Estadistica De Certificación

The ISO Survey of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Certificates

Tenth cycle: up to and including 31 December 2000
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Introduction

ISO does not itself issue certificates of conformity to ISO 9000 or ISO 14000. This is carried out
independently of ISO by certification bodies in different countries. Therefore,there is no “official” central
database of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certificates. However, ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 are two of our best
known families of standards and ISO constantly receives requests for information on their implementation
worldwide, which is what led ISO to undertake this regular survey as an information service.

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General remarks

This survey does not claim to beexhaustive and the reader should consider the data reported in this survey
with care, keeping in mind the remarks below.
2.1 A number of joint assessment arrangements are in operation and these have been taken into account
where known, but a small amount of double counting no doubt occurs. When this comes to light, totals
are adjusted, which explaims the lower figures for some countries in the 2000survey. The figures
shown in this survey are those which have been provided by the certification bodies, and the Central
Secretariat is very grateful for all their help.
2.2 Efforts have been made to maintain consistency between approaches for all ten cycles and, in some
cases, estimates have been made. However, it is quite likely that in some cases, undercounting has
occurred.
2.3 No attempthas been made to distinguish between accredited and non-accredited certificates.
Consequently, accredited and non-accredited certificates are added together without distinction. Also,
the certificates mentioned may either cover single site or multiple site certifications; again, no
distinction has been made.
2.4 We introduced worldwide figures by industrial sectors for the first time in theeighth cycle and we have
continued to give this information in the present cycle. Due to public demand, a CD-ROM is available
showing the number of certificates per country by industrial sector. This electronic product is available
from the Central Secretariat for a fee.

The ISO Survey of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Certificates - Tenth cycle

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Key findings on ISO 9000

3.1 Acountry-by-country breakdown is shown in Annex A and you will find the key findings highlighted below.
3.2 The success of the ISO 9000 family of standards is still growing, and the number of countries where
ISO 9000 is being implemented has increased. Up to the end of December 2000, at least 408 631 ISO 9000
certificates had been awarded in 158 countries worldwide. This is an increase of 64 988 ISO9000
certificates over the end of December 1999, when the total stood at 343 643 for 150 countries.
3.3 Looking at the different regions of the world, Europe, with 220 127 certificates awarded, is still increasing
rapidly with 29 879 more certificates than last year, while the Far East with 81 919 certificates awarded,
showing a 25 271 increase, confirms the growing interest of the region'sindustries in the ISO 9000
certification process.

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Cycle 5
1995-12-31

Cycle 6
1996-12-31

Cycle 7
1997-12-31

Cycle 8
1998-12-31

Cycle 9
1999-12-31

Cycle 10
2000-12-31

Far East
countries
Australia/NewZealand

Cycle 4
1995-03-31

Central and
South Americas
North America

Cycle 3
1994-06-30

Africa/West
Asia
Europe

Cycle 2
1993-09-30

Regional
shareexpressed in
percent

Cycle 1
1993-01-31

Cut-off date for each cycle

3,42

2,73

2,64

2,75

2,65

3,79

3,88

4,47

5,04

4.94

83,02

81,12

78,73

75,61

72,72

67,58

64,34

61,16

55,36

53.87

0,10

0,30

0,68

0,77

0,96

1,05

1,34

1,92

2,61

2.64

4,32

5,61

6,99

7,77

8,15

10,44

11,25

12,34...