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Number of countries that submit data on antibiotic use in livestock

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Source
World Organisation for Animal Health (2022)processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
October 23, 2024
Next expected update
May 2026
Date range
2014–2021
Unit
participants

Sources and processing

World Organisation for Animal Health – ANIMUSE

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has been collecting data on the amounts and reasons for antimicrobial use in animals since 2015. This information is an essential asset to reduce the overuse and misuse of medication and to curb the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). ANIMUSE, the global database on ANImal antiMicrobial USE, facilitates access to this crucial and growing set of information.

Antimicrobials are naturally occurring, semi-synthetic or synthetic substance that exhibits antimicrobial activity (kill or inhibit the growth of micro-organisms) at concentrations attainable in vivo. Anthelmintics and substances classed as disinfectants or antiseptics are excluded from this definition.

Retrieved on
October 23, 2024
Citation
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ANIMUSE Interactive Report (2024), World Organisation for Animal Health.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has been collecting data on the amounts and reasons for antimicrobial use in animals since 2015. This information is an essential asset to reduce the overuse and misuse of medication and to curb the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). ANIMUSE, the global database on ANImal antiMicrobial USE, facilitates access to this crucial and growing set of information.

Antimicrobials are naturally occurring, semi-synthetic or synthetic substance that exhibits antimicrobial activity (kill or inhibit the growth of micro-organisms) at concentrations attainable in vivo. Anthelmintics and substances classed as disinfectants or antiseptics are excluded from this definition.

Retrieved on
October 23, 2024
Citation
This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data. To cite data downloaded from this page, please use the suggested citation given in Reuse This Work below.
ANIMUSE Interactive Report (2024), World Organisation for Animal Health.

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“Data Page: Number of countries that submit data on antibiotic use in livestock”, part of the following publication: Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser (2016) - “Global Health”. Data adapted from World Organisation for Animal Health. Retrieved from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260304-094028/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.html [online resource] (archived on March 4, 2026).

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World Organisation for Animal Health (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. “Number of countries that submit data on antibiotic use in livestock” [dataset]. World Organisation for Animal Health, “ANIMUSE” [original data]. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260304-094028/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.html (archived on March 4, 2026).

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Excel / Google Sheets
=IMPORTDATA("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")
Python with Pandas
import pandas as pd
import requests

# Fetch the data.
df = pd.read_csv("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", storage_options = {'User-Agent': 'Our World In Data data fetch/1.0'})

# Fetch the metadata
metadata = requests.get("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false").json()
R
library(jsonlite)

# Fetch the data
df <- read.csv("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")

# Fetch the metadata
metadata <- fromJSON("https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.metadata.json?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false")
Stata
import delimited "https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-data-antibiotic-livestock.csv?v=1&csvType=full&useColumnShortNames=false", encoding("utf-8") clear