ISO Survey 2021:
ISO 27001 certificates
by Andrey Prozorov, CISM, CIPP/E, CDPSE, LA 27001
www.patreon.com/AndreyProzorov
04.10.2022

ISO Survey 2021
The latest results of the Survey shows an
estimation of the number of valid
certificates as of 31 December 2021.
Global 2020: 44486 (+32%) / 84166
Finland 2020: 102 (+76%) / 185
www.iso.org/the-iso-survey.html
Total valid certificates Total number of sites
ISO 9001:2015 1,077,884 1,447,080
ISO 14001:2015 420,433 610,924
ISO 45001:2018 294,420 369,897
ISO IEC 27001:2013 58,687 99,755
ISO 22000:2005&2018 36,124 42,937
ISO 13485:2016 27,229 38,503
ISO 50001:2011&2018 21,907 54,778
ISO 20000-1:2011&2018 11,769 13,998
ISO 37001:2016 2,896 7,982
ISO 22301:2012&2019 2,559 5,969
ISO 39001:2012 1,285 2,357
ISO 28000:2007 584 1,106
ISO 55001:2014 488 1,993
ISO 20121:2012 253 712
ISO 29001:2020 157 795
ISO 44001:2017 136 186

TOP 15 Countries
Certificates Sites
China 18446 18569
Japan 6587 17784
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
5256 8647
India 2775 6024
Italy 1924 3474
United States of America 1742 4504
Germany 1673 3486
Netherlands 1508 2421
Taiwan, Province of China 1129 3147
Israel 1056 1083
Romania 951 1211
Spain 949 1444
Poland 876 2210
Australia 775 2311
Turkey 706 1169

TOP 15 sectors
Unknown 38009
Information technology 10644
Transport, storage and communication 6909
Other Services 1693
Financial intermediation, real estate, renting 645
Engineering services 630
Wholesale & retail trade, repairs of motor vehicles,
motorcycles & personal & household goods
562
Construction 527
Electrical and optical equipment 477
Health and social work 393
Public administration 338
Education 262
Other social services 219
Printing companies 172
Electricity supply 120
Machinery and equipment 113

Number of ISO 27001 certificates and sites per countries
China 18446 18569
Japan 6587 17784
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland*
5256 8647
India 2775 6024
Italy 1924 3474
United States of America 1742 4504
Germany 1673 3486
Netherlands 1508 2421
Taiwan, Province of China 1129 3147
Israel 1056 1083
Romania 951 1211
Spain 949 1444
Poland 876 2210
Australia 775 2311
Turkey 706 1169
Indonesia 702 1424
Czech Republic 671 777
Hungary 661 818
France 606 1598
Greece 474 524
Korea (Republic of) 460 1013
Bulgaria 454 596
Serbia 450 550
Viet Nam 375 535
Thailand 370 925
Ireland 361 429
Afghanistan 343 995
Croatia 333 361
Switzerland 318 572
Canada 295 687
Malaysia 290 541
Mexico 279 406
United Arab Emirates 272 411
Colombia 269 388
Slovakia 259 289
Singapore 230 646
Hong Kong 216 566
Sweden 198 507
Belgium 190 304
Finland 180 278
Brazil 165 475
Philippines 139 449
Norway 127 293
Denmark 120 226
Argentina 118 160
Lithuania 107 171
South Africa 106 214
Portugal 101 159
Saudi Arabia 101 131
Russian Federation 95 319
Nigeria 93 192
Pakistan 83 106
New Zealand 79 245
Austria 75 192
Ukraine 75 137
Chile 74 146
Sri Lanka 67 126
Qatar 66 108
Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 73
Ghana 62 127
Peru 61 89
Cyprus 59 176
Kuwait 58 75
Latvia 58 54
Belarus 56 77
Uruguay 48 71
Bahrain 45 58
Macedonia (the former Yugoslav
Republic of)
45 44
Slovenia 45 46
Luxembourg 43 93
Morocco 42 76
Albania 41 42
Bangladesh 40 70
Malta 33 78
Tunisia 32 64
Oman 31 47
Jordan 30 34
Estonia 28 58
Kenya 26 48
Mauritius 22 40
Egypt 21 42
Armenia 20 54
Kazakhstan 18 32
Macao 18 67
Guatemala 16 32
Lebanon 14 18
Nepal 14 16
Costa Rica 13 29
Moldova (Republic of) 13 13
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 12 16
Botswana 11 20
Ecuador 11 23
Cambodia 6 15
Dominican Republic 6 10
Swaziland 6 7
Azerbaijan 5 8
El Salvador 5 25
Gibraltar 5 17
Honduras 5 7
Monaco 5 7
Rwanda 5 11
San Marino 5 5
Iceland 4 4
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4 5
Mongolia 4 9
Panama 4 7
Zambia 4 12
Côte d'Ivoire 3 11
Georgia 3 15
Montenegro 3 4
Paraguay 3 5
Sudan 3 4
Suriname 3 7
Bhutan 2 10
Cayman Islands 2 8
Congo (Democratic Republic of
the)
2 3
Korea (Democratic People's
Republic of)
2 2
Lao People's Democratic Republic 2 2
Mali 2 4
Mozambique 2 3
Myanmar 2 5
Papua New Guinea 2 7
Senegal 2 9
Tanzania, United Republic of 2 10
Togo 2 5
Algeria 1 2
Bahamas 1 2
Belize 1 1
Bermuda 1 3
Brunei Darussalam 1 1
Cabo Verde 1 31
Congo 1 1
Ethiopia 1 3
Fiji 1 1
Gambia 1 2
Jamaica 1 28
Libya 1 4
Liechtenstein 1 1
Puerto Rico 1 5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 4
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
1 1
Sierra Leone 1 4
Solomon Islands 1 3
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1
Turkmenistan 1 1
Uzbekistan 1 3
Vanuatu 1 1

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