Iodized Salt

Country	Iodine Compound used	Legislation	Level of iodization at production level (ppm Iodine)	Year
Afghanistan	n/a	None
Albania	Potassium Iodide	None	25	1999
Angola	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	36	1996
Argentina	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	30
Australia	Potassium Iodate		65
Austria	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	20	1999
Belgium	Sodium Iodide, Potassium Iodate	Voluntary	6 - 45	1992
Benin	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	20 - 40	1994
Bhutan	n/a	Mandatory	n/a
Bolivia	Potassium Iodide/Iodate	Mandatory	50
Bosnia Herzegovina	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	5 - 15	1998
Botswana	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50	1993
Brazil	Potassium Iodide/Iodate	Mandatory	15 – 30
Bulgaria	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	22 – 58	1997
Burkina Faso	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	40	1996
Burundi	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50	1992
Cameroon	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	100
Canada	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	77
Cape Verde	n/a	None	n/a	n/a
Central African Republic	Potassium Iodate/iodide	Mandatory	50 - 100	1996
Chad	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	~100	1994
Chile	n/a
China	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	35 ± 15	2000
Colombia	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	70 – 100
Comoros	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	~100	1995
Congo DR Kinshasa	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	80 - 100	1993
Costa Rica	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	33 - 50
Cote D’Ivoire	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	30 - 50	1996
Croatia	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	25	1999
Cuba	n/a	No Legislation
Czech Republic	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	20 – 34	1999
Denmark	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	8 – 12	1999
Ecuador	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	40
Egypt	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50 - 80	1996
El Salvador	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	30 – 100
Eritrea	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	100	2001
Ethiopia	n/a	None	n/a
Finland	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	25	1998
France	Sodium Iodide	Voluntary	10 – 15	1997
Gambia	n/a	None	n/a
Germany	Sodium/Potassium Iodate	Voluntary	15 – 20	2001
Ghana	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	20 - 40
Greece	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	40 - 60	2000
Guatemala	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Mandatory	60 - 100
Guinea-Bissau	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	100	1995
Haiti	n/a	No Legislation
Honduras	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	>67
Hungary	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	10 – 20	1999
India	Potassium Iodate		30
Indonesia	Potassium Iodate		25
Iran	n/a	Mandatory	40
Ireland	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	25	1992
Italy	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Voluntary	24 – 42	1997
Kenya	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	100	1988
Lebanon	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Mandatory	10 – 200
Lesotho	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	n/a
Libya	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	34 - 66	1998
Luxembourg	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Voluntary	10 – 15	2000
Macedonia	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	20 – 30	1999
Madagascar	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50	1995
Malawi	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50 - 70	1998
Mauritania	n/a	None	n/a
Mexico	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	30 ± 10	1994
Morocco	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	80	1994
Mozambique	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50 – 80
Myanmar	-	-	40
Namibia	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50 - 80	1994
Netherlands	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Voluntary	30 – 40	1999
Nicaragua	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	30 – 50
Niger	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	80 - 100	1996
Nigeria	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50	1993
Norway	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	5	1992
Oman	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	20 - 30	1995
Pakistan	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	60 – 70
Panama	Potassium Iodate/Iodide*	Mandatory	67 - 100
Paraguay	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	60 - 80
Peru	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Mandatory	30 - 40
Philippines	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Mandatory	60 - 100	1995
Poland	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	20 - 40	1999
Portugal	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	25 – 35	1996
Romania	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	34 ± 8	2002
Rwanda	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	30 - 50	1991
Slovak Rep.	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	15 - 35	1999
Slovenia	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	5 - 15	1998
Somalia	n/a	-	-
South Africa	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50	1995
Spain	Potassium Iodate/Iodide*	Voluntary	51 - 69	2000
Sri Lanka	n/a	Voluntary	25 – 50
Sudan	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	50	1994
Swaziland	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	30	N/A
Sweden	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	40 – 70	2000
Switzerland	Potassium Iodate/Iodide	Voluntary	20 – 30
Tanzania	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	75 – 100	1995
Thailand	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	>30
Tunisia	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	40	1996
Turkey	Potassium Iodate/Iodide*	Voluntary	25 - 70	1999
Uganda	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	100	1994
UK	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	10 - 22	1992
USA	Potassium Iodide	Voluntary	46 - 77
Uruguay	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	30
Venezuela	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	20 – 30
Vietnam	n/a	Mandatory
Yugoslavia	Potassium Iodide	Mandatory	20	2000
Zambia	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	80 - 100	1998
Zimbabwe	Potassium Iodate	Mandatory	40 ± 15	2000

* If KI is used it must be guaranteed that there is no significant iodine loss

This is an interim table. Please report any additions/changes to morton@saltinstitute.org

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