city for beer globally, with a pint costing £6.22 on average. Meanwhile, a pint down under in Sydney, Australia will set you back £5.01 on average.
At the other end of the scale, the African continent offers the cheapest prices. Bujumbura in Burundi takes the crown for the cheapest price, with a pint of beer costing only £0.46 on average. The rest of the top five cheapest cities include Maseru, in Lesotho (£0.62), Tripoli in Libya (£0.69), Lome in Togo (£0.73) and Kigali in Rwanda (£0.74).
The cheapest beer outside of Africa can be found in South-East Asia, with pints costing only £0.79 in Vientiane, Laos and £0.84 in Yangon, Myanmar and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The cheapest beer in Europe can be found in Chişinău, Moldova, where pints cost only £1.36 on average, closely followed by Prishtina, Kosovo (£1.44), Minsk, Belarus (£1.69) and Sofia, Bulgaria (£1.70).
