ISO 9001 Statistics for 2022

Since it was first published in 1987, ISO 9001 has granted millions of certificates to 195 countries worldwide.

ISO 9001 is a universal quality management system for all industrial sectors and organizations.

Contents

• ISO 9001 Certificates by Industrial Sector, 2020
• Certificates by Country, 2020
• Facts & Figures
• Benefits of ISO
• Real-life Data & Case Studies - ISO Factsheets of Benefits (by Industry)
• Quality Management Principles
• Who Should Use ISO 9001?

ISO 9001 Certificates by Industrial Sector, 2020

Basic metal & fabricated metal products	106,189
Wholesale & retail trade, repairs of motor vehicles, motorcycles & personal & household goods	90,117
Electrical and optical equipment	82,061
Construction	71,097
Machinery and equipment	62,539
Other Services	52,008
Engineering services	46,036
Rubber and plastic products	43,936
Information technology	39,895
Chemicals, chemical products & fibres	28,453
Transport, storage and communication	24,408
Food products, beverage and tobacco	21,935
Health and social work	12,399
Education	12,309
Concrete, cement, lime, plaster etc.	11,854
Textiles and textile products	11,600
Manufacturing not elsewhere classified	11,466
Non-metallic mineral products	10,332
Other transport equipment	10,198
Financial intermediation, real estate, renting	9,167
Other social services	8,603
Pulp, paper and paper products	8,415
Printing companies	7,835
Hotels and restaurants	4,573
Public administration	4,465
Manufacture of wood and wood products	4,080
Mining and quarrying	3,478
Recycling	3,114
Pharmaceuticals	2,999
Electricity supply	2,972
Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry	2,589
Shipbuilding	1,911
Water supply	1,824
Leather and leather products	1,729
Manufacture of coke & refined petroleum products	1,393
Aerospace	774
Gas supply	702
Nuclear fuel	558
Publishing companies	445
Sector not known	258,146

Source: ISO Survey, 2020

ISO 9001 Certificates by Country, 2020

Afghanistan	7		Lebanon	529
Albania	378		Lesotho	2
Algeria	477		Liberia	8
Andorra	21		Libya	47
Angola	100		Liechtenstein	77
Antigua and Barbuda	1		Lithuania	1254
Argentina	6,128		Luxembourg	157
Armenia	37		Macao	125
Australia	7,971		Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of)	629
Austria	3562		Madagascar	71
Azerbaijan	259		Malawi	33
Bahamas	12		Malaysia	9,533
Bahrain	463		Maldives	11
Bangladesh	495		Mali	19
Barbados	10		Malta	216
Belarus	6,890		Mauritania	4
Belgium	2887		Mauritius	178
Belize	2		Mexico	7,002
Benin	40		Micronesia (Federated States of)	2
Bermuda	4		Moldova (Republic of)	88
Bhutan	18		Monaco	51
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	223		Mongolia	62
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1145		Montenegro	220
Botswana	9		Morocco	1099
Brazil	17,503		Mozambique	38
Brunei Darussalam	77		Myanmar	215
Bulgaria	6,069		Namibia	29
Burkina Faso	29		Nepal	90
Burundi	7		Netherlands	8,358
Côte d'Ivoire	227		Netherlands Antilles (NL)	20
Cabo Verde	32		New Zealand	1,034
Cambodia	78		Nicaragua	32
Cameroon	70		Niger	8
Canada	4,707		Nigeria	368
Cayman Islands			Norway	2,578
Central African Republic	1		Oman	587
Chad	6		Pakistan	2,016
Chile	2,897		Palau
China	32,4621		Palestine, State of	40
Colombia	1,0147		Panama	226
Comoros	4		Papua New Guinea	31
Congo	14		Paraguay	437
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)	26		Peru	1,631
Costa Rica	345		Philippines	3,572
Croatia	2,531		Poland	10,219
Cuba	208		Portugal	4,734
Cyprus	736		Puerto Rico	37
Czech Republic	10,085		Qatar	887
Denmark	2181		Romania	9,935
Djibouti	4		Russian Federation	4,159
Dominica	3		Rwanda	11
Dominican Republic	190		Saint Kitts and Nevis	1
Ecuador	1,188		Saint Lucia	4
Egypt	1,839		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
El Salvador	185		San Marino	48
Equatorial Guinea	6		Saudi Arabia	1,988
Eritrea	1		Senegal	74
Estonia	947		Serbia	3,092
Ethiopia	43		Seychelles	6
Fiji	40		Sierra Leone	1
Finland	2,861		Singapore	3,234
France	21,880		Slovakia	3,897
Gabon	28		Slovenia	1,817
Gambia	1		Solomon Islands
Georgia	197	Somalia	5
Germany	49,349	South Africa	3,399
Ghana	110	Spain	29,814
Gibraltar	13	Sri Lanka	1,237
Greece	6,822	Sudan	69
Grenada	2	Suriname	123
Guatemala	211	Swaziland	16
Guinea	10	Sweden	3,190
Guinea-Bissau	2	Switzerland	7,551
Guyana	22	Syrian Arab Republic	92
Haiti	2	Taiwan, Province of China	8510
Haiti	23	Tajikistan	3
Honduras	266	Tanzania, United Republic of	86
Honduras	161	Thailand	9,240
Hong Kong	2294	Togo	25
Hungary	7,030	Tonga	2
Iceland	105	Trinidad and Tobago	71
India	32,236	Tunisia	1,077
Indonesia	6,861	Turkey	8,150
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1,523	Turkmenistan	51
Iraq	98	Tuvalu
Ireland	2,338	Uganda	125
Israel	8,250	Ukraine	1,465
Italy	91,493	United Arab Emirates	3,625
Jamaica	36	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	25,995
Japan	32,287	United States of America	20,919
Jordan	575	Uruguay	1,203
Kazakhstan	447	Uzbekistan	218
Kenya	456	Vanuatu	2
Korea	3	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	73
Korea (Republic of)	11,982	Viet Nam	4,207
Kuwait	584	Yemen	20
Kyrgyzstan	8	Zambia	24
Lao People's Democratic Republic	47	Zimbabwe	6
Latvia	868

ISO 9001 Facts & Figures

• ISO 9001 was first published in 1987
• Was built upon BS5750
• ISO 9001 has undergone 4 revisions - 1994, 2000, 2008 and 2015
• The latest revision was published in September 2015

ISO Publication - The Economic benefits of standards

Benefits of ISO 9001

• What are the Benefits of ISO 9001 Certification?
• 5 Ways ISO 9001 Improves Quality
• Is ISO 9001 Certification Worth It? (8 Pros and Cons)
• ISO 9001 - Five Benefits for Employees
• ISO 9001 Statistics for 2021
• Why Is ISO 9001 So Relevant Today?

 

Written: 16th April 2024
Author: Richard Keen

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