Antibiotic use in livestock in europe by country

Countries reporting
31
Highest
254.66
Cyprus
Lowest
2.12
Norway
Median
45.83
Years covered
13
2010–2022
Data points
372

What the numbers show

Antibiotic use in livestock in europe is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 254.66 in Cyprus; the lowest is 2.12 in Norway.

The median across all reporting countries is 45.83, and the mean is 63.13.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 120.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 53.0%), and the largest decrease in Germany (down 65.9%).

Antibiotic use in livestock in europe: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cyprus 254.66 2022 down 15.7% falling
2 Poland 195.98 2022 up 46.2% rising
3 Italy 157.53 2022 down 53.8% falling
4 Spain 127.4 2022 down 57.9% falling
5 Hungary 111.19 2022 down 54.7% falling
6 Bulgaria 103.24 2022 up 4.4% rising
7 Greece 89.04 2022 up 53.0% rising
8 Portugal 77.14 2022 down 50.3% falling
9 Malta 74.42 2022 down 42.4% falling
10 Belgium 73.54 2022 down 54.9% falling
11 Germany 69.88 2022 down 65.9% falling
12 Croatia 56.21 2022 down 45.7% falling
13 Romania 48.81 2022 down 55.2% falling
14 Lithuania 48.22 2022 up 23.4% rising
15 Czechia 46.36 2022 down 41.9% falling
16 Estonia 45.83 2022 down 26.9% falling
17 Slovakia 41.07 2022 down 5.1% falling
18 France 38.9 2022 down 61.5% falling
19 Netherlands 37.01 2022 down 50.5% falling
20 Austria 36.21 2022 down 33.9% falling
21 Denmark 34.05 2022 down 22.1% falling
22 Ireland 33.65 2022 down 38.6% falling
23 Switzerland 27.32 2022 down 51.9% falling
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25.73 2022 down 61.2% falling
25 Slovenia 25.69 2022 down 30.4% falling
26 Luxembourg 25.14 2022 down 41.8% falling
27 Latvia 20.8 2022 down 49.8% falling
28 Finland 14.86 2022 down 30.1% falling
29 Sweden 10.59 2022 down 18.7% falling
30 Iceland 4.44 2022 down 17.5% falling
31 Norway 2.12 2022 down 42.3% falling

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Indicator
Antibiotic use in livestock in europe
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
31 places, 372 data points, 2010–2022
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