Country Fortification Dashboard – Global Fortification Data Exchange

Dashboard: Country Fortification

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Suggested Citation: Global Fortification Data Exchange. Dashboard: Country Fortification. Accessed dd/month/yyyy. [http://www.fortificationdata.org.]

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Chart: Total Food Availability

Chart showing total annual food supply available for human consumption by country (Use this chart to identify total annual food availability of maize flour, oil, salt, rice, or wheat flour in a country)

Chart: Quantity and Proportion of Industrially Processed Food Vehicles

Chart showing the total quantity and proportion of each food vehicle that is industrially processed by country

Chart: Context for Fortified Food Vehicle Coverage in the Population

Chart of the proportion of a country’s population reported to consume a fortified food vehicle, compared to the population consuming that food (fortified or not), compared to the entire population
Chart: Quantity and Proportion of Industrially Processed Foods by Year

Chart displaying the total quantity and proportion of each industrially processed food vehicle in a country by year

Map: Presence of external and import monitoring protocols

Whether countries with mandatory fortification legislation have the applicable protocols to monitor the domestic production (external monitoring) or importation (import monitoring) of fortified foods. The presence of a monitoring protocol indicates that a country has identified procedures to carry out external and/or import monitoring of food fortification. If a country lacks an external and/or import monitoring protocol, it would suggest that a basic foundational document for the implementation of food fortification programs is missing.

Map: Quantity and Proportion of Food Vehicle that is Fortified

Map of the total quantity and proportion of a food vehicle that is fortified
Map: Food Intake and Availability

Map counting the number of nutrients required in food vehicles by country (Use this map to identify by country how many nutrients are required in mandatory or voluntary standards for maize flour, oil, salt, rice, and/or wheat flour)

Map: Population Coverage of Fortified Food Vehicle in Countries with Mandatory or Voluntary Fortification

Map of the proportion of a country’s population with access to the fortified food vehicle
Chart: Year When Food Fortification Mandated

Chart of the number of countries with mandatory food fortification over time (Use this chart to identify when a country first passed mandatory fortification of maize flour, oil, salt, rice, and/or wheat flour)

Plot: Fortification Legislation Scope in Countries with Mandatory Fortification

Plot displaying the scope of fortification legislation, which includes information on whether all food vehicle types or a subset are required to be fortified and whether mandatory legislation requires food vehicles of different origins/destinations and intended uses to be fortified

Map: Fortification Legislation

Map of legal status of food fortification by country (Use this map to identify which countries have mandatory and voluntary legislation for the fortification of maize flour, oil, rice, salt, and/or wheat flour)
Map: Number of Food Vehicles with Standards

Map counting the number of food vehicles with fortification standards by country (Use this map to identify by country how many of the following foods have mandatory or voluntary standards: maize flour, oil, salt, rice, and/or wheat flour)

Map: Count of Nutrients in Standards

Map counting the number of nutrients required in food vehicles by country (Use this map to identify by country how many nutrients are required in mandatory or voluntary standards for maize flour, oil, salt, rice, and/or wheat flour)

Map: Nutrient Levels in Fortification Standards [mid-range or average]

Map displaying the amount of each nutrient required in food vehicles by country (Use this map to identify by country nutrient levels required in mandatory or voluntary standards for maize flour, oil, salt, rice, or wheat flour)
Map: Availability of Data on Health Status Before and After Mandatory Fortification

The purpose of mandatory food fortification is to improve health outcomes in a population. Health improvements can be measured in changes in blood biomarkers and/or changes in functional outcomes that are caused by a deficiency in a nutrient. This visualization presents the number of countries that have data or studies comparing health status before and after mandatory fortification.

GFDx Analysis: Alignment of national fortification standards with WHO guidelines (nutrient compounds)

Nutrients can be added in fortification as different chemical forms (compounds). This visualization compares the nutrient compounds specified in national fortification standards to those recommended in WHO guidelines.

GFDx Analysis: Comparison of national fortification standards with WHO guidelines (nutrient levels)

Nutrient amounts (or levels) added in fortification should contribute meaningfully to dietary intake. This visualization compares nutrient levels specified in national fortification standards to those recommended in WHO guidelines. Results from this analysis should be used as a starting point for policymakers to discuss whether national fortification requirements are as safe and effective as possible.
GFDx Analysis: Potential nutrient intake under ideal (unadjusted) and real-life (adjusted for program implementation data, where available) scenarios

This visualization calculates the potential intake of nutrients included in fortification standards based on food intake/availability information. Data is presented under the ideal scenario that all food can and has been fortified, as well as real-life scenario that adjusts data for the proportion of food that can be fortified (i.e., is industrially milled) and the proportion of food that has been fortified (i.e., compliance, quality, or expert opinion data), if this data is available.

This dashboard presents a summary of fortification data for each country in which we’ve collected micronutrient metrics and food standards. The charts and statistics below help compose a user-friendly visualization for anyone interested in visualizing key metrics such as fortification monitoring protocols, quality, compliance, coverage, and fortification standards. Our data is easily filtered by the micronutrient data map or drop-down filter function in the top-right section of the dashboard.

Nutrients in maize flour fortification standards are described in the first section. Here you will also find maize flour fortification coverage, fortification opportunity, and food availability based on the population coverage of maize flour for each country.

Oil fortification standards are in the next section, where fortification quality and compliance help us understand how much oil is fortified. Nutrients found in oil include Vitamin D and Vitamin A, while the fortification opportunity of industrial processing indicates the feasibility to fortify such food. The population coverage directly affects the expected benefits from fortification.

Rice fortification standards can also be visualized on this dashboard. The fortification legislation status may not be available for all countries, but many will list what nutrients can be found in rice standards. If rice fortification coverage is available, one can conceptualize the fortification opportunity based on its proportion of industrially processed rice and availability.

Another important food is salt. The legislation scope for salt includes many types of salt that must be fortified. The presence of monitoring protocols helps external & import production observations become clear. Nutrients in salt fortification may include iodine in milligrams per kilogram of salt.

Finally, we have wheat flour as a final category of food fortification on our data visualization dashboard. Voluntary fortification shows a variety of nutrients in wheat flour with some quality and compliance statistics available. The opportunity for wheat flour in these countries may be determinant on the proportion of wheat flour industrially processed.

Please feel free to explore the data and interact with the Global Food Fortification Exchange dashboard. We aim to provide global micronutrient data in an easy-to-understand format for all.

This dashboard includes data for the countries listed below:
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Cote d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Gambia
Eswatini
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Cyprus
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao PDR
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Yemen
Iran
North Korea
South Korea
Palestine
China
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Moldova
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
Vatican City
Macedonia
United Kingdom
Kosovo
Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu