Consumption of iodized salt (% of households) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators

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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) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Chile (1999)100
2St. Kitts and Nevis (2000)100
3Jamaica (1999)100
4Bulgaria (2006)100
5Ecuador (1999)99
6Iran (2005)98.7
7Burundi (2005)98
8Nigeria (2003)97.3
9Armenia (2005)97
10Nicaragua (2003)96.8
11Tunisia (2000)96.65
12Bhutan (2002)96.2
13Uganda (2006)95.8
14Brazil (2006)95.7
15China (2008)94.8
16Panama (1998)94.6
17Paraguay (2006)94.4
18Macedonia (2005)94
19Sri Lanka (2005)93.6
20Vietnam (2006)93.2
21Burma (2008)92.9
22Kazakhstan (2006)92
23Lebanon (2004)92
24Costa Rica (1996)92
25Colombia (1997)92
26Papua New Guinea (2006)91.9
27Peru (2004)91.2
28Mexico (2003)91
29Zimbabwe (2007)90.9
30Lesotho (2004)90.7
31Kenya (2000)90.6
32Croatia (1999)90
33Argentina (1996)90
34Venezuela (1998)90
35Latin America & Caribbean (2008)88.78
36Jordan (2000)88.3
37Cuba (2005)88
38Rwanda (2005)87.8
39Bolivia (2008)87.7
40Georgia (2005)87.2
41Turkmenistan (2006)86.5
42East Asia & Pacific (2008)85.79
43West Bank and Gaza (2006)85.7
44Ivory Coast (2004)84.4
45Bangladesh (2006)84.3
46Laos (2006)83.8
47Mongolia (2005)83.1
48New Zealand (1996)83
49Comoros (2000)82.3
50Republic of the Congo (2005)82
51Philippines (2008)81
52Honduras (1998)80
53Swaziland (2007)79.9
54Syria (2003)79.3
55Mali (2006)78.9
56Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)78.9
57Egypt (2008)78.7
58Zambia (2002)77.4
59Kyrgyzstan (2006)76.1
60Guatemala (2007)76
61Madagascar (2003)75.4
62Romania (2004)74
63Middle income (2008)73.47
64Serbia (2000)73.3
65Cambodia (2005)72.5
66Lower middle income (2008)71.77
67Low & middle income (2008)71.47
68Montenegro (2000)70.7
69Turkey (2008)69
70Oman (2000)68.5
71Eritrea (2002)68
72Middle East & North Africa (2008)66.84
73Botswana (2000)65.8
74Namibia (2000)62.9
75Nepal (2000)62.6
76South Africa (1998)62.4
77Low income (2008)62.32
78Central African Republic (2006)62.3
79Indonesia (2007)62.3
80Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005)62
81El Salvador (2002)62
82Algeria (2006)60.7
83Albania (2007)60.3
84Timor-Leste (2007)59.9
85Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)59.81
86Moldova (2005)59.8
87Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)57.1
88Chad (2004)55.8
89South Asia (2008)55.22
90Belarus (2004)55.1
91Benin (2006)54.5
92Azerbaijan (2006)53.8
93Uzbekistan (2006)53.1
94India (2006)51.1
95Malawi (2006)49.7
96Cameroon (2006)49.1
97Tajikistan (2007)49
98Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2008)48.05
99Thailand (2006)47.2
100Niger (2006)46
101Angola (2007)44.7
102Sierra Leone (2005)44.6
103Maldives (2001)44
104Tanzania (2005)43.4
105Senegal (2005)41.3
106Guinea (2008)41.1
107South Korea (2004)40.2
108North Korea (2004)40.2
109Sao Tome and Principe (2006)36.6
110Gabon (2001)36
111Russia (2002)35
112Burkina Faso (2006)33.7
113Equatorial Guinea (2000)33.3
114Ghana (2006)32.4
115Yemen (2003)29.5
116Iraq (2006)28.4
117Afghanistan (2004)28
118Trinidad and Tobago (2006)27.8
119Togo (2006)25.4
120Mozambique (2008)25.1
121Vanuatu (2007)22.9
122Morocco (2006)21.2
123Ethiopia (2005)19.9
124Dominican Republic (2006)18.5
125Ukraine (2005)18.3
126Pakistan (2002)17
127Sudan (2006)11.4
128Gambia (2006)6.6
129Haiti (2006)3.1
130Mauritania (2007)1.9
131Somalia (2006)1.2
132Guinea-Bissau (2006)0.9
133Djibouti (2006)0.4
134Cape Verde (1996)0.2
135Mauritius (1995)0
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