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Malta vs Poland: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Malta
13.94 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Poland
14.5 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Malta rank
18th
Poland rank
16th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Malta
  • Poland
051015201620192023

How they compare

Poland currently reports 14.5 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 13.94 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Malta, a difference of 0.5682 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 Poland ahead.

Malta ranks 18th and Poland ranks 16th of 46 regions.

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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.