Pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics fell 1.90% to DDD 20.6 in Belgium in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in Belgium reached an all time high of DDD 29.4 in 2012 and an all time low of DDD 20.6 in 2018. When compared to Belgium's main peers, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in France amounted to DDD 23.6 , DDD 11.7 in Germany, DDD 20.3 in Luxembourg and DDD 9.50 in Netherlands in 2018.
Belgium has been ranked 7th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Pharmaceutical Consumption of Antibiotics | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Austria | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.6 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.8 | ... | ||||
| Belgium | DDD | 29.2 | 28.0 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 21.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | DDD | 18.7 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.2 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | DDD | 24.1 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 23.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | DDD | 15.7 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | DDD | ... | ... | 24.2 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 21.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | DDD | 28.0 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 21.4 | 20.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | DDD | 10.1 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 9.50 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | DDD | 20.5 | 19.9 | 22.8 | 20.7 | 23.8 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | DDD | 19.5 | 22.2 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 17.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | DDD | 19.5 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.0 | ... | ... |
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