Pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics fell 2.99% to DDD 16.2 in Norway in 2019, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in Norway reached an all time high of DDD 20.4 in 2012 and an all time low of DDD 15.3 in 1998.
Norway has been ranked 9th within the group of 12 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics, 8 places above 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 |
| Australia | DDD | 18.5 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.3 | 17.8 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | DDD | 18.7 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.2 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | DDD | 19.5 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 15.8 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | DDD | 15.7 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | DDD | 18.3 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 18.8 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Netherlands | DDD | 10.1 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 9.50 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | DDD | 19.1 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 17.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Russia | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Sweden | DDD | ... | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 12.9 | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | DDD | 19.5 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.0 | ... | ... |
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