Certificates by Country

According to the recently released ISO Survey of Certifications, the top countries for certifications and growth of certifications at the end of 2009 for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 13485, and ISO 27001 were:

ISO 9001

Top 10 countries for ISO 9001 certificates:

1. China: 257,076
2. Italy: 130,066
3. Japan: 68,484
4. Spain: 59,576
5. Russian Federation: 53,152
6. Germany: 47,156
7. United Kingdom: 41,193
8. India: 37,493
9. USA: 28,935
10. Republic of Korea: 23,400

Top 10 countries for ISO 9001 growth:

1. Russian Federation: 37,101
2. China: 32,460
3. Italy: 11,757
4. Japan: 5,738
5. Romania: 5,128
6. Czech Republic: 3,942
7. Viet Nam: 3,362
8. Poland: 1,742
9. Israel: 1,214
10. Iran: 1,090

ISO 14001

Top 10 countries for ISO 14001 certificates:

1. China: 55,316
2. Japan: 39,556
3. Spain: 16,527
4. Italy: 14,542
5. United Kingdom: 10,912
6. Republic of Korea: 7,843
7. Romania: 6,863
8. Germany: 5,865
9. USA: 5,225
10. Czech Republic: 4,684

Top 10 countries for ISO 14001 growth:

1. China: 16,121
2. Japan: 3,983
3. Romania: 2,979
4. Hungary: 1,659
5. Italy: 1,620
6. United Kingdom: 1,457
7. Czech Republic: 1,366
8. France: 1,196
9. Thailand: 930
10. Russian Federation: 783

ISO/TS 16949

Top 10 countries for ISO/TS 16949 certificates:

1. China: 12,071
2. USA: 3,882
3. Republic of Korea: 3,857
4. Germany: 3,205
5. India: 2,660
6. Japan: 1,195
7. France: 1,096
8. Brazil: 1,077
9. Italy: 1,070
10. Mexico: 990

Top 10 countries for ISO/TS 16949 growth:

1. China: 1,927
2. India: 412
3. Thailand: 105
4. Republic of Korea: 78
5. Turkey: 49
6. Chinese Taipei: 41
7. Brazil: 40
8. Iran: 34
9. Viet Nam: 32
10. Malaysia: 29

ISO 13485

Top 10 countries for ISO 13485 certificates:

1. Germany: 3,019
2. USA: 2,834
3. China: 1,498
4. United Kingdom: 1,330
5. Italy: 1,109
6. Sweden: 836
7. France: 788
8. Canada: 453
9. Japan: 452
10. Chinese Taipei: 362

Top 10 countries for ISO 13485 growth:

1. Sweden: 597
2. United Kingdom: 429
3. China: 376
4. Germany: 368
5. USA: 311
6. Republic of Korea: 310
7. Chinese Taipei: 296
8. Spain: 227
9. Netherlands: 115
10. Israel: 97

ISO 27001

Top 10 countries for ISO 27001 certificates:

1. Japan: 5,508
2. India: 1,240
3. United Kingdom: 946
4. Chinese Taipei: 934
5. Spain: 483
6. China: 459
7. Romania: 303
8. Italy: 297
9. Czech Republic: 264
10. Germany: 253

Top 10 countries for ISO 27001 growth:

1. Japan: 1,083
2. India: 427
3. Spain: 280
4. Romania: 259
5. Chinese Taipei: 232
6. China: 223
7. United Kingdom: 208
8. Czech Republic: 176
9. Poland: 112
10. USA: 84

To see further details of the survey, you can download this free PDF survey reportfrom the ISO web site.