Table 5

Consent to donation systems in Australia, USA and European countries and organ procurement rates*

Opt-in
consent		Organs procured/million
2016		Opt-out
consent		Organs procured/million
2016		Opt-out + family consentOrgans procured/million
2016
USA30.76Spain43.8Croatia39.52
The UK21.52Belgium30.79France†28.73
Australia20.70The Czech Republic25.33Italy24.72
Denmark17.54Austria25.23Norway20.94
The Netherlands‡14.71Sweden19.7Bulgaria5.49
Germany10.62 Greece4.68

  • *Data of the WHO-ONT (World Health Organization- Spanish Transplant Organization) Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (accessed 2 February 2019).

  • †An opt-out system began in France in 2017. Up until December 2016, France also had an ‘opt-out + family consent’ system.

  • ‡The Netherlands legislature changed to an opt-out system in 2018.