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Iceland vs Spain: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Iceland
15.59 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Spain
15.75 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Iceland rank
11th
Spain rank
9th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Iceland
  • Spain
05101520201620192023

How they compare

Spain currently reports 15.75 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 15.59 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Iceland, a difference of 0.1585 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.

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

Iceland ranks 11th and Spain ranks 9th 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.