Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per day by country

Countries reporting
47
Highest
36.3
Jordan
Lowest
5.66
Honduras
Median
18.92
Years covered
8
2016–2023
Data points
350

What the numbers show

Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per day is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 36.3 in Jordan; the lowest is 5.66 in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.92, and the mean is 20.11.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 43.7%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 75.9%).

Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Jordan 36.3 2023 down 16.3% falling
2 Cyprus 34.13 2022 up 18.4% rising
3 Tunisia 33.55 2023 up 7.6% falling
4 Nepal 33.28 2023 down 17.9% falling
5 Bangladesh 32.15 2023 up 35.0% rising
6 Montenegro 31.68 2023 up 9.5% rising
7 Maldives 29.79 2023 down 0.5% falling
8 Romania 28.72 2023 up 14.0% rising
9 Tanzania, United Republic of 28.7 2023 down 75.9% volatile
10 Spain 25.39 2023 down 8.5% falling
11 Italy 25.15 2023 down 4.2% falling
12 Malta 24.85 2023 up 18.5% rising
13 France 24.28 2023 down 6.0% falling
14 Georgia 24.27 2023 up 8.5% flat
15 Poland 23.97 2023 up 8.9% flat
16 Ireland 22.77 2023 up 3.8% flat
17 Colombia 22.68 2023 up 1.9% flat
18 Benin 22.48 2023 up 2.5% falling
19 Croatia 21.48 2023 up 9.1% flat
20 Belgium 20.93 2023 down 13.9% falling
21 Belarus 20.42 2023 up 19.2% flat
22 Burkina Faso 20.24 2023 up 3.7% flat
23 Portugal 19.75 2023 up 4.7% flat
24 Lithuania 18.92 2023 up 13.0% rising
25 Czechia 18.91 2023 rising
26 South Africa 18.87 2023 down 7.1% rising
27 Tajikistan 18.67 2023 down 11.2% flat
28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 18.44 2023 flat
29 Iceland 18.06 2023 down 0.0% falling
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17.08 2023 down 10.1% falling
31 Russian Federation 16.17 2023 up 4.0% flat
32 Denmark 16.14 2023 down 5.5% falling
33 Latvia 15.05 2023 up 10.3% flat
34 Hungary 14.67 2023 down 2.0% falling
35 Armenia 13.88 2023 up 43.7% rising
36 Slovenia 13.62 2023 up 3.9% falling
37 Germany 13.48 2023 up 4.9% falling
38 Estonia 12.85 2023 up 9.8% flat
39 Finland 12.43 2023 down 24.3% falling
40 Bhutan 12.15 2023 rising
41 Norway 11.93 2023 down 6.9% falling
42 Austria 11.74 2023 up 2.3% falling
43 Switzerland 11.17 2023 down 0.5% falling
44 Ukraine 10.45 2023 up 19.9% rising
45 Sweden 9.48 2021 down 22.1% falling
46 Mali 8.42 2022 up 25.6% rising
47 Honduras 5.66 2023 falling

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Indicator
Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per day
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
47 places, 350 data points, 2016–2023
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