Score Card 2005

SCORE CARD 2005

Country	Population¹ (thousands)	Birth¹ (thousands)	Iodized Salt² Consumption (%)	Median UIE³ (ug/L)	Proportion of population with Low UIE³ (<100 ug/L; %)	Total Goitre Rate³ (%)	ID Protected Population (thousands)	ID unprotected population (thousands)	ID protected infants (thousand)	ID unprotected infants (thousands)

Afghanistan	23,897	1,136	1	-	-	9.9	239	23,658	11	1,125
Albania	3,166	57	62	-	-	-	1,963	1,203	35	22
Algeria	31,800	724	69	27	77.7	65	21,942	9,858	500	224
Andorra				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	13,625	713	35	-	-	-	4,769	8,856	250	463
Antigua and Barbuda	73	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	38,428	727	90	-	-	-	34,585	3,843	654	73
Armenia	3,061	29	84	146	31.8	30.2	2,571	490	24	5
Australia				77	71.5	19.4	-	-	-	-
Austria				111	49.4	-	-	-	-	-
Azerbaijan	8,370	148	26	54	74.4	11.1	2,176	6,194	38	110
Bahamas	314	6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bahrain	724	14		204	16.2	1.7	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	146,736	4,183	70	54	70.7	49.9	102,715	44,021	2,928	1,255
Barbados	270	3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belarus	9,895	88	37	45	80.9	33.4	3,661	6,234	33	55
Belgium				80	66.9	-	-	-	-	-
Belize	256	6	90	184	26.7	-	230	26	5	1
Benin	6,736	278	72	289	8.3	19.6	4,850	1,886	200	78
Bhutan	2,257	77	95	230	24.0	14	2,144	113	73	4
Bolivia	8,808	255	90	250	19.0	4.5	7,927	881	230	26
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,161	39	77	111	52.4	25.7	3,204	957	30	9
Botswana	1,785	54	66	219	15.3	16.5	1,178	607	36	18
Brazil	178,470	3,502	88	360	.0	4	157,054	21,416	3,082	420
Brunei Darussalam	358	8		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	7,897	62		111	42.9	27.4	-	-	-	-
Burkina Faso	13,002	621	23	114	47.5	55.2	2,990	10,012	143	478
Burundi	6,825	304	96	-	-	-	6,552	273	292	12
Cambodia	14,144	475	14	-	-	17	1,980	12,164	67	409
Cameroon	16,018	563	61	52	91.7	10.3	9,771	6,247	343	220
Canada				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cape Verde	463	12	0	52	77.4	25.5	-	463	-	12
Central African Republic	3,865	144	86	21	79.5	60.9	3,324	541	124	20
Chad	8,598	416	58	29	99.6	63	4,987	3,611	241	175
Chile	15,805	284	100	984	.2	6.4	15,805	-	284	-
China	1,304,196	18,706	93	241	16.2	5.8	1,212,902	91,294	17,397	1,309
Colombia	44,222	973	92	249	6.4	6.5	40,684	3,538	895	78
Comoros	768	28	82	-	-	13.6	630	138	23	5
Congo	3,724	164		-	-	12	-	-	-	-
Congo, DR	52,771	2,658	72	267	.0	28.4	37,995	14,776	1,914	744
Cook Islands				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	4,173	78	97	233	8.9	-	4,048	125	76	2
Côte d'Ivoire	16,631	587	31	162	33.8	44.8	5,156	11,475	182	405
Croatia	4,428	49	90	140	28.8	16.1	3,985	443	44	5
Cuba	11,300	129	83	95	51.0	-	9,379	1,921	107	22
Cyprus	802	10		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	10,236	90		119	47.7	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark				61	70.8	12.1	-	-	-	-
Djibouti	703	27		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominica	79	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	8,745	203	18	39	86.0	5.3	1,574	7,171	37	166
Ecuador	13,003	295	99	420	.0	-	12,873	130	292	3
Egypt	71,931	1,911	56	148	31.2	21.4	40,281	31,650	1,070	841
El Salvador	6,515	161	91	150	4.6	-	5,929	586	147	14
Equatorial Guinea	494	21	20	-	-	-	99	395	4	17
Eritrea	4,141	163	68	168	25.3	36.7	2,816	1,325	111	52
Estonia	1,323	11		65	67.0	-	-	1,323	-	11
Ethiopia	70,678	2,992	28	58	68.4	53.3	19,790	50,888	838	2,154
Fiji	839	19	31	34	75.4	-	260	579	6	13
Finland				164	35.5	-	-	-	-	-
France				85	60.4	12.9	-	-	-	-
Gabon	1,329	41	15	190	38.3	17.1	199	1,130	6	35
Gambia	1,426	50	8	42	72.8	16.3	114	1,312	4	46
Georgia	5,126	52	68	62	80.0	-	3,486	1,640	35	17
