Antibiotic usage by surveillance category by country
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.
What the numbers show
Antibiotic usage by surveillance category is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 24.33 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Tunisia; the lowest is 3.83 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.41 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day, and the mean is 12.23 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 64.4%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 81.7%).
Antibiotic usage by surveillance category: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia | 24.33 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 2 | Tanzania | 20.01 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Cyprus | 18.92 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2022 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 4 | Jordan | 18.65 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 5 | France | 17.77 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 7 | Montenegro | 17.09 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 8 | Colombia | 16.31 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 9 | Spain | 15.75 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 15.61 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 11 | Iceland | 15.59 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 12 | Laos | 15.33 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | — | falling |
| 13 | Benin | 15.33 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 14 | South Africa | 15.13 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | — | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 14.79 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 16 | Poland | 14.5 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 17 | Belgium | 14.45 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 19 | Belarus | 13.73 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 20 | Denmark | 13.38 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 21 | Croatia | 13.1 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Italy | 12.82 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 23 | Lithuania | 12.67 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 24 | Portugal | 12.46 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 12.36 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 26 | Georgia | 11.73 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 27 | Maldives | 11.49 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 10.83 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 29 | Bhutan | 10.75 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | — | rising |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 10.56 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 10.04 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 32 | Slovenia | 10.02 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 33 | Finland | 9.83 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 34 | Norway | 9.68 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 35 | Nepal | 8.73 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 36 | Armenia | 8.7 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 55.5% | flat |
| 37 | Estonia | 8.28 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 38 | Germany | 8.22 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 39 | Switzerland | 7.57 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 40 | Hungary | 7.41 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 41 | Austria | 7.4 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 42 | Russia | 7.35 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 43 | Sweden | 6.99 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2021 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 44 | Ukraine | 4.59 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 45 | Honduras | 3.98 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2023 | — | falling |
| 46 | Mali | 3.83 defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants per day | 2022 | up 1.1% | volatile |
About this data
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.