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Email this page Printer friendly Last update: Nov 2009 Iodized salt consumption Download File Country Year Household consuming iodized salt adequately(%) Cut-off level (ppm) Source Afghanistan 2004 28 not specified Summary Report of the National Nutrition Survey 2004, p. 2. Albania 2007 60 15+ Assessment of Iodine deficiency status among Albanian children and pregnant women 2007, Table 21, p. 37 Algeria 2006 61 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Andorra - Angola 2007 45 15+ Angola Nutrition Survey 2007, Table 8, p. 24 Antigua and Barbuda - Argentina 1996 90 not specified Fax Reference: BUE/NY/035/96 UNICEF Country Office, 27 February 1996. Armenia 2005 97 15+ Report on the Nationally Representative Survey of Iodine Nutrition and Implementation of Universal Salt Iodization Program in Armenia, 2005, MOH and UNICEF, Table 9, p. 10. Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan 2006 54 15+ DHS 2006, Final report, Table 12.9, p. 151 Bahamas - Bahrain - Bangladesh 2006 84 10+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Barbados - Belarus 2003-04 55 not specified Sociological Study with Salt Testing 2003-04, Belarus State University Center for Sociological and Political Studies. Belgium - Belize 1994 90 not specified Ministry of Health, 1994. Benin 2006 55 15+ DHS 2006, Final report, Table 12.10, p. 190 Bhutan 2002 96 not specified UNICEF, Anemia Among Men, Women and Children in Bhutan 2002, p. 28. Bolivia 2008 88 not specified DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 5.6, p. 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005 62 20+ UNICEF and MOH, Iodine Status of the Population of Bosnia-Herzegovina 2006, Table 13, p. 46. Botswana 2000 66 15+ MICS 2000, Table 15. Brazil 2006 96 not specified MOH, PNDS 2006, Table 5, p. 280 Brunei Darussalam - Bulgaria 2006 100 15+ MOH (Ref. 48-06-5) 2006. Burkina Faso 2006 34 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Burundi 2005 98 not specified Rapport de l'Enquête Nationale de Nutrition de la Population, 2006. Table 24, p. 36. Cambodia 2005 73 not specified DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 15.9, p. 183. Cameroon 2006 49 25+ MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.5, p. 134 Canada - Cape Verde 1996 0 15+ MOH and UNICEF, Enquete National sur la Carence en Lode et la Consommation du Sel au Cap Vert 1996. Central African Republic 2006 62 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007. Chad 2004 56 15+ DHS 2004, Final Report, Table 2.7, p. 28. Chile 1999 100 20+ MOH, 1999 China 2008 95 20-50 MOH, 2008 National IDD Surviellance Report Colombia 1997 92 not specified MOH, UNICEF, OPS and OMS, Control de los Desordenes por Deficiencia de Yodo en Colombia 1998, p.14. Comoros 2000 82 15+ MICS 2000, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, December 2002. Congo 2005 82 15+ DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.5, p. 164. Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2007 79 15+ DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.10, p. 176 Cook Islands - Costa Rica 1996 92 not specified National Nutrition Survey 1996. Cote d'Ivoire 2004 84 not specified MOH and UNICEF, Evaluation de la Lutte Contre les Troubles dus à la Carence en Iodé en Cote d'Ivoire 2004, Final Report, p. 26. Croatia 1999 90 not specified Analysis Report of the Croatian National Institute of Public Health and UNICEF Croatia, 2000. Cuba 2005 88 15+ ONE, National Survey of Nutrition and Food Hygiene 2005. Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Djibouti 2006 0 15+ MICS 2006, Final report, Table C.III.4, p. 57 Dominica - Dominican Republic 2006 19 15+ ONE, ENHOGAR 2006. Ecuador 1999 99 not specified Ministry of Public Health, National Program of Bocio-MSP, 1999. Egypt 2008 79 15+ DHS 2008, Final report, Table 13.7, p. 177 El Salvador 2002 62 15+ Ministro de Salud, Situación de los Alimentos Fortificados en El Salvador, 2002, p. 4. Equatorial Guinea 2000 33 15+ MICS 2000, Final Report, p. 24. Eritrea 2002 68 15+ DHS 2002, Final Report, Table 10.7, p. 172. Estonia - Ethiopia 2005 20 15+ DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.6, p. 151. Fiji 1994 31 not specified National IDD Survey 1994. Finland - France - Gabon 2001 36 15+ Rapport Enquête Nationale sur les Troubles Dus a la Carence en Lode au Gabon 2001, Table 18, p. 38. Gambia 2006 7 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Georgia 2005 87 15+ MICS 2005, Final report, Table NU.5, p. 11 Germany - Ghana 2006 32 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Greece - Grenada - Guatemala 2007 76 15+ The Situation of Food Fortification 2007, Final report, p. 5 Guinea 2008 41 15+ Enquête Nationale sur l'état nutritionnel et le suivi des indicateurs de Survie de l'Enfant (ENENSE), Table 6.1a Guinea-Bissau 2006 1 15+ MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.5, p. 115 Guyana - Haiti 2005-06 3 15+ DHS 2005-2006, Final Report, Table 11.6, p. 156 Holy See - Honduras 1998 80 25+ Informe del Depto de Control de Alimentos de la Sec, Salud sobre la Encuesta de Hogares, Componente de Micronutrientes, 2000. Hungary - Iceland - India 2005-06 51 15+ National Family Health Survey 2005-2006 Table 10.17 Indonesia 2007 62 30+ Basic Health Research 2007, Table 3.22 & 3.23, p.61 & 62 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2005 99 not specified MOH, Anthropometric Nutritional Indicator Survey II, 2005. Iraq 2006 28 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Ireland - Israel - Italy - Jamaica 1999 100 not specified Japan - Jordan 2000 88 not specified MOH and UNICEF, Assessment of IDD Among Jordanian Children After Introduction of Iodized Salt 2000. Kazakhstan 2006 92 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007. Kenya 2000 91 15+ MICS 2000, Final Report, Table 11. Kiribati - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2004 40 not specified National Nutrition Assessment 2004, Table 27, p. 64. Korea, Republic of - Kuwait - Kyrgyzstan 2006 76 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Lao People's Democratic Republic 2006 84 not specified MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.5, p. 81 Latvia - Lebanon 2004 92 15+ PAPFAM 2004, Preliminary Report, p. 20. Lesotho 2004 91 15+ DHS 2004, Final Report, Table 10.6, p. 165. Liberia - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1993 90 not specified UNICEF Country Office: Nutrition Section / NYHQ database Liechtenstein - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Madagascar 2003-04 75 15+ DHS 2003-04, Final Report, Table 9.7, p. 170. Malawi 2006 50 15+ MICS 2006, Final report, Table 6.9, p. 70 Malaysia - Maldives 2001 44 15+ MICS 2001, Final Report, Figure 5.2. Mali 2006 79 15+ DHS 2006, Final report, Table 11.5, p.164 Malta - Marshall Islands - Mauritania 2007 2 15+ MICS 2007, Table NU.5 Mauritius 1995 0 not specified Survey of Nutrition in Mauritius 1995 Mexico 2003 91 15+ Asociación Mexicana de la Industria Salinera, Avances en Yodación de Sal en México, May 2004, p. 16. Micronesia (Federated States of) - Moldova, Republic of 2005 60 15+ DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 11.4, p. 143. Monaco - Mongolia 2005 83 not specified MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Montenegro 2000 71 15+ MICS 2000, Final Report from Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Table 17, p. 72. Morocco 2006 21 15+ MICS 2006, Preliminary report, p. 21 Mozambique 2008 25 15+ MICS 2008, Statistical Table NU.5 Myanmar 2007-2008 93 15+ Preliminary report of country-wide school-based survey on availability of iodized salt at household level in Myanmar, Annex 4, p. 20 Namibia 2000 63 not specified DHS 2000, Final Report, Table 2.10, p. 23. Nauru - Nepal 2000 63 15+ BCHIMES 2000, Final Report, Table 6.1, p. 68. Netherlands - New Zealand 1996-99 83 not specified National End-Decade Report 2000. Nicaragua 2003 97 15+ MOH, SIVIN, Primer Informe de Progreso 2002-2003, Table 10, p. 17. Niger 2006 46 15+ DHS 2006, Final Report, Table 11.7, p. 182. Nigeria 2003 97 15+ DHS 2003, Final Report, Table 11.7, p. 160 Niue - Norway - Occupied PT 2006 86 15+ Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006. Preliminary Report. Table 8, p. 40. Oman 2000 69 not specified Monitoring Universal