Australia vs Portugal: Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people

Australia
122.2 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day
in 2020
Portugal
139.6 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day
in 2021
Australia rank
4th
Portugal rank
2nd

Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people over time

  • Australia
  • Portugal
050100150201020152021

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 139.6 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day against 122.2 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day in Australia, a difference of 17.4 daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 2nd of 30 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Antidepressant drug consumption per 1,000 people
Unit
daily dose per 1,000 inhabitants per day
Source
OECD (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
30 places, 331 data points, 2010–2021
Last refreshed

Daily intake of antidepressants per 1,000 people, calculated as the 'defined daily dose'. This enables us to compare overall levels of drug consumption, accounting for the fact that different antidepressants have different recommended dosages.