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Economics, Business, and the Environment — Corporations: Number of certified ISO 14001 companies Units: number of companies

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

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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.