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Denmark vs Malta: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Denmark
13.38 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Malta
13.94 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Denmark rank
20th
Malta rank
18th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Denmark
  • Malta
051015201620192023

How they compare

Malta currently reports 13.94 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 13.38 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Denmark, a difference of 0.5527 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 20th and Malta ranks 18th 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.