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methodology global fortification data exchange gfdx skip to content search for toggle navigation about us about gfdx who we are contact us country data choose a country download datasets global data choose an indicator about gfdx indicators download datasets resources how to use gfdx fortification resources methods and sources frequently asked questions toggle navigation about us about gfdx who we are contact us country data choose a country download datasets global data choose an indicator about gfdx indicators download datasets resources how to use gfdx fortification resources methods and sources frequently asked questions methodology kingsguard 2025 07 01t20 24 12 00 00 methodology gfdx maintains rigorous standards for data quality and transparency to provide you with the most accurate and comprehensive food fortification information available below you ll find detailed information about how we collect validate and present data on the gfdx website have questions about our methodology or data sources we re here to help contact us at info fortificationdata org classification of countries and territories in gfdx kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 54 43 00 00 classification of countries and territories in gfdx how does gfdx classify countries and territories as of january 2025 gfdx includes 196 states in its database criteria being full members of the united nations un 193 permanent un observer states 2 vatican city and state of palestine and states recognized by at least 50 of other un full member states 1 republic of kosovo we do not include territories non self governing states in gfdx as they are unlikely to have separate legislation and given complications with disaggregating data from their administrative countries we take country names and their spellings from the un member states listings how are countries classified into geographic regions we used the united nations classification for geographical regions africa americas asia europe and oceania to classify countries by geographical region how are countries classified by income status we use the world bank income classification low income lower middle income upper middle income high income to classify countries by income status this classification can change and is updated on the gfdx website annually gfdx data collection kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 54 28 00 00 gfdx data collection how does gfdx collect the data presented on the website we use a combination of primary and secondary data to populate our database all gfdx data points are verified and fully referenced and we maintain copies of all references with a few exceptions secondary data sources e g an article mentioning a country legislation or survey result are not used we make every attempt to ensure all data included meet our inclusion criteria and have a source however we recognize that occasionally there may be erroneous data presented in the gfdx website we encourage gfdx users to provide updates or corrections to country data if you have data to contribute or corrections to suggest please go here gfdx survey to all countries included in the gfdx starting in 2018 the gfdx s main tool to collect and verify data is a survey on all foods and all indicators which is collectively sent out by the gfdx secretariat to all countries included in gfdx it is sent to a variety of contacts in each country including relevant government departments industry representatives and advocacy and program support partners the data are reviewed and vetted by gfdx data stewards including seeking clarification from country respondents as needed if you would like to respond to the survey for your country please contact us at info fortificationdata org desk review and partner databases to complement information collected through the gfdx survey we also conduct online desk reviews and include information derived from partner databases availability of maize flour oil rice and wheat flour gfdx is aggregated from the supply utilization accounts food supply crops primary equivalent database of food and agriculture organization the fao of the united nations salt intake data are converted from sodium intake data in table 2 of powles 2013 to calculate salt intake sodium intake is multiplied by 2 542 according to land 2014 population coverage data for fortified salt are taken from unicef s global database on household consumption of iodized salt when available for a country gfdx also extracts nationally representative food coverage data from fao who s global individual food consumption data tool gift at this time the online desk review is limited to maize flour rice and wheat flour we search several online databases for legislation and standards documents external and import monitoring protocols and fortification quality and coverage documents and surveys for the list of keywords and online databases searched please download here additionally we may also receive information directly from national and partner contacts outside of our regular survey this may occur during country visits by the gfdx secretariat or other development partners or as personal email communications if relevant to gfdx indicators and criteria information received informally in this manner is also eligible for inclusion in gfdx definition of gfdx indicators kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 54 15 00 00 definition of gfdx indicators information about all the indicators gfdx uses to track and measure food fortification programs globally is provided on the list of indicators page a comprehensive data dictionary containing all indicator definitions and data inclusion criteria is available here citing the gfdx website kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 52 58 00 00 citing the gfdx website how should i cite the gfdx website we suggest using the following citation for the general website global fortification data exchange accessed dd mm yyyy https www fortificationdata org to cite a specific map or visualization within the gfdx we suggest using the following citation global fortification data exchange name of visualization accessed dd mm yyyy https www fortificationdata org data sources the following organizations agencies have contributed data to gfdx and are compiled by country name afghanistan kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 53 56 00 00 afghanistan ministry of public health angola kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 53 37 00 00 angola european foundation for angolan promotion development effa argentina kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 53 24 00 00 argentina center for studies on child nutrition cesni austrailia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 53 10 00 00 austrailia iodine global network representative food standards australia new zealand bahrain kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 52 46 00 00 bahrain ministry of industry commerce and tourism standards and metrology directorate bangladesh kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 52 36 00 00 bangladesh global alliance for improved nutrition nutrition international united nations world food programme wfp belarus kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 52 22 00 00 belarus iodine global network representative bosnia and herzegovina kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 52 03 00 00 bosnia and herzegovina institute of public health of federation of bosnia and herzegovina ministry of civil affairs department of health bulgaria kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 51 43 00 00 bulgaria iodine global network representative cambodia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 48 59 00 00 cambodia unicef ministry of industry and handicraft helen keller international cameroon kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 47 43 00 00 cameroon helen keller