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The ISO Survey of Management System Standard

Certifications (1999-2012)
ISO 14001- Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use
Overview - tables
Africa
Central / South America
North America
Europe
East Asia and Pacific
Central and South Asia
Middle East
Certificates by industrial sector
Top five industrial sectors
Number of sites
Withdrawn certificates
Certificates - worldwide total - diagram
Regional share - diagram
World annual growth (in %) - diagram
Number of countries / economies - diagram

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ISO 14001 - Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use
Overview
Year

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

TOTAL

13994

22847

36464

49440

64996

90554

111163

128211

154572

188574

222974

251548

261926

285844

129
309
975
7253
5120
114
94

228
556
1676
10971
8993
267
156

311
681
2700
17941
14218
419
194

418
1418
4053
23305
19307
636
303

626
1691
5233
30918
25151
927
450

817
2955
6743
39805
38050
1322
862

1130
3411
7119
47837
48800
1829
1037

1079
4355
7673
55919
55428
2201
1556

1096
4260
7267
65097
72350
2926
1576

1518
4413
7194
78118
91156
3770
2405

1531
3748
7316
89237
113850
4517
2775

1675
6999
6302
103126
126551
4380
2515

1740
7074
7450
101177
137335
4725
2425

2109
8202
8573
113356
145724
4946
2934

Year

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

TOTAL

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Africa
Central / South America
North America
Europe
East Asia and Pacific
Central and South Asia
Middle East

0.9%
2.2%
7.0%
51.8%
36.6%
0.8%
0.7%

1.0%
2.4%
7.3%
48.0%
39.4%
1.2%
0.7%

0.9%
1.9%
7.4%
49.2%
39.0%
1.1%
0.5%

0.8%
2.9%
8.2%
47.1%
39.1%
1.3%
0.6%

1.0%
2.6%
8.1%
47.6%
38.7%
1.4%
0.7%

0.9%
3.3%
7.4%
44.0%
42.0%
1.5%
1.0%

1.0%
3.1%
6.4%
43.0%
43.9%
1.6%
0.9%

0.8%
3.4%
6.0%
43.6%
43.2%
1.7%
1.2%

0.7%
2.8%
4.7%
42.1%
46.8%
1.9%
1.0%

0.8%
2.3%
3.8%
41.4%
48.3%
2.0%
1.3%

0.7%
1.7%
3.3%
40.0%
51.1%
2.0%
1.2%

0.7%
2.8%
2.5%
41.0%
50.3%
1.7%
1.0%

0.7%
2.7%
2.8%
38.6%
52.4%
1.8%
0.9%

0.7%
2.9%
3.0%
39.7%
51.0%
1.7%
1.0%

Africa
Central / South America
North America
Europe
East Asia and Pacific
Central and South Asia
Middle East

Regional share - in %

Annual growth - absolute numbers


Year
TOTAL
Africa
Central / South America
North America
Europe
East Asia and Pacific
Central and South Asia
Middle East

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

8853

13617

12976

15556

25558

20609

17048

26361

34002

34400

28574

10378

23918

99
247
701
3718
3873
153
62

83
125
1024
6970
5225
152
38

107
737
1353
5364
5089
217
109

208
273
1180
7613
5844
291
147

191
1264
1510
8887
12899
395
412

313
456
376
8032
10750
507
175

-51
944
554
8082
6628
372
519

17
-95
-406
9178
16922
725
20

422
153
-73
13021
18806
844
829

13
-665
122
11119
22694
747
370

144
3251
-1014
13889
12701
-137
-260

65
75
1148
-1949
10784
345
-90

369
1128
1123
12179
8389
221
509

2012

Annual growth - in %
Year
TOTAL
Africa
Central / South America

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

63%

60%

36%

31%

39%

23%

15%

21%

22%

18%

13%

4%

9%

77%
80%

36%
22%

34%
108%

50%
19%

31%
75%

38%
15%

-5%
28%

2%
-2%

39%
4%

1%
-15%

9%
87%

4%
1%

21%
16%

ISO 14001 - Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use
North America
Europe
East Asia and Pacific
Central and South Asia
Middle East