Germany				148	27.0	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	20,922	663	50	54	71.3	23.8	10,461	10,461	332	332
Greece				-	-	17.5	-	-	-	-
Grenada	80	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guam				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	12,347	419	67	222	14.4	-	8,272	4,075	281	138
Guinea	8,480	362	68	91	63.6	59	5,766	2,714	246	116
Guinea-Bissau	1,493	74	2	-	-	32.6	30	1,463	1	73
Guyana	765	16		162	26.9	-	-	-	-	-
Haiti	8,326	251	11	-	-	-	916	7,410	28	223
Holy See				-	-		-	-	-	-
Honduras	6,941	205	80	204	31.3	-	5,553	1,388	164	41
Hungary	9,877	86		80	65.2	11.6	-	-	-	-
Iceland				150	37.7	-	-	-	-	-
India	1,065,462	25,052	50	133	31.3	17.9	532,731	532,731	12,526	12,526
Indonesia	219,883	4,515	73	65	63.7	9.8	160,515	59,368	3,296	1,219
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	68,920	1,424	94	205	14.9	54.6	64,785	4,135	1,339	85
Iraq	25,175	879	40	-	-	-	10,070	15,105	352	527
Ireland				82	60.8	-	-	-	-	-
Israel				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy				94	55.7	13.9	-	-	-	-
Jamaica	2,651	54	100	-	-	-	2,651	-	54	-
Japan				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan	5,473	151	88	154	24.4	33.5	4,816	657	133	18
Kazakhstan	15,433	250	20	97	53.1	36.7	3,087	12,346	50	200
Kenya	31,987	1,032	91	115	36.7	15.5	29,108	2,879	939	93
Kiribati	88	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	22,664	364		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, Republic of	47,700	562		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kosovo				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait	2,521	50		147	31.4	0	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	5,138	112	27	30	88.1	49.1	1,387	3,751	30	82
Lao People's Democratic Republic	5,657	200	75	162	26.9	-	4,243	1,414	150	50
Latvia	2,307	18		59	76.8	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	3,653	69	87	95	55.5	25.7	3,178	475	60	9
Lesotho	1,802	55	69	26	100.0	4.9	1,243	559	38	17
Liberia	3,367	167		321	3.5	-	-	-	-	-
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	5,551	128	90	-	-	-	4,996	555	115	13
Liechtenstein				-	-		-	-	-	-
Lithuania	3,444	29		75	62.0	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg				90	57.4	-	-	-	-	-
Madagascar	17,404	719	52	-	65.4	22.8	9,050	8,354	374	345
Malawi	12,105	534	49	-	-	28.1	5,931	6,174	262	272
Malaysia	24,425	545		91	57.0	4	-	-	-	-
Maldives	318	11	44	67	65.5	23.6	140	178	5	6
Mali	13,007	650	74	203	34.1	-	9,625	3,382	481	169
Malta				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Islands	53	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritania	2,893	120	2	55	69.8	30.9	58	2,835	2	118
Mauritius	1,221	19	0	154	4.4	-	-	1,221	-	19
Mexico	103,457	2,294	90	235	8.5	10.4	93,111	10,346	2,065	229
Micronesia (Federated States of)	109	3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moldova, Republic of	4,267	49	33	78	62.0	36.7	1,408	2,859	16	33
Monaco				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	2,594	58	45	102	48.9	23	1,167	1,427	26	32
Morocco	30,566	707	41	75	63.0	22	12,532	18,034	290	417
Mozambique	18,863	774	62	69	65.4	14.3	11,695	7,168	480	294
Myanmar	49,485	1,172	48	136	38.2	-	23,753	25,732	563	609
Namibia	1,987	65	0	-	-	-	-	1,987	-	65
Nauru				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nepal	25,164	822	63	144	35.1	40	15,853	9,311	518	304
Netherlands				154	37.5	1.8	-	-	-	-
New Zealand			83	66	79.7	-	-	-	-	-
Nicaragua	5,466	170	97	271	.0	-	5,302	164	165	5
Niger	11,972	662	15	270	.0	35.8	1,796	10,176	99	563
Nigeria	124,009	4,820	97	147	38.8	29.1	120,289	3,720	4,675	145
Niue				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	3,557	137	37	-	-		1,316	2,241	51	86
Oman	2,851	91	61	91	49.8	10	1,739	1,112	56	35
Pakistan	153,578	5,506	17	16	90.4	84.9	26,108	127,470	936	4,570
