The report highlights the spirit industry’s total global impact – its direct, indirect, and induced economic activity – and how these correspond to in terms of contributions to global GDP, tax revenue and jobs. Many different sectors ranging from manufacturing, logistics, hospitality and retail benefit from the economic activity which the distilled spirits industry generates. It is estimated that the spirits sector supported US$730 billion gross value added (GVA) contribution to global GDP in 2022. Alone in the production and sale of spirits itself, the supply chain and the consumer economy, 36 million jobs were supported. Much of this direct employment is in economically fragile areas, where the sector plays a significant and positive role in the local communities.