72%
51%
76%
134%
66%

61%
64%
58%
57%
24%

50%
30%
36%
52%
56%

29%
33%
30%
46%
49%

29%
29%
51%
43%
92%

6%
20%
28%
38%
20%

8%
17%
14%
20%
50%

-5%
16%
31%
33%
1%

-1%
20%
26%
29%
53%

2%
14%
25%
20%
15%

-14%
16%
11%
-3%
-9%

18%
-2%
9%
8%
-4%

15%
12%
6%
5%
21%

Number of countries / economies


Year

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

TOTAL

84

98

112

117

114

128

139

141

149

156

160

156

157

167

Africa
Central / South America
North America
Europe
East Asia and Pacific
Central and South Asia
Middle East

8
14
3
32
14
3
10

10
18
3
36
16
4
11

12
22
3
40
17
6
12

15
21
3
42
18
6
12

13
21
3
41
18
8
10

19
24
3
44
18
8
12

23
26
3
44
22
9
12

25
26
3
47
19
9
12

29
26
3
47
21
11
12

33
27
3
49
19
13
12

32
28
3
49
22
13
13

27
28
3
49
24
12
13

32
27
3
49
23
12
11

39
28
3
49
24
12
12

Top 10 countries for ISO 14001 certificates - 2012


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

China
Japan
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Korea, Repubilc of
Romania
France
Germany
United States of America

91590
27774
19705
19470
15884
11479
8633
7975
7034
5699

Top 10 countries for ISO 14001 growth - 2012


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

China
Spain
Italy
Romania
Germany
Denmark
USA
United Kingdom
Argentina
Bulgaria

9597
3129
2287
1239
780
762
742
653
484
468

ISO 14001 - Africa


Year
Country

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

129

228

311

418

626

817

1130

1076

1096

1515

1531

1675

1740

2109

17

24

37

86

66

113

10

Algeria
Angola
Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso
Cameroon

11

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

87

Chad

Congo, the Republic of the

15

354

379

306

12

410

347

495

526

593

12

13

17

Congo, Democratic Republic of


Cte dIvoire
Egypt

35

78

100

101

195

289

Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Kenya

3
1

16

11

23

22

28

18

33

32

Libyan Arab Jamihiriya


Madagascar

Malawi

Guinea

Mali

51

6
1

Mauritania, Islamic

Mauritius

11

10

10

10

12

16

14

13

Morocco

11

21

26

37

39

35

49

63

38

45

15
6

Mozambique
Namibia

11

11

18

18

22

40

22

29

44

169

2
264

378

3
393

3
540

3
485

3
530

3
752

7
757

5
815

7
857

7
938

3
3

4
2

8
4

6
5

6
3

11
4

4
3

4
1

30

30

50

67

102

135

88

68

7
30
2
80

Niger
Nigeria

Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa

2
82

126

Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania, United Republic of
Togo
Tunisia

13

18

ISO 14001 - Africa


Year
Country

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

129

228

311

418

626

817

1130

1076

1096

1515

1531

1675

1740

2109

2
1

3
3

6
9

6
6

6
12

13
10

8
12

19

26

24

27

38

20

17

10

Uganda
Zambia

Zimbabwe

ISO 14001 - Central / South America


Year
Country
Argentina

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

309

556

681

1418

1691

2955

3411

4355

4260

4413

3748

6999

7074

84

114

175

249

286

408

454

862

1011

1163

676

860

784

1
2

Bahamas
Barbados

330

350

900

1008

Belize
Bolivia
Brazil

165

14

30

30

32

37

32

23

46

1800

2061

2447

1872

1428

1186

3391

3517

Cayman Islands (UK)


Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica

11

17

55

99

312

277

375

492

686

576

714

617

13

21

41

69

135

217

275

296

309

508

573

1039

1317

20

14

38

38

52

50

55

101

73

90

95

73

14

24

11

Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador

12

25

32

43

11

14

50

78

98

110

140

113

12

11

11

15

18

15

22

18

18

17

25

11

11

10

31

10

13

14

13

El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras

Jamaica
Netherlands Antilles (NL)
Nicaragua
Panama

Paraguay

12

10

Peru

13

15

25

31

41

78

83

114

134

176

401

248

Puerto Rico

16

13

22

15

19

Saint Lucia

14

11

11

11

17

10

22

29

32

32

42

52

45

58

82

71

108

113

17

20

17

65

51

49

72

65

66

49

Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela

ISO 14001 - North America


Year

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Country

975

1676

2700

4053

5233

6743

7119

7673

7267

7194

7316

6302

7450

Canada
Mexico

276
63

475
159

801
254

1064
369

1274
406

1492
492

1636
422

1679
409

1066
739

1388
832

1221
870

1087
808

1635
858

USA

636

1042

1645

2620

3553

4759

5061

5585

5462

4974

5225

4407

4957

2012
8202
1268
135
4
3
44
3300
3
1080
1441
81
6
31
151
14
15
1
17
10
10
6
16
12
295
14
17
18
117
93

