Homeopathy use around the world

Worldwide

• Worldwide, over 200 million people use homeopathy on a regular basis.^{1, 2}
• In 16 countries surveyed, six out of ten people have used homeopathy* and 55% of people worldwide intend to use homeopathy in the future.³
• Homeopathy is included in the national health systems of a number of countries e.g. Brazil, Chile, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Switzerland.

Europe

• 100 million EU citizens, some 29% of the EU’s population, use homeopathic medicines in their day-to-day healthcare.²
• Homeopathy is practised in 40 out of 42 European countries.⁴

India

• India leads in terms of number of people using homeopathy: ~1.2 billion* people have used homeopathy (83% of the Indian population)² with 100 million people depending solely on homeopathy for their medical care.³
• There are over 200,000 registered homeopathic doctors currently, with approximately 12,000 more being added every year.⁴

UK

• An estimated 32 million* people in the UK have used homeopathy (49% of the population).³
• 77% of the UK population consider that conventional medicine and alternative medicines, such as homeopathy, are complementary.³

USA

• An estimated 193 million* people have used homeopathy in the US (58% of the population)³
• 90% of respondents were satisfied after using an homeopathic treatment.³

*People who have used homeopathy during their lifetime

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