Adults who declared to be knowledgeable on AMR by age worldwide

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the major health threats worldwide, however, in 2022, most adults did not consider themselves knowledgeable on the topic. Across different age groups, adults aged between 26-45 were the ones with the highest share of people declaring to be knowledgeable about AMR. This statistic shows the percentage of adults from 15 countries worldwide who considered themselves knowledgeable on the topic of antimicrobial resistance in 2022.

Percentage of adults worldwide who considered themselves knowledgeable on the topic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2022, by age group

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
18-25 years	29%
26-45 years	35%
46-65 years	29%
66-80 years	25%

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Survey time period

May 3 to 31, 2022

Number of respondents

15,246 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

15 countries

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: How knowledgeable are you about the following areas of personal health and hygiene? Answered 4 or 5 on a scale of 1 to 5

Countries and sample sizes were:
India 1,097
Sweden 1,021
South Africa 1,017
Brazil 1,016
UK 1,016
France 1,015
Australia 1,012
Colombia 1,011
Italy 1,011
Mexico 1,010
Spain 1,009
Netherlands 1,006
Germany 1,006
USA 1,000
China 999