2012
8573
1778
1096
5699

ISO 14001 - Europe


Year
Country

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

7253

10971

17941

23305

30918

39805

47837

55919

65097

78118

89237

103126

101177

113356

11

19

12

13

12

13

19

553

697

837

919

1182

963

1084

Albania

Andorra

Armenia
Austria

156

203

223

32

18

15

21

22

42

87

122

155

181

219

27

59

29

74

130

130

264

391

642

659

521

632

730

796

819

727

1026

10

34

17

44

60

87

100

148

174

10

17

26

49

92

214

321

565

999

927

1395

Azerbaijan

Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark

429

19

35

500
5

53

549
32

84

481

130

181

258

343

469

18

451

20

488

56

760

21

40

56

61

59

56

71

113

136

107

32

60

116

174

318

519

1288

2122

2211

2731

3318

4684

6629

4451

4215

320

532

620

711

486

711

837

995

982

873

947

1009

994

1756

Estonia

18

24

47

74

86

148

173

169

233

263

306

358

394

Finland

470

508

687

750

1128

882

923

935

822

991

1107

1122

1169

1310

France

462

710

1092

1467

2344

2955

3289

3047

3476

3482

4678

5251

7771

7975

962

1260

3380

3700

4144

4320

4440

5415

4877

5709

5865

6001

6254

7034

Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar (UK)
Greece
Hungary

11

20

42

66

89

126

173

254

259

278

463

455

560

543

657
1718

121

164

340

640

770

882

993

1140

1537

1834

1659

1822

1580

Iceland

12

11

10

Ireland

115

163

247

289

218

294

282

251

370

515

527

596

663

417

Italy

243

521

1295

2153

3066

4785

7080

9825

12057

12922

14542

17064

17418

19705

20

78

90

101

40

79

142

239

250

237

19

19

20

20

22

22

19

17

31

24

19

19

21

21

Lithuania

10

21

33

72

155

208

252

312

402

521

686

703

680

Luxembourg

17

32

39

34

18

40

50

56

19

28

51

10

16

18

23

11

12

16

Latvia
Liechtenstein

Malta
Moldova
Monaco

29

11

3
1

12

17

18

15

25

16

Netherlands

403

784

942

1073

1162

1150

1107

1128

1183

1314

1326

1494

1681

2085

Norway

Montenegro
133

227

298

278

350

441

452

566

618

673

774

873

797

824

Poland

72

66

294

434

555

709

948

837

1089

1544

1500

1793

1900

2014

Portugal

28

47

88

137

248

404

504

564

456

534

632

838

836

1184

Romania

15

45

96

361

752

1454

2269

3884

6863

7418

7394

8633

12

23

48

118

185

223

267

720

1503

1953

1093

1090

149

176

298

318

573

817

Russian Federation*
San Marino Republic of

Serbia

84

Serbia and Montenegro

12

46

77

Slovakia

24

36

73

70

165

184

222

Slovenia

19

88

136

149

205

338

417

379

438

444

390

399

414

420

Spain

573

600

2064

3228

4860

6473

8620

11125

13852

16443

16527

18347

16341

19470

Sweden

851

1370

2070

2730

2330

3478

3682

3759

3800

4478

4193

4622

4049

3885

Switzerland

543

690

762

1052

1155

1348

1561

1728

1875

2187

2324

2575

2421

2762

13

26

45

62

91

204

91

135

240

338

918

1423

1402

1911

2337

1648

1297

1625

36

55

37

90

123

126

206

160

166

2722

2917

5460

6253

6055

6070

7323

9455

10912

14346

15231

15884

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


Turkey

66

91

Ukraine
United Kingdom

1492

2534

305

437

672

746

1102

1152

1426

ISO 14001 - Europe


Year
Country
*The figures include certificates accredited by national
accredited bodies not members of the IAF.