international canada kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 47 06 00 00 canada canadian national millers association quican inc food fortification initiative ffi central african republic kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 46 43 00 00 central african republic unicef chile kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 45 49 00 00 chile granotec china kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 45 09 00 00 china china cdc center for endemic disease control henan university of technology colombia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 44 20 00 00 colombia ministry of health eswatini kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 43 49 00 00 eswatini swaziland national nutrition council ministry of agriculture eswatini premier swasa eswatini standards authority swaziland oil milling industry ministry of health ethiopia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 32 28 00 00 ethiopia global alliance for improved nutrition fiji kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 32 04 00 00 fiji secretariat for the pacific community ministry of health and medical services gambia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 31 42 00 00 gambia iodine global network representative georgia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 31 18 00 00 georgia national center for disease control and public health iodine global network representative parliament of georgia germany kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 31 00 00 00 germany iodine global network representative haiti kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 30 44 00 00 haiti iodine global network representative hungary kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 30 29 00 00 hungary iodine global network representative indonesia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 30 11 00 00 indonesia indonesia nutrition foundation for food fortification kfi pt indofood sukses makmur tbk bogasari flour mills nutrition international secretariat project of rice fortification for the poor department of nutrition bogor agriculture university ipb kenya kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 29 53 00 00 kenya global alliance for improved nutrition kosovo kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 29 37 00 00 kosovo iodine global network representative unicef kosovo lao pdr kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 29 13 00 00 lao pdr unicef lebanon kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 28 10 00 00 lebanon american university of beirut faculty of agricultural and food sciences liberia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 27 54 00 00 liberia liberia s national standards lab ministry of commerce and industry the national food fortification alliance nfa malawi kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 27 40 00 00 malawi unicef malawi ministry of health community health sciences unit malawi bureau of standards university of malawi college of medicine department of surgery food fortification technology maldives kingsguard 2025 01 10t17 15 11 00 00 maldives iodine global network representative maldives national university mali kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 27 15 00 00 mali sun government focal point mexico kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 26 52 00 00 mexico asociación mexicana de la industria salinera a c micronesia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 26 37 00 00 micronesia federated states of micronesia fsm department of health and social affairs federated states of micronesia fsm customs operation maldova kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 26 19 00 00 maldova iodine global network representative myanmar kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 26 01 00 00 myanmar unicef path namibia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 18 10 00 00 namibia namibian standards institution namib mills nepal kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 17 41 00 00 nepal nutrition international unicef salt trading corporation limited department of food technology and quality control dftqc netherlands kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 17 22 00 00 netherlands akzo nobel chemicals b v ministry of health new zealand kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 17 06 00 00 new zealand ministry of primary industry ministry for primary industries new zealand food safety niger kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 16 50 00 00 niger ministry of public health nigeria kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 16 33 00 00 nigeria united nations system standing committee on nutrition unscn boniface haiti foundation of nigeria standards organisation of nigeria national agency for food and drug administration and control nafdac standards of nutrition micronutrients laboratory norway kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 16 10 00 00 norway centre for international health university of bergen pakistan kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 15 51 00 00 pakistan global alliance for improved nutrition national nutrition and fortification alliance papua new guinea kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 15 33 00 00 papua new guinea iodine global network representative phillipines kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 14 16 00 00 phillipines department of health family health programs national nutrition council chamber of philippine flour millers polytechnic university of the philippines food and drug administration romania kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 13 50 00 00 romania iodine global network representative south africa kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 13 24 00 00 south africa dsm nutritional products ministry of health p cubed cc sudan kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 13 01 00 00 sudan ministry of health sweden kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 12 25 00 00 sweden salinity switzerland kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 12 00 00 00 switzerland swiss folic acid foundation buhler tajikistan kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 11 39 00 00 tajikistan global alliance for improved nutrition tanzania kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 11 14 00 00 tanzania ministry of health and social welfare tanzania food and nutrition centre tanzania bureau of standards thailand kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 10 51 00 00 thailand bureau of nutrition riceland international limited türkiye kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 10 32 00 00 türkiye spina bifida association of turkey soke mill tonga kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 09 55 00 00 tonga ministry of agriculture and food forest and fisheries tunisia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 09 40 00 00 tunisia groupe affes societe tunisienne de production alimentaire s t p a uganda kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 09 24 00 00 uganda uganda national bureau of standards united kingdom kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 09 12 00 00 united kingdom iodine global network js commodities national association of british and irish millers nabim uzbekistan kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 09 02 00 00 uzbekistan iodine global network representative vanuatu kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 08 47 00 00 vanuatu vanuatu stats office ministry of health venezuela kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 08 28 00 00 venezuela simón bolívar university member of sociedad latinoamericana de nutrición zambia kingsguard 2025 11 14t20 08 19 00 00 zambia zambia bureau of standards iodine global network representative 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