American Samoa vs Brazil: Share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics

American Samoa
51.0%
in 2018
Brazil
51.4%
in 2018
American Samoa rank
67th
Brazil rank
65th

Share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics over time

  • American Samoa
  • Brazil
0204060200020092018

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 51.4% against 51.0% in American Samoa, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2000 it was American Samoa ahead.

American Samoa ranks 67th and Brazil ranks 65th of 132 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics
Unit
%
Source
Browne AJ et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
132 places, 2,508 data points, 2000–2018
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The caregiver reported share of children under five years old, with symptoms of lower respiratory tract infection, who received antibiotics for this illness.