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

7253

10971

17941

23305

30918

39805

47837

55919

65097

78118

89237

103126

101177

113356

ISO 14001 - East Asia and Pacific


Year
Country
Australia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Fiji
Hong Kong, China
Indonesia
Japan
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic
Korea, Republic of
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Macau, China
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Samoa
Singapore
Taipei, Chinese
Thailand
Tonga
Vanuatu
Viet Nam

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

5120

8993

14218

19307

25151

38050

48800

55428

72350

91156

113850

126551

137335

145724

708

1049
2

1370
4

1485
3

222

510

1085

1898
4
1
8862

749
4
2
30489

105
77
5556

165
199
8123

349
373
19584

1778
4
1
12683
1
385
430
23466

1964
4
2
18842

51
55
3015

2803
1
208
229
10620

1250
3
1
5064
1
262
297
13416

509
369
22593

522
625
27955

1125
5
6
39195
2
739
849
35573

1432
24
5
55316
3
845
794
39556

26
544

38
880

84
1065

1495

202
2609

97
4955

91
5893

843
7133

370
7843

1
117

1
174

1
367

70
367

10
370

15
566

15
694

17
593

474
6392
1
18
667

23
997

62

63

1
52

1
78

2
194

39

46

120

124

155
1
174

87
216
229

100
421
310

298
999
483

441
1024
671

523
1337
736

616
1463
966

3
180
4
408
1
887
1556
1120

182
3
458
1
716
1633
1369

1
155
4
637
1
602
1674
1020

668
1814
934

26
1281
2
5
191
7
719
1
821
2204
1864

1882
21
8
81993
2
985
873
30397
1
636
11124
4
44
1934

2000
24
10
91590
3
1060
1035
27774

309

1472
20
4
69784
2
1012
1028
34852
1
838
9681
4
33
1673
1
5
170
20
222
1
822
2441
2159

33

33

56

85

5
127

189

358

325

541

306

500

775

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

114
1

267
4

419
4
2

636

927

2926

17

400
1

605
1

879
4

1250
7

1698
12

2016
30

8
3
2640
73

1
26
1
11
1

2
38
1
13

2
59
2
34

4
77
1
52
1
3

2
9
115
1
68
2
5

3770
4
29
3
3281
143
1
4
8
200
2
87
1
7

4517
9
42
3
3799
294
4
6
7
218
5
116
1
13

4380
1
4
4
3878
126
2
5
9
258
1
83

4725

1829
1
20

2201

1322
4
7

4946
80
39
4
4263
122
1
4
7
272
3
135

261

148
4
773

6
180
14
541
1
1506
2059
2624

487
11479
2
47
1906
2
5
218
13
562
1
1653
2042
3034
2

ISO 14001 - Central and South Asia


Year
Country
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Seychelles
Sri Lanka
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

111

257

10

21

5
1

21
5
4147
132
1
5
10
299
4
90
0
11

16

ISO/TS 14001 - Middle East


Year
Country
Bahrain
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
United Arab Emirates
Yemen

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
94
2
12

156
2
12

194
2
34

303
2
54

450
3
88

862
13
385

1037
17
407

1556
18
780

1576
14
624

2405
28
928

2775
46
1118

2515
38
773

2425
41
638

25
8

60
16
5
2
1
1
6
3
48

112
14
3
5
6
1
1
5
8
92

163
39

4
1

75
10
3
5
3
1
1
6
5
49

247
33
7
7
4
5
9
17
48
87

299
38
11
6
8
6
3
28
53
161

422
39
11
7
8
5
11
30
53
172

475
47
16
7
33
5
18
38
64
235

339
39
23
8
28

508
64
33
8
41
5
46
77
93
735
1

589
70
54
11
46
6
87
134
48
658
1

484
48
68
16
44

1
3
2
36

6
2
1
10
34
104

45
45
65
856
1

84
164
55
783

2012
2934
141
605
1
709
42
100
15
65
154
185
35
882

ISO 14001 - Certificates by industrial sector


The following table gives an idea of the number of certificates by industrial sector. Not all data sources responded to the request for this additional detail, so they should be taken as rough indicators. The sum
of industrial sectors by country may excee
EA*
Code
Nos.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28

