Annual ISO survey released
The ISO survey of ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certificates has just been published, revealing the worldwide situation at the end of 2003. It has been, according to ISO, 'a year of transition for ISO 9000 and confirmed growth of ISO 14001'.
The 2003 survey shows that:
- up to the end of December 2003, at least 500,125 certificates to the ISO 9001:2000 QMS standard had been issued in 149 countries and economies, which represents an increase of 332,915 (200 per cent) of 2002's total
- the 2003 total represents an increase of 455,737 (more than ten times higher) on 2001, the first year for which the survey recorded ISO 9001:2000 certifications, when the total was 44,388 in 98 countries and economies
- the increase in the number of certificates in 2003 to the ISO 14001 EMS is the largest so far recorded in the nine surveys in which ISO 14001 has been included
- up to the end of December 2003, at least 66,070 certificates to ISO 14001 had been issued in 113 countries and economies, which represents an increase of 16,621 (34 per cent) over 2002, when the total was 49,449 in 117 countries and economies
At the end of 2003, two weeks after the transition deadline, the 500,125 total of ISO 9001:2000 certificates was equivalent to 89 per cent of the 2002 world total of 561,747 of ISO 9000 (old and new versions) certificates.
However, ISO stated: 'The 11 per cent of non-ISO 9001:2000 certificates identified by the survey at the end of 2003 cannot be taken as a final measure of the transition. This 11 per cent includes organizations that have made the transition since the deadline, or are still to do so during the course of 2004. These include late starters in the transition process who were unable to complete it by the deadline, and also includes organizations that, due for a re-certification audit in 2004, decided to make the transition by this date.'
ISO carries out the survey, which is now in its 11th year, as a public information service. It collects the survey data from disparate sources and cannot guarantee their quality and accuracy. However, the survey provides an indicator to the worldwide implementation of ISO's management system standards.
The principal survey findings are provided free of charge on ISO's website. For further details visit www.iso.org/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage
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