Consumption of iodized salt (% of households)
Compare consumption of iodized salt (% of households) across 20 countries or territories using one fixed 2015 World Bank reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •20 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2015 slice.
- •Turkmenistan has the highest published value (99.7 %).
- •Mauritania has the lowest published value (7.6 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 78.3%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Percentage of households which have salt they used for cooking that tested positive (>0ppm) for presence of iodine.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2015 World Bank slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Percentage of households which have salt they used for cooking that tested positive (>0ppm) for presence of iodine.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 99.7% |
| 2 | India | 94.5% |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 94.4% |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 93.3% |
| 5 | Egypt | 92.5% |
| 6 | Rwanda | 90.5% |
| 7 | Mali | 90.3% |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 88.4% |
| 9 | Peru | 88.1% |
| 10 | Belize | 84.9% |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 84.6% |
| 12 | Angola | 82.4% |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 80.7% |
| 14 | Malawi | 77.7% |
| 15 | Chad | 76.5% |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 68.3% |
| 17 | Ghana | 63.9% |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 56.6% |
| 19 | Senegal | 50.6% |
| 20 | Mauritania | 7.6% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2015).
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