29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39

ISO 14001 BY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

1998

Agriculture, fishing
Mining and quarrying
Food products, beverages and tobacco
Textiles and textile products
Leather and leather products
Wood and wood products
Pulp, paper and paper products
Publishing companies
Printing companies
Manufacture of coke & refined petroleum
products
Nuclear fuel
Chemicals, chemical products & fibres
Pharmaceuticals
Rubber and plastic products
Non-metallic mineral products
Concrete, cement, lime, plaster, etc.
Basic metal & fabricated metal products
Machinery and equipment
Electrical and optical equipment
Shipbuilding
Aerospace
Other transport equipment
Manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Recycling
Electricity supply
Gas supply
Water supply
Construction
Wholesale & retail trade; repairs of motor
vehicles, motorcycles & personal & household
goods
Hotels and restaurants
Transport, storage and communication
Financial intermediation, real estate, rental
Information technology
Engineering Services
Other Services
Public administration
Education
Health and social work
Other social services
TOTAL

4
5

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

347
247
1190
333
56
244
664
119
130

532
344
1674
463
69
363
860
241
185

682
591
1981
612
133
393
991
346
193

634
375
2275
603
143
465
846
70
696

1083
680
3099
885
190
508
1127
97
895

1126
853
3331
1585
313
837
1227
70
950

1024
1111
4068
2329
385
1264
1673
102
1558

924
1067
3662
1039
187
689
1374
83
1280

1782
1815
6216
3082
461
1700
2420
164
2446

1831
1745
5438
3048
440
1781
2207
220
2587

1748
1772
5848
3553
571
1968
2329
248
2643

1281
2001
5884
2136
361
1153
2027
355
2191

106
6
693
42
193
88
105
294
569
2147
9
49
312
70
109
298
36
47
298

114
10
1073
54
380
121
251
458
699
2233
248
309
445
118
333
258
68
107
500

252
16
1737
106
666
234
359
1105
1071
3100
17
391
589
272
463
462
82
191
1035

258
89
2137
138
1024
341
465
1744
1481
3460
543
37
694
467
322
855
138
201
1554

293
22
3037
209
1720
407
597
2895
2063
4216
659
59
1240
650
343
862
214
174
2111

432
36
3761
235
2290
566
631
3897
2494
5043
777
58
1337
665
342
927
243
242
2832

284
26
2713
433
2644
588
647
4446
2731
4943
40
78
1871
538
1289
791
192
367
3353

608
199
3952
555
3817
866
680
6274
3868
7218
88
99
2157
673
1953
1097
289
435
4660

529
49
5041
496
4448
1104
991
7521
4554
9423
90
135
2054
1209
1438
1893
258
495
9095

604
59
7065
879
7020
1714
1776
11794
6018
12420
130
170
3180
1728
2413
2107
287
531
15060

469
38
4854
756
5536
1197
1181
10507
4990
9339
130
202
2945
988
3055
1988
378
649
9696

783
118
9503
1250
10397
2506
2475
18728
9937
17660
494
371
4194
2860
4001
2727
504
905
28711

690
159
9584
1183
10362
2515
2476
17976
10225
18972
406
285
3531
3250
2670
1400
424
1200
29411

664
96
9860
1067
10545
2727
2757
19231
10081
18001
519
259
3351
3163
2920
1461
311
1279
34155

826
82
7963
948
8966
2210
1923
17171
8270
15039
540
468
3567
1656
3433
2870
511
1570
22414

129
105
144
13
22
106
212
21
15
38
29
7112

340
51
345
80
147
139
450
78
46
44
89
10881

452
66
565
95
139
321
799
193
72
43
209
17476

893
159
734
386
116
478
1032
348
110
73
615
24222

1747
384
1168
234
166
833
1707
594
145
140
1030
34650

2248
377
1358
230
182
773
2330
2453
181
185
1465
44512

3184
408
1847
417
429
1304
1521
748
199
200
2158
46496

4417
582
2602
607
564
1684
2418
853
279
331
3122
65511

4390
941
2594
1050
490
1785
2449
920
167
323
2601
78825

6912
1112
3636
1670
958
3042
3376
1447
253
1088
5824
117787

7824
1078
4040
1000
1096
2374
4100
1240
272
512
5443
98182

11632
1643
6235
2424
1863
6710
6423
1997
768
869
7125
185899

10377
1420
5261
2372
1871
7467
6919
1437
853
1046
4171
179210

11753
1344
5849
2467
2008
8189
7137
1529
833
873
5475
190584

10091
1669
7166
1849
1509
6058
8318
1608
1032
1004
6360
164480

22414
17171
15039

Wholesale&retail trade,repairs of motor vehicles


Rubber and plastic products

10091

* EA = European Accreditation

2002

205
181
834
219
41
212
520
44
118

Construction
Basic metal & fabricated metal products
Electrical and optical equipment