Palau	20	0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	3,120	70	95	235	8.6	10.2	2,964	156	67	4
Papua New Guinea	5,711	177		181	27.7	4.6	-	-	-	-
Paraguay	5,878	173	83	294	13.4	-	4,879	999	144	29
Peru	27,167	624	93	230	11.8	-	25,265	1,902	580	44
Philippines	79,999	2,001	24	71	65.3	5.4	19,200	60,799	480	1,521
Poland	38,587	365		84	64.0	-	-	-	-	-
Polynesia				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	610	10		203	30.0	-	-	-	-	-
Romania	22,334	233	53	68	64.2	12.8	11,837	10,497	123	110
Russian Federation	143,246	1,226	35	-	-	-	50,136	93,110	429	797
Rwanda	8,387	368	90	298	.0	25.9	7,548	839	331	37
Saint Kitts and Nevis	42	1	100	-	-	-	42	-	1	-
Saint Lucia	149	3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and Grenadines				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	178	5		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Marino				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	161	5	41	-	-	-	66	95	2	3
Saudi Arabia	24,217	762		180	23.0	24	-	-	-	-
Senegal	10,095	374	16	45	75.7	28.7	1,615	8,480	60	314
Serbia and Montenegro	10,527	123	73	158	20.8	1.3	7,685	2,842	90	33
Seychelles	81	3		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	4,971	245	23	-	33.7	-	1,143	3,828	56	189
Singapore	4,253	41		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovakia	5,402	55		183	15.0	4.4	-	-	-	-
Slovenia				-	-	79	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	477	15		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Somalia	9,890	516		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	45,026	1,006	62	177	29.0	40.9	27,916	17,110	624	382
South Sudan				-	-		-	-	-	-
Spain				109	50.1	10.4	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	19,065	312	88	145	30.6	20.9	16,777	2,288	275	37
St Vincent/Grenadines				-	-		-	-	-	-
Sudan	33,610	1,100	1	75	62.0	22	336	33,274	11	1,089
Suriname	436	9		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swaziland	1,077	36	59	170	34.5	5.4	635	442	21	15
Sweden				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland				115	39.5	14.5	-	-	-	-
Syrian Arab Republic	17,800	491	40	-	42.3	-	7,120	10,680	196	295
Tajikistan	6,245	150	28	-	56.8	68.7	1,749	4,496	42	108
Tanzania, United Republic of	36,977	1,438	67	-	14.5	44	24,775	12,202	963	475
Thailand	62,833	1,085	67	150	34.9	2.2	42,098	20,735	727	358
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2,056	29	80	199	11.8	5.8	1,645	411	23	6
Timor-Leste	778	18	72	-	-	-	560	218	13	5
Togo	4,909	187	67	116	42.8	32.6	3,289	1,620	125	62
Tonga	104	2		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	1,303	17	1	-	-	-	13	1,290	0	17
Tunisia	9,832	165	97	164	26.4	36.3	9,537	295	160	5
Turkey	71,325	1,479	64	36	74.6	30.3	45,648	25,677	947	532
Turkmenistan	4,867	107	75	64	65.6	25	3,650	1,217	80	27
Tuvalu				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uganda	25,827	1,317	95	310	11.9	60.2	24,536	1,291	1,251	66
Ukraine	48,523	409	32	50	70.1	55.6	15,527	32,996	131	278
United Arab Emirates	2,995	49		91	56.6	40.4	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom				-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United States				237	9.5	-	-	-	-	-
Uruguay	3,415	57		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uzbekistan	26,093	559	19	36	97.4	73	4,958	21,135	106	453
Vanuatu	212	6		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Venezuela	25,699	581	90	286	.0	-	23,129	2,570	523	58
Viet Nam	81,377	1,639	83	40	84.0	21.9	67,543	13,834	1,360	279
Yemen	20,010	901	39	173	30.2	16.8	7,804	12,206	351	550
Zambia	10,812	453	77	60	72.0	31.6	8,325	2,487	349	104
Zimbabwe	12,891	409	93	245	14.8	-	11,989	902	380	29

Source of Data:

1 World State of Children, 2005

2 UNICEF Child Info

3 WHO Database