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Malta vs Romania: Antibiotic usage by surveillance category

Malta
13.94 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Romania
14.79 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day
in 2023
Malta rank
18th
Romania rank
15th

Antibiotic usage by surveillance category over time

  • Malta
  • Romania
051015201620192023

How they compare

Romania currently reports 14.79 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day against 13.94 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Malta, a difference of 0.8537 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Malta ranks 18th and Romania ranks 15th 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.