Wholesale&retail trade,repairs of motor vehicles

2001

85
122
390
100
94
109
232
29
132

8966

Top five industrial sectors for ISO 14001 certificates 2012


Services aggregated as single sector**
Services
54161
1
Construction
22414
2
Basic metal & fabricated metal products
17171
3
Electrical and optical equipment
15039
4
5

2000

16
88
272
91
22
34
209
12
63

Top five industrial sectors for ISO 14001 certificates 2012


1
2
3

1999

10091

** Services is the aggregate of the following codes: 8, 9, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30-39.

ISO 14001 - Number of sites covered by ISO 14001 certificates - single-site and multiple-site
certificates, plus unspecified sites, cumulated
The following table gives an idea of the number of sites covered by the certificate per country. It is provided as a rough indicator - not all data
sources responded to the request for such figures.

Country

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

TOTAL
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize

64172

62118

161795

205209

365341

Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands (UK)
Chad
Chile
China
Hong Kong, China
Macau, China
Taipei, Chinese
Colombia
Congo, the Republic of
the
Congo, the Democratic
Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cte dIvoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt

Country

2007

TOTAL
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar (UK)
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia

64172
1472
74

129
25
5
572
2
1773
418
14
36
5

9
126
24
5
793
4
2187
219
20
39
11

378
6

29
34
6
541
1
1560
392
11
46
6
3
10
356
4

35
464
2

21
327
2

336952
167
12
182
33
4
1846
4
1378
369
57
136
13
2
15
663
2

31

3
42

3
47

4
40

5
36

2
4
75

1
594

3
1167

50
4
1351
7
335
1
5
8
1360
1

55
4
1802
9
1
2
10
1366
1

86
4
2335
1
559
1
4
10
1580
3

480
41991
898
44

787
52941
1102
35

742
60143
1086
46

136
11
3776
22
717
3
9
14
1523
0
1
866
20989
1345
49

1428
493

1802
1946

1282
741

1720
371

Lithuania
Luxembourg

24

12

Madagascar

1
106
4
392
2
105
3450

1
38
5
448
1
103
3288

2
31
21
598
3
11
4172

Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius

1
667
2

1875

1967
77
58
334

Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro

411

54
151
325

1886
1
36
57
648

18
19
2
352
3
1049
275
9

13
21
3
418
1563
375
10
28

99

1
1
962

1
3
8
1402

7
30489
815

505

906
284

1080
495

914

68
2

58
2

9
31
1179

16
7
3146

76
5
297
34
28
2610

494

644
3
13
102
280

782
13
33
121
244

21
33
217

Iran, Islamic Republic of


Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic People's
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao Peoples Democratic Re
Latvia
Lebanon
Libyan Arab Jamihiriya
Liechtenstein

1495

51
10

5
1800
1
1103
455

331
280

6
17
41
2
20
592
9
1
110
8
1
8
369

ISO 14001 - Number of sites covered by ISO 14001 certificates - single-site and multiple-site
certificates, plus unspecified sites, cumulated
The following table gives an idea of the number of sites covered by the certificate per country. It is provided as a rough indicator - not all data
sources responded to the request for such figures.
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia

10
35

10
251

9
255

13
293

23
678

32
117

Fiji

Country

2007

2008

TOTAL
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
(NL)
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia

64172

62118

1
10
5

2009

2010

6
322
3

205
15
73

298
28
121

16
37
2
3
78
450
567
15
19
15
2222
100

34
2
4
174
604
1222
45
16
13
3519
716

35
5

48
10

101
679
1143
30
18
16
4221
1136

4
97
5

4
86
11

3
491
32
145
5
36
41
4
496
176
1315
218
19
27
2005
1471

14
714
40
257

Samoa, Independent S
San Marino Republic of
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania, United
Republic of
Thailand
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago

2012

161795 205209 365341 336952


2
1
20
7
3
4
3
14
4
16
14
12
4
9
9
13
10
721
2416
821
1486
1233
3
288
3

2011

2
21

2
20

82
1
211
245
74
670

81
1
378
486
249
725

68
1
3
14
4102
602

42
3
3
7
4651
633

3
186
2

3
85
3
172

26
26
5
172
628
1275
176
21
55
5267
1009

7
109
8
4
50
1233
68
190
0
29
18
7
272
710
1738
595
20
102
7041
1217
2
0

51

0
3
191
41
641
3
946
973
600
936
25859
151
3
11
24
5433
1257
24

2
44
4
124
4
510
468
184
731
16344
69
1
13
8
4388
660
40

914
941
190
790
19798
83
2
7
5
5608
724
47

3
108
3
193
1
736
844
204
731
18796
100
2
13
5
5141
868
53

2
84

3
1402

4
1167

2
1800

41
1792

13

13

12

15

26

41
2
22

Morocco

25

Country

2007

TOTAL

64172

Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
USA
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

65
422
2

144
3571
2508
22
5
14
133
1

multiple-site

indicator - not all data

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

62118
161795 205209 365341 336952
2315
3214
3844
3925
6306
105
10067
9537
3492
26752
1
1
1
9
1
3
3
2
3
2733
2049
2207
4452
6721
1
1
4
27
2
2
1
285
584
450
321
458
14
12
56
49
42
3
1
1
1
1
9
20
4
5
8
1794
1337
1427
1605
1010
22
7
1
2
29
1487
1952
2252
2516
4855
635
428
651
489
807

480
344

215
487
638

457
229
643

703
605
495

451
398
984

8
6303
3
87
2
314
5585
12
1

446
4
28436
23
245
17
12
7052
23
5

150
5
4
11

227
1
3
7

19106
5
29580
22
102
25
551
8481
24
2
4
296
7
3
4

168409
6
37252
19
104
32
545
2328
60
1
4
558
19
9
5

117161
8
34297
13
124
34
483
10681
102
1
2
287
9
10
4

452
50

10
74

811
14

628
12

681
58

1
251
3

1100
9

1321
6

1660
6

8
4

10

15

16

559

504

4
2
11

578
3
5
1
6

756
3
8

11

10
1711
5
6
23
2
2
1226
8
55
2
4

multiple-site

indicator - not all data

43

44

48

16

90

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

62118

161795

205209

365341

336952

559
1

146
862
1

36
474

32
1122

617
4559

117
250
4985

111
320
6216

8
79
445
6986

109
996
0
14
131
704
14337

3889
52
7
15
288
1
1
15

3905
62
15
49
477
1
1
6

4703
107
6
39
216
1
3
15

4671
107
8
9
240

6082
155
11
63
515

3
4

17
12

ISO 14001 - Withdrawn certificates


The following table gives an idea of withdrawn certificates per country. It is
provided as a rough indicator - not all data sources responded to the request for
such figures.

Country
TOTAL
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Hong Kong, China
Macau, China
Taipei, Chinese
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador

2006

2007

4382

2008

3423

2009

4324

11

29

12

34
7

42
30

36
34

22607
9
1
87
1
175
123
3
2

2010

2011

13966

2
1
34
43

17508
7

19
1
411
55
1
1

4
2

11
4

1
54

25

46

92
13

134
9

93
1
1452
15

10

30
16

16
9
44

26
8

31
101
10

2
153
39

2
45
13

4
118
6
16
1
371
99
2
1
208
93
6084
175
13
627
170
71
104
3
353
32
2
31

11
1

27
4

97
23

47
29
1

121
24
5217
21

51
36
6255
32

22
14
42
13
1
220
21

307
42
37
35
1
4
255
20

ISO 14001 - Withdrawn certificates


The following table gives an idea of withdrawn certificates per country. It is
provided as a rough indicator - not all data sources responded to the request for
such figures.

