Germany vs Hungary: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Germany
8.22 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Hungary
7.41 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Germany rank
38th
Hungary rank
40th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Germany
  • Hungary
02468201620192023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 8.22 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 7.41 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Hungary, a difference of 0.8082 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.

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

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

Germany ranks 38th and Hungary ranks 40th 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.