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This is a list of countries by antidepressant consumption according to data published by the OECD.
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.[1]
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".[2] The sources used by the OECD are primarily national health authorities.[2] Definitions, sources and methodology per country is explained further in a document available on the OECD website.[2] The OECD have not included the United States in these reviews, but if added the country would have the highest or second-highest rate.[3]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iceland |
141.4 | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
 Australia |
106.7 | 2016 | No | Yes | No | |
 Portugal |
103.6 | 2017 | No | Yes[note 1] | Yes[note 2] | |
 United Kingdom |
100.1 | 2016 | No | No | — | |
 Canada |
99.6 | 2017 | No | No | See note[note 3] | [note 4] |
 Sweden |
96.8 | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes[note 5] | |
 Belgium |
79 | 2016 | No | No | No | |
 Denmark |
77 | 2015 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
 Spain |
75.5 | 2016 | No | No | No | |
 New Zealand |
72.8 | 2014 | — | — | — | [note 6] |
 Finland |
67.6 | 2016 | Yes[note 7] | Yes | Yes | |
 Austria |
60.5 | 2016 | No[note 8] | See note[note 9] | No | |
 Slovenia |
58.6 | 2016 | No | See note[note 10] | See note[note 11] | |
 Norway |
57.1 | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
 Czech Republic |
57.1 | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
 Germany |
56.5 | 2016 | No | See note[note 12] | No | |
 Luxembourg |
52.7 | 2017 | No | No | No | [note 4] |
 France |
49.8 | 2009 | Yes[note 13] | Yes | Yes | |
 Israel |
49.2 | 2017 | No | No | No | |
 Greece |
48.1 | 2015 | No | No | No | [note 6] |
 Netherlands |
46.1 | 2016 | No | No | No | |
 Chile |
41.4 | 2017 | Yes | — | Yes | |
 Turkey |
41 | 2016 | No | Yes | See note[note 14] | |
 Italy |
40.3 | 2017 | — | No | No | [note 15] |
 Slovakia |
38.9 | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
 Hungary |
28.8 | 2017 | No | No | No | |
 Estonia |
28.8 | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
 South Korea |
19.9 | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
 Latvia |
13.3 | 2016 | — | — | — |
