Consumption of iodized salt (% of households) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Consumption of iodized salt refers to the percentage of households that use edible salt fortified with iodine.
Consumption of iodized salt (% of households) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Chile (1999)100
2St. Kitts and Nevis (2000)100
3Jamaica (1999)100
4Bulgaria (2006)100
5Georgia (2009)99.9
6Ecuador (1999)99
7Iran (2005)98.7
8Burundi (2005)98
9Kenya (2009)97.6
10Nigeria (2003)97.3
11Armenia (2005)97
12Nicaragua (2003)96.8
13Tunisia (2000)96.65
14China (2009)96.4
15Bhutan (2002)96.2
16Uganda (2006)95.8
17Brazil (2006)95.7
18Panama (1998)94.6
19Paraguay (2006)94.4
20Macedonia (2005)94
21Vietnam (2006)93.2
22Burma (2008)92.9
23Sri Lanka (2007)92.4
24Kazakhstan (2006)92
25Costa Rica (1996)92
26Lebanon (2004)92
27Colombia (1997)92
28Papua New Guinea (2006)91.9
29Peru (2004)91.2
30Mexico (2003)91
31Zimbabwe (2007)90.9
32Lesotho (2004)90.7
33Venezuela (1998)90
34Argentina (1996)90
35Bolivia (2008)88.8
36Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)88.72
37Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2008)88.51
38Croatia (2009)88.4
39Jordan (2000)88.3
40Cuba (2005)88
41Rwanda (2005)87.8
42East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2009)86.84
43East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)86.84
44Turkmenistan (2006)86.5
45West Bank and Gaza (2006)85.7
46Ivory Coast (2004)84.4
47Bangladesh (2006)84.3
48Laos (2006)83.8
49Mongolia (2005)83.1
50New Zealand (1996)83
51Comoros (2000)82.3
52Republic of the Congo (2005)82
53Honduras (1998)80
54Swaziland (2007)79.9
55Syria (2003)79.3
56Mali (2006)78.9
57Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)78.9
58Egypt (2008)78.7
59Zambia (2002)77.4
60Kyrgyzstan (2006)76.1
61Guatemala (2007)76
62Albania (2009)75.6
63Romania (2004)74
64Middle income (2009)72.53
65Cambodia (2005)72.5
66Lower middle income (2009)70.78
67Low & middle income (2009)70.72
68Montenegro (2000)70.7
69Upper middle income (2000)69.85
70Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2009)68.92
71Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)68.92
72Turkey (2008)68.9
73Oman (2000)68.5
74Eritrea (2002)68
75Benin (2008)67.2
76Botswana (2000)65.8
77Namibia (2000)62.9
78Nepal (2000)62.6
79South Africa (1998)62.4
80Central African Republic (2006)62.3
81Indonesia (2007)62.3
82Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005)62
83El Salvador (2002)62
84Tajikistan (2009)61.9
85Low income (2009)61.87
86Algeria (2006)60.7
87Timor-Leste (2007)59.9
88Moldova (2005)59.8
89Sierra Leone (2008)58.2
90Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)57.42
91Chad (2004)55.8
92South Asia (2009)55.15
93Belarus (2004)55.1
94Azerbaijan (2006)53.8
95Uzbekistan (2006)53.1
96Madagascar (2009)52.6
97Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2009)52.3
98Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)52.3
99India (2006)51.1
100Malawi (2006)49.7
101Cameroon (2006)49.1
102Thailand (2006)47.2
103Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)47.2
104Arab World (2009)46.94
105Niger (2006)46
106Angola (2007)44.7
107Philippines (2005)44.5
108Maldives (2001)44
109Tanzania (2005)43.4
110Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2000)43.13
111Senegal (2005)41.3
112Guinea (2008)41.1
113South Korea (2004)40.2
114North Korea (2004)40.2
115Sao Tome and Principe (2006)36.6
116Gabon (2001)36
117Russia (2002)35
118Burkina Faso (2006)33.7
119Equatorial Guinea (2000)33.3
120Ghana (2006)32.4
121Serbia (2007)32.2
122Yemen (2003)29.5
123Iraq (2006)28.4
124Afghanistan (2004)28
125Trinidad and Tobago (2006)27.8
126Togo (2006)25.4
127Mozambique (2008)25.1
128Mauritania (2008)23.4
129Vanuatu (2007)22.9
130Morocco (2006)21.2
131Ethiopia (2005)19.9
132Dominican Republic (2006)18.5
133Ukraine (2005)18.3
134Pakistan (2002)17
135Sudan (2006)11
136Gambia (2006)6.6
137Haiti (2006)3.1
138Somalia (2006)1.2
139Guinea-Bissau (2006)0.9
140Djibouti (2006)0.4
141Cape Verde (1996)0.2
142Mauritius (1995)0
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