Pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics fell 5.76% to DDD 18.0 in Iceland in 2019, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in Iceland reached an all time high of DDD 24.3 in 1990 and an all time low of DDD 14.4 in 1980.
Iceland has been ranked 6th within the group of 12 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics, 6 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 |
| Belgium | DDD | 29.2 | 28.0 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 21.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | DDD | 18.7 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.2 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | DDD | 19.5 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 17.4 | 15.8 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | DDD | 10.1 | 9.80 | 9.90 | 9.80 | 9.50 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Norway | DDD | 19.1 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 17.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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