Special Eurobarometer 478: Antimicrobial Resistance (in the EU)

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms to resist antimicrobial treatments, especially antibiotics. This has a direct impact on human as well as animal health and carries a heavy economic burden due to higher costs of treatments and reduced productivity caused by sickness. The European Commission has conducted a Special Eurobarometer presenting EU citizens' awareness on antibiotics and how these are used by the citizens and in agriculture. While the results show a decrease of the use over the last 10 years, one-fifth of the population still takes antibiotics for the wrong purpose. 85% of Europeans are aware that unnecessary use makes them become ineffective. More key figures can be found in the full Eurobarometer report.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer