Pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics fell 3.74% to DDD 18.0 in the United Kingdom in 2017, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of DDD 19.7 in 2014 and an all time low of DDD 12.7 in 2000. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in Belgium amounted to DDD 21.0 , DDD 23.0 in France, DDD 12.5 in Germany and DDD 19.3 in Ireland in 2017.
United Kingdom has been ranked 16th within the group of 31 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics, 5 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 |
| Austria | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.6 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.8 | ... | ||||
| Belgium | DDD | 29.2 | 28.0 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 21.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 17.8 | 17.3 | ||||||||
| France | DDD | 24.1 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 23.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | DDD | 15.7 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | DDD | 18.3 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 18.8 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | DDD | 20.0 | 19.5 | 21.3 | 20.4 | 19.3 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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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