Pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics rose 8.29% to DDD 20.9 in Ireland in 2018, according to OECD.
Historically, pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics in Ireland reached an all time high of DDD 21.3 in 2015 and an all time low of DDD 14.5 in 1998.
Ireland has been ranked 6th within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of pharmaceutical consumption of antibiotics, 10 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | DDD | 29.2 | 28.0 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 21.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 17.8 | 17.3 | ||||||||
| 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Norway | DDD | 19.1 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 17.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | DDD | 19.5 | 22.2 | 23.0 | 22.3 | 17.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | DDD | ... | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 12.9 | |||||||||||||||
| USA | DDD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Kingdom | DDD | 19.5 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.0 | ... | ... |
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