Salt Iodization in Oman -2004 Pakistan 2002 17 not specified National Nutrition Survey 2001-2002, Figure 3.5.3, p. 48. Palau - Panama 1998 95 not specified MOH, Sistema de Vigilancia de la Yodacion de la Sal 1998. Papua New Guinea 2006 92 15+ 2005 National Micronutrient Survey (Zero Draft), p. 27 Paraguay 2006 94 20+ Programa Nacional de Control y Prevención de los desórdenes por deficiencia de yodo - DDI, Encuesta de consumo a escolares Peru 2004 91 15+ MOH-INS/CENAN, National Monitoring of Nutritional Indicators 2004, Table 50, p. 101. Philippines 2005 45 15+ 2005 Updating of the Nutritional Status of Filipino Children and Selected Population Groups, Table 23, p. 28 Poland - Portugal - Qatar - Romania 2004 74 15+ F. Van der Haar, National Nutrition Status Survey 2004, p. 1. Russian Federation 2002-03 35 not specified KAP Survey 2000-2003. Rwanda 2005 88 15+ DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 10.5, p. 138. Saint Kitts and Nevis 2000 100 not specified Main Health Centre, Child Health. Saint Lucia - Saint Vincent and Grenadines - Samoa - San Marino - Sao Tome and Principe 2006 37 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007. Saudi Arabia - Senegal 2005 41 15+ DHS 2005, Final Report, Table 10.8, p. 194. Serbia 2000 73 15+ MICS 2000, Final Report from Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Table 17, p. 72. Seychelles - Sierra Leone 2005 45 15+ MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Singapore - Slovakia - Slovenia - Solomon Islands - Somalia 2006 1 15+ MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.5, p. 83 South Africa 1998 62 15+ National Research Programme for Nutritional Intervention, Medical Research Council., National Survey of the Iodine Concentration of Household Salt in South Africa 1998. Spain - Sri Lanka 2005 94 not specified Medical Research Institute, Nationwide IDD School Survey 2005. Sudan 2006 11 15+ Sudan Household Health Survey, Final report, Table NU.5 Suriname - Swaziland 2006-07 80 15+ DHS 2006-07, Final report, Table 11.7, p. 154 Sweden - Switzerland - Syrian Arab Republic 2005 79 15+ MoH, Study on the Consumption of Iodized Salt Among Syrian Families, 2006, p. 10 Tajikistan 2007 49 15+ LSMS 2007, Table 4.1, p. 18 Tanzania, United Republic of 2004-05 43 15+ DHS 2004-05, Final Report, Table 11.6, p. 186. Thailand 2005-06 47 15+ MICS 2005-06, Final report, Table 11, p. 11 The former YR Macedonia 2005 94 20+ MOH, Report on the Activities Implemented by the National Committee for Iodine Deficiency 2005. Timor-Leste 2007 60 15+ Final Statistical Abstract: Timor-Leste Survey of Living Standards 2007, National Statistics Directorate, Timor-Leste, Table 6.70, p 193 Togo 2006 25 15+ MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Tonga - Trinidad and Tobago 2006 28 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, May 2007. Tunisia 2000 97 15+ MICS 2000, Final Report, Table 1.19. Turkey 2008 69 15+ DHS 2008, Preliminary report, Table 22, p. 30 Turkmenistan 2006 87 15+ MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, April 2007. Tuvalu - Uganda 2006 96 15+ DHS 2006, Final report, Table 12.9, p. 170 Ukraine 2005 18 15+ MICS 2005, Draft Final Report, Table NU.5, p. 11 United Arab Emirates - United Kingdom - United States - Uruguay - Uzbekistan 2006 53 15+ MICS 2006, Final report, Table 11, p. 82 Vanuatu 2007 23 15+ MICS 2007, Final report, Table NU.5, p. 32 Venezuela 1998 90 15+ Instituto Nacional de Nutricion, UNICEF and OPS, Micronutrientes y Calidad de Vida 1999. Viet Nam 2006 93 15+ MICS 2006, Final report, Table NU.5, p.141 Yemen 2003 30 15+ Family Health Survey 2003, Table 12.5, pp. 129-30. Zambia 2002 77 15+ DHS 2001-2002, Final Report, Table 11.6, p. 173. Zimbabwe 2007 91 not specified 2007 National Nutrition Surveillance Assessment Regional summary Africa 60 Sub-Saharan Africa 60 Eastern and Southern Africa 48 West and Central Africa 73 Middle East and North Africa 60 Asia 73 South Asia 55 East Asia and Pacific 86 Latin America and Caribbean 89 CEE/CIS 51 Industrialized countries – Developing countries 72 Least developed countries 57 World 70

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