Austria vs Germany: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Austria
7.4 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Germany
8.22 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Austria rank
41st
Germany rank
38th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Austria
  • Germany
02468201620192023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 8.22 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 7.4 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Austria, a difference of 0.8249 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 41st and Germany ranks 38th of 46 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Antibiotic usage by surveillance category
Unit
defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
Source
WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
46 places, 344 data points, 2016–2023
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Total defined daily doses of AWaRe category: Access used per 1000 inhabitants per day. Access antibiotics have activity against a wide range of common pathogens and show lower resistance potential than antibiotics in the other groups.