Pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics fell 2.22% to DDD 17.6 in Italy in 2019, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in Italy reached an all time high of DDD 31.0 in 2009 and an all time low of DDD 17.6 in 2019.
Italy has been ranked 7th within the group of 12 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics, 4 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Croatia | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| France | DDD | 24.1 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 23.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | DDD | 15.7 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | DDD | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 13.7 | 13.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | DDD | ... | ... | 24.2 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 21.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | DDD | 14.5 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 14.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | DDD | 19.5 | 22.2 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 17.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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