776,608 ISO 9000 Registrations Worldwide

That’s according to the latest worldwide survey from the International Organization for Standardization. Up to the end of December 2005, at least 776,608 ISO 9001certificates had been issued in 161 countries and economies, an increase of 18 % over 2004, when the total was 660,132 in 154 countries and economies.

Other highlights of the survey show that the USA ranks 6th in the total number of certificates with 44,270, the number one country?..China with 143,833.

The survey also shows that ISO 14000 registrations lag a long way behind ISO 9001 with only 111,162 certificates issued worldwide, with the USA accounting for just 5,061 of these.

The survey is available on CD,or a summarized PDF version