Pharmaceutical consumption of analgesics rose 1.79% to DDD 22.8 in Belgium in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of analgesics in Belgium reached an all time high of DDD 22.8 in 2018 and an all time low of DDD 6.60 in 1997.
Belgium has been ranked 9th within the group of 26 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of analgesics, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Pharmaceutical Consumption of Analgesics | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Austria | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.2 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.7 | ... | ||||
| Belgium | DDD | 18.4 | 19.7 | 20.6 | 21.7 | 22.4 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | DDD | 95.9 | 90.0 | 94.8 | 96.2 | 96.1 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Germany | DDD | 24.1 | 24.7 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 25.4 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | DDD | ... | ... | 5.90 | 6.00 | 6.40 | 7.10 | 6.50 | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 33.3 | 33.0 | 33.3 | 33.5 | 33.2 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | DDD | ... | ... | 12.1 | 13.0 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 15.7 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Poland | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Spain | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.0 | 40.7 | 43.7 | 46.8 | 49.3 | ... | ||||||||||
| United Kingdom | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43.4 | 44.2 | 43.9 | 43.1 | 41.7 | ... | ... |
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