Sleeping pill and tranquilizer consumption in Belgium in 2018, by region

In 2018, over one in ten Belgians took either sleeping pills or tranquilizers. From a regional perspective, the consumption of such medication was higher in Wallonia. Indeed, while it was estimated that under 10 percent of Belgians living in the Brussels-Capital Region consumed such drugs, the consumption reached 13 percent of the population in the French-speaking Walloon region.