Belgium vs Denmark: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Belgium
14.45 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Denmark
13.38 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Belgium rank
17th
Denmark rank
20th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
051015201620192023

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 14.45 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 13.38 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Denmark, a difference of 1.07 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 17th and Denmark ranks 20th 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.