Country

Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Republic
of
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic
People's Republic
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Libyan Arab Jamihiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mexico
Montenegro
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
(NL)
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Oman
Pakistan

2006

2007
1

33
6
13
2

26
1
3

2008

2
1
9

133

22
4
94
10
2
1
87

24
9
114
18
2
1
105

45
14

54
16

38
20

9
2

20
6

33
13

1466
1

1491

245
1

6
101

48
1679
1
4

2009

156
2
13
1
46
5
185
32
9
4
420
2
278
224

2010

2
3
12
1
39
663
43
6
3
1
157

194
15

11
37
27
509

91
24
28
678

1452
4

1587
3
15

11
1547
1
3
18
1
2
7
77
3
345
1

27
1253

25
1820

10
1

1
24

1
28

22

42
1
33
7
4
2

91
131
24
279
4
874
7
10
1

1
77

10

113

18

17

31
1
2

136
11
5

17
1
2

37

133

40

14

15
5

1
2
5

8
1
216

13
2
20
1
68
113
182
29
2
3
63

91
8

2011

1
24
6
1
77

13
4

30
13
90
1
36

ISO 14001 - Withdrawn certificates


The following table gives an idea of withdrawn certificates per country. It is
provided as a rough indicator - not all data sources responded to the request for
such figures.

Country

Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino Republic of
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania, United
Republic of
Thailand
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
USA
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Zambia
Zimbabwe

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

8
4
6
22
17

61
30

6
15
48
1
1
7

2
19
38
1

41
136
185
1

26
164
52

173
65

5
825
49

748
32

1
1
4
11
22
12

6
28
14
17
42

10
8
33
12
21
1

158
136

64
49

95
56

92

22

1
10
2
45
287
273
17
82
3076
48
2
3
2
182
350
17

665
5

102

95

226

107
3

21
3
207
248
8

16
124
124
7

11

5
1

2
313
1
30
41
1347
289
13
13
6
19
1
18

1
12
49
253
72
1
5
728
28

4
9
20
75
25
36
1654

1
214
56

21
104
30
19
39
2141

136
62
19

1
9

1
29

2
1

96

4
290

1
1
211
76
8

4
9
236
140
25

7
3
1
16

5
78
1

ISO 14001 - Worldwide total


350000

300000

Middle East
Central and South Asia
East Asia and Pacific
Europe

250000

North America
Central / South America
Africa

200000

150000

100000

50000

0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

50000

0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

I
SO

14001

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l

s
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e

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8 0 %
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7 0 %

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6 0 %

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3 0 %

2 0 %

1 0 %

0
%
1 9 9 9

2
0 0 0

2 0 0 1

2 0 0
2

2
0 0 3

2 0 0 4

2 0 0
5

2 0 0 6

2 0 0 7

2
0 0 8

2 0 0 9

2 0 1 0

2
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(
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%
)

7
0 %
6
3
%
6
0
%

6
0 %

5
0 %

3
9
%

4
0 %
3
6
%
3

1
%

3
0 %
2
3
%
2
1
%

2
2
%

2
0 %

1
8
%
1
5
%
1
3

%
9
%

1
0 %
4
%
0
%
2 0
0 0

2
0 0
1

2 0
0 2

2
0 0 3

2
0 0
4

2 0
0 5

2
0 0
6

2 0
0 7

2
0 0
8

2 0
0 9

2
0 1
0

2 0 1
1

2
0 1 2

I
SO

14001

N
um
be r

o
f

c
o unt
ri
e s

e c
o no
m i
e s

1
8 0

1
2

1
6 0
1
2
1
2

1
4 0
1
2
1
2

1
2 0
1
2
1
0 0

8
0

6
0

4
0

1
1
4
1
0
3

6
1
7

1
2
6
1
8

1
0
8

8
2
2

1
2

1
3

1
3

1
3

1
9

2
2

4
9

4
9

2
7

2
8

M
i

1
3
1
2

1
1

1
2

4
7

4
7

2
4

4
9

2
3

4
0

4
2

4
1

2
8

3
2

2
6

2
6

2
3

2
5

2
6

2
8

2
7

2
4
2
0

1
4
8
1 9
9 9

2
0 0
0

2
2
1
2
2 0
0 1

2
1

2
1

1
5

1
3

2
0 0
2

2 0 0
3

1
9
2 0
0 4

2 0 0
5

2 0
0 6

2
9

2
0 0
7

3
3

2 0
0 8

3
2

2
0 0
9

2
7

2 0
1 0

d d l
e
n
t
t

3
2

2 0
1 1

3
9

2 0 1
2

E a
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r
a

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a
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n d P

c
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fi

a
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p e

N
o

r
t
h

C
e

n
t

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i

4
9

4
4

1
4

E
u r
o

2
4

2
1

4
9

4
4

C
e
E
a

1
2

1
1

9
1
9

1
8

1
8

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