Cyprus vs France: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Cyprus
18.92 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2022
France
17.77 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Cyprus rank
3rd
France rank
5th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Cyprus
  • France
05101520201620192023

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 18.92 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 17.77 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in France, a difference of 1.15 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.

That makes Cyprus's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 2016 it was France ahead.

Cyprus ranks 3rd and France ranks 5th 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.