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Environmental Governance and Institutions — Corporations: Number of certified ISO 14001 companies Units: number of companies

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		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
World
World		257	1,491	4,433	7,887	14,106	22,897	36,765	49,462
		1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		26	422	1,386	2,574	4,463	8,144	11,126	14,554
Central America & Caribbean		..	5	14	45	80	194	290	428
Europe		223	942	2,582	4,204	7,296	10,926	17,647	23,142
Middle East & North Africa		3	12	65	112	201	340	406	584
North America		1	41	106	395	912	1,517	2,446	3,684
Oceania		1	56	163	385	770	1,112	1,422	1,563
South America		3	12	95	138	292	521	645	1,359
Sub-Saharan Africa		..	..	22	34	92	143	198	293
Developed Countries		229	1,241	3,591	6,581	12,100	19,297	29,883	39,390
Developing Countries		28	250	842	1,306	2,006	3,600	4,299	6,218
High Income Countries		248	1,339	3,827	6,852	12,213	19,542	30,129	39,344
Low Income Countries		1	3	30	46	129	285	469	687
Middle Income Countries		6	107	393	786	1,548	2,649	3,582	5,576
	ISO	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	..	..	..	..	1	4	4	..
Andorra	AND	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	2
Argentina	ARG	1	5	28	37	84	114	175	249
Australia	AUS	1	53	137	352	708	1,049	1,370	1,485
Austria	AUT	11	56	80	132	156	203	23	429
Azerbaijan	AZE	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Bahrain	BHR	..	..	..	..	2	2	2	2
Bangladesh	BGD	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	3
Barbados	BRB	..	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Belarus	BLR	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1
Belgium	BEL	..	8	37	73	74	130	130	264
Belize	BLZ	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
Bolivia	BOL	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Botswana	BWA	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
Brazil	BRA	2	6	63	88	165	330	350	900
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	..	..	..	..	..	2	4	3
Bulgaria	BGR	..	..	..	..	..	..	6	10
Cameroon	CMR	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1
Canada	CAN	..	7	27	104	276	475	801	1,064
Chile	CHL	..	..	..	1	5	11	17	55
China	CHN	..	9	22	94	222	510	..	..
Colombia	COL	..	1	3	3	13	21	41	69
Costa Rica	CRI	..	..	..	1	7	20	14	38
Croatia	HRV	..	..	2	3	8	8	19	35
Cyprus	CYP	..	..	..	..	3	4	4	21
Czech Rep	CZE	..	..	4	42	60	116	174	318
Denmark	DNK	21	96	270	314	430	580	620	711
Dominican Rep	DOM	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..
Ecuador	ECU	..	..	..	1	1	1	2	1
Egypt	EGY	..	1	7	13	35	78	100	101
Estonia	EST	..	..	..	1	4	18	24	47
Finland	FIN	10	41	151	206	470	508	687	750
France	FRA	3	23	52	295	462	710	1,092	1,467
Germany	DEU	35	166	352	651	962	1,260	3,380	3,700
Greece	GRC	..	1	6	10	20	42	66	89
Guatemala	GTM	..	..	..	1	1	2	2	1
Guyana	GUY	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
Honduras	HND	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	2
Hong Kong	HKG	..	7	46	56	51	105	165	208
Hungary	HUN	..	3	12	28	121	164	340	640
Iceland	ISL	..	..	1	1	2	2	2	3
India	IND	1	2	28	40	111	257	400	605
Indonesia	IDN	..	3	45	55	55	77	199	229
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	..	..	2	8	12	12	34	54
Ireland	IRL	3	8	82	96	115	163	247	289
Israel	ISR	..	4	6	25	25	60	75	112
Italy	ITA	..	27	103	123	243	521	1,295	2,153
Jamaica	JAM	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	1
Japan	JPN	4	198	713	1,542	3,015	5,556	8,123	10,620
Jordan	JOR	..	..	..	2	8	16	10	14
Kazakhstan	KAZ	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Kenya	KEN	..	..	..	..	..	2	3	1
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	..	..	..	..	..	26	38	84
Korea, Rep	KOR	19	57	174	263	309	544	880	1,065
Kuwait	KWT	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3
Latvia	LVA	..	..	..	..	..	4	4	20
Lebanon	LBN	..	..	..	1	4	5	5	5
Liechtenstein	LIE	..	..	..	13	19	19	20	20
Lithuania	LTU	..	..	..	1	1	10	20	20
Luxembourg	LUX	..	1	6	6	6	9	9	17
Macau	MAC	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	70
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Malawi	MWI	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Malaysia	MYS	..	7	36	86	117	174	367	367
Malta	MLT	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	3
Mauritius	MUS	..	1	1	2	3	4	5	5
Mexico	MEX	..	2	11	39	63	159	254	369
Monaco	MCO	..	..	..	..	2	3	3	3
Morocco	MAR	..	..	..	..	1	4	6	11
Namibia	NAM	..	..	..	..	1	4	4	4
Netherlands	NLD	74	119	263	341	403	784	942	1,073
New Zealand	NZL	..	3	26	33	62	63	52	78
Niger	NER	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Nigeria	NGA	..	..	..	..	..	1	5	4
Norway	NOR	3	13	35	61	133	227	298	278
Oman	OMN	..	..	1	1	1	2	3	6
Pakistan	PAK	..	1	2	2	2	4	10	21
Palestinian Territories		..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1
Panama	PAN	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Paraguay	PRY	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	4
Peru	PER	..	..	..	4	7	13	15	25
Philippines	PHL	..	1	11	27	39	46	120	124
Poland	POL	..	..	8	15	72	66	294	434
Portugal	PRT	..	1	7	15	28	47	88	137
Puerto Rico	PRI	..	..	..	1	4	4	4	3
Qatar	QAT	..	..	..	1	1	1	1	1
Romania	ROU	..	..	..	1	1	5	15	45
Russian Federation	RUS	..	..	..	..	..	3	12	23
Saudi Arabia	SAU	..	..	1	1	3	6	6	5
Senegal	SEN	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	..	..	..	..	2	2	2	9
Singapore	SGP	..	37	65	78	87	100	298	441
Slovakia	SVK	..	1	6	15	24	36	73	70
Slovenia	SVN	..	..	5	12	19	88	136	149
South Africa	ZAF	..	..	21	30	82	126	169	264
Spain	ESP	..	13	92	164	573	600	2,064	3,228
Sri Lanka	LKA	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	5
St. Lucia	LCA	..	..	..	..	1	2	2	1
Sudan	SDN	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Sweden	SWE	2	25	194	304	851	1,370	2,070	2,730
Switzerland	CHE	..	18	170	360	543	690	762	1,052
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	..	..	..	..	2	3	5	8
Taiwan	TWN	2	42	183	203	216	421	..	..
Thailand	THA	..	58	61	126	229	310	483	671
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	7
Tunisia	TUN	..	..	..	1	1	3	7	13
Turkey	TUR	3	6	44	50	66	91	91	135
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Ukraine	UKR	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4
United Arab Emirates	ARE	..	1	4	9	36	48	49	92
United Kingdom	GBR	61	322	644	921	1,492	2,534	2,722	2,917
United States	USA	1	34	79	291	636	1,042	1,645	2,620
Uruguay	URY	..	..	1	3	10	22	29	32
Venezuela	VEN	..	..	..	1	7	7	9	17
Viet Nam	VNM	..	..	..	2	9	9	33	33
Zambia	ZMB	..	..	..	2	2	2	2	..
Zimbabwe	ZWE	..	..	..	..	4	4	6	5

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Source

International Standards Organization (ISO). 2001. The ISO Survey of ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 Certificates. Available on-line at http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/iso9000-14000/pdf/survey12thcycle.pdf and http://www.iso.org/iso/en/iso9000-14000/pdf/survey10thcycle.pdf. Geneva: ISO.