This is a list of countries by antidepressant consumption according to data published by the OECD.
OECD list The source for the data below is the OECD Health Statistics 2018, released by the OECD in June 2018 and updated on 8 November 2018.
The unit of measurement used by the OECD is defined daily dose (DDD), defined as "the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used on its main indication in adults". The sources used by the OECD are primarily national health authorities. Definitions, sources and methodology per country is explained further in a document available on the OECD website. The OECD have not included the United States in these reviews, but if added the country would have the highest or second-highest rate.
Country Defined daily dosage per 1,000 inhabitants per day Year Data include drugs dispensed in hospitals Data include non-reimbursed drugs Data include OTC drugs Notes 141.4 2017 106.7 2016 103.6 2017 Data include both reimbursed and non-reimbursed products. Yes, but only OTC products sold in pharmacies. 100.1 2016 99.6 2017 See noteGenerally, claims for OTC drugs are not reimbursed, but OTC drugs are not explicitly excluded. Provisional value. 96.8 2017 Data include OTC drugs both from pharmacies and from other retailers. 79.0 2016 77.0 2015 75.5 2016 72.8 2014 67.6 2016 Data are based on wholesale of pharmaceuticals. 60.5 2016 Drug consumption in hospitals and in hospital ambulances is excluded. See noteData cover only drugs reimbursed by the sickness funds within the statutory health insurance. 58.6 2016 See noteData include all medicines with a medical prescription – compulsory health insurance, regardless of the reimbursement. See noteOnly OTC drugs with a medical prescription. 57.1 2017 57.1 2016 56.5 2016 See noteData contain exclusively the drug consumption debited to the statutory health insurance (i.e. drugs reimbursed by German Statutory Health Insurance). 52.7 2017 49.8 2009 Data include drug consumption both in hospitals and in pharmacies. 49.2 2017 48.1 2015 Difference in methodology. 46.1 2016 41.4 2017 41.0 2016 See noteData include drugs dispensed in pharmacies and non-reimbursed drugs. 40.3 2017 Estimated value. 38.9 2016 28.8 2017 28.8 2017 19.9 2016 13.3 2016
See also Antidepressant List of countries by suicide rate
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OECD "Health at a Glance 2023" statistics from 2023