International Organization for Standardization (ISO), The ISO Survey 2004,
Available on ( Accessed 23 October
2011).
Region
1
Number of companies with ISO 14001 certification 1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
North America
117
434
975
1676
2700
4053
5233,00
6 743
7 119
7 673
7 267
7 194
7 316
Share in percent
2,64
5,50
6,91
7,32
7,35
8,20
7,92
7,45
6,4
5,98
4,70
3,81
3,30
No. of countries
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Europe
2 626
4254
7365
11021
18243
23316
31 997
39 812
47 837
55 919
65 097
78 118
89 237
Share in percent
59,24
53,94
52,21
48,13
49,62
47,14
48,43
43,96
43,03
43,61
42,11
41,37
40,00
No. of countries/economies
25
29
32
36
41
44
42
44
43
46
46
48
48
Central and South America
98
144
309
556
681
1418
1 691
2 955
3 411
4 355
4 260
4 654
3 923
2,21
1,83
2,19
2,43
1,86
2,87
2,56
3,26
3,07
3,4
2,76
2,46
1,80
5
12
14
18
22
21
21
24
26
26
26
27
28
Africa/West Asia
73
138
337
651
923
1355
1 997
3 007
3 993
4 832
5 586
7 682
8 813
Share in percent
1,65
1,75
2,39
2,84
2,51
2,74
3,02
3,32
3,59
3,77
3,61
4,07
3,90
10
15
21
25
29
31
28
37
43
45
50
50
56
Australia/New Zealand
163
385
770
1112
1422
1563
1 405
2 092
1 958
2 146
904
1 273
1 623
Share in percent
3,68
4,88
5,46
4,86
3,87
3,16
2,13
2,31
1,76
1,67
0,58
0,67
0,70
No. of countries
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Far East
1356
2532
4350
7881
12796
17757
23 747
35 960
46 844
53 286
71 458
89 894
112 237
Share in percent
30,59
32,1
30,84
34,42
34,81
35,9
35,94
39,70
42,14
41,56
46,23
47,61
50,3
10
11
12
14
16
17
17
17
21
18
21
19
22
4433
7887
14106
22897
36765
49462
66 070
90 569
111 162
128 211
154 572
188 815
223 149
55
72
84
98
112
117
113
127
138
140
148
155
159
Share in percent No. of countries/economies
No. of countries/economies
No. of countries/economies World total Number of countries/economies 1. ISO region classification
Sources: 1. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), The ISO Survey 2004, Available on ( Accessed 23 October 2011) 2. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), The ISO Survey 2007, Available on ( Accessed 23 October 2011) 3. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), The ISO Survey 2008, Available on ( Accessed 23 October 2011) 4. International Organization for Standardization (ISO), The ISO Survey 2007, Available on ( Accessed 23 